Circles & Curves

Revisiting a Hoop Challenge

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 02:50:00 -0400

I’m BAAACK!

…And I’m starting October with a hoop challenge to get back into the swish of things. I’ve been feeling kinda funky lately and I’m wanting to reignite the basics. I’ve got some other stuff brewin’ too, but I’ll tell you about all that later.

Booze without the bad?

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:19:41 -0500

I made these tonight for a quick tart dessert with a kick. Twas nommy. My roomie agreed. And believe it or not….this came after the part of the evening where I was laying on the floor looking at the world upside down and being silly-drunk. Anywho. The jist of how I made ‘em:

Coconut Rum Smoothies

A cup of frozen fruit. (In this case I used a mix with strawberries, mangos, peaches and pineapple.)
Aproximately 3oz coconut rum.
6 ice cubes
Guava Pineapple juice
A shot of lemon juice
Pinch of sea salt
1tbs Stevia in the Raw

Blend….then yum.

I feel like I was super active today…but I was really just productive and then was on my feet at the grocery stores (yes plural) for most of my day….then I cleaned a fridge that was so grimy I considered a Hazmat suit going in. I’m even too wiped out to restart the hoop challenge. Gunna ease into this new routine. I’m packing a lot into a day. Gunna keep trying to squeeze it all in…but I’m not going to force everything right at the beginning. Better it works in slow and lasts than gets burned out before it’s begun.

oh, ladycakes: Recipe index

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:26:42 -0500

oh, ladycakes: Recipe index

Vegan Recipe Index - Healthy. Happy. Life.

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:41:40 -0500

Vegan Recipe Index - Healthy. Happy. Life.:

some of these look worth a try. nomnom

Random weigh-in met with surprise goal!

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:59:00 -0500

I have been super busy lately. I got sick and dropped the ball on my hoop challenge (which I plan to resume here shortly), then along the way had a birthday, celebrated my brother’s birthday with him, and most recently, moved to my new apartment. Things have been hectic and so I have not been paying as much attention to my weight loss goals, activity levels and such. However….tonight, on a whim, I stepped on the scale to discover that I hit my first goal. 245lbs is my first mile stone. I never even got around to setting my rewards.

Suggestions for what to do to celebrate?

Yay! I am so happy to find another real woman who hoops, in on a weight loss journey, and has realistic goals.

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:47:43 -0500

=^.^= Its nice to be found! I think there are more of us out there than is easily recognizable…..but rare we do seem. Welcome to the blog. I hope your follow is a pleasant one. <3

I'm going to go die now....

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:08:13 -0400

Well…My physical activity for the day was power loading our pick-up and bringing a metric FUCKTON of stuff back with us from Midland. Seriously…Mom and I packed that thing in just over an hour and considering how much stuff we hauled, that’s beyond amazing. I was the youth of the outfit so I lifted, lugged, toted, shifted, crawled, climbed, reached, hopped, and wedged. I’m a walking bruise. Then I drove most of the way home. I’m stiff, soar and exhausted. I’m afraid I won’t be hooping today so I’ll be restarting the counter on my hoop challenge tomorrow, which I am disappointed about but I just don’t have the bandwidth to even try tonight. I feel so brittle I could shatter.

Tomorrow. after We’ve unloaded the truck….Yoga, lots of water, refreshing my hoop challenge, and probably steaming my lungs with the vaporizer to get some 5 pounds of silt and soot out of me. Oh yeah, in case I forgot…I hate the dessert. ooh…I’m adding a “long, warm, detoxifying and rejuvenating soak in a bath” to my list for tomorrow.

Also…do you have any idea how impossible it is to keep to any strict eating goals when you’re at the mercy of a family that considers grease a food group and keeps an utterly different eating schedule as you? I feel like I could cleanse and fast for a month and still feel like I had sludge for blood. I made the best decisions I was able to given the circumstances…but I have a lot of maintenance to do to feel human again.

I’m sure I’ve gained like 8 pounds in two days just from the stress and awkward schedule of it all….then all the extra “lesser evil” calories. I’m not gunna worry about it too much right now. I’ll deal with my cruddy self and the mean ol’ scale later. For now…COMA.

Hooping Challenge 6/90

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:23:47 -0400

I’m in Midland and it’s felt like a day long asthma attack. I’ve been wheezing and croaking and sniffing today as I toated, hauled and sorted through my grandmother’s garage in all the dust. I feel a bit like I’ve copped out but my breathing is saying no to anything more strenuous than curling up with tea next to the vaporizer and wishing I was dead. I did a few revolutions with the hoop though to keep the promise but definately didn’t meet my goal. It’s been a looooong day. I’m gunna go die now. Kthxbai flop

Hooping day 5/90

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:20:59 -0400

Check

Zzzzzzz……

Hooping day 4/90

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:11:11 -0400

I hurt….but I had a new lease on flow with my regular hoop after having been hooping with the heavy water hoop. My core….4 days in and wow already. Muscles are firming back up. I used to have scary firm abs (even though you couldn’t tell unless you watched me use them or placed your hand on my stomach and felt me clench since they were covered in a thick layer of belly fat)

Any who…the real challenge begins tomorrow. Taking my hoop with me to West Texas. It’s difficult to maintain a routine when away from home, but I’m also concerned about breathing. I always have trouble with my asthma in the dry dusty air in Midland. >.<

Taking my collapsible and gunna give it my best go at any rate.

When I get back from this trip I want to start reincorporating Yoga into my routine. It was always so helpful…and I feel really stiff and sore.

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Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:30:23 -0400

Hooping day 3/90

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:45:00 -0400

Tonight felt like a major accomplishment. I had many opportunities to talk myself out of hooping tonight. My grandmother is in town and I’ve been doing a lot of taking care of her and my mother and making sure they were seen to and had anything they needed so when everyone went to bed there was definitely a little shoulder demon eager to take my sore tired self to someplace cushy with my tea and curl around a book. I grabbed my trusty water hoop instead. I’m glad I did.

a. I kept to my goals…which is always a gratifying feeling.
b. I got to enjoy the full moon. I had a reminder on my calendar but I’d forgotten about it by the time the sun had gone down with the hectic day I’d had. Meditating under her for a while felt amazing.
c. After 4 years of hooping…I did something I’ve never had much luck with. Something basic. I reversed my flow and hooped in the opposite directon of my dominant rotation; clockwise. I kept it up very successfully and I’m feeling very proud of myself for the accomplishment. Go G! ^_^ I was able to keep the revolutions slow enough with the water hoop to close my eyes and feel where the hoop played across my body and absorb that new muscle memory. I’m hoping that will help me when I’m hooping with my normal hoop. I’m always very proud of my friends as they begin as fledgling hoopers that they are taking the time to learn each trick in the reverse after they get it in one way. Something I had wished I’d done as I started because now I’m having to go back and almost start over with new muscles. It felt like a great accomplishment.

Today has been a good day.

A Healthy Life of a Voluptuous Woman

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:34:00 -0400

A Healthy Life of a Voluptuous Woman:

I’m so proud….

This is a link to my friend Steph’s new blog she’s started after I told her about mine. I’m very proud of her for taking the time to set some goals and giving herself some motivations to accomplish them. I’m also feeling very proud of myself for inspiring her to take my idea and make it her own. She’s a sweet girl and deserves to feel happy and healthy in that lovely alabaster skin of hers.

It should be a fun way of keeping each other accountable.

So? Who’s going to join us?

Hooping day 2/90

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:52:08 -0400

Today went off without too much of a hitch. I hooped in the living room because I had company and they didn’t really feel like going outside and I felt odd about just ditching them for a while. So I water hooped in the living room while they watched anime.

I have bruises. They haven’t risen to the surface where you can see them much, yet…but I can feel them.

Hooping day 1/90

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:35:38 -0400

Took my beast of a water hoop outside and set a timer for 15 minutes. I just rolled the hoop over my hips, moved it up and down my core, practiced walking a bit with the heavy hoop and did a tiny bit of arm hooping.

chest hooping with the water hoop felt really good but I’ll be sure to take off my necklace next time.

I may have bruises tomorrow but I’ll feel good about them. I haven’t had hoop related bruises in ages. ^^

Back to Basics....

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:15:22 -0400

Ok…as I sit here and drink this cup of tea I make a commitment to myself….

I haven’t been doing very well with my dietary decisions and my activity level. I’ve been spending a lot of time with my brother, who’ I’ll admit is my little shoulder demon when it comes to eating healthy. I’ve eaten junk food, candy, unrealistic portions and any number of other non goal friendly things. I feel sluggish, bogged down, grimey and chubby. My body feels ickish and unhealthy. Time to reaffirm my goals.

No red meat or pork
No fried foods
Avoid junk food
Moderate sweets
PORTION CONTROL
Avoid drinking calories
Be active and remember to find ways to play

I’m also adding a challenge…

I’m challenging myself to hoop daily for a minimum of 15 minutes for 90 days without skipping a day.

Something I'm Starting Tonight....

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:08:46 -0400

Something I'm Starting Tonight....

I need to hit the refresh button.

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:51:20 -0400

I need to hit the refresh button.

interesting…wish I knew where this came from.

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:14:22 -0400

interesting…wish I knew where this came from.

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Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:10:28 -0400