Thursday, December 22, 2011

Katie's Garmin is here!



Yay!! So some of you who are also friends with SlimKatie may remember when she mentioned back in the middle of August, on this post, about possibly sharing her Garmin Forerunner 205 since she also has the 305. This way some of us could like do a trial period for about 2 weeks and see if it was something we may end up wanting to buy ourselves someday. I thought it was a great idea and of course signed up right away! ^_^ So far the Garmin has traveled from Michigan to New York, to Quebec, to Tennesee, to Texas, and now I'm the second person in Texas to get it. Everyone wrote a little note after using it and before sending it to the next person saying what they liked or didn't like about it, etc... I can't wait to write my little note and send it on it's way! lol... after I'm done checking out all the cool stuff it can do of course.


It arrived yesterday and I left it on the charger all night since it was too dead to use right away. Today was my first time using it. I went out and jogged for most of 3 miles, though towards the end of my run I slowed down to a fast paced walk instead because some dogs were chasing me and I didn't want them to bite me. lol. Then for awhile I got lost in some music and was just beboping down the road wiggling my hips the rest of the way home instead of worrying about a good pace. lol. Here is what my first workout says...


That's a time of 52:46 with my average pace being 16:02/mile, I did 3.29 miles and according to the garmin I burned 675 calories. Now I also was using the cardio trainer app on my phone during this run and it says I only burned 460 calories. Those numbers aren't even close to each other so I don't know which is more correct. I did not enter in my weight or anything for the cardio trainer app on my phone though, I've been meaning to look and see if I can somehow... but I did enter in my weight and birthdate, etc on the garmin so I would like to think it's the one that is right. Especially since it thinks I burned more. haha. But I dunno... I guess I'll have to actually get a heart rate monitor someday if I ever really wanna know. Eventually one day when I'm not poor I'll have to look in to that. lol.

As far as everything else goes, I am doing well counting calories again and am a couple days binge free. It feels good and the longer I go without overeating of course the stronger my willpower gets over those food items. My dad was just baking some peanut butter cookies in the kitchen as I got back inside from my run and so I after pausing for a second thinking oooh one would be nice, I thought no way because you won't stop at one and so I scurried my butt back to my room to write this blog and check facebook, etc. :) I'm proud. lol. Small steps at a time... I am back down to 177 lbs today after spiking up to 181 just yesterday. So needless to say, today I feel great. lol. I think in no time I will be able to get over this hump and down out of the 170s for good. I'm really looking forward to 2012, not only so the holiday food will be gone, hahah, but becuase this new year is bound to be even greater than the past one has been and 2011 was pretty damn awesome! ^_^

13 comments:

  1. Haha...I can just imagine you dancing down the road! You're too cute! Have fun with the Garmin!

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  2. hahah yeah to Glee's version of Can't touch this!

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  3. and then Mr. Shue doing the Thong song came on my mp3 player next! lol

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  4. Getting a Garmin totally changed my workouts. I have the 305 and I *love* it - I use it for running and biking, so I'm using it at least once a day. Love the calorie counter, too!

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  5. Awesome! I love Slim Katie's blog! Great goals! I agree with you about the food!

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  6. it would only be more awesome if we hung out a ton.

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  7. well the 205 is no different than what the cardio trainer app does on my phone. it tells me time and pace and distance and even maps it all out with gps, etc. the only difference i guess is the results i get. lol. I really need to get one that's a heartrate monitor too.

    and yeah stef, that'll definitely be happening!

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  8. Hey! I see my note! I didn't realize it was travelling along with the Garmin! I love the Garmin, too, but I don't run a whole heck of a lot outside, so it hasn't been getting ,uch use. However, when I used it for the 10k, it was an awesome motivator and it got me in well under the time I had set for myself!

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  9. I LOVE that everyone wrote little notes... I had no idea that was going on! ;) I can't wait to read them. Unfortunately, I think the Garmin is wrong as far as the calories burned. When I started using the 305 (with heart rate monitor) the calories burned were much lower than what the 205 says. Bummer!

    Congrats on being a couple of days binge-free... staying binge-free is my sole focus right now.

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  10. bwahahah! I knew it was too good to be true! lol. Oh well it's still good for other things. lol. Thanks, the longer I go without binging, the stronger I feel my willpower is the next day and the next. I still haven't had any of those cookies. I had a popscicle that I bought from a gas station instead since I knew it was gonna cost me money and I only bought the one so It's not like I could eat 30 of them. lol. The bag of cookies is sitting the kitchen staring at me all day instead. I keep trying to move them out of the way and suggesting everyone else have some so they'll be gone already. lol.

    As far as the notes go, the 2nd person left a small yellow sticky note on her note saying she thought it would be a cool idea for us to keep the notes with the garmin as we passed it along so that Katie could read them all when she got it back. :)

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  11. I'm definitely looking at getting one of these so I'm going to keep an eye out on how you get on with it as well as read a million and one reviews too.

    Have a great Christmas, Jen.

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  12. Looking forward to your reviews on this and feedback, I really want to invest in something else besides the cheap heart monitor I have, I have considered the garmin or polar. Hope you have an amazing Christmas!

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  13. Thanks for sharing the feedback. You are a rock star running so much. It is inspirational. I am still trying to get back on track and lose my excuses. By the way, not sure if you are interested but I am hosting a challenge. Please check it out. http://realchicksgettingfit.blogspot.com/2011/12/spring-chick-challenge-2012.html
    I'd love to have you. If not...also feel free to give me some tips as this is my 1st time hosting a challenge.. :-)

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