One of the pleasures of watching The X-Files on DVD is the absence of commercial breaks. But that hasn't stopped them interfering with my progress. In season one, an average episode is about 45 minutes. That's enough time to comfortably burn over 400 calories. But season two is averaging a mere 43 minutes per episode -- a change that can only be accounted for in increasingly long commercial breaks for Fox. The reason why remains a mystery. By season 2, The X-Files was a big hit so were Fox cashing in by throwing a few more commericals into the breaks? Regardless, this is screwing with my burned calories total (don't Fox execs think of these things?!). I've been coming in below 400 calories for 43 minute episodes which just doesn't seem sufficient. The solution? Increase the incline so I'm now walking up a 6% hill (previous incline was 5%). Additional commercials -- they really do make things an uphill struggle :-)PS -- no weight loss this week.
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