<p>I like sweets, but I don’t do soft drinks. Maybe a root beer once or twice a year at Costco.</p>
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<p>Of the “bad” stuff listed across the bottom of the chart… for the past year I had:</p>
<p>ice cream (zero)
pizza (zero)
soda (zero)
French fries (once – arghh, take-out seafood place didn’t substitute the onion rings and I discovered it when I got home at 9pm during moving and had nothing else to eat with my haddock!)</p>
<p>I will probably make homemade pizza sometime as a treat. I do a fantastic California Pizza Kitchen personal pizza. </p>
<p>It’s probably better for my waistline if Breyer’s Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream and I remain permanently separated! Man, I could plow through a container of that stuff. If I could only limit myself to a 1/2 cup serving, it would be fine, but who’s kidding who? For a long time, I was having a 6 ounce cup of Italian ice for dessert, but I finally decided that was just stupid sugar consumption and now I’ve switched to Fuji apples for my sweet tooth sugar fix. It’s still sugar, but at least there is some good stuff with it and they are so good.</p>
<p>I did my NROL workout yesterday. I think I started too conservatively, so I upped the weights a bit. I like to do more core than he has in there too, so I do those 4 stability ball exercises and add side planks with a twist. I’m trying to be patient with my calf.</p>
<p>40 minutes cardio dance</p>
<p>have to use up a bunch of CSA veggies, usually not a problem, but although I love all kinds of greens and cabbages, I get tired of the ubiquitous bok choy. I swear, when the cockroaches inherit the earth, the one thing that will still be growing is bok choy. No matter how dismal the weather, how bad the crop, when all the good stuff is blighted, stunted, infested, the one thing that always seems to be available is… bok choy.</p>
<p>Going to try it raw in a spicy Asian slaw this time to see if I can learn to appreciate it more.</p>
<p>Oooh. Let me know if you come across any bok choy recipes. I’m looking to expand veggie variety and bok choy would be a good option! I’m thinking the bacon browned, marsala or wine braised dish I do with brussel sprouts would work fine with bok choy.</p>
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<p>Yes. NROL4LIFE is a lot less core than I’ve been doing. I figure that it’s a change of pace (along with the high reps). I’m going to just go with it through phase I and then stop and evaluate. My workouts had gradually increased in length a bit too much, so a little shorter is kind of nice. Part of that is that two sets of 15 reps is faster than three sets of 6 reps.</p>
<p>Bok Choy win</p>
<p>although, not a cooked recipe, interesteddad. Most of those I have seen are stir fries with soy sauce based sauces, and I haven’t been too crazy about the bok choy cooked that way, but if I do find a good recipe, I will pass it along. The brussels sprouts recipes you mentioned, sound delicious, not sure the bok choy would be a great subsititute for those flavor profiles, though. If you experiment, post the results.</p>
<p>I definitely prefer this stuff raw. Nothing fancy, just a finely shredded slaw-type salad with a Asian-style rice vinegar vinaigrette.</p>
<p>Workout today was mowing grass in the heat before I leave for the cabin/lake. 45 minutes…30 of it without self propel on the hill. It left me breathless and dripping.</p>
<p>1 hour practice on the tennis court. Court temperature was about 99 degrees and it was sunny with winds around 7 MPH. Brutally hot and we were the only ones there. We were planning to play later in the afternoon but the forecast is scattered thundershowers this afternoon.</p>
<p>I haven’t played in these conditions since last year.</p>
<p>Our trusty, beloved 9-year-old Nordic Track treadmill is ailing. The belt flipped over. Then I finally got someone here in NJ to come fix it and the guy was pretty awful. Flipped over while treating me to quite a lecture on every thing wrong with America today. Then said it needs a new belt. And he would order it. That was two weeks ago. I called yesterday and he hung up on me.</p>
<p>So should we just get a new one? Honestly, some types of service here in New Jersey are terribly difficult to come by. We are about 35 miles from NYC! </p>
<p>DH and DD both adore the treadmill and are mighty impatient for me to wave my wand and fix this.</p>
<p>SH, options:</p>
<p>1) Call back.
2) Wait to see if the repairman eventually calls when a new belt arrives.
3) Get in a different repair person.
4) DIY which would entail purchasing a replacement belt and installing it.
5) Buy something new.</p>
<p>Something to consider. Maybe you got disconnected accidentally, the repairman didn’t have your number handy, and then he got busy with something else and forgot to look up your number and call you back.</p>
<p>Good luck. :-)</p>
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<p>Yes, people seem to think I store mine with the magic homing device that should be able to locate all misplaced items…</p>
<p>[Find</a> Local Service in New Jersey](<a href=“http://www.treadmilldoctor.com/New-Jersey-Service]Find”>New-Jersey Certified Service Providers)</p>
<p>treadmilldoctor.com is a great site for anything related to treadmills.</p>
<p>^ notrichenough - I also came across that nice list and systematically worked my way through it. Most would not come to Somerset County. Others have no human being answering the phone so I input the online request and leave voice messages. This was Wednesday morning. No bites yet.</p>
<p>Am beginning to suspect repairing treadmills is just not seen as a good business niche, at least in these parts.</p>
<p>And the gentleman who came to our home was three hours late. Used the bathroom repeatedly. And while I was cooking dinner, my DD came to tell me he was upstairs in our DS’s/guest room looking at the computer in there. It was creepy. </p>
<p>I want to get a new treadmill that will be reliable and keep the gang happy and that I can go at least nine more years without having to deal with this again.</p>
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<p>Ewwwwwwwww . . . .</p>
<p>Week 8 workout 3, check. Jacket free. Wrist/arm thingy similar to SpiBand purchased at local sporting goods store. Hubby’s watch sliding all over the place on my other wrist. Have to come up with a better solution for that last part, lol.</p>
<p>sewhappy- As much as I run, I break out into a sweat when I think about buying a treadmill. There are SO many choices. It sounds like you should get a new one. I would read the reviews on Runner’s World- I know there have been articles reviewing different price points. You want as large of a deck as you can afford. I think I would need a club grade machine for myself, but you might not need that. I think LifeFitness makes good ones as does Precor. </p>
<p>10.3 miles with my daughter. We got very hot and tired by the last 2 miles or so. Glad to be finished. We started at 6:45am and it was only 67 and we had a lot of shade for the first 4 miles. Longest she’s run since the Cincy marathon. Breakfast afterwards.</p>
<p>If I had $7500, I’d have to go with the [Woodway</a> Curve](<a href=“Using the WOODWAY Curve for General Fitness and Weight Loss - YouTube”>Using the WOODWAY Curve for General Fitness and Weight Loss - YouTube). No motor. No controls. That and a Concept 2 rower and a Schwinn Airdyne and I could torture myself every which way, but Sunday… :)</p>
<p>We use Star Trac treadmills in our gyms. I think this is one of the models we have. We buy our equipment refurbished, remanufactured, etc and they work great in our fitness centers. If you’re looking to spend some extra money, you could probably get one that will last as long as you want!</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ezfitnesssales.com/store/star-trac-7600-p-69.html?gclid=COGChriX5bACFUMCQAodrl-D1A[/url]”>http://www.ezfitnesssales.com/store/star-trac-7600-p-69.html?gclid=COGChriX5bACFUMCQAodrl-D1A</a></p>
<p>Based on the additional information about the odd visit, there’s also the thought of purchasing a security system. :eek:</p>