(Thank you for the idea Valerie! AND I want to acknowledge that I am a week behind in my tips. Life got busy. I am back and I will attempt to post 2 a day for a week! Wish me luck! Haha)

Hula Hoop!!! Who doesn’t have fond memories of hula hoops? I think even the guys have hula hooped at least once in their boyhoods! When we were kids, we had a hula hoop and would spend hours walking around the neighborhood while hooping! Now I am lucky if I can keep mine up for a minute standing still, never mind the walking!

I had a ‘wow’ moment while doing research for this blog. Did you know you ‘could’ burn about 200 calories in 30 minutes of hula hooping? WOW! The problem for me is I am lucky if I can do 3minutes in a 5 minute set (resting a minute between each minute!) However, that 200 calories breaks down to about 7 calories a minute, turning my 3 minutes into 21 calories! If I hula for 6 minutes I get my snack of 15 grapes for FREE! ;-) Well that is one way of looking at it!

Ok so, weighted vs non weighted hula hoops: More calorie burn! Enough said - SOLD! ;-) Warning, build up if you are using a weighted hoop as it can bruise your waist area. Just saying… voice of experience! (and your kidneys are in there! So be careful and wear padding around your waist when using a weighted hoop!!! Maybe check with your doctor!!!)

Articles to read: (( there are many more on youtube – just search for them))

Youtube Instructionals: (( there are many more on youtube – just search for them))

Make your own hula hoop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC_8ckG6WpU (( there are many more on youtube – just search for them))

Let’s have fun and burn some calories!