Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Day 200: Happy Thanksgiving! Turkey and Pie!

I hate turkey.  There I have said it.  I hate it with a passion.  I would rather have ham.  A holiday without ham just isn’t a holiday.  Today is Thanksgiving where we as a people sit down with the deliberate attempt to stuff our faces with as much food as possible.

After our really big lunch I dropped Kelly and her mom off at the airport for their trip to Paris.  That left me and her dad to eat leftovers and fend for ourselves. 

In my in-laws basement is an elliptical machine that we use to have at our house but we ran out of room. After I changed the batteries I hopped on for an afternoon workout.  That is when I remembered something else I hate, I don’t know if anyone else has this trouble but when I use an elliptical my toes go to sleep.  Eventually the bottoms of my feet tingle. 

I pushed through it.  I had chosen the hill climb routine.  It builds in resistance and forces you to keep up a rather hurried pace.  I sweating profusely and my heart rate got up to around 160.  The machine said that I could switch direction to exercise a different muscle group.  Going backwards was pretty dang hard. 

By the end I was feeling worn out.  So I dragged myself up stairs for a shower and then rewarded my hard work with a nice big piece of pecan pie with whipped cream!

Daily Recap:
Matt: Elliptical machine workout

Kelly: TBD

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