Working out! Ugh! Well... sometimes. For the most part, I like to do it. Other days, I tolerate it. Using the treadmill, doing weights, etc... These are the things I do because I realize that I'm lazy and I REALLY love food and don't want to be a fat lardass. However, these activities aren't going to keep me interested forever. If I, or anybody, really want to get off my couch and stop being lazy I need to find something that I really love to do. Something that really makes me want to stop watching Doctor Who and makes me want to move. And low and behold, I have found such a thing!!!
It all started the other weekend at my friend's going away party. (She is leaving for Africa this month for 2 years and 3 months to teach English in Namibia) I drove about 6 hours to see her and didn't know a soul there besides her. Good times were had and there was much inebriation. It was dark out, probably around 10 or later. One of her friends brought his DJ setup and had Dubstep and Techno bumping loudly through the speakers. I was drunk. At this point, a few of her friends brought out some light up LED hula hoops. They started dancing with the hoops to the music. I just sat there in my chair for a while mesmerized. I resolved that I had to learn how to do this.
When I got back home, I stopped by Toys-R-Us and picked up a couple of hoops there. I just couldn't do it though. So I decided to look up some tutorials on YouTube. I found out that the cheap hoops I bought were no good. I needed a weighted one. There was a tutorial on how to make my own, so I did.
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Well, I'm not drunk anymore and hooping still has me mesmerized. My day is no longer complete if I haven't picked up my hoop for a few minutes. I've gotten bruises, I kind of look like a bruised peach. It is so much fun though! I'm challenged every time I want to try a new move. It also relaxes me if I'm in a horrible mood. I've never loved any sort of physical activity... and it doesn't even feel like I'm working to do it. I hooped for 2 hours the other night with my friend and I was shocked at how much time had passed. We were drenched in sweat, but we had a blast.
So, if you haven't found that activity that just makes you want to get up off the couch and do something, I high encourage you to try hooping. And even if you find hooping isn't your thing, I encourage you to find something that is. There isn't a greater feeling than finding that activity that you love to do that just makes you want to move. That activity that completes your day. It's worth the effort you put into finding it.
Much love,
-Hanna Mae
