Got My Elliptical!

Well my elliptical machine is delivered and set up now! Here is a photo of it:

Not only can I turn the TV a bit to the left and watch a DVD or On-demand show/movie during my workout, but I also have a view out of the window if I so choose. (I’m on the 9th floor in my building).

So, I did a quick 5-minute workout to try it out, and let me tell you - I am going to get super fit as hell with this thing! Five minutes on level one and two at only a moderate pace really got me good. I burned about 30 calories in five minutes on that setting - imagine what I’ll burn when I up it to a higher level (it goes up to 10), higher intensity and for longer periods of time? There is a place to put in my weight before the workout, so I know it’s calculating things correctly.

It was a damn good investment, I think.

Now if only I will start feeling good enough to do a proper workout. Right now I am sipping chicken broth and eating lemon yogurt because my stomach has been been horrible today. I can’t seem to tolerate food. I know it’s because of the damn antibiotics I’m on for my ear infection. They always mess up my stomach but this type of sulfur medicine is the worst. I remember being one of the first people to ever take this type of medicine - back in 1999 or 2000 I took it for strep throat, and it worked well to treat the infection, but made me even sicker than I am now. Apparently this stuff is hard on the liver. Good thing I’m not drinking alcohol anymore!