On my morning run with Sadie today, however, we saw something out of the ordinary: a hula hoop walker.
Hula Hooper
We saw a woman walking the mile loop around the lake while hula hooping. This lady had skills!
I thought Sadie would be spooked by the hoop, but she kept her cool and we ran right past the woman. To Sadie, baby strollers = scary, hula hoopers = not so much.
"You Got Nothin' Hula Hoops!"
The heat during our five-mile run was really intense. There’s one heck of a heatwave in Central Florida right now and it made our run a little more challenging than usual. I was sweating like crazy and felt fatigued much earlier in the run that I normally do. I’m downing water like a mad woman now. Gotta rehydrate!
Breakfast
This past weekend at Ryan’s mom’s house, I spotted Libby’s canned pumpkin in her pantry. I freaked out and asked her where she found it because our local grocery store hasn’t stocked pumpkin in months.
The Elusive Pumpkin
She said she’d had the pumpkin for a while and offered to let me take two cans back to Orlando. Sweet!!!
I was pretty excited to include the canned pumpkin in a yogurt barley breakfast bowl this morning.
Apple + Pumpkin + Barley + Yogurt
I added freshly chopped apple and sweetener to the mix for a little extra crunch and sweetness.
Most of the apple went directly into my mouth and only several little chunks actually made it into the breakfast bowl.
Stirred Up
Git in Mah Belly!
Oh pumpkin, how I’ve missed you!
Question of the Morning
Can you hula hoop?
I can… for about 10 seconds. 🙂
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Same here…probably more like 5 seconds…lol.
I haven’t hoolahooped in years, but I remember being pretty good!
i LOVE a hula hoop! i keep saying i want one for my bday. i better get one!! i’m bringing that shit to the gym!
Nope but seeing a hoolahooping while walking I would be amazed-nope can’t hoolahoop
Im a pretty darn good hoolahooper. I can do those hoolahoops with the big tennis balls/ golfballs things embedded into the sides for about 30 min-45 min once i get into my music and zone out the pain 🙂
Wow, hula hooping while walking? That’s talent. I can do it for a few minutes—but that’s a guess since I haven’t hula hooped in forever.
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Does hula hooping take coordination of any kind? i’m going to guess yes, so my answer is NO! 🙂
What is up with grocery stores in FL not carrying canned pumpkin? I’ve been looking for it since January. Is there a pumpkin shortage or something going on?
Haven’t tried hula hooping in years- the little kid in me is dying to try it again!!
I love to hula hoop! I’ve got good birthing and hula hooping hips 😉
GAH! I want pumpkin!!
We’ve got lots of Libby’s pumpkin here in NW Iowa and wish I could send it your way. I just recently made a double batch of pumpkin bars to get rid of some!
I love to hula hoop (when one is available, of course). I won a contest at my church when I was little for hola hooping the longest out of a whole bunch of kids. It was my shining moment! Lol. Also, I’m glad to see someone else likes pumpkin out of season. I just finished up a can, and I enjoyed it in oh-so-many yogurt breakfasts. It’s the perfect add-in.
I don’t mean to brag or anything, but I’m actually a two-time hula hoop contest champion! hahaha.. it’s kind of like my hidden talent I guess 🙂
HAHAHA i can hula hoop for maybe 1 second. NEVER been good at that :/
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I bought a Hula Hoop last summer after having taking a pole dancing class and a brief 10 minute introduction to hooping as a class. It’s a great ab workout. I should dig my hula hoop out and resume getting some hooping in while watching tv (fun and easy ab workout). Sometimes I can get in a good groove and hoop for what seems like every, other times I just can’t get it. Great post! Thanks 🙂
Wow, a hula hoop walker! I can only hula hoop on Wii fit and that’s because I don’t even have a real hula hoop on my waist. 🙂 I want Libby’s canned pumpkin!! Oh, I’m so ready for this pumpkin shortage to be over.
I won a contest for Hula Hooing the longest- 15 minutes I think. I am still pretty darn good at it!
I went to 4 stores to find pumpkin this past weekend and they only had the gargantuan size jars. So I ended up making pumpkin cookies and pumpkin curry!!!
YES, love hula hooping! 🙂
I can’t find any of the canned pumpkin either and I am OBSESSED with it. I have one can sitting in my pantry but I don’t I’m afraid to use it! Hopefully the shortage is over QUICK!
For a few seconds, I bet it is a great ab workout! I can’t imagine doing it while walking! Now I must go and try to find videos of such a thing!
Oh how fun! I used to be a good hula hooper when I was a kid but I have tried in a very long time! Now I am curious! haha…I might have to go seek one out!
Get out! haha a hula hoop walker….guess it would be a good core workout.
PUMPKIN! That’s the only good thing about the end of summer, the return of the pumpkin! They stopped stocking it right after Christmas this year, though, so I’m in the midst of some serious deprivation right now, hahah. I love it mixed with yogurt, cottage cheese, sweetner, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves! Tastes just like pumpkin pie filling!
I used to hula-hoop all the time when I was little! I would stand in front of the TV after school and watch my favorite cartoon shows while hula-hooping. I think my record was 30 minutes, but it was because I stopped purposely.
Have you seen those hula-hoop dancers? I don’t know what exactly they’re called, but they’ve been the craze lately! You can probably find some clips on YouTube.
That’s crazy! I used to LOVE hula hooping…now? Not so sure about it haha. I should try it again 😉 I probably couldn’t beat your time of 10 seconds though.
Hope the heatwave settles a bit and gives you and your running buddy a break 🙂
Happy Tuesday!
I used to be so good at it! For fun, my friend and I bought hula hoops a few years ago to play around with. Judging from how the hula hoop almost immediately hits the floor, I’ve lost my mad skillz… 🙁
I’m a TERRIBLE hula hooper! Was she using one of the weighted ones that is supposed to work your core extra hard? I’ve heard of entire diet/exercise routines being based around one of those.
I love to hula hoop! I’m pretty good at it, too.
I made the mistake of buying a weighted hula hoop. It was very easy to do, but it bruised my hips! Sticking to a regular hoop from now on…
I haven’t done it in a while but I’m sure I could….?
I have a huge can of pumpkin right now but I don’t want to open it. I want to “save” it, but really, how silly is that? I should just eat it!!
where do you get barley? i looked this week at the grocery store and nobody even knew what it was. i have seen it as baby food – so maybe that is what it is! 🙂
i buy it at my local grocery store – check by the dried beans & rice!
I’m definitely not a hulahooper!
Ohh I have some pumpkin in my cupboard, I’m going to have to try it in my breakfast 🙂
Now that is something I have never seen on a walk! I can NOT hula hoop for very long at all!
My dog, Boo, is spooked my strollers too lol
I have serious pumpkin envy right now! I use pumpkin all year-round but for the past few months cannot find it anywhere.
I used to be a much better hula hooper than I am now, I wonder what happened. Also you just made me crave my pumpkin choc chip cookies.
It is so UNBELIEVABLY hot in Orlando! I take my dogs for a walk around our neighborhood every morning and by the time I got back this morning my shirt was soaked through and my pups were gulping down their water! 🙂
Hula Hoop would be certain catastrophe. Whole Foods has pumpkin in my neck of the woods!
I adore hula hooping, it’s so much fun! I can do it for a while 🙂
mhm, pumpkin…I wish I had some in my pantry 😀
I used to be a legit hula hooper – now probably not so much lol
What the? A hula hoop walker? Now that’s skill!
I haven’t had pumpkin since the fall and now I miss it! 🙂
i love this idea of barley! and keep reading about it on your bloggie 🙂 i’ve GOT to find some! do you find it filling or as filling as oaties?
so glad you got your hands on some pkin! we haven’t felt the pumpkin stash drought here yet thank god!
for me it’s just as filling at oats! i love it!
I’ve been craving pumpkin lately! Now I neeeed it! And hula hooping is one of my few skills – I can go for hours – and on my neck, arm, foot. Ok, this is getting embarassing …
I looove hula hooping! It’s hard to do while walking though! And Sadie is so adorable.
Wow, that lady has serious skills! Must be a great core workout.
Oh my gosh- it is SO disgusting out right now! UH! I love going out by lake eola for my lunch break..but I didn’t even want to take one step outside- it’s so gross & humid out!!
Even when I got in my car @ 5am this morning to head to the gym it said 80 degrees- what the heck?! 80 degrees at 5am? NUTS!!
I picked up some barley this past weekend & I can’t wait to incorporate it into my breakfasts- yours always look so delicious & it’s something new 😀
That barely bowl is a good idea 🙂
I think I can hula hoop for about 2 seconds. Haha.
my grocery hasnt stocked pumpkin since x-mas…. very annoying! have to go to specialty stores to get the goods!
i just bought a hula hoop at target last week with my mom… i wonder what my neighbors would think if i started doing walks with it… hahaha
I have a weighted hula hoop and do it at night when I am watching TV. I can do the hula hoop endlessly. I won a contest before.
You know, I’ve NEVER been able to hula hoop in my life! I just look like a complete spaz, hahaha!
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