Home sweet home. I loved waking up in my own bed and enjoying a homemade breakfast with a pug sleeping on my lap. It doesn’t get better than that! 
This morning, I enjoyed a wonderful bowl of overnight oats and a glass of toasted coconut iced coffee with vanilla soymilk.
In the mix:
- 1/4 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup oat bran
- 1/2 cup vanilla soymilk
- 1/4 cup water
- Walnuts
- Chocolate-covered cranberries
- Barney Butter
I’ve been meaning to write this post for awhile, so I apologize if it seems a bit random or out of place. Even still, I swear it’ll be fun! 
I wrote this post while participating in a blog campaign by Kraft’s Crystal Light Pure Fitness and FitnessMagazine.com compensated me for my participation in this project. Opinions expressed are all my own.
80′s Fitness Fads
As you know, I recently made three workout videos for Fitness Magazine where we tried some fun, new fitness trends: hula hooping, retro–robics, and belly dancing workouts. You can see me in action here!
I had a ton of fun trying the new workouts. I especially liked hula hooping because it reminded me of being a kid and playing outside in the yard. How fun were some of those toys we had as kids?! I’d play and play and not even realize that I was exercising. For instance, Get In Shape Girl was one of my favorite “games.” I actually blogged about my love for it back in March.
Besides Get In Shape Girl, I loved my Pogo Ball.
And Skip-It. Remember this thing?
My sister actually owned the Skip-It, so, of course, there were plenty of fights over it. She was actually really, really good at it, and I’d always steal it from her and try to beat her score, but I never even came close.
And, of course, there was the Pocket Rocker.
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Question of the Day
What’s your favorite fitness game/toy from your childhood?
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LOVE hula hooping!!! It’s the best ab workout too
@Freya @ Brit Chick Runs: I thought it was a yolk too!! Thank goodness I kept reading, go Barney Butter!
Oh my gosh! I had a pogo ball! Thank you for bringing back that funny memory.
OMG! This is the best post ever! It totally made my day! I seriously thought that I was the only one who had Get In Shape Girl, and I adored my Skip-It and Pogo Ball! Such a fun flashback…thanks Tina.
My pogo ball and skip it were awesome! I was an only child and I could play on those things forever!!!
I think it was called Lemon Twister…it was a rubber loop to put on one foot with a plastic lemon at the other end and you had to kick it around and jump over the lemon. I just thought it was fun but thinking back not it was actually a great cardio workout. =)
Oh man, I had the pogo ball and the skip-it! (I wasn’t spoiled, I promise!) I loved BOTH of those! Thanks for bringing back some great childhood memories
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Gosh, this is the moment where I start feeling left out for being 10 year younger than most of you here – I don’t remember any of these! They look awesome though. Especially the Pocket Rocker. And I do remember the pogo ball!
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I loved Skip-It! The first thing I ever saved my allowance for was a hot pink Skip-it. I think it was $10, and it took me FOREVER but I did it!
I LOVED my purple and neon green pogo ball! I used to jump rope while on my pogo ball.
I didn’t have a skip it, but I had a hoop it which I loved as well.
Good memories!
love this post, TIna!! I was addicted to my pogo ball and remember I gave one to my next door neighbor for his birthday… I also had a pogo stick! Loved that too.
OMG-The pogo ball! Those were out of control! I never had a skip it, but I loved the commercials–I wanted one so bad =)
I was in love with pogo sticks and skip its. I loved how we had no idea that it was actually exercise.
Tina, do you remember the 80s fitness program called Callanetics? I just got back into it a little recently, and it’s actually fantastic! Super low impact body weight resistance exercises that are easy on the back and joints and reinforce good posture, so it’s perfect for an Opera Girl. Love it.
OMG you brought back some memories. I had a skip it and a pogo ball and LOVED both of them. It was wonderful when we did stuff for fun and really didn’t reralize that itw as exercise, lol!
I didn’t have a Skip It, but I do remember the commercial. One of my friends had something similar, but with a lemon on the end … and no counter. For fitness toys, I’d have to go with a plain old jump rope. I used to jump rope at every recess (until Rubik’s Cubes made the scene. Then we had races to see who could solve a side fastest.)
Ohhh Skip-It. The jingle haunts me! I loved my pink Skip-it, too. I’d get very possessive when friends would come over and want to use it. I dominated that thing. Maybe we should find some for HLS and get a little “work out” in during breaks?? Anyone, anyone?
Ahhh the skip-it. I think that and hula hooping were my favorites. Sad that kids toys now aren’t as “athletic”. They need it!
I spent many happy hours with my skip-it and pogo ball! I was a big tree climber too. Did anyone else play “helicopter” with a jumprope?
Haha. I totally remember my skip-it!
My kids were just handed down a pocket rocket…..Love it!
oh my gosh this is hilarious!!! i remember there was a workout tape that i had that was SUPER cheesy…i don’t even remember what it was called though! that and mousercise on Disney!
Oh my gosh — I looooved my skip it!!! I completely forgot about those things. I’d like to try one now! so fun =D
i loved those bogo balls. And I was crazy good at skip it. Could do that thing for an hour.
Oh my gosh, I remember the skip-it!! I wasnt aline in the 80s but one of my moms business partner had one and my brother and I played with it all the time whenever we went over to her house.
Oh my gosh! Get In Shape Girl! I totally forgot all about that until I read your post. I LOVED it! I totally remember sporting those sweat bands! That chocolate pumpkin loaf looks AMAZING! It’s almost pumpkin season!
Rollerblades! I was never brave enough to wear them outside, so I was confined to my living room…
Pocket Rockers!!! I totally had one of those, Bon Jovi and Belinda Carlisle.
skip-it!!! oh my gosh, that just took me back…i absolutely LOVED that thing!
I LOVED the skip it. I had hours of fun with that thing.
ahhh the pogo ball and skip it. Me and my skip it had some great times on our driveway.
ALL great flash backs! I especially liked the skip it
I just about died last year when I tried to take on the skip it at recess one day (I’m a 3rd grade teacher). It was so easy as a kid–a game! Now it’s a real workout. Hmmmm, maybe I should pick that back up this school year. Ha.
I haven’t heard of any of those except for the Skip-It and I totally had one. I LOVED that thing!
Oooh, I LOVED this post!!! I grew up in the 90s (sadly I was not even alive in the 80s, missed it by one year!) and I was all over skip-it. I remember being in my backyard and doing that thing for hours. Maybe that was why I was such a skinny child. haha
OMG! The Pocket Rockers!!! I so remember jamming out to Walk Like An Egyptian with that thing… so funny!
How funny, I was totally just thinking of my pogo ball the other day and singing the song from the commerical, hahaha.
I loved the pogo ball but my favorite fitness fad from my childhood was my get in shape girl stuff. I had the ballet bar on my bedroom door and would pretend to be a dancer!
I absolutely adored the skip-it as a child. Though, they would frequently break due to being comprised of cheap plastic material. I have many memories of my Dad reattaching the head to the rope in his tool shed.
Love me some Skip It! What a fun toy!
Also, I tried Overnight Oats for the first time today and Holy Yum! What a great little idea! I made some homemade Almond Butter to go it is as well as a little brown sugar. Ah, my life is complete. Have a great day!
I used to have the skip it and the jump it! Loved them!
Loved the fitness videos; I have to try new stuff to keep motivated. Staying active should be fun! How do you get invited to do things like this?
The good ol’ days! I had a SkipIt and loved it! We were so active when we were younger – riding bike literally all day, playing tennis and catch and dodge ball and so much more. Wish I had time for all that now (and the energy).
I LOVED the skip it!! I don’t know how that ever lost it’s popularity. What could be more fun??
@Monique: Oh wow! Thats exactly what I do, so I end up having no excuse to drink water all day long.
I was a pretty big fan of the sit n spin
Loved going round and round til I got sick!
Get in Shape Girl! Ahhh! I totally wanted the ribbon dancing wand. I know a certain five year old that would be all over that too. I’m checking eBay. Seriously.
Skip It was my favorite…I can picture myself in my fuchia wigwams, spandex, krimped hair and braces jumping on my Skip It! Hehe..
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I had a Skip It too! My favorites were my Sit ‘n Spin and those huge trampolines, though. My parents actually still have the Sit ‘n Spin in their basement…I think the last time I had a spin was about a year ago!
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