I Got The Hooping Bug
Friday, June 27th, 2008
After that post about the fat drunk chick on Nintendo Wii Fit, I became intrigued with the idea of hula hooping as another activity I could get into for losing some weight. Now, up until yesterday, I haven’t touched a hula hoop since I was a kid. And like most people I thought that hula hooping was just something only kids do…. well boy was I wrong. I found dozens of videos on YouTube showing adults, both men and women, hula hooping. I started feeling like a kid again and I even went out in search of a hula hoop at the local department store, however they didn’t have any, which turned out to be a good thing. I came back home and looked up instructions on google for how to make a hoop and it took me about 1 hour and 30 minutes to go buy the materials I needed and then about 1 hour and 15 minutes to put it together and decorate it.
I immediately started hooping in my living room and yes I felt like a kid again, but this time I had an adult size hoop. I learned quickly however that it is not wise to try doing fancy tricks indoors with your hula hoop. I broke a glass fishbowl which I had turned into a candle holder that was filled with sand and seashells…. yes it made a big mess! So I will definitely have to go outside when I want to learn new tricks, but for the basic around the waist movement I think I’ll be fine in my living room and hopefully won’t break anything else.
I am looking forward to having this help me lose some weight and maybe learn a new art form. Check out some of the hoop dancing videos on youtube.
