Waist | But I Smile Anyway...

nope… that’s not me!

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!!!!

32″ Waist, here I come!!!

Spurred on by my health check on Friday, I thought I’d give the old hula hooping a try!

Popped to town today, while my karate kids were at their grading and purchased an adult sized hula hoop.

A weighted, adult sized hula hoop.

A foam covered, weighted (1.36kg), adult sized hula hoop!
(Foam covering very important… Wait n see!)

Here it is, and there I am too… Actually hula hooping!!!

I can do it!!!!

I have never been able to do it, or keep the hoop up for longer than 2 hulas!!!
But on my second go, my Lil Man counted 56 hulas!!! Man I’m an expert!!!

The nurse said 10 minutes a day. I did about 3… First time, I think that’s OK! I can feel my waist aching already!

And as for the weighted bit, that’s obviously helping, hence the aching, and it helps keep the equilibrium going, so its not entirely my skills, but the hoop itself that helped!

So £14.99 well spent I think!

Oh and I said I’d mention the foam covering… Well that’s definitely needed! With the weights, I believe I can expect a bit of bruising too, so the protevtive foam might lessen that!

People, its great! Give it a go! (But make sure you have lots of space around you too!)