A New Elliptical for the New Year

For Christmas, Brian and I decided to ask for one big present....an elliptical (Schwinn 460 to be exact). We decided as busy as we both are with school, that we would benefit from having some exercise equipment in the house instead of having a gym membership that doesn't get used. So it is our intent to actually use this thing and not just use it as a clothesline-as the bench press sometimes is.

This is what it looked like when we got it out of the box

It actually wasn't too bad to put together, 1.5 hours later it was ready to go!

My first workout

Brian giving it a test run

For the New Year we would like to start being more healthy. We are going to try and get regular exercises, be more aware of what types of foods we are eating and become more conscious about getting the necessary nutrition from our food. Overall, I don't believe we eat that poorly as compared to the general public. However we definitely do not eat a balanced diet and that needs to change! We have been doing pretty well the last week, but the real challenge is to stick with it once school resumes and life gets a little more hectic.