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I have setup a treadmill with an xbox 360, cable, and a dvd player in front of it. I only run when I'm playing intense shooters like Call of Duty. Mostly I walk

I have setup a treadmill with an xbox 360, cable, and a dvd player in front of it. I only run when I'm playing intense shooters like Call of Duty. Mostly I walk while playing longer single player games or watching dvds from netflix. I actually had to get rid of my couch to make room for this so if I want to veg out in front of the tv I have to be moving. I don't know how much weight loss I can attribute to this but when I do it consistently I sleep much better, am more relaxed and have better digestion. And I don't feel like playing video games once I'm done - so it really does kill two birds with one stone. I built a table from Ikea that I had a laptop on ... I liked it but I could only use the computer when walking and then there wasn't enough room to run anymore. Also I only surfed the web and ripped cds when I had the computer setup. I didn't do any serious work but I could see myself getting into that. I think I would want to use the big tv for a monitor and a wireless keyboard/mouse. I agree with the above comments about diet for weight loss. I'm trying to eat vegan for a while and I have noticed an immediate improvement in my blood sugar and how I feel. It is as if a whole body inflammation has cleared up.

jfruh 15y ago
I do think that an important part of maintaining an exercise regimen is to trick yourself into making exercise a reward. Yes, the endorphin rush you get from working out can be a reward in and of itself but in my experience that doesn't always last over the long term and sometimes you need an extra boost. My wife and I have a rowing machine and entertainment setup in the basement and we've both started working our way through TV shows that the other one doesn't want to watch (the relaunched Dr. Who for me, True Blood for her) while rowing. Both often feature cliffhangers and other incentives to keep watching, but the rule is that we only watch while we row. Makes us much more likely to do it.

jfruh 15y ago

I do think that an important part of maintaining an exercise regimen is to trick yourself into making exercise a reward. Yes, the endorphin rush you get from working out can be a reward in and of itself but in my experience that doesn't always last over the long term and sometimes you need an extra boost. My wife and I have a rowing machine and entertainment setup in the basement and we've both started working our way through TV shows that the other one doesn't want to watch (the relaunched Dr. Who for me, True Blood for her) while rowing. Both often feature cliffhangers and other incentives to keep watching, but the rule is that we only watch while we row. Makes us much more likely to do it.