Fabila's Fitness Club

Hello Fitfam nation! It's been a minute! Last week Saturday, November 25, 2017 was the second edition of the FitFam Fest and we partnered with the organizers to handle the zumba fitness session. The event was held at the Ember Creek, Landmark Towers, Water Corporation Drive Lagos. The event featured lots of fitness activities, including Zumba, my favourite sport!!! I handled the zumba session and it was super fun! The event was overall well put together and I look forward to the next edition. See more pictures after the cut... My arrival...rocking zumbawear from top to bottom

H ello you, how are you doing today? I am doing well, still in the business of spreading happiness through dance and movement. I have written about depression long ago on this platform, but today I want to briefly talk about the negative effects of social media and how we can protect our mental and emotional health. Now I know we have all felt some level of self worthlessness (pardon my choice of words) while scrolling through Instagram, snapchat and the likes. You know, you see those glamorous destination holiday photos of people you've never met, but feel you know and you look at your life and wondering why you can't even afford a trip within Nigeria! Well, if you have never felt this way, I applaud you, you must have your life all together! We are no doubt in the social media age, everyone's on it. I have been in a certain gathering where some ladies were proudly talking about how many Instagram followers they had. At the time, I had about 400, (which is a lot, if...

H ello Fitfam! It's been a while I blogged. I have been meaning to share a post-natal weight loss update with you. Getting myself to write these days is a major challenge. I do love writing however and should try to create time to write more . The picture collage below was done in February, the picture on the left was taken eight months post and the one on the right was six weeks post. I am currently more toned and trimmer, but that would be shared in another post. At six weeks post, when the picture on the right was taken, I had just been cleared by my doctor to resume exercising.

Easy to follow Merengue Zumba Fitness routine. Choreographed by me.

I was scrolling through my Instagram feed some weeks ago and came across a yummy looking drink, I read the caption and was intrigued to discover that it was turmeric tea! "Turmeric Tea", I thought, "who drinks that!", my thoughts lingered on. I did know however that turmeric has loads of health benefits, and its benefits spurred me on to try out this new discovery. The end result, it was delicious and I have had a glass of turmeric tea every other day since then and I totally recommend it. Before I give you the recipe, let me state this:

I recently had a trial class at a new gym in the Lekki-Ikate axis. It was great fun and I am slowly getting back my groove. Here are some pictures from the class. To keep up to date with my classes, services and events, follow me on Instagram @fabilasfitness I tend to be most active on it.

H appy New Year 2017 and welcome to my first post of the year! I do hope you had a restful holidays and are positive about the rest of the year! If you are reading this and wondering what harmattan is, then I take it that you are not familiar with the Nigerian/West Africa weather conditions. Harmattan season usually occurs from early December to Late February. It is characterized by dry and dusty wind blown from the Sahara desert over West Africa. Depending on its severity breathing can be quite difficult during this season, sometimes causing blisters in the nostrils. Since the start of this years harmattan, I have been down with a cough and common cold, both conditions are viral during this season. When I developed a cough I had immediately walked in to a pharmacy to pick up some cough syrup (which I ended up using once) as I did not want my baby to contract it. The pharmacist had recommended that I buy some antibiotics (Antibiotics are given liberally in Nigeria) and I probably woul...