Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Prisoner At Home

Thanks everyone for the support/wisdom/commiserating on my last post re: weight. This is why I blog, for the support and friendship all my blog-buddies provide. Today I'm taking the advice of Ann over at Slow And Steady Wins The Race.  I'm watching my fluid intake and making sure what I'm feeling is actually hunger, not thirst. I had a little but of a snack craving this morning so I made myself one of these:





I brewed a lemon zinger herbal tea in my keuring, poured it over ice, and topped it off with some fresh sliced lemons.  Yummm! (And refreshing in this crazy FL heat!!)

Now for the topic of my post today: I'm a prisoner at home!!
Ok, it's not as bad as it sounds. Here's the deal: I woke up today a little too late to go out on the road for a few miles (reminder: Florida, summer, 'nuff said). So I got dressed to head over to the gym. When I opened my front door I see a sticker from yesterday saying fedex tried to deliver my new cell phone that I'm patiently eagerly-jumping-up-and-down waiting for. It said they'd try to re-deliver today sometime before 7pm. Well isn't the whole darn day before 7pm?? Ugh.
If that wasn't bad enough, our home-owners-association is repainting all of our garage doors & exteriors, and when they're doing this we need to be home so they can paint the front door - which needs to be opened slightly. Guess who's turn it is today??
Long story short...no gym for MJ.

I do have an elliptical in the garage:



But today I want to run! I'm tired of wimping out of running, and I'm tired of turning to the elliptical. So, I want to trade/sell my elliptical for a treadmill.

Here's my question to you....

If you own a treadmill, what make/model/etc do you recommend and why? What are some reasons to own/not own a home treadmill vs. elliptical? Please share!
Posted by MJ at 9:29 AM

5 comments:

  1. Hope that more fluids help! I am trying to take my own advice and drink more water. It is so hard to remember when you get busy.

    Wish I could offer advice on the treadmill thing. I wouldn't mind having one myself, but I have nowhere to put it. I have a recumbent bike in my bedroom. My husband would kill me if I tried to replace it with a treadmill. Simply because it would be so freakin' loud!

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  2. Hi there! Tea rocks when you are trying to watch what you eat. Here's my take - actually keep the elliptical. Here's why - it's awesome for crosstraining. You can run outside and you can run on a treadmill at the gym. Yeah, today you feel stuck, but tomorrow's another day. I would love the flexibility to do a good CT workout from comfort of my own home. ;) Can't drive, so gym is out for me. Really, if you can swing it, your pic shows you may have enough room for both! Can you convince the hubby? ;)

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  3. Hmmmm....well, if you already own an elliptical, and you use it....and you can go to the gym to use their treadmill (on non garage door painting days of course)...I'd say stick with the elliptical you have, and buy yourself something fun with the treadmill money you'll save! :-)

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  4. I have a Landice L7 treadmill. It has a great warranty. I also have an elliptical. Even though I have all this, I still like to go outside every chance I can. Better workout and more fun!

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  5. I'm not an elliptical person. I just find it too boring. But I do agree with Nej.

    I have a sole f85. It's awesome. We actually did a lot of research before we bought it. And for the price point it's the best you can get.

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