How Many Exercise Gadgets Do You Own?

Dee43 · August 5, 2005

I am so glad that you posted your post. I recently purchased a Tony Little Gazelle. It cost about $200.00. I had trouble putting it together and then did not like it. Of course, like a yahoo, I had thrown out the box it came in. I wanted to send it back, yet learned it would cost me a fortune to get a "customized box" (remember I disposed of the original). Seeing all of your posts really cheered me up. I have learned a valuable lesson. I live in an apartment and do not have room for extra junk.

Dee

DeLarla · August 5, 2005

Having all that crap lying around puts extra pressure on us. I just want to breathe, which is why I'm doing anything and everything to get rid of anxiety. All it takes to stay healthy is 30-60 minutes of walking a few times a week and a few pumps of weights. We are not body builders, just regular people.

We've exercised more than all our skinny friends put together. If we were gonna have rock hard bods, it would have happened by now!

Remember the comedianne (sp?) who said she orders a salad on all dates, then goes home, bolts the door and put on her eating clothes? Then she says, "And you gotta go to the gym, cause if you don't some other bitch will!" But my favorite line is when she says every time she exercises, she stares at the phone waiting for it to ring with the recorded message telling her she's just completed the exercise portion of her life. That's what I'm hoping for!

Anwyn · August 10, 2005

Here's my list:

Things I don't use:

-Exercise bike

-The Firm step & tapes

-Exercise videos

-Jane Fonda step

-Hand weights (stubbed my toe on one just this morning)

-Exercise bands

-Curves membership that led to 2 back surgeries and countless days in bed. Ironic, eh?

Things I use:

-Treadmill

-Elliptical Machine

I'm enjoying exercise for the first time because of my iPod. It's amazing how much fun walking can be with my favorite tunes. I tell my kids to go for Dad if they need something because I purposely turn it on too loud to hear them. I spent a fortune on the elliptical, but I'm too out of shape to use it. It should probably be under a "hope to use someday" column.

Wow - I never realized I had bought so much crap. I'm vowing here and now to get rid of everything in the don't use column. What a waste of space and money!