■ 05 August 2011 | 8:52 AM
How Many Calories Burned . . .
I've never been a freak about my weight. But my friend Judy and I just regrouped the long-forgotten mission to tone up and strengthen. As I got ready to hit the Great Neck rec center this morning my mind began to wander:
How many calories does one burn in 15 minutes on that elliptical machine?
How many calories burned in one go-'round on the weight circuit?
How many calories can I burn . . . say . . . chewing?
I admit my mind wanders far without a leash. But then I had another thought: The guy who invents the machine that converts the calories burned chewing to 1,000 per 20 minutes will be the richest man in the world.
It would have to be portable and discreet so you can take it to restaurants.
Have a great day, Nora
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Cute...
...post... but more importantly, it brought me to your ThankingOfYou.com site. FANTASTIC! Now, THIS is a concept that seems to need encouragement, in today's rushed, "busy" society! I recently tracked down a teacher I'd never had the opportunity to properly thank. It resulted in an awesome reconnection, especially since I'm old and he's older. :-) Lucky to have had the chance. The story is here:
http://nickicarm.blogspot.com/2010/03/harry-wilson.html
Now, have a nice weekend and consider this to be the thanking of you. I'll watch for that chewing device.
Nicki, we're both from LI?
Nicki, I loved your blog post at http://nickicarm.blogspot.com/2010/03/harry-wilson.html Beautiful! And I recommend it to others (for anyone else reading this)!
So you're from Massapequa? I'm from Plainedge (border of N. Massapequa and Farmingdale). I tried to comment on your blog post but there was no way. Please get in touch with me. And consider posting that fabulous "Thank you" at ThankingOfYou; it's a perfect example of the concept!
Nora...
Thank you so much. I've had to disable "Comments" due to some spam. I hope to turn them on again, in the future. Meanwhile, I'm grateful for your invitation and would love to post Mr. Wilson's "Thanks" on your site. We Long Island gals (term used loosely, in my case!) must stick together. I'll be in touch soon. Nicki
Nicki
Wonderful; yes, please do post it! I look forward to hearing from you :) Nora nfirestone@verizon.net
Loved your comment!
I'm laughing :) Wow, I'm so glad you discovered my "monumental movement" and get the concept and its huge implications! Thanks so much for writing. I'll check out your blog post now. Contact me any time via ThankingofYou.com; I'd love to hear from you in the future :)
And whoever discovers the machine first will pick one up for the other, okay?
Have a great one, Nora