FITNESS PROFILE
Make workout time into play time
By Paula Rath
Advertiser Staff Writer
Zoe Weston is an anthropologist and entrepreneur. As a lecturer for the Honolulu Academy of Arts, she visits both public and private schools to teach interesting cultural aspects of art as part of the museum's ambassador program. She also runs a small business selling Murano glass rings from Italy.
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Although she has only been taking Willow Chang's belly dancing classes for a year, she has become a devotee of the dance and student of the culture from which it came.
Belly dancing is just one of the ways Zoe Weston stays fit. She also swims and hikes.
Name: Zoe Weston.
Age: 34.
Profession: Anthropologist, lecturer.
Height: 5-feet-3.
Weight: 105 pounds.
Workout habits: "I swim laps in the ocean three to five days a week, hike once a week at the Nature Center on Tantalus, lift hand weights at home three times a week, and belly dance one to three times a week."
When and why I started working out: "I've been athletic since I was a child doing gymnastics, ice skating, horseback riding and aerobics — Olivia Newton John was teaching us all how to get physical back in those days. As a teen, I played basketball and was on the track team, and outside of school, I started my love affair with dance — ballet, jazz and modern. I do not consider my workout work; for me it is play time. I engage in play time because I like the way my body feels and looks when I am regularly active."
My good foods/bad foods: "I'm a balanced hedonist. Luckily, I love healthy foods — I eat lots of brown rice, tofu, salads and fresh-squeezed juice. Dairy products, especially cheese and ice cream, can sometimes become a nemesis for me. I also love red wine. My favorite junk food is a glass of ice cold Coca Cola — not Diet Coke."
My biggest motivator: "Looking and feeling youthful!"
What saves my sanity: "A dip in the ocean is a cure-all for me. Similarly, after a dance class I feel rejuvenated."
Advice for those in the same boat: "Choose an activity that you look forward to doing, and instead of calling it exercise, call it play time."
