A week ago today my husband and I bought a treadmill. It was from a lady on Craigslist, and we got it for a good deal.  The downside? It smelled like cats. Ew. Also it was loud. My hubs tried to fix it by removing the plastic belt under the main belt. Turns out, it needs that plastic belt to function so we had to order a new one online.  If the shipping gods have mercy on us, then the belt will be here today.  My Lysol and Febreze bottles have been living in our home office (aka spare bedroom with a computer in it) for the past week, and I have been spraying every inch of the treadmill with both sprays every chance I get.

You know the Febreze commercials where they blindfold a person, and put them in a smelly room and ask them what they smell? They always name things like "clean, fresh air, flowers, sunshine, laundry, smiles, children laughing (wait, can you smell children laughing? hm.) anyways you get the point. Well if you blindfold someone and put them in our office, they would probably tell you it smells like a Febrezed cat. But that is WAY better than a non-Febrezed cat, which is what it smelled like a week ago, right?!?  Maybe I should try this method....

So after the new treadmill belt arrives, I'm hoping to start using it regularly.  We made sure it was an incline treadmill that goes up to 12% because I really want to work out my gluties. Also because I hate running, and when you have the incline up real high, you don't have to run. You can get an excellent workout just walking! Who says you need to run until your lungs explode to get a good workout. Psh. Here is a great article from www.Livestrong.com about the benefits of walking on an incline. Now lets just hope I am motivated to workout once our 'mill gets fixed!

What Does Walking on an Incline Do For the Body?