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Subject:Re: FRIDAY: Unlikely athletes? From:Amy Gale <amyg -at- grammatech -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:46:55 -0400
Chris Vickery wrote:
>I've always felt that stress and job insecurity are natural weight loss
>tools. And, of course, it doesn't hurt to drink eighteen cups of coffee
>a day.
>
Oh, if only...
During the week I do half an hour on the elliptical cross trainer every
morning as soon as I get up (I thought it was incredibly extravagant at
first, but I can't deny the power of having it right in the next room).
During the summer months I tell myself that weekend yardwork counts as
exercise. In particular, if someone made an exercise machine that
mimicked mowing the lawn[1] I'm sure people would be lined up to use it.
Sadly, stress and caffeine do not have wondrous weightloss effects on
me. The opposite, if anything.
A
[1] which I do with a non-powered mower unless the grass has grown
longer[2] than that mower can deal with
[2] whereupon the ideal would be to use a scythe, but they are expensive
and I can be a little clumsy. It just seems like a bad idea.
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