Plate by ZUMBA with ZIN Monica Velez

Warmest of greetings to everyone, both near and far, both those of you I know in person, in real life, as well as to those of you I know only from a distance as pen pals.  I am thankful that you are here today, reading my blog! Today's topic is how I lost the weight this time around.  So many of you, members from my gym, have been asking me how did I do it?  Everyone keeps asking me how did I lose the weight? So, I decided I would make a video, a longer presentation for them, to go into more detail of exactly my story this past year.  It connects to past years also, and I really wanted to express completely my story.  At the gym, we only get, I only get, to share in "bits-and-pieces" of my story, and the recipient, or the listener, does not really get to hear my full story.  I am hoping that my video presentation will answer your question of how I did it, and also, spur you to do it yourself, if that is your goal. I am actually not feeling too great right now, as I type t

  Hey Guys!  How's everyone?  I hope this blog post finds you doing well.  Today is Friday; are you ready for the weekend, yet?  For me, I moonlight over the weekend so no rest and fun for me. This is my fun, counting how much fiber I took in for breakfast this morning!  This mini-blog post today, would probably fit in nicely as part of an entire lesson on fiber intake and digestive health.  Be on the lookout for that lesson is coming soon:  next week on Tuesday, December 19th I believe. I don't know when the last time was that I ate oatmeal.  Oatmeal, from what I've heard, has mixed reviews.  Some people say, "no, don't eat oatmeal" but I don't know why they told me that.  Other, "experts" also give mixed reviews on consuming oatmeal.  If I understand Dr. Davis correctly (and, if I am wrong I will correct my statement) has stated that all wheat nowadays is bad because of an element (my word) called glycophates (did I spell that correctly, I'

  Warm welcome. Hello, hello, beautiful people, family, friends, and anyone else out there who might happen to stumble upon my new blog, Plate by ZUMBA with ZIN Monica Velez.  I want to warmly welcome you here! Introduction to Today's Topic. Today is Tuesday, December 12, 2023, and this is Class #5 in our 5 week series of Plate by ZUMBA, the Holidays version.  I am running this class via ZOOM from 8 to 8:30 AM California time, every Tuesday and Thursday in December.  Today's topic will be on sugar detox.   I would like to begin our discussion today with talking about addictive foods.  I hope to also talk a little bit about sugar and the detox plan.  And, finally, we may discuss about controlling your appetite and reducing cravings.  I have two short videos I may show you, from two prominent doctors in the field of nutrition, health and well-being.  And, anything we don't get through today can be adjusted to another meeting time. Briefly, my background.   For those of you

Warmest of warmest greetings. Hello family and friends!  I hope this day finds you well.  Thank you for being here today.  I'd like to give a warm welcome to all of you for being here today, whether live in the zoom meeting, or later at a video recording, or here on this blog.  I appreciate all of you for watching or reading my blog notes.  We really do need each other along life's journey, right?! Introduction Today's topic will be talking about tracking food the Plate by ZUMBA way.  We will review the Food Chart from Plate by ZUMBA, and we'll review what to eat and which foods to avoid eating.   In the last class, the video I made omitted the sound, so all you could see was my pretty face but not my voice.  I am so disappointed about that; I had shared a lot of personal stories and testimonies that were related to food and the topics we are talking about.   Please be thinking about if you have any questions, or comments, and write them down.  I'd love to hear them

  Howdy howdy family and friends,  Thanks so much for stopping by my blog page for the Plate by ZUMBA with ZIN Monica Velez online class via ZOOM (and/or video recordings/ podcast).  I am glad you stopped by! Today I am hoping to cover a lot of material!  I will briefly review my background in case there are any newcomers here.  Then, if you get a chance to look at the class syllabus (the post before this latest one here), I'd like to (try) and cover the following topics in today's class session: What are essential plants? What are essential calories? How do we read food labels? What motivates you?  Do you reward yourself? Are food and disease related?  If so, how? Let's begin.  Anything we don't get through today we can cover at another time. Essential Plants.   What are essential plants? In the Plate by ZUMBA program, most of our food that we eat will come from plants.  There are 4 categories of foods that are considered essential plants.  These 4 categories of essent

  Hello beautiful people!  I hope this blog finds you well!  Thank you so much for stopping by my "Plate by ZUMBA" online blog.   Here is where I am writing up my notes to the online zoom classes and/or recordings (video/podcast) for the lessons or teachings.  I am running a 5 week online in zoom Plate by ZUMBA mini-course, the Holidays version.   In this post, I'd like to give a brief overview of what I plan/hope to cover during this 5 week time.  For details or more information on how to sign up for the class, you may visit my zumba dot com website at monica velez dot zumba dot com (all one word) for more. Plate by ZUMBA with ZIN Monica Velez, the Holidays version (2023)/COURSE SYLLABUS: Class #1/ Tuesday Nov 28 Welcome Introduction Vision/Goal Story, mine Activities 1-5 Class #2/ Thursday Nov 30 Overview of Plate by ZUMBA Food Chart pdf What to put on my plate? Macronutrients/Micronutrients Eat this, avoid that Class #3/ Tuesday Dec 5 Essential Plants Essential Calorie