On Dec 4, 1:01*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Dan L wrote:
>
> > I use to be fit. I ran six miles every other day in under an hour. Then
> > one day I torn a tendon in my foot. One day fine, then I felt a snap! I
> > can walk fine, but I run like a duck now. I gained 70 pounds in just one
> > year after that. Five years later that extra weight is still with me. I
> > lift weights and ride a bike, *but just does not have that carb burning
> > effect like running. So in my old and decrepit age, I am coming to the
> > conclusion of that horrible four letter word... DIET or die. That's is
> > why I asked what book you had, soon to own it as well. I suppose, I can
> > call it more politically correct and call it... Eating Healthy.
>
> I recommend an elliptical exercise machine. *They are
> about the lowest impact exercise outside of a pool.
> You can set them for a wide range of resistance levels.
> The first time I was on one, five minutes on a low
> setting hads me soaked in sweat. *Within a few months,
> I could do 15 minutes at a mid-range level. *I gradually
> increased the resistance and duration until nearly 7 years
> later I'm doing 1 to 1 1/2 hours daily at its highest
> resistance setting. *It's taking so much time that I had
> a machinist make me a holder for my laptop computer so
> I could surf the web while exercising. *It should arrive
> on Monday. *May as well overlap two time-consuming activities
> (three if you count TV).

I love those machines!