helpful apps

I started using two GREAT apps to help keep track of my fitness. They have REALLY been a great motivation because it is fun to see my progress, and I like a good challenge :)

The first one is "nike+gps", this one I use for running. It tracks how fast I go per mile, and the gps shows where I ran and which part of the trail I went my quickest! It also gives an estimate of calories burned. You can link it to your facebook and when you go for a run it will post it to your "news feed" and your friends can "cheer" you on. When someone clicks "like", your app will make this crowd cheering noise. It will also let you know when you are half way to your goal and if you have beat a personal best!


Next, Is my FAVORITE app! It's called "My fitness pal!". You put in your height, weight and goal weight and how much you want to lose per week. Then, each day you log our food and your portion sizes. It will tell you how much of your daily nutrients you need and where you should cut back. One of my favorite parts of the app is that it basically has any brand of food you could think of as well as restaurant nutrition values, so its extremely accurate! You also can put in your daily workouts and it gives an estimate of how many calories you burned. I try to be conservative with my guesstimates, just as a fail safe :) Oops, I forgot, my OTHER favorite part of the app is that at the end of the day you "complete" your entry and it tells you that "if you eat like this every day, in 5 weeks you would weigh _____!" I love seeing the possibilites, that is a HUGE motivator for losing weight and eating right!

update.

for the last few weeks I have only been working out 3x a week. Which isn't bad, I know, but my goal was 5-6x a week. I have been running twice a week and doing my "ripped in 30 with jillian michaels" dvd 3x a week. On wednesday I decided I was going to just start doing it every day! and guess what? I have done it the last 4 days and I was able to slip into a pair of my pre-pregnancy shorts! Granted, they were big before I got pregnant and they are the boyfriend fit from American Eagle, but still they are a size ZERO!!! I feel so much better, I have a lot of energy, and I can see little differences in my body. Plus it just feels good to be working out. I'm excited to move on to week two and to post "before" and "after" pics at the end of september :)