Got Some Real Exercise today

    I got some real exercise today. We have had some warmer than normal temps, but
we've also had some cold wind and I haven't been outside as much as maybe I'd like. But I needed to get some exercise. So today, at Curves, I was exposed to this new
dance/exercise craze called "Zumba". Ever heard of it? It is rather intense and reminds me a bit of some of the old Richard Simmons exercise routines on TV and some Jane Fonda exercise tapes. With Zumba you alternate between working on the Curves exercise machines and doing this rather fast dancerise type of movement. You quickly work up a sweat doing this. I think if you are not in shape it may be a bit exhausting and maybe a bit hard on the system. I guess it depends on how young you are and how overweight you are. If you don't try to go too fast I think you can handle this, for part of your Curves circuit, anyway.
   I did this in the morning and in the evening our church had a "big band" sound
group that played after we'd had our "Mardi Gras" dinner at the church, hosted by the Knights of Columbus as a fund-raising activity. And this "sound" made you want to get up and dance and dance we did, a lot of fast dancing, including the "twist," and also the Charleston, and the mashed potatoes, and just the regular, non touching fast dance. A few children, a brother and sister act, also joined in and copied the adults who did the fox trot. I must have burned calories for part of my dessert. Maybe I should get some dancing exercise as a regular thing! I've of people who joined a dance organization and lost weight that way. Makes sense to me.

Health Issues as you age, Health expenses, expense period

    It seems that as you grow older you encounter more aches and pains, whether you like it or not. I think, in the last few months, that these "cramping" pains just under my right rib may have something to do with my gall bladder. One could certainly "hope" that. I say hope, which seems odd, because I know of women who have had breast cancer and then felt chest/stomach area pain and it turned into cancer having spread to the liver. I sure hope it is not that. But being in my late fifties, it would not be unfeasible for it to be a gall bladder issue.
    When the oldest son visited he didn't help. I must have had peanut butter fudge about four times! Could that still be clogging up the gall bladder or creating stones? Having all that fat was probably not a good thing for me. Some suggest that a low fat diet is best to prevent breast cancer, but also seems like a sensible choice as you get older, as your organs are less able to  handle any overload as you age. Maybe I'll have to go low fat for good.
    But I dread the expense of it all. I still have not learned the results of a bone density scan. It was filed and was under
USA, third tier coverage, and now we owe a whopping $450! Why does healthcare in this country have to be so freaking expensive? Why do all the machines they use have to cost an arm and a leg? It's ridiculous, and now I may owe even more money. How does someone get ahead in that situation?