| Whatever art or workout you choose, you start just | | | | food and extra breads and carb snacks. Eating real |
| where you are. How to choose a teacher is what | | | | fresh food is best, and you need never be starving. |
| deserves the first careful focus of your time. | | | | An adult who wishes to lose weight might add an |
| If there are several studios in your area, check out | | | | aerobic workout to their daily routines, 2-3 times a |
| their site, and then phone and visit them. Ask if you can | | | | week. And if eating fresh whole foods without breads, |
| watch part of a class. | | | | potatoes and pasta does not achieve weight loss |
| While most older students will not immediately produce | | | | within a few weeks, see a medical doctor. Low |
| the right look or execution of any ballet position or | | | | thyroid, blood sugar irregularities and other hormone |
| movement, the teaching should be the same. Accurate | | | | imbalances, and medications may be playing a part in |
| technique should always be explained. | | | | this. (This could be true for teens too). |
| The pace and presentation of 'late starter' classes will | | | | If you want to eventually do classes in pointe shoes, |
| be different. There may be an assumption that certain | | | | you simply must persist with the basics of ballet |
| aspects of ballet will never be achieved, and working | | | | technique until your work is correct and strong. How |
| safely is the priority. The more imaginative teachers will | | | | long this will take depends on the teacher, how many |
| be able to present an adult beginner class with simple, | | | | classes you take per week, and your ability to |
| artistic and elegant exercises. | | | | concentrate. |
| Fears about weight should be dealt with from a health | | | | So not being too old to start, choose a ballet teacher, |
| point of view. Ballet is definitely more difficult if you are | | | | build strength, deal realistically with fears about weight, |
| overweight. If you are still growing, cut out the junk | | | | and perhaps you will study in pointe shoes one day. |