Holiday fitness

I have had a lovely active day so far. Yoga, Zumba AND aqua aerobics! I feel pleased about this. There is a "fitness platform" beside the sea where the exercise classes take place; it is a raised wooden floor with a canvas roof on poles to provide some shade, and therefore no walls. This suited me extremely well. One of my problems with Zumba (apart from my lack of fitness) is that I overheat during it, as I do during most forms of exercise. The classes I have attempted have been in halls where I have quickly found it far too warm. However here on the fitness platform a cool breeze blows through and kept me from overheating; I got through the whole class. The beautiful setting was also helpful! There are several reasons for my holiday attempts at fitness. One of them is my ongoing concern about my deteriorating fitness. In fact when we arrived at the hotel on Saturday I thought that I was the fattest person here. This turned out not to be quite true, but I'm certainly among the top 5% chubbiest guests and I don't like that! True, this is a self selecting crowd who have chosen an active holiday, but it has still shocked me. I always planned to swim a lot and do some classes here anyway because the others would be sailing. Strangely I have not enjoyed sailing during our Turkey and Greece sailing holidays, despite being the first in the family to know how to do it - Jennifer and I learned how to sail a dinghy on Lake Menteith when we were youngsters, and we became competent sailors. I also love the sea and I'm a good swimmer. However when I re tried sailing a few years ago in Turkey I just didn't find it as much fun as James and the boys. There was so much clambering about inside the boat - I'm a lot less agile than I used to be I suppose - my legs were soon covered with bruises! And I hated having to right the boat every time I got propelled into the sea, which was often. I would still be very happy to go for a ride on a boat but this holiday it will be swimming, a few fitness classes and lots of reading for me!