Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Day 201: Day After Thanksgiving in Paris

So I am watching my father-in-law after his hip replacement surgery and he can’t be left alone so I find myself back in the basement with the elliptical machine.  Today I decided that with all the food I have been consuming I really need to up the amount of exercise I am doing and really burn some of these calories off. 

I put in a DVD that I found in the basement (anyone remember Excalibur the movie for the 1980s?) and set the elliptical on a 45 minute calorie burning workout.  I figured if the issue I have with my feet got to bother me too bad I would just take a break. 

I started watching the movie and working out.  Ok, I know some people love this movie but it is really bad.  The only good actor in it is Patrick Stewart who acts circles around the other actors. What is up with Merlin’s metal skull cap.  It seems to me that a metal skull cap would be the last thing you would want to wear in cold damp England. 

The movie was so bad it sucked me in.  I found myself watching wondering how much worse it could get and it was a good distraction from the boring workout.  The machine barked at me several times to hurry my pace and that I was falling behind. 

When it was thankfully all over I had burned 750 calories and my legs were shaky from the strain.  The best part was turning Excalibur off!

Daily Recap:
Matt: 45 minutes and 750 calories on the elliptical

Kelly: Walked over 11 miles in Paris

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