I am a Hoop Dancer. Before I started to lose weight I was at 285/290 pounds. Without trying, or realizing it just picking up a hula hoop, and teaching myself to use it I was able to drop down to 230. Unfortunately due to a car-accident I put on twenty pounds, because of a back injury that left me relatively sedentary (muscle spasms in the back are the worst!).
My doctors told me I wasn't allowed to hula hoop. On top of that I had three incredibly important and wonderful people that were close to me pass away all in a two year span of time (my biological father, his wonderful wife-- my step-mom, and my grandpa). I have been struggling with depression do to this on and off again. But, I really think that the loss of their lives lead to my coming to Jesus moment (if you will) about my weight. I am petrified of losing my life due to obese-related health issues.
At the end of April of this year I picked up my hoop again (just in time for the following attached feature of my hooping story to run on Hooping.org), against my doctors' wishes I slowly but surely started to hoop again-- doing NOTHING on the body. I worked on all off the body tricks, and trusted that my Sense Memory would remind/teach the rest of my muscles how to do this again.
When my grandpa passed away (as I mentioned) the day after my birthday it really woke me up, and I knew it was time to step-up-the-pace. My grandpa was healthy the entire time I knew him-- he had incredible will-power, something as an obese person I felt like I did not have. I stepped on the scale at the beginning of June saw that I was 250 (even with bringing hula hooping back into my life for the last month prior), and I knew that change needed to be immediate.
I've been working on getting healthy ever since. So, at 250 pounds, and at 28 years old I started for the very first time in my life to really *try*. I am currently at 215.
If you're curious about my Hoop Journey, or would like to see some before and after pictures here is the link to my story:
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