It Has Begun

So, it is time to kick it up a notch around here. This nice weather has me motivated. Hopefully, it will stay this way for a while. I am tired of winter.

Last night I bought this watch that does so many things that I can't figure it out. The one thing I do know how to do is use the heart monitor on it. Apparently, when you work out, you want your heart to stay in a certain range so that you are burning the maximum amount of calories. I went for a walk this morning, and my heart beat wasn't in the range. I started jogging until I got there, and finally the beep went off to let me know I was there. I kept on walking and I was able to keep it there for the entire walk. Man, there is another blog in there, but I will save that until later. Anyway, I walked 1.6 miles this morning before I got the kids ready for school. When I got to work, I did another mile before my work day started, which brings me to a grand total of 2.6 miles.

I would like to mention that a few weeks ago, I walked 1.7 miles and it took me over an hour to finish it, Today's morning walk (1.6 miles) took me 25 minutes. Yeah, I killed it, go me.

There are three ways I track my distance:1. Drive it and look at my mileage, 2. Reconfirm it with mapmyrun.com, which I really like, 3. Pedometer on the ipod, which tells me steps and calories burned. Yes, I check every way, I am a numbers guy, remember? If I can figure this watch out, I will have a fourth way, and believe me, I will use it.

I will have more Biggest Loser news later. I am considering it, but there are a lot of factors to think about. I mean, I do have a job that I don't plan on leaving, bills, 6 kids, bills, a wife, bills, you know, things that all need to be taken care of. We'll see how it goes. I hate the fact that everyone has a hard time commenting on this thing. Thanks for all the messages and emails and facebook stuff, I really appreciate it.

Tomorrow, if I wake up in time, I plan on walking a 5k. A self imposed 5k, crazy, yeah, sadistic, probably. There is no time better to start than right now, I mean, it's only half a mile more than I did today, sooooo, I will let you know how it goes tomorrow, if I wake up in time...