Elliptical Mess

Five weeks ago, Shane and I visited the doctor and had a regular physical. We were given the numbers of things like our glucose and cholesterol and were definitely surprised about what we learned. We are both considerably well; however, because of where our numbers sit, if we don't make a health change now, we could be sitting in very ugly positions. So with the help of our doctor we made a nutrition and exercise plan. We've stuck to it and we've done really well. That was until yesterday. We bought an elliptical machine for our house about two years ago and we've been using it every night to exercise with. Last night during the Grey's Anatomy Season Finale, it took a nose dive. The machine itself wasn't cheap and so I was really hesitant to spend any more money on it to fix it.. The sleeve broke causing the roller to over compensate for the movement which cracked the roller. We've known about this for awhile but kept working through it. Last night, the roller finally broke completely. So today, I had to shell out over $80.00 on four rollers and two sleeves because of course replacement parts only come in packages. Now we are without an exercise machine for a week or so. Back to the workout DVDs I guess.


It may sound silly that we've become so dependent on this machine, but it's much cheaper than a gym pass. Also because of all of the bad things you hear about people who exercise alone outdoors, I'm not comfortable running alone and so if I want to get a successful workout the elliptical is a sure thing.