Hi Ladies . I dont post much, but I do read all the threads.
Have any of you been or still doing Zumba in a class ? How was you accepted ? how did you dress ? Do you like it ? Do you have to wear dance shoes ?
My GG friend invited me to join her class. She said its all GG's though , I'd be the only male. I asked her to please check with the instructor and the ladies in the class before I go , as to make sure no one is uncomortable with me being there.
I'm so tempted to get a little risky and wear womens athletic wear for the class , like Yoga pants or womens sweats and a womens black or dark blue T shirt. I only own womens sneakers anyway. She did tell me to get my dance shoes ready though and gave a little playful giggle .
Now alittle back ground on my GG friend and I's relationship. We went to school together and we've recently touched base via facebook a few years ago. she still lives close. She is a Fitness coach and nutrionist and she offered my wife and I her services for free. Since she is always looking for people to work out with and keep her accountable.
I'm 5'8" and weigh 248lbs , so I'm way over what I should be for a mans standard and I need to achieve a womens ideal weight for my height. SO I have alot of work to do.
She wants to walk alot together and do workouts in her basement as well since thats no cost for any of us. Her and I plan on running a couple 5k's. we both dont like running , but know its good for us and we're going to start building up for a 5 k. My wife has foot problems so she cant do the running , she can tolerate exercise and walking. This zumba class is on a Wednsday at 9 am , so not to many ladies are present at this class and my wife works so she wont be able to attend with me and our friend.
Now my friend doesnt know about Jinny yet. Ive been on HRT for over a year , she hasnt seen much of me since and I've put on weight and wear extra baggy shirts when she does see me. When she 1st talked about helping us lose weight and get in shape. I told her I need it , I have moobs now, to kinda break the ice some what .
She said well I'll gladly take some from you in a joking way and pointed to her chest , since shes a skinny mini.
She said as you lose the weight they'll go away , not to worry. I said yea , well about that ,,, its not likely they will that much, its a side effect from medication I've been taking . We talked about it some. I just told her about the spiro, it's for blood pressure and also to help with my hair loss and kinda explained how it worked.. so she asked about the "moobs" I told her the Dr. said it's gynacamastia and explained to her what that is. We went into detail about them,er asking questions , do they hurt ? Yes !, Do they Itch ? Yes , are the ni**les sensitive ? Yes and so on. So she clearly knows now, I have breast growing and are visible when the shirt is pressed against them.
So now when I start sweating the shirt becomes clingy , she wont be shocked. I told her I dont know how 'll do with them bouceing around doing execrsie/running due to them hurting. She told me she had a recomendation but I might not like the idea and I told told I'll gladly accept her recomendations. She recomended athletic tanks with bras in them under my baggy t shirt , that will help with the bounce and hurt. I told her good idea and also told her she's the only one besides my wife that knows about my gynocamstia. she said she'll keep it between us.
So she seams to be ok with that for the reasons I told her, of course I didnt come out and tell her I'm going to be transitioning and I'm on HRT. Not ready for that just yet. My wife wants to bring that out slowly , until I cant hide it any longer. So as per her wishes , I have to do what I can to keep it hid.
Sorry for the long post. Just figured I give you ladies some background on me .
Jinny
. I'll probably wear my womens running shorts or sweat pants , a womens athletic tank with the bra shelf built in and a really loose fitting womens t shirt over. 