What Amy Grant Forgot To Mention

Yesterday I was watching the Early Show and my favorite Christian singer, Amy Grant, was on there talking about making small changes in your life in order to make it better. Sounds okay right? Great interview, great ideas. Everyone's happy. Or they were anyway.


At the end of the interview Amy shared one of the ways she stays in shape. A Hula Hoop. Sounds safe enough. She explains it works the core. Even points out how when hula hooping your body naturally tenses which assists with working key areas of your body. Sounds better than great!!! I hula hooped my way through elementary and middle school. What a great, fun way to lose weight and exercise!!!


I promptly go to wally world and buy me a hula hoop to add to my daily workout. After I get home from " Nightmare At The Park", ( i'll tell ya about this shortly on the other blog) I decide to try out my new exercise "machine".


First of all lemme tell ya..........you'd think my ass was big enough to keep the hoop up, but noooooooo it wasn't. I'm still deciding if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I'll let ya know what I come up with. So that was the first lesson........big ass does not guarantee hula hoop success. I never woulda thunk it.

Anyway i get home and attempt several times to hula hoop. Ashley and Tyler and I had a great laugh at me trying to do it first of all. So that was sorta fun. I can laugh at myself. No problem. But Laterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...........i start feeling this burn when i breathe in, or move, or hell even think about moving. This hurt more than the strength training, the 30 minute uphill walks or the dog pulling me so that he could go get in the lake. It STILL hurts today too.

Now i know you're asking yourself............will she do this again? The answer is " But Of course". If it hurts, it works . No pain, no gain as they say. I'm a lil peeved with Mrs. Grant for not mentioning this in the interview though. Ya know something like " now if you are seriously out of shape, you're gonna hurt like a bitch and probably shouldn't try it more than a minute a week to start out".

Now i know though and will make appropriate arrangements .

If you'd like to see the interview AND verify the fact that she forgot to mention immense pain it's here.

Have fun if you decide to try it and remember, *I* told you it hurts lol. You'll thank me later .

Nessa