treadmill

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I bought a treadmill.

I don't know if I made a mistake...

Here was my reasoning - I've been trying to walk 45 minutes every

day - but now it is getting cold and rainy and yucky weather.

Originally I was going to walk 45 and do exercise cardio video every

other day and do strenght training - exercise ball - every other day

(that is not a cardio video day).

anyway - I've only had the treadmill a week - but it seems that the

walking part ?? belt - is hard. I wonder if I am hurting my legs

doing it. anyway - i didn't get and elliptical because I have a bad

knee and it is easier to walk - painful to do the elliptical or

bicycle -

anyway - i have only been walking on it about 20 - 30 minutes a day.

and I need to get back to 45 minutes. but it is soooo boring. I

play music. I can't read - I have to concentrate on walking because

I think I'm nervous or something - like i am going to hurt myself by

falling or something.

does anyone out there have a treadmill? do you use it? If so, did

it take a while to get use to it?

any words of wisdom?

It would have been cheaper to just stick with video's but I feel

like it is hard to track how I am doing (I don't like doing the

whole 'take your pulse' thing). with a treadmill i could at least

track distance and speed??? you know.

was my logic faulty?