So I got this new gadget and I'm totally in love with it! It's a Polar FT4 and it's a heart rate monitor with a watch that displays the information. It's so great to be able to work out and track what is getting my heart rate into the right zone. It also then tells you how many calories you have burned during that time period. I love it! It's really easy to put the heart rate monitor on and you can't even tell your wearing it! The watch is great too. Not too bulky, and it's easy to see what really gets my heart pumping and what just keeps me in a good zone for working out! I only got to do about 1/2 of a normal workout ( about 1 hour ) and I burned almost 500 calories! I can't wait to see what a real 2 hour workout session does for me! I can't wait to see what a nice run out here in the country equals in calories burned, or even just the things I do at home. It fuels me to see those numbers! My mind knows that my calorie burned each day needs to be close to, if not more than, the calories I intake each day in order to really be loosing weight at a steady pace. It's allowing me to really see how much I need to push myself and how often. It's letting me know that all my hard work is really paying off even when it really may not have seemed that way! It's helping me stay in line with the food too cause I have that number in the back of my mind that was so great and I don't want to ruin it with junk and sweets!! It's GREAT! Can't wait to keep getting more use out of it and keeping scores for all the other physical things that I do to get in shape! I know with this little added advantage I have now there is no excuse to not be in the shape I want to be in by this summer! It's so exciting! Technology is amazing! lol