Sandy701の日記, 2011年 07月 21日

Checking out your journal - impressive walk. I still struggle doing 1 mile on the elliptical. I am not a newbie to exercise, but I am not consistent - (was going to say "enough") - but replacing that thought with "yet". I think your profile is very encouraging and will have to think of you when I want to give up. Thanks again. 

Caterpillar, I admire anyone who can do an elliptical! I'm not sure I'd be coordinated enough and so I have visions of myself falling in and amongst the pedals and getting hit by the arm thingies! Walking on non-moving ground is a whole lot safer for me. Have a good day! 

I use to be afraid of the elliptical, too and that same mental picture but with my body being mangled. And to make it worse, I could not do it physically - got to winded in a short time. I started out on a recumbent bike. It is like sitting in a recliner and pedaling. I could do that for a few minutes at a time. It took a long time (at least it seemed) to get to the point I could try and do the elliptical. I am working back up to 30 minutes at a time - at 20 now. My pace is not real fast, but I am sweating when I stop. Thanks for the trip down memory road. A good reminder that at one time I could not go even 5 minutes on an elliptical.