Just found a way to motivate myself

[Lydia Leftcoast]

I have an iPod Touch with TV shows loaded on it, and I've found that I can watch episodes while walking on the treadmill and riding the recumbent exercise bike. It's also a great way to time the session. Halfway through on the bike, halfway through on the treadmill. When it's below zero outside, a walk around the lake isn't such an attractive option. :-)

Since the shows are series like The Wire and The Sopranos, I am motivated to see the next episode.

[midnight armadillo]

1. And come spring...

take your recumbent exercise bike muscles and apply them to a recumbent bicycle!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

4. Actually, I have a folding bike that fits in trunk of my car

instead of a recumbent that I would have to lug up and down four flights of stairs. :-)

[Ocracoker16]

2. Glad you like it

Finding a way to motivate yourself to exercise is very important. You can catch up on all those shows.

[CrispyQ]

3. There's nothing like burning calories while sitting on your butt watching TV!

;)

You get your motivation where you can!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Aren't there six seasons of The Sopranos? You've got good viewing for awhile!

Our exercise consistency went up radically when we put a TV in the exercise room. Then I checked out a couple of exercise videos from the library, I bought a step & I finally found an exercise that I really like! Unfortunately, my old knees limit me to about three step sessions a week, so it's good to have the bike & treadmill for those days. We have a Schwinn recumbent that is pretty comfortable & a Precor treadmill that we bought in '91, that is still going strong! What kind of bike & treadmill do you have?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

5. I use the equipment at the YWCA

I've seen all but the last ten episodes of The Sopranos. Right now, I'm working on the second season of The Wire.

[ginnyinWI]

6. It's almost three years for me, thanks to my bike.

In Feb. '06 I started walking six days a week. Figured if I couldn't stay on a diet I could at least exercise. Then in September I worried that I wouldn't keep it up once the weather got colder so we bought a recumbent bike and I did keep that up, with the help of a small TV in the room. Makes the time just zip away. I still walk sometimes during warm weather, but the bike is my main exercise year-round.

After only a year I had worn out that first bike (a Nordic Track recumbent--don't buy one!) and we bought a Schwinn. It's wonderful and shows no sign of failing us. My husband is working out on it too, as of this fall.

I bike for 45 min in the late afternoon--just fits my schedule and mood better. Oh and I've gotten my eating under control too, and between that and exercise have lost 25 pounds.