AIBU to tell you my secret?

[IAmALazyArse]

I HAVE A TREADMILL!

I am a lazy arse. No way around it.
I ballooned to size 20 and it's really not OK. Over the years I have had a rowing machine on which I fucked my back up, the bike thing, for which I was too lazy and a stepper, which is way too hard and gives me crumps.

I eat healthy food, do obviously sin, like everyone does, but main problem is my lack of movement.

So I found used treadmill and wooohoooo. It's great! I read when on it or put some show on and it's a bliss. Sweaty, but bliss. Sweaty as in I look like I just walked out of shower.

But no one except my DH knows! Because firstly, I want to have that "Erm... You lost weight! Awesome!" when I eventually lose, from people who haven't seen me for a bit.
And secondly because if my family got a whiff of it I would hear "So have you used it today?" and so on every. Single. Day.🙄

But I need to tell someone that I have a treadmill and am actually using it, so here I am 😁

Good for you op!
I’d love to get one.. Can I be cheeky and ask how much it cost? And does it take up loads of space? Is it noisy? Sorry for the barrage of questions

Thank you!
No worries. I bought used one for about 70. Now I just pray that the fact that I am 10% over the apparent max weight won't break it.
It is big I have it in a small spare room, but it's foldable. Not too noisy tbh. I thought it will be noisier.

It is incredibly heavy btw. Had the best workout of our lives to get it up the stairs😂

Well done! You've inspired me to go on mine today! I've had it about 3 months and been on it 4 times
Poptart I bought mine second hand for €100. There are tons being sold by people like me who buy one then never actually use it.

@PandaPantaloon hello fellow treadmill owner!😁
You are right. There is so many online which have been barely used. Mine is in great condition for 70 quid.

How much do you walk? I am currently on 2.5 miles a day. 1 hour 2.5mph speed. Will be moving to 3 miles by the end of the week.

Have you thought about the couch to 5k program OP? It's really easy and treadmills are great for it.

@Helpmedecide123 I can't run because I have bad joints since I was little.

What make is it, OP?

@Tonnerre Profitness. I am not sure about an exact model

Omg my DH just ruined it by telling me it's KM not miles!
I am embarrassed 🤦 2.5 km and I sweat like that🤦

I have considered buying one so many times. I am currently pregnant and I found myself thinking just the other day "would it be bad to get a treadmill for when the baby is sleeping"

I will be going for walks with the baby (as we have a dog who gets me off my arse) but being pregnant I am so. tired. all. the. time. So I was thinking it would be good to have to get in two walks a day after baby comes. (We live in the country so going for a walk includes going for a drive so might not be possible twice a day esp with the weather in Feb/March/April when baby is born.)

Well done op. I've got a vibro plate and an exercise bike sat in the corner of my living room, now blocked in by the dining table. Both haven't seen the light of day in over a year.

Whoop whoop! Go you!!

Well done on starting your new exercise! Don't be disheartened by "only" doing 2.5km a day. You are much better off starting gently and building up gradually. You are more likely to enjoy it that way and consequently to stick at it!
I'd love to get a treadmill as well. Do you listen to music while using it or watch tv? I'd be worried I'd find it a bit boring....

Thank you all!

@ImMeantToBeWorking good luck with the baby! Have a look online, you can get used bloody cheap if you decide to get one

@ElizaDee I forgot the vibroplate😂😂 got rid of it because i felt sorry for people living under us that time. Yours seem to be in a same position my stepper is. Deep behind the dining table.

@Zoeyclash that was my thought too. I read while on it. Or watch some tv show on a tablet. Otherwise it would bore me to death.

@IAmALazyArse don't worry about how much you sweat - Sweat is just Fat Cells Crying!!!! . Please please please dont try to do too much too soon or you will get injured and have to stop! Rather than increasing your mileage (or kilometreage!) too much could you try and increase your speed over the next two weeks to around 4 miles an hour - for half an hour. This is a fairly steady walking pace but should get you breathless and sweaty and will burn more calories in a shorter amount of time than ambling along at 2.5 miles an hour so you won't get as bored so quickly

PS I'm NOT a health professional or a qualified trainer but I am 'into' fitness and used to walk a lot when I had dogs a few years ago and was amazed how quickly I could walk faster and further.

I have an exercise bike. But it Hurst my bum! I'm trying to keep at it. I have very loose joints and flat feet and find running aggravates them. But biking is great. DS 1 has the same loose joints as me and his orthopedic surgeon said biking is very good for joints. It's not so harsh on them. That and swimming is very good too!

I used to watch fat fighters, supersize vs superskinny, a year to save my life etc when on the bike. It made me stay on it. I think I will get the bike out today!

Well done op I have a excerise bike do 500 calls a day on it and a vibro machine 15 mins a day I'm losing 2lbs a week I'm keeping quite as I also want the wow you've lost weight!!

I like how my secret motivates others to whisk up the unused equipment 😁

@Blobby10 I do an hour so my speed is essentially the distance walked.
My plan is to be on 3km by the end of the week and then keep increasing until I get to top without needing to run.
I am actually studying while on it. So need to find speed where I can still read😁 It really helps with concentration! Take that ADHD ha.

@Toothproblems hurty bum, slimmer bum?😁 Keep on it! Great it works for you!

@ElizaDee My motivation is the mirror I put on a wall next to it... Go for it! Get the bike out!

@Charley34 great job! Keep it up! Glad I am not the only one wanting "Ooooh. You look good, what's different? You lost weight!" 😁 You will get yours really soon if you keep going like this.

Go you!

I love that saying “sweat is fat cells crying” 😂😂 I have to steal it as my own 😂

Having made the error of sitting down on a vibroplate to retie my shoelaces at the gym one morning years a while ago, I can't help but wonder why people who own one don't use them all the time?

it saves on Ann Summers' purchases

Yes, I got off it pretty sharpish.

yes, my knees were a bit wobbly

@MitziK 😂 you made me blush🙄

@Jazzybeats thanks!
Great saying, isn't it😂

Brilliant, well done! We have one in the garage so when DH is away I can have sneaky runs without leaving the DC. I love it.