Starting weight (7/15/08):    279.8    (1/8/08):    285.2
Calories/Carbs Goals (limits):       1400  / 30.0
Friday’s calories & net carbs:  1418 / 24.8
Yesterday’s calories & net carbs:  1291 / 21.4
Friday’s exercise:    30 minutes elliptical 
Yesterday’s exercise:    2 hours shopping/walking
Weight Friday:  252.6    Weight Yesterday:  249.8    Today:  248.8
Change today::  -1.0 lbs.   Loss-so-far:  31.0 lbs.  /  36.4 lbs. 

YEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWW I’m finally in the 240’s!!!!  I was so stoked when I weighed myself yesterday and it was just a hair below 250 - then TODAY!  Wow!!!  248.8 is WELL into the 240’s!  (And it’s also darn close to 247!!!!)  HOOOOOORAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!

Yesterday afternoon after I got home from my trip, hubby and I went on a quest - to look for a decent used elliptical.  We went to three thrift stores - and though we found several treadmills, there were no ellipticals for sale.  SOOOOOO we went to Walmart.  Just to see how chintzy the machines would be there, and to see how much $$$$ we’d be looking at.

The machines at Wallet-Mart were pretty nice - two models to choose from, both “Gold’s Gym” brand - one at $329, the other at $449.  Yikes!  I kinda knew they were going to be at least that much but still it’s way more than I wanna spend right now.  Later last night, Hubby mentioned that he’d seen an elliptical at this other thrift store in a neighboring town last time we were there (weeks ago) but the machine was outside - fully in the weather.  “I’m not sure what kind of shape it would be in, if it’s still there.”  Still, we agreed, we’d go take a look today.

It was still there.  And yeah, it was outside.  There were leaves and even a puddle of water in one of the foot-pedal thingies.  The case around the back wheel was cracked.  The battery-compartment-doors (on the underside of the console) were both missing.  The electronic console looked okay but couldn’t be tested.  My heart sunk.  This was exactly what I wanted but what good would that be if it were broken and unuseable??

I hopped on.  Couldn’t set the resistance.  Couldn’t set the slant.  Just hopped on, held the uprights and started “pedaling” — and it worked.  Yeah, it was a little rusty and rough at first (had to back up and go backwards once and then push it forward again) but it loosened up so I know a good lube job will help a lot.  I looked at Hubby, “What do you think?”

He looked it over carefully.  “I won’t know really what kind of shape it’s in until I pull it apart, but I think the basic structure is still salvageable — the electronic console might very well be totally shot, though.”

If the price is right, I can live with that.  Nothing to tell me how far I went?  How fast I’m going?  Doesn’t matter, I’ll just set a timer and at least then I’ll know how many minutes I put in.  If the price is right.

There was no price on it.  So I went and got the saleslady and she came out to look.  “$149,” she says.  “No way,” I say.  “Out in the rain for weeks?  You’ll never get 150 bucks for this.”  So she said she’d call her boss and ask him.  She went inside.

She came back out.  “Forty-nine-ninety-nine.”

It’s being delivered on Tuesday!  WOOOHOOOOOO!!!!

Here’s the closest I could find for a picture of the model:

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