Any One Up For an Exercise Challenge?

[live2canoe 1]

Becky -

They have one of these beasts at the gym I belong to.

I don't call it the step mill though - I call it the 'GAUNTLET OF DEATH' !!!!

Even on a whimpy little setting of 3 (out of 20 possible) I can only go 30 minutes (at the very most) before I am so red that the people at the front desk have the phone receiver in their ear and their fingers poised over the push buttons for a quick '911'.

I wanted everyone here on the board to have an idea of how difficult a challenge you've set for yourself.

You go girl!!!!

I will cheer you on from the elliptical trainer - but I hate the step mill.

[Rebeccalee 2]

Ha! That's how I feel on the Step Mill, too. I used it (10 years ago) because I couldn't make the stepper thingy go up and down -- but I could climb stairs. Klutz r me. Believe me, I put it on the lowest setting that is actually moving in rhythm. Thanks for the encouragement. And... 30 minutes on that thing is great.

I will try the elliptical trainer at some point too. But on the stairs, I feel like I'm actually going somewhere. Maybe it should be called Jacob's Ladder or the Tower of Babel. Gauntlet of Death seems appropriate, though.

[Zoe 6]

OK, Greg, I accept! I started a new thread on this holiday challenge at http://lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?t=3818. Monday the 22nd it is.

So what's our prize gonna be?

[lapbander081004 7]

Zoe,

Gee never thought about a prize.

Hmmmmm Let me see if I can find some millionare who wants to make a TV show out of this LOL and we can get Nationwide coverage. And a Million Dollar prize.

Winner with their new slender body will also be on the next Survivor Show and If they get thru that will appear on The Apprentice. If they get the job with The Donald then good for them If not and they are married we can get them on The Wife Swap program. If single we can put them on Fear Factor.

If I win I just want my entry fee to the World Series of Poker paid LOL

ok back to reality. Just win the bragging rights and my undying gratitude for pushing me thru the challenge.

[Rebeccalee 2]

I posted a prize idea on the new thread. Come on over, Lisa!

Now back to regular exercise posting.... I have been washing walls and going up and down a step ladder. That will be my exercise for the day. Phew!

Betty, are you still trotting along on the treadmill?

[Iluvharleys 15]

Becky - I missed a couple of days, but back at it now!

[DeLarla 22]

I need a push. Or some motivation. I'm suffering band-burnout. If I don't tell you people, it might get worse. There, I said it.

[Rebeccalee 2]

I love that avatar, Betty.

[Iluvharleys 15]

Compliments of Lisa Green!

[DeLarla 22]

Whatever, Betty... you win.... bought me some chaps (cuz they were dirt cheap.)

HI JACK HO!

[Iluvharleys 15]

My chaps are great when it is cold, I don't know what I would do without them!

[New Hope 37]

I just have chapped lips.

[Rebeccalee 2]

Me, too, Marie! And I have a motorcycle. I'll get some of those leggy chaps next summer.

[Iluvharleys 15]

Marie - You are too funny!

Becky - I don't have leggy ones, but I have fringe ones! Just call me the fringe gal!

[DeLarla 22]

Laughlin has a big river run every year, and there's a gas station there that sells cheap leather. We passed thru on our way home from Mexico and I got chaps for $24.00. Very decent for the price. Okay, back to your regularly scheduled programming.