Tony's Losing It

Ok, so weight-loss drugs aren’t necessarily the best idea, but this is just COOL.

First, I want to give a special thanks to Michael R. Mennenga of Slice of SciFi, Wingin’ It, and all around cool guy. Michael pointed this cool toy out to me, and now I WANT ONE.

The Polar F55 is a fitness watch. This cool gadget can help you track your workouts, monitor you calories, manage your workouts, and much more. I won’t go into all of the details here, because you can look them up at Polar’s Website. But This is one of the higher end general fitness watches that they have. They also produce lines of Running and Cycling specific watches.

With Father’s Day around the corner, and me being a Dad, I would not be opposed to some wealthy listener sending me such a gift. Ok, back to reality… If I get donations through the site(look over to the right), I will use them to get two things. At least at the moment, I’m only looking at two things. First, I’ll get an activity watch like this. I think it’s a great tool, and it looks slick too. The other item is a Wii. I’ve heard that they are fun and a great workout.

Here is a link to check out the F55.

So apparently I’m not the only one going through this type of program.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18909564/

There are two things worth noting in the article. First, I’m apparently one of the few guys who is doing something like this. I do sometimes have a problem admitting I’m wrong, but there is no denying that I’m overweight, out of shape and need the exercise. At this point it’s not a problem asking for help, it’s a matter of where I’m going to find the help.

Second, my company is sponsoring the current Boot Camp I am participating in, so I don’t have the faintest clue how much it costs around here.

Thanks to my wife, Julie who pointed this one out to me.
There has been a study conducted about a new product designed by the Mayo Clinic. The Treadmill Desk would allow someone to lose up to 66 lbs per year just by walking while you work.

Check out the link below for a picture and the details about the study.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.fitness/05/16/treadmill.desk.reut/index.html