name: fad
email: fatimah@
comment:
I want to buy this thing, but does it really work?? I mean, in Malaysia it costs me about RM2388.00 or USD615..wuuu…
When I first saw the iGallop in the Brookstone store last Christmas, it was selling for $599 US. Somehow, I just liked the machine. It looked like fun and an exercise equipment I would use regularly. However, at $599, it was simply too expensive.
Brookstone has been putting it on sale for some time now for $199. I got it in July and have been using it ever since. It comes with an exercise demo DVD. The first week I just did the basic program as I was learning to balance myself on the saddle. By the third week, I was doing all three programs – the basic, intermediate, and advanced. To do all the exercises only takes 40 minutes. This is the first machine ever that I didn’t give up. I now even feel guilty if I don’t do iGallop for a day. I just weighed myself yesterday. I lost 12 pounds since I started on 7/12/07. My stomach looks much flatter and better defined.
In the beginning, I didn’t pay too much attention to my diet; however, I did follow Nancy’s, the instructor on the DVD, advice that eat small meals every three to four hours. In September, I decided to change my diet as well. I always love soups. This is the perfect time of the year for soups as the weather begins to get cooler. My diet looks something like this:
Breakfast: cut 1/3 of the tofu cube in little chunks (The tofu you get from the grocery store that is soaked in the water.) + spinach + carrots or corn + 5 to 7 slices of the shaved turkey or chicken deli meat. Stir fry them in olive oil. 200 – 250 calories
Sometime between Breakfast / Lunch: I love coffee. I usually have two cups with fat free Hazelnut flavored creamer. 120 – 150 calories
Lunch: Chunky Chicken Noodle Soup or Italian Wedding. 220 calories.
Sometime between Lunch / Dinner: One South Beach Diet snack bar. 100 calories.
Dinner: I make my own soup. Normally, it consists of one can of chicken or vegetable broth, spinach, tofu, carrots or corn, either turkey or chicken. If I don’t feel like having soup, I may have 1/2 can of tuna in olive oil with vegetables of my liking and tofu. 200 – 250 calories. I gave the other 1/2 can to the dog and the cat.
Sometime between dinner / bedtime: Fat free yogurt. 100 calories.
Basically, I cut rice, pasta, and bread out of my diet and replace them with tofu. The total calories I consume per day are around 1200.
Does it work? It does work for me and I really enjoy it. I like the way I look now; especially, I lost almost all my belly fat. The stomach is flatter and toned.
We have another machine at home. It is an elliptical trainer. I hate that thing. It cost more than the iGallop. We used it once. It is now standing there screaming at me to dust it.

