We picked up another lawn customer this past week. It’s a very large apartment complex. It took us a little over 3 days to cut and trim the entire place. I cut grass with my pushmower as well as the small rider the first day. (even apt. complexes have hills down here) The second and third day, I was doing edging with an Echo SRM 230 string trimmer. The first day I used the trimmer from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM. The second day I used the trimmer from 9:00 AM until 6:45 PM. I didn’t take a lunch break and only stopped long enough to drink some water while I was cutting the first day. The second day it was much hotter so we did take an hour lunch break.
I love this Echo trimmer. It’s light weight and easy to use. It has a nice big trimmer head so I don’t have to keep loading the string so often. I’ve never done trimming. I’ve always left that job up to my husband. Since there is so much trimming with this complex, I knew I was going to have to learn.
By the end of the second day, I was scooting right along with my trimmer. I’ve claimed that trimmer as mine. Using this trimmer has helped my shoulders as well as my upper arms. I’m looking forward to the next job so I can do the trimming. I tried using my husband’s trimmer but it just didn’t work for me since I’m left handed. The guard on the bottom of the shaft was on the wrong side for me. I had no protection from flying rocks and debris. I tried holding it with my right hand but it just felt too uncomfortable.
It’s been raining off and on all morning so the grass cutting is I’m getting a break. This has given me a chance to make up a large cucumber salad.
I’ve used fresh cucumbers, onions and tomatoes from our garden. I add fat free half and half, cider vinegar, and a little sugar to balance the taste. Top it with a little salt and pepper and let it marinate for a couple of hours. This makes for a nice low calorie healthy salad. I don’t put much tomato in the bowl because it makes it too watery. It’s better to just add the tomato to you individual bowl a few minutes before you are going to eat it.
You can also keep adding cucumbers to the dressing. When it begins to taste bland, it’s time to make a new batch of the dressing. (Although it’s not necesary, I usually peel the skin off my cucumbers.)
I’m off to visit
WOW! I bet your shoulders and arms are hurting after that long! You are going to have great looking arms
Love this recipe. It looks so refreshing for a great summer day! Thanks for sharing it with us.
I love when you update! Reading your blog makes me exhausted…you are such a hard worker!
I love when you update! You are such a hard worker…sometimes it makes me tired just reading about the hard physical labor you and your husband do.
Trimming can be a tiring task, but your new trimmer seems to get the job done efficiently. You will end up with great muscles and strong arms if you keep up with this task.
BTW, thanks for the recipe. I too prefer to peel the skin off cucumbers before using them. I don’t know why I do that, it has become a habit!
Thanks for sharing the recipe and details about your Echo trimmer.
Love the recipe I use a similar one to serve with a vegetable curry if you don’t like your food to spicy it can just take the edge off.
So many different ways to stay in shape without slaving on the treadmill or lifting weights. Another great way to stay in shape is a lawnmower. Pushing that thing around the yard can build up some serious leg muscles.
It is really enjoyable to read your blog. As for your salad recipes, certainly it looks delicious. Improvement to make if you like to have a better weight loss, replace the sugar with pure raw honey as it is a rather low glycemic index ingredient. You might want to retain the skin of the cucumber as it give you a higher fibre which will reduce your glucose spike in your blood stream.
Keep posting and hope to hear great result from you.
Love what you are doing here! Activity burns calories and with a little creativity you can find ways to lose weight doing the things we do everyday. Great insight! I’ll be Tweeting this as well as putting a link out there for you so more people can see what you are doing.
Cheers!
Rex
The cucumber salad looks awesome!
Great post
Love that cucumber salad! I have been playing with different salads for some of my weight loss clients. Have you ever tried having a salad for breakfast?
Hope your arms recovered ok! I have been snowshovelling this week and it has been crazy how my body is hurting!
You could add fat-free plain yogurt instead of the half and half and vinegar. It tastes incredible, and it is a traditional Indian dish called raita….you could also grate the cucumber.
You must really do something to lose that unwanted weight. Are you doing it the right way? Everyone knows that to lose weight you need to eat responsibly and do some type of exercise. If you do some type of exercise and maintain the same diet you will defiantly lose weight. Remember, do not exercise to lose weight but rather exercise because you want to have a healthy body. You diet, for two primary reasons, to lose weight and to improve there health.
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