Well, again, while I haven't seen any real weight loss, I have noticed that I do feel better when I wear them. I know that it is probably psychological, but whatever works... Right?
Since I have been wearing these shoes, I have been motivated to move more. And, the more I move, the more I want to move. This is the domino effect that I have been desperately trying to start sever since I gave birth to Emma. It's funny how something like a new pair of shoes can get it going!
Anyway, in the past few weeks of wearing these shoes, I have finally committed to, invested in, etc. a jogging stroller. And, with that, I invested in a watch that monitors heart rate.
I received my watch before the stroller, so I set it up and prepared for it to monitor my progress. I thought that I would be able to tell it when to start.
No such luck.
Because my stroller hadn't come in, and I didn't want to use my regular stroller, heaven forbid I have to use a regular stroller! I didn't do any type of activity the first week that I had my watch. Not a big deal, right?
WRONG!
One week after setting up my watch, I notice that it has little envelope looking things on the display. Hmmm, I didn't know my watch had email! Cool. But, wait, how does it know my email address? That wan't a setting that I entered...
It took a while, but I finally figured out how to read my message. I scoured the manual, pressed the right combination of buttons and poof! A message!
So, what did this message say? It said something along the lines of 'Training week one incomplete, failure.'
What! Are you kidding me! I wasn't even training yet! I wanted to stomp on this stupid watch and see if it called me a failure then! However, as ticked off as I was, I was also determined to never receive this message again.
I tried hard to delete this rude message, but obviously the creators of this watch knew what they were doing... You can't get rid of the message! And, if I press the wrong button, it still flashes this rudeness in my face!
And, if that encounter wasn't bad enough, I realized that I still had another message. What now!?!? I wondered. Again, I pressed the appropriate combination of buttons, and POOF! Another message... This time it said, "Time to check your weight."
Uh, I think not. We've already determined that I did not do any form of physical activity, so I'm pretty sure that if anything, I gained weight. So, I punched in the same weight that I was when I set up the watch and moved on.
Finally, my stroller came in, and since, Emma and I have been burning up the pavement. My watch has been flashing much nicer messages these day, like, 'Maximum performance and fitness improving.'
Yay! I am glad to know that I haven't disappointed my watch lately!
My next goal, after getting used to pushing a 32 pound stroller with a 28 pound toddler in it?
Running!
And, because Apple is super nifty, they have an app for the iPhone called C25K... Couch to 5K. It tells you when to warm-up, run, walk, and cool down. All in preparation for a 5K. Whether or not I'll actually run a 5K remains to be seen. I would like to, but even if I don't... Just to say that I can will be great.
Hopefully, all of this motivation continues and I will always be Ready to Run!
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