[caption id="attachment_1420" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="My Daughter Demonstrating our Elliptical"]

Last night I ended up staying late due to its being a board meeting night, and was headed out not to long after - due to it being cub-scout night. I decided to tackle the elliptical for a simple 20 minute window. Now there is a short background story on this elliptical. I have a tendency to notice when my neighbors put big things out on garbage day, and also to consider whether or not it should have a place in my house. (My wife insists these things must take place after dark however..) Well, we lost some fantastic neighbors about a month ago and in the process of their moving out some things appeared at the curb. A never-before-used elliptical was too good to pass up. This treasure still had the plastic covering over the display! Now it isn't a high-end elliptical, but I thought it would be a fantastic tool to see if a good one was something my wife and I should pick up. This one has multiple reviews on walmart.com, that mostly point out it has a short stride length. As my wife is only 5' tall, this isn't a bad thing!

I did find it uses the same muscles, in the same way, as running hills - so it may not have been the best "Cross-Training" choice. But hey, it was only 20 minutes right?
[caption id="attachment_1422" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Breakfast, Lunch and Snacks! (I forgot my Chobani Yogurt in the picture)"]

I am continuing to pay more attention to what I eat. It's not that I ate High Cholesterol horrible food before, just that I had a tendency to eat more than I was burning every day - and to NOT pay attention at all. (Tacos made with ground turkey instead of ground beef are fairly healthy - Unless you go back for thirds!) I am paying much more attention to the calories in foods (160 in 4 thin mints.. that means a sleeve (one serving) is 640 calories), and have found that by bringing food with me I am consistently feeling more full all day while eating fewer calories! I have also found that when I have eaten crap (we went to Moe's the other day) and to much of it- I simply don't' feel as good.
I am trying very hard to like the Chobani Yogurts as well.. They are packed full of protein after all!
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