Is it worth buying a treadmill?

aliasojo

milliemonster wrote: »

Of course you have the technique to run outside! everyone does, biomechanically running is the most natural thing a human can do and anyone can do it......

Anyone remember this?

Phoebe from Friends running.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=phoebe+running&view=detail&id=1221678A99381614436895D6844A76C6F152646D&first=0&qpvt=phoebe+running&FORM=IDFRIR

A happier runner I have yet to see.

OP if you've tried the gym and find it difficult to make time, maybe that's more to do with your mindset than anything else? What makes you think you will make time to go on a treadmill?

I've had every piece of exercise equipment known to man and even now my shed looks like a mini gym. But everything gets used until the novelty wears off. It's all about your mindset and your attitude. Clearly I don't have the required motivation (yet!) to treat exercise as something more than the work of the Devil, so no piece of equipment is going to make me fit until I change my approach.

I'm just wondering if you are similar?

geri1965_2

adelight wrote: »

Some people complain that wholewheat carbs are more expensive, but brown bread is often the same price as white and brown rice and pasta aren't much more expensive than white.

They may not be much more expensive but they are a thousand times more disgusting!

Meant rice & pasta not bread, I prefer wholemeal bread for sandwiches - although for toast it has to be white!

needmoneyadvice

Thank you all so much for replying, I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to replyand thank you. Your replies gave me lots to think about. Particularly, the bitson becoming a fit, flabby person and the novelty wearing off once you havebought the latest item. Your points were all really helpful, thank you.

I have decided for now not to buy a treadmill as I know I'm not in the rightmindset and I would find excuses not to use it. Also I'm not in the right frameof mind to be prepared to give up eating chocolate. So for now no weight loss for me. I'll let you know if anything changes.

YORKSHIRELASS

needmoneyadvice wrote: »

Thank you all so much for replying, I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to replyand thank you. Your replies gave me lots to think about. Particularly, the bitson becoming a fit, flabby person and the novelty wearing off once you havebought the latest item. Your points were all really helpful, thank you.

I have decided for now not to buy a treadmill as I know I'm not in the rightmindset and I would find excuses not to use it. Also I'm not in the right frameof mind to be prepared to give up eating chocolate. So for now no weight loss for me. I'll let you know if anything changes.

I think this is a really honest thing to post. The only thing I would say is that you dont have to run for miles every day or spend hours in the gym. Just tell yourself that any small changes you make to your diet or any small bits of exercise are all good. It doesnt have to be all or nothing. Good luck.

mandragora_2

needmoneyadvice wrote: »

Thank you all so much for replying, I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to replyand thank you. Your replies gave me lots to think about. Particularly, the bitson becoming a fit, flabby person and the novelty wearing off once you havebought the latest item. Your points were all really helpful, thank you.

I have decided for now not to buy a treadmill as I know I'm not in the rightmindset and I would find excuses not to use it. Also I'm not in the right frameof mind to be prepared to give up eating chocolate. So for now no weight loss for me. I'll let you know if anything changes.

I second everything Yorkshirelass posted above - you do know your own state of mind, and it has taken courage to post what you have, however, perhaps the only thing I'd say is that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Maybe you could change one thing now. Just one. No putting pressure on yourself, no 'right this year I will be a size 8' but make one change. Then, once that's had time to bed in, weave in another small but consistent change. Say, if you walk for ten minutes more a day, three days a week, then after a month add two minutes to it, then after another month make that two minutes walking, two minutes jogging and so on. Hey it might make a difference so miniscule you may not even notice it - 1/4 lb a week. Over a year that would add up to 12lb - well on the way to a stone. Once you're underway, and feeling a bit more confident and geared up, then raise the ante. With things like this, sometimes the best two questions are:
If not me, who?
and
If not now, when?

Anyway, however it goes, take care of yourself, and pop back for ideas and support whenever you're ready.

[Deleted User]

I agree this is a brave post, bravo for knowing yourself well enough to realise now is not the right time. I know from experience that it's much easier just to kid myself I'm ready and then spend a lot of money on things I'll never use. If and when that time comes for you, you could make the exercise moderately fun by going on the treadmill while watching an episode of, say, Sex and the City (which I used to do when I was fit!) and agree to stay on the treadmill for the duration. Or to limit yourself to a certain amount of chocolate a day, say 100g (this is quite a lot for the average person but I'm a total chocoholic and could easily eat more than this in one sitting). Even just small things make a difference so there is no need for a complete lifestyle overhaul when the time comes. Good luck xx

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

If I had the space and the money, I'd have the gym membership. I love using the rowing machines (and apparently, I'm pretty good at it), but for the stupid sums of money it would cost to have a proper one, I would far rather have the option of various classes, different machines, a swimming pool and a sauna/steam room to relax in on a cold and rainy day.

LandyAndy

I had a gym membership before we moved. I loved it even if I did only go three or four times aweek for about 30 minutes each time.

If I was going to have one piece of gym equipment at home it would be a good x-trainer. Decent ones are fiendishly expensive, though.