I have my calendar out! I marked the days and I'm SOOOO excited for the results. I've been doing some fast walking but not skipping my dessert so I've bulked up with muscle and chub and I'm ready to slender up for that summer bathing suit. We moved near a lake and I'd kinda like not to have to wear a shirt over my suit to swim with the girls. I'm over reliving my preteen body issues. Once again, I will follow the 5 days on, 2 days off method... I think Monday and Thursday will be my off-days since those are the days I like to dedicate to hoopmaking and landscaping my new home
I think I'll make myself a 1/2" and 3/4" 160 psi hoop so I can get 3 levels of hooping. I don't really like the heavier hoop but for waist hooping only its nice to jiggle things up and out.
I'll record my progress with videos more this time so you can all get a sense of how my hooping changes over the next few months.
Now to start looking for videos to get my curriculum set up... I'll post them here as I see them.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Lots of energy to hoop!
You first find hooping, its amazing. You hoop A TON. You have so much to learn, so many tricks, so many directions... it is unknown, you are hooked. You drop pounds, you look sexy! You want to hoop more to show off your tricks AND show off your new physique. Confidence abounds. The hooping continues. You get better and look better....
The blessed circle of gifts which hooping provides needed a jumpstart for me. I put on a lot more weight with my second daughter and I was frankly very tired of carrying it around. Being so physically and emotionally tired led me to hoop much less. Even if I really wanted to, I just couldn't get out there! A part of it is my lack of music, which I am still trying to remedy.
I needed motivation. I decided to embark on low calorie diet with the "As Slim As Possible or ASAP" program to assist my rapid weight loss. Since I have dropped those pesky 15 pounds in three weeks I have been hooping every second I can.
>>> MY ASAP BLOG <<<
A part of that is feeling comfortable in my skin. I didn't like going to Zumba all that much before. All the mirrors and slow progress on the scale of my hard work was getting annoying! I guess there really is something to be said of good old DIET and EXERCISE.
So after my mostly diet phase, I am going to shift back into my dancing and dieting phase and hopefully will get the results I've been aiming for. Its time to tighten up!
The blessed circle of gifts which hooping provides needed a jumpstart for me. I put on a lot more weight with my second daughter and I was frankly very tired of carrying it around. Being so physically and emotionally tired led me to hoop much less. Even if I really wanted to, I just couldn't get out there! A part of it is my lack of music, which I am still trying to remedy.
I needed motivation. I decided to embark on low calorie diet with the "As Slim As Possible or ASAP" program to assist my rapid weight loss. Since I have dropped those pesky 15 pounds in three weeks I have been hooping every second I can.
>>> MY ASAP BLOG <<<
A part of that is feeling comfortable in my skin. I didn't like going to Zumba all that much before. All the mirrors and slow progress on the scale of my hard work was getting annoying! I guess there really is something to be said of good old DIET and EXERCISE.
So after my mostly diet phase, I am going to shift back into my dancing and dieting phase and hopefully will get the results I've been aiming for. Its time to tighten up!
Monday, July 9, 2012
Tips for Hooping Every Day
xposted at Hoop for 100 Days Challenge @ Hoopcity.ca
A challenge can present itself with struggles which require creativity to overcome. Whether you are using the curriculum I have posted in the beginning ----100 Day Hoop Curriculum-----or you are just trying to hoop for 100 days, there are going to be some tribulations! Having gone through this before, I may have some tips that you will find useful to maintaining a daily hoop practice and completing a 100 day challenge!
- Pick the right music. If you are hooping in silence or to tunes that the radio chooses, you will find you are going to be lacking inspiration. I research music that makes me want to move and then I put it on my playlist during my hoop time. Its very important to have the right motivation. Anything that gets your hips moving will do.
- Anytime is the right time. You may not have 60 minutes to devote to hooping at any point in the day. If I hear some music while I'm out gardening that makes me want to dance, I do it! Break the hooping time up if you have to.
- Make sure you are still focusing on your health on your rest days. Its important to use your rest days to do something new and exciting. It can even be a walk in a new place or to spend the entire day at a spa! Something that takes you out of your element will help.
- Warm up with a short exercise. Whenever I go for a 10 minute walk or do a vigorous activity that elevates my heart rate, I always hoop better! Its also better for your joints to have them properly warmed up. So don't forget to stretch or warm up!
- Integrate dancing styles. I love to take different dance or aerobics classes and add elements of it into my hoopdance. I love belly dancing for its arm movements and salsa for the footwork!
- Research other hoopdancers. I love to use Youtube to find other hooping techniques or tutorials that I want to master. It can be very exciting/confidence building to conquer them as well!
- Get in your alone time. Sometimes you have to "dance like no one is watching"... I'd like to add the caveat that you should also dance like you aren't watching anyone. haha. I have 2 kids and I cannot watch and hoop without it taking away my attention every second. So I make sure to get my time alone - away from the house if need be. Which leads me to the next tip:
- Find a new place to hoop. Location, location. Hooping in the park near strangers who may in fact be interested in that circular dance you got going on can be a great motivator. I find myself going into performer mode and hooping with better fluidity and speed with an audience. You will likely find an admirer, even if you're not "all that" of a hooper. Prepare for compliments and questions. Bring a stereo and an extra hoop! Jam it up!
- Hoop Jams! There are often hoop jams in major cities and if there isn't, you should definitely join FOSTERING HOOP COMMUNITIES@HOOPCITY.CA and make one! There are a lot of great tips there. If there is already one in your area you damn well better be there on hoopday. If you can't make it then I suggest connecting with others that go and see if they would make a new day with you somewhere else!
- Teach a friend. I guarantee you have a friend that would love to hoop if they knew how. You will definitely learn by teaching, too. When you have to break down a move for someone step by step you will make realizations you would not have found otherwise.
- Caffeineeeeee. I don't like to promote drugs: but caffeine and B vitamins are definite motivators for me sometimes. I will make an ice coffee or take a B Complex Vitamin before I want to hoop and then I will be out there by the mere energy that these supplements provide. Even if I didn't want to hoop when I took them - they never fail me.
- Mind over matter. If you don't want to be a vitamin popper or jittery java queen/king, you can always use the tried and true mind over matter. You know you will love it when you are out there. You are going to be happy when you are finished. You can do it. Affirmations rock! I also like to keep EXERCISE QUOTES printed out and posted on the fridge to keep me on track with my health.
- Meditation and Prayer. I have cried hooping, laughed hooping, labored a child hooping... I have hooped myself out of depression, out of a weight gain, and into a new sense of self. I became someone who has less fear, more strength, and patience. I like to think the hoop brought all of that to me. Or at least gave me the direction and the time to find it.
I also use it to pray. I meditate health in the sickly and peace for the world. I think it works. With each revolution I imagine a loved one's tumor shrinking or my metabolism eating away at my fat stores. The energy is there. I am producing it with each push of the hoop. I don't see why I can't spend a small amount of my hoop time to step away from the world for a second and feel my heart chakra reaching out into the world and spreading the joy of that warm white light within all of us.
A challenge can present itself with struggles which require creativity to overcome. Whether you are using the curriculum I have posted in the beginning ----100 Day Hoop Curriculum-----or you are just trying to hoop for 100 days, there are going to be some tribulations! Having gone through this before, I may have some tips that you will find useful to maintaining a daily hoop practice and completing a 100 day challenge!
- Pick the right music. If you are hooping in silence or to tunes that the radio chooses, you will find you are going to be lacking inspiration. I research music that makes me want to move and then I put it on my playlist during my hoop time. Its very important to have the right motivation. Anything that gets your hips moving will do.
- Anytime is the right time. You may not have 60 minutes to devote to hooping at any point in the day. If I hear some music while I'm out gardening that makes me want to dance, I do it! Break the hooping time up if you have to.
- Make sure you are still focusing on your health on your rest days. Its important to use your rest days to do something new and exciting. It can even be a walk in a new place or to spend the entire day at a spa! Something that takes you out of your element will help.
- Warm up with a short exercise. Whenever I go for a 10 minute walk or do a vigorous activity that elevates my heart rate, I always hoop better! Its also better for your joints to have them properly warmed up. So don't forget to stretch or warm up!
- Integrate dancing styles. I love to take different dance or aerobics classes and add elements of it into my hoopdance. I love belly dancing for its arm movements and salsa for the footwork!
- Research other hoopdancers. I love to use Youtube to find other hooping techniques or tutorials that I want to master. It can be very exciting/confidence building to conquer them as well!
- Get in your alone time. Sometimes you have to "dance like no one is watching"... I'd like to add the caveat that you should also dance like you aren't watching anyone. haha. I have 2 kids and I cannot watch and hoop without it taking away my attention every second. So I make sure to get my time alone - away from the house if need be. Which leads me to the next tip:
- Find a new place to hoop. Location, location. Hooping in the park near strangers who may in fact be interested in that circular dance you got going on can be a great motivator. I find myself going into performer mode and hooping with better fluidity and speed with an audience. You will likely find an admirer, even if you're not "all that" of a hooper. Prepare for compliments and questions. Bring a stereo and an extra hoop! Jam it up!
- Hoop Jams! There are often hoop jams in major cities and if there isn't, you should definitely join FOSTERING HOOP COMMUNITIES@HOOPCITY.CA and make one! There are a lot of great tips there. If there is already one in your area you damn well better be there on hoopday. If you can't make it then I suggest connecting with others that go and see if they would make a new day with you somewhere else!
- Teach a friend. I guarantee you have a friend that would love to hoop if they knew how. You will definitely learn by teaching, too. When you have to break down a move for someone step by step you will make realizations you would not have found otherwise.
- Caffeineeeeee. I don't like to promote drugs: but caffeine and B vitamins are definite motivators for me sometimes. I will make an ice coffee or take a B Complex Vitamin before I want to hoop and then I will be out there by the mere energy that these supplements provide. Even if I didn't want to hoop when I took them - they never fail me.
- Mind over matter. If you don't want to be a vitamin popper or jittery java queen/king, you can always use the tried and true mind over matter. You know you will love it when you are out there. You are going to be happy when you are finished. You can do it. Affirmations rock! I also like to keep EXERCISE QUOTES printed out and posted on the fridge to keep me on track with my health.
- Meditation and Prayer. I have cried hooping, laughed hooping, labored a child hooping... I have hooped myself out of depression, out of a weight gain, and into a new sense of self. I became someone who has less fear, more strength, and patience. I like to think the hoop brought all of that to me. Or at least gave me the direction and the time to find it.
I also use it to pray. I meditate health in the sickly and peace for the world. I think it works. With each revolution I imagine a loved one's tumor shrinking or my metabolism eating away at my fat stores. The energy is there. I am producing it with each push of the hoop. I don't see why I can't spend a small amount of my hoop time to step away from the world for a second and feel my heart chakra reaching out into the world and spreading the joy of that warm white light within all of us.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Day 19!!!!
Today was a total non-hooping day for me. I really wanted to go out to breakfast with my family and when I got home I had to squirm to wrap and tape 10 hoops! I wonder if I should count hoopmaking as hooping. I swear I burn just as many calories and I love them both! haha... I won't let myself off the hook just yet. There are 5 more hours in this day and I will get in my rotation soon.
To recap:
Week 3: OPPOSITE DIRECTION
Now that you got your legs and arms trained its time to work on your opposite direction, or the reverse flow of your hoop. Think of the hoop tricks you like the most, now let's reverse it! My natural flow is clockwise and I am right handed. So this week I will NOT use my right hand and will only hoop counter clockwise during my first 15 minutes. Also, when doing hoop tricks, I will hoop on my left leg, not my right (I am right dominate) In the last 20 minutes of free hoopdancing I will resume using my dominate direction and arm/leg.
Homework: Find 3 hoop videos that are different from how you hoopdance, See what they do that you don't. Do you like it? Do you want to incorporate it? Try to during your 20 minutes!
Day 15, 16, Stretch for 5 minutes, If you can, try your 3 leg hoop tricks in the opposite direction, free hoopdancing for 20 minutes. Stretch for 5 minutes
Day 17. REST DAY
Day 18 Stretch for 5 minutes, Opposite Direction (Clockwise/counter-clockwise) hoopdancing for 15 minutes, free hoopdancing for 20 minutes, Stretch for 5 minutes
Day 19, 20, Stretch for 5 minutes, Opposite Arm/Leg Dominate hoopdancing for 15 minutes, free hoopdancing for 20 minutes, Stretch for 5 minutes
Day 21, REST DAY
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I am not going to let today's activities keep me from spinning! I have been thinking of hooping all day as I wrapped the bubbles around my precious creations and all I wanted to do was spin them in a golden grassy field! I think my time to shine is coming. If not in the hoop, by making them at least. I am very impressed with what I have been accomplishing lately. I just wish I could be making my streamerhoops in massive production right now. There isn't much I can do about it: they are just too time consuming for people to purchase them from me. I also need more designs, I only have the ones I created currently (4 to be exact) and all my ribbon is in storage! Its probably only 45 minutes deep into my container, and yet so far away...
I am very anxious to make a Om Mani Padme Hum hoop!!! I wish those tibetan prayer flags would get here! I guess they take awhile to ship since they are coming from around the world. No worries. I can wait for a good thing.
Zora is waking up now, crying for me to come cuddle. So I better go! Tata.!.!
To recap:
Week 3: OPPOSITE DIRECTION
Now that you got your legs and arms trained its time to work on your opposite direction, or the reverse flow of your hoop. Think of the hoop tricks you like the most, now let's reverse it! My natural flow is clockwise and I am right handed. So this week I will NOT use my right hand and will only hoop counter clockwise during my first 15 minutes. Also, when doing hoop tricks, I will hoop on my left leg, not my right (I am right dominate) In the last 20 minutes of free hoopdancing I will resume using my dominate direction and arm/leg.
Homework: Find 3 hoop videos that are different from how you hoopdance, See what they do that you don't. Do you like it? Do you want to incorporate it? Try to during your 20 minutes!
Day 15, 16, Stretch for 5 minutes, If you can, try your 3 leg hoop tricks in the opposite direction, free hoopdancing for 20 minutes. Stretch for 5 minutes
Day 17. REST DAY
Day 18 Stretch for 5 minutes, Opposite Direction (Clockwise/counter-clockwise) hoopdancing for 15 minutes, free hoopdancing for 20 minutes, Stretch for 5 minutes
Day 19, 20, Stretch for 5 minutes, Opposite Arm/Leg Dominate hoopdancing for 15 minutes, free hoopdancing for 20 minutes, Stretch for 5 minutes
Day 21, REST DAY
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I am not going to let today's activities keep me from spinning! I have been thinking of hooping all day as I wrapped the bubbles around my precious creations and all I wanted to do was spin them in a golden grassy field! I think my time to shine is coming. If not in the hoop, by making them at least. I am very impressed with what I have been accomplishing lately. I just wish I could be making my streamerhoops in massive production right now. There isn't much I can do about it: they are just too time consuming for people to purchase them from me. I also need more designs, I only have the ones I created currently (4 to be exact) and all my ribbon is in storage! Its probably only 45 minutes deep into my container, and yet so far away...
I am very anxious to make a Om Mani Padme Hum hoop!!! I wish those tibetan prayer flags would get here! I guess they take awhile to ship since they are coming from around the world. No worries. I can wait for a good thing.
Zora is waking up now, crying for me to come cuddle. So I better go! Tata.!.!
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Day 9: Rocking out
So today was another leg day, but I was a little disappointed in my inability to do the thigh trick by Babz. I don't think there is enough area between my thighs to even grab the hoop, let alone spin it on my thighs (a feat in its own.) I am going to trade that move for another.
I have got that foot pass almost NAILED! I just need to remember to fully bend my knee to grab the hoop. The back-spinning hoop to one legged hooping won't work for me. I like to keep my hoops pretty and realized I don't want to backspin them. I hoop outside on the dirt and the cement, both are not very nice to gaffers tape! So no more of that move either.
Instead I am doing knee breaks from elbow hooping and one-legged hooping. One legged hooping should evolve into hooping on my arms (one vertical, one horizontal) and my legs (ditto). I need to get started adding hoops to do some multis.
I was thinking of hooping again tomorrow but not until my homework is finished! I had a blast of customers today and I gotta finish up my hoopmaking. I made 4 of 12 already. Not too difficult, I love making them really so the time flies. I will probably even have time to hoop after I mail them ^_^
I have got that foot pass almost NAILED! I just need to remember to fully bend my knee to grab the hoop. The back-spinning hoop to one legged hooping won't work for me. I like to keep my hoops pretty and realized I don't want to backspin them. I hoop outside on the dirt and the cement, both are not very nice to gaffers tape! So no more of that move either.
Instead I am doing knee breaks from elbow hooping and one-legged hooping. One legged hooping should evolve into hooping on my arms (one vertical, one horizontal) and my legs (ditto). I need to get started adding hoops to do some multis.
I was thinking of hooping again tomorrow but not until my homework is finished! I had a blast of customers today and I gotta finish up my hoopmaking. I made 4 of 12 already. Not too difficult, I love making them really so the time flies. I will probably even have time to hoop after I mail them ^_^
Monday, June 25, 2012
Breast Cancer and Chest Hula Hooping
First I would like to say that this post is not a scientific fact, however, it is based on scientific evidence and deserves to be heard!
Core hooping is inarguably beneficial to your lymphatic system because as the hoop revolves around your body it massages and pumps your lymph nodes which can only circulate out the toxins if the muscles around them are moving. There are not muscles in the breast, and the best way to get those lymphs moving is to make sure they keep moving! Having breasts constantly squeezed in decreases the outflow of toxins. I've recently discovered information about the increase of breast cancer among women who wear bras. A book titled Dressed to Kill by Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer breaks down the notion that wearing a bra increases the risk of breast cancer because it restricts the natural movement of the lymphatic system within the tissues of the breast. There is about a 125 time fold increase in breast cancer compared to women who do not wear them.
As a woman with a 36D breast size and having worn a bra since I was 12 years old, I know that when you move, your breasts move. I started off small and saw that my grandmother, a women who I apparently had the same "figure" as, was very large chested. I was told that to avoid this, I was going to need to wear a bra which would restrict their movement, keep them from sagging, and possible make them smaller. Well that sounded great to me! However that is not what happened. And I currently feel betrayed that this information was possibly even the opposite of what needed to be done. Apparently going bra free can assist in retaining the elasticity in breasts to keep them from sagging. I still grew a large bust and with breast cancer looming in on both sides of my family, I am seeking methods to avoid this dark booby-hating monster.
If there is NO WAY you're going to get rid of your bra, maybe there is still a way to help decrease the risk of getting breast cancer. I think chest hooping or rebounding (jumping on trampolines, pogo sticks, or anything that bounces you!) can help.
I remember the first time I "got" chest hooping. It hurt. From then on I avoided it because I thought it would make my breasts bruised, weak, or heaven forbid SAGGY! Well now I think that is not true. Just as I trained my breasts when I was 12 into being confined, I now want to train them to endure a beating for awhile to make them stronger. I know any pain associated with chest hooping will subside. It will increase the blood flow, strengthen the tired tendons, give my lymphatic system a jolt, and aid in overall health!
Its strange to think that the constant massaging that a hoop does when it is going around my body could be in any way helping it. But it is a fact that massaging the lymph nodes is healthy and will decrease the risk of cancer. So I can put two and two together! I've also heard that a trampoline can decrease lymphatic cysts after just 2 weeks! I think chest hooping should be added to the list of prevention cures. While we cannot find something to obliterate the disease, we can do anything in our power to prevent it. And since lymphatic cysts are decreased after they have been discovered, I guess it really does obliterate it too.
A healthy lymphatic system can help you cure everything from cellulite to cancer. I think chest hooping has the potential to decrease breast cancer because of its effects on pumping/circulating the contents of the lymphatic system in the chest region. I think it should be recognized as an effective workout for lymphatic diseases anywhere on the body as it can be used on several parts of the body.
Core hooping is inarguably beneficial to your lymphatic system because as the hoop revolves around your body it massages and pumps your lymph nodes which can only circulate out the toxins if the muscles around them are moving. There are not muscles in the breast, and the best way to get those lymphs moving is to make sure they keep moving! Having breasts constantly squeezed in decreases the outflow of toxins. I've recently discovered information about the increase of breast cancer among women who wear bras. A book titled Dressed to Kill by Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer breaks down the notion that wearing a bra increases the risk of breast cancer because it restricts the natural movement of the lymphatic system within the tissues of the breast. There is about a 125 time fold increase in breast cancer compared to women who do not wear them.
As a woman with a 36D breast size and having worn a bra since I was 12 years old, I know that when you move, your breasts move. I started off small and saw that my grandmother, a women who I apparently had the same "figure" as, was very large chested. I was told that to avoid this, I was going to need to wear a bra which would restrict their movement, keep them from sagging, and possible make them smaller. Well that sounded great to me! However that is not what happened. And I currently feel betrayed that this information was possibly even the opposite of what needed to be done. Apparently going bra free can assist in retaining the elasticity in breasts to keep them from sagging. I still grew a large bust and with breast cancer looming in on both sides of my family, I am seeking methods to avoid this dark booby-hating monster.
If there is NO WAY you're going to get rid of your bra, maybe there is still a way to help decrease the risk of getting breast cancer. I think chest hooping or rebounding (jumping on trampolines, pogo sticks, or anything that bounces you!) can help.
I remember the first time I "got" chest hooping. It hurt. From then on I avoided it because I thought it would make my breasts bruised, weak, or heaven forbid SAGGY! Well now I think that is not true. Just as I trained my breasts when I was 12 into being confined, I now want to train them to endure a beating for awhile to make them stronger. I know any pain associated with chest hooping will subside. It will increase the blood flow, strengthen the tired tendons, give my lymphatic system a jolt, and aid in overall health!
Its strange to think that the constant massaging that a hoop does when it is going around my body could be in any way helping it. But it is a fact that massaging the lymph nodes is healthy and will decrease the risk of cancer. So I can put two and two together! I've also heard that a trampoline can decrease lymphatic cysts after just 2 weeks! I think chest hooping should be added to the list of prevention cures. While we cannot find something to obliterate the disease, we can do anything in our power to prevent it. And since lymphatic cysts are decreased after they have been discovered, I guess it really does obliterate it too.
A healthy lymphatic system can help you cure everything from cellulite to cancer. I think chest hooping has the potential to decrease breast cancer because of its effects on pumping/circulating the contents of the lymphatic system in the chest region. I think it should be recognized as an effective workout for lymphatic diseases anywhere on the body as it can be used on several parts of the body.
Week2: Day 8 - LEGS
So yesterday I did my homework and picked out some videos of some rad leg hooping tricks.
Vertical Thigh Breaks!
Backspin into One Leg Hooping!
And lastly, though there were MANY more tricks I wanted to try out this week...
Leg Reversal from Waist Hooping:
As it stands, many of the leg hooping tricks I admire are broadcasted by the talented Babz Robinson. She is one inventful hooper!
Some of the tricks I want to do next time are a little more advanced and require an advanced skill in foot hooping. Those include Foot Lasso and The Scorpion.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Day 1: Hooping Challenge while PREGNANT
I found out a few weeks ago that I will not be bringing another precious being in the world in February. I am ecstatic! However I am only 7 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight from before.. so that is a bit of a surprise. However I have a good feeling about this time. First off, I have one Hoop Challenge under my belt and I have a lot of energy to start this pregnancy off with another Challenge!
I am also very excited about putting together a video production for my Prenatal Hooping video this fall. I am starting my search for mommy-to-be's like me who know how to hoop or who want to learn. My video will be very easy for beginners and I want it to incorporate both hooping and yoga. AND NO FAKE BELLIES! I want women who are REALLY pregnant. And this is a paid position... This is my first time mentioning it on the web and as soon as I get my prenatalhooping.com website up I will put up official applications.
Onward: I am going to do a 3.5 hours/week hoop challenge this time. I know this is a better choice for me since I already have a 19 month old and a 28 year old to take care (husband.) And I am starting a lot of new projects, not to mention I need to convince my landlord to sell me this house (its so inexpensive and I want to write off my house for taxes since I use it!)... so there's a lot on my table, but hooping is already happening for me almost everyday.
I just got through with a 4 day no-workout stretch (although I was doing chores and standing 10 hours each day at work). However not going to the gym has a way of giving a person more energy. I still want to lose that last 7 pounds AND be pregnant. My BMI is "Above Average" and I know my nutrition is plentiful enough to accommodate a nursing toddler and a growing fetus for the next few months. I'd like to weigh the same as I do now while 9 months pregnant and then lose the baby weight and be 135-140. That sounds GREAT to me!
I will attempt to hoop at least 15 minutes everday, but I know there will be somedays where it gets put off and I end up hooping for an hour one day without counting! That's just how it works for me. And I will also mind what TIME I hoop. During the last challenge I put off hooping til too late and then it didn't happen.
Video of the day?:
I am also very excited about putting together a video production for my Prenatal Hooping video this fall. I am starting my search for mommy-to-be's like me who know how to hoop or who want to learn. My video will be very easy for beginners and I want it to incorporate both hooping and yoga. AND NO FAKE BELLIES! I want women who are REALLY pregnant. And this is a paid position... This is my first time mentioning it on the web and as soon as I get my prenatalhooping.com website up I will put up official applications.
Onward: I am going to do a 3.5 hours/week hoop challenge this time. I know this is a better choice for me since I already have a 19 month old and a 28 year old to take care (husband.) And I am starting a lot of new projects, not to mention I need to convince my landlord to sell me this house (its so inexpensive and I want to write off my house for taxes since I use it!)... so there's a lot on my table, but hooping is already happening for me almost everyday.
I just got through with a 4 day no-workout stretch (although I was doing chores and standing 10 hours each day at work). However not going to the gym has a way of giving a person more energy. I still want to lose that last 7 pounds AND be pregnant. My BMI is "Above Average" and I know my nutrition is plentiful enough to accommodate a nursing toddler and a growing fetus for the next few months. I'd like to weigh the same as I do now while 9 months pregnant and then lose the baby weight and be 135-140. That sounds GREAT to me!
I will attempt to hoop at least 15 minutes everday, but I know there will be somedays where it gets put off and I end up hooping for an hour one day without counting! That's just how it works for me. And I will also mind what TIME I hoop. During the last challenge I put off hooping til too late and then it didn't happen.
Video of the day?:
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