Treadmill to help lose weight

Hi All,

OK, so I finally gave in.  My doctor keeps telling me to walk 3-5 miles per day, but in all honesty it is impossible for me to do this during the week for various reasons. 

My son (if you’ve been following the original site, and this blog over the years you will know ALL about him) attends a montessori program aimed a pre-schoolers.  Because of this, we try to get him into bed no later than 8:00pm and at the latest 9:00pm – but being 4 years old, that’s easier said then done.  From the time I get home, to 9:00pm abot 5-6 hours go by, but the time is easily filled in providing relief to my wife so she can rest and relax herself, we can prepare supper, do other household chores…  Yes, I know it’s all an excuse but believe me we find it tough to spare 1hr to go out for a walk!

Besides this, the area in which we live is not really designed for taking walks.  There are no sidewalks and the streets are pretty narrow (only two lanes, one each way).  So getting out to do 3-5 miles per day is a bit difficult.

So we bought a treadmill.  Nothing fancy.  We bought a Weslo Cadence 78e treadmill from our local department store.  It was a floor model, and heavily discounted but came with the full warranty — so we thought, why not.

 

Our goal (and so far, we’ve stuck to it) is to exercise a minimum of 30 minutes per day.  I alternate between the treadmill and my stationary cycle. 

But we haven’t given up on the outdoors! 

Every Friday/Saturday and Sunday is park + play time for our son, so we’ll go to the park, or to the water slides or even to the pool.  When we go shopping we do tend to park further away from the store — mainly because I hate getting my car dinged or scratched. 

We also do little things at home, for example we love veggies so keep some fresh cut veggies in a dish in the fridge.  We’ve also done something else — we bought a scale and put it RIGHT INFRONT of the fridge.  So each time we get the munchies, we see the scale and think “nope — no junk food, no quick fixes”.  Keeps us away from the fridge.

We also don’t keep a lot of junk food in the house.  My son doesn’t like chips and stuff — he likes popcorn and has a thing for chocolate, but we’ve bought those 100 calorie bars.  This keeps his chocolate to a minimum, but keeps him (and my wife) satisfied.

We are also working on staying away from processed foods (you know, stuff like Pizza Pops and all those ready made meals).

My wife feels very good about the treadmill and uses it regularly.  The kid loves it too, eventhough he is too little to use it.  I really think that we’ll accelerate our weight loss using the treadmill, along with all the other little things we’re doing.  I will keep you posted on my results!

Regards,

Mohammed

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