2.5″ to go!!! Hula Update – week 1

nope… that’s not me!

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After my health check, I took the advice of the nurse, who said although I was not overweight, I could stand to lose a few inches of my waist. My then measurement was 35″. Ideally, it should be 32″ish.

She recommended hula hooping for 10 minutes a day… Great I thought, I can’t do 10 seconds, and here she is recommending 10 minutes!!! That’s a whole lotta seconds! 600 to be precise!

So I bought the weighted hula hoop and had a go, and found that Yes! I could do it!

I said I would report back after a week, just adding the hula-ing to my day, but not changing anything else, and I’ve managed it! 5 minutes of continuous revolutions each way! That’s my 10 minutes! I can even turn 360 degrees while hooping!!

And so the dreaded measure… It stands at….

34.5″!! That’s 0.5″ down! 

WOW!!!!

So now as summer approaches, my eating habits naturally change, and I tend to eat more fruits and salads, hopefully that will aid the inch loss too!!!

The only downfall… The bruising across both sides of my waist!! I am assured they will calm down and stuff, but I won’t subject you to pictures! My spare tyres, along with my trophies from child birth, aka, stretch marks, do not a pretty picture make, and I don’t want to put you off your food!!!! 

More Hula Hooping information, and encouragement!

I have been checking out hula hooping exercises and came across this great article! Hula Hooping in the Daily Mail.

Firstly the lady in the pictures has my hula hoop! And secondly, wow! I am in great hooping company, with Beyoncé and Kelly Osborne all doing the very same thing I am mastering now!

It really is apparently great for mummy tummies! I even got creative and wrote a poem about mine here.!

And I found a fair few videos to get ideas! The Lady on the left keeps dropping hers… so that’s ok to do too!!

And here’s a lovely Hula Hoop Song to listen to as you are rotating your hips!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFCZKNsP5PY

ENJOY FOLKS! AND HAPPY HULA HOOPING!!!!!!!!

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