Greetings everyone :-)
I am seeking some additional thoughts to what seems to be a never-ending mental battle that I keep having in my life, lol. First, I love watches and have some nice watches that I enjoy wearing (Omega, Tudor, etc). Both are special to me (wedding gift years ago and another when my mother passed). But, at the same time I try to stay fit and enjoy all the aspects of what the Garmin eco system offers. Let me elaborate a bit more..
2019 I decided to "get in shape". I bought the 245 Music and was in love with it. It offered both the data and just in general the overall motivation to get going with gym / running etc. At this time, I did not mind not wearing my "real" watches, as I was on a mission to get into shape. Then, about 6 months into it, I decided to upgrade the watch to the Fenix 6s (this was now Feb of 2020). This was great and used it during the pandemic to continue. Now, at some point I leveled off with my progress and all the Garmin stats I would look at, just were not changing and became very predictable. At this same time I was turning 40 and wanted to buy another "nice watch" to mark that point in my life. So, I did and at the same time questioned weather or not I wanted to even bother anymore with the Garmin.
So, I stopped.
I switched into a basic Casio G-Shock to time my workouts and rest periods and also pretty much stopped running, due to a weak knee. At this point I remember feeling a great sense of "freedom" LOL, no longer having to look at, worry about or stress about any metrics with the Garmin. I quickly told myself that I did not need it (anymore) and I just needed to keep doing what I am doing and I will be fine.
This is / was largely true.
I now had the freedom to wear all the different types of watches I wanted and started to even realize how silly I looked when wearing the clunky looking Fenx all that time, LOL.
So, now fast forward about 1.5 years till now... I am still in great shape and the weight that I was when I dropped off. So, there is no issues there. For the most part I look like the same person and my experiment seemed to have been successful (in thinking for me, I really no longer was getting what I needed to from the Garmin).
However..
Lately I just FEEL like I am not doing well. I also look back and think that I mis-read the situation. When I concluded I had leveled off with my fitness.. I should have looked at it differently (need to crank things up and not just do the same and ditch the tracker). For example, if the Garmin had of slapped me in the face and said, "look dummy, you need to increase your load and / or change what you do to continue to build" etc. than I may have not stopped when I did, or at all. Hard to say now.
The problem:
So, if I ask anyone who does not understand the Garmin eco system, they say the same thing to me: "Just wear it when you workout & run" then, go back and wear whatever watch you want. This obviously makes sense, but I have found that in order to get what I want from the watch you need to wear it 24/7. I like seeing the HR data over time, stress, Body Battery, etc. Recovery etc. It all makes sense when worn all the time. So, for me it's all or nothing. Unless I change this mindset and gain a new viewpoint (please let me know some other ways of thinking here).
Anyway, yesterday I went out and bought a 7 Pro. Ran last night for the first time in a LONG time and it was great! Did my daily gym workout today and it was nice to see the HR data, and after the load score and recovery etc. So, it has already been a new motivator all over again for me. For some reason just *wearing* the smart watch keeps me focused on my fitness vs my non fitness watches.
But, of course.. I worry that I might end up returning it in favor of my thousands of dollars invested in my other watches and the love of wearing them. Fitness really is super important to me tho, and I seem to struggle with this so much :-(
Any thughts?
Travis
