Garmin Vivofit

Garmin has come with a new fitness wrist band. The band has a watch, it gives you your heart rate (as long as you are wearing a heart rate monitor around your chest), number of steps you've done during that day, and number of steps you need to reach your goal. 

I've had my VivoFit for about a week. It also lets you know when you have had an hour or more of inactivity. Being sedentary slows down your metabolism. I have been wearing my VivoFit most of the day (except when I shower). 

I have decided to watch more closely what I eat. This past week, I indulged myself with high fat food. I realize this is not good. It is not going to help my foot injury. Today, I started improving my nutrition. I hope to continue this way as much as I have increased my daily physical activity. 

I have also continued barefoot running. I try to hit the treadmill and do my barefoot workout there, walk and run barefoot. My goal for this month will be to be able to run barefoot for 10 minutes, at a very slow pace (15 MM). Slow pace will allow me to pay more attention to running form. 

RiverRun will be on Sunday April 27th. Haven't decided if I should run the 5K or the 10K. This weekend I ran a couple of five milers with my wife (at a slow pace).