Overkill?

Last night I adjusted my alarm clock to get me up at 4:40 a.m., instead of 4:00 a.m. It has dual alarms and the other one is set to 5 which is my normal wake up time. Since it's been awhile since I've actually gotten my lazy butt out of bed at 4, thought I'd change that one. Well I not only changed it, I turned them BOTH off. Thank goodness for internal alarm clocks. I woke up at 4:45.

Then I got dressed, fed the dog, and put on all my running gear.

OK, I'll admit - a bit of overkill. I like to log things, keep track, plan plan plan....Sorry about the poor quality of picture, it was 5:00 in the morning. First one I took showed all the spots on the mirror (I've got some work to do), second shot was blurry. I didn't do a "do over". Anyway, since I was about to run outside, I had to have my Garmin GPS watch - because now that I found out I can upload from it to DailyMile, well I've just got to keep tracking my miles. And I wanted to wear the HR monitor so that I can start tracking my HR on my walks and C25K sessions (outdoor ones) and see how much improvement I gain over time.

And then I have the Polar F11 that I wear every time I exercise except during Hot Yoga. Doing the cobra with a large plastic thing sticking into your rib cage - well it just isn't all that comfortable. I wore it once, and know I burned about 1200 calories... correct or not, don't care - it was based on my HR. But I like to wear it because it keeps track of my workouts, HR and calories on a daily, weekly, etc. basis and I like to see at the end of the week that I have burned XX many calories.

And then there is the pedometer. I only wear it once in awhile to see just how accurate it is setup. It said I walked/Jogged 3.1 KM this morning - and my watch said 2.0 mi - basically the same. I am going to wear it during my 100Km walk in September because my garmin won't stay charged for 3 days so the pedometer will have to do.

And showing my belly is my way of working up to do an Exposed post which seems to be hitting blogshere again - go check out these posts - MizFit mentions it again here,  it started here, and today we have Lyn & Steve - they are amazing as usual.

Hope everyone has a FANTASTIC day

ttyl

Sandra

Oh and about the run - it was great getting back out there again hitting the pavement. Tomorrow will be the telling test as to how my hip feels. HOWEVER, I am also scheduled with my PT after work so I have a double whammy today. Oh when I make my mind up to do something, I don't just go at it easy, I kill myself :)