I've been inspired by the hooping stories sara_merry99  and sassyinkpen  have written about.  So I went out and bought a hula hoop and ordered a dvd from Amazon.  It's just amazing to me what people are able to do with this thing and it really looks like fun.

Anyway, and here's where I have run into trouble, I'm a klutz!  I can't seem to get the thing to stay up around my waist at all.  For any one who is hooping, did you start out being able to do the most basic thing right off or did it require lots of practice at first?  Or maybe I need a smaller hoop?  I don't know.  Any advice would be appreciated.