Posts Tagged ‘Health’

Since starting my healthy eating and exercise i have tried many different things to track my calories and exercise. The one thing that I knew was i needed something easy to use. I will not deal with BS when it comes to recording this stuff. I was reading a blog, I can’t remember which right now, and the blogger had posted her charts from LoseIt! I saw that it was for the iPhone and I immediately went to check it out.

OK the number one thing is it is totally FREE! It tracks calories, gives yo ua budget based on what you weigh, and how many pounds you want to lose a week. There’s a huge list of foods in the database for tracking. This app also takes into consideration your exercise and adjusts your calories for the day accordingly.

You can find most any restaurant in here and you can find something close to what you’re looking for if it’s not. You can also add your own foods in. I always pick a higher calorie amount if I’m guessing. An example would be I ate at a local fresh Mexican food place today and the burrito I ate was similar to one at Baja Fresh. I used the BF chicken burrito as a gague and added a couple calories just in case.

The exercise tracker has tons of different exercises and again, you can add your own as well. When you exercise and input it into the app it will adjust your calories accordingly.

You can set the app to send you reminders if you are forgetful and don’t record often enough. You can set it to email you daily and/or weekly reports of how you’re doing. The website has a great support forum as well.

I’m really just scratching the surface of the wonders of this great app. You should really try it for yourself. What can it hurt? It IS free after all!

As many of you know I am a part of a challenge team on Spark People. It’s The Biggest Loser Challenge and I am a part of the most kickass team ever! The Forrest Green Pixies!!!!!!!!!!
So we have a challenge this week and I am going to kick butt at it. I’m posting it here for accoutability Come on everyone make sure to keep me accountable!

~*~*~*~SCORES CHALLENGE~*~*~*~
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This Challenge will run from 12:ooAM, Fri, October 16th thru Tuesday, 11:59PM, October 20th

Let’s ALL SCORE BIG This Weekend!!!

S~STRENGTH
C~Cardio/Core/Calisthenics
O~ORGANIZE
R-REST/RELAX/RECOVER
E~ELIMINATE
S~STRETCH

S~STRENGTH Spend 20 minutes on your Strength Training Today. Use Weights, Soup Cans, Water Bottles, Your Own Body Weight…Just take 20 minutes to work those muscles. Muscle makes us look FIRM and TONED as well as burn more Calories at rest. Don’t worry…YOU WILL NOT Bulk up Like Mister Universe…You’ll just look Gooood in your clothes. Use Light Weights, or Heavy Weights…It’s all up to you. Work a variety of Muscles and DON’T work the same muscle group on Consecutive Days. If you have questions ask your Captain.

www.sparkpeople.com/resource/exercis
e_demos.asp?exercise_type=upper

C~Cardio/Core/Calisthenics…Take at LEAST 20 minutes to work on your Cardio, your Core, OR your Calisthenics…Or any combination of such. For great Tips and Suggestions you can click on the SPARK EXERCISE Link to see proper form and great ideas of how to work that body.

www.sparkpeople.com/resource/exercis
e_demos.asp?exercise_type=core

O~ORGANIZE Spend just 15 minutes Organizing…Whatever YOU need to Organize. Your Thoughts, Your Menu Plan, Your Cupboards, Your Fridge, Your Bills, Your Closet, Your LIFE…Whatever has been an Obsticle to YOU…Take these 15 minutes and Do something about it. You don’t have to climb Mt. Everest. Just take 15 Minutes and Get Started on your project.

R-REST/RELAX/RECOVER…This is very important in our Overall Health and Well Being. Sleeping and Rest are Underrated…but your body NEEDS this time to Repair and Recover…Your Body has been working Very hard for you…Do yourself a favor and give that body of yours the Rest it Deserves, NEEDS, and REQUIRES. 7.5 hours each night. Wonderful things happen while we sleep…See this link for the TOP 10 Reasons why you need your Rest.

longevity.about.com/od/lifelongenerg
y/tp/healthy_sleep.htm

E~ELIMINATE…Eliminate Excuses…Eliminate something that has been a demon for you…This could be Refined Carbohydrates (ya know the white stuff…get rid of it) Perhaps you already do that and there is something else you need to eliminate from your Day…Could be Sugar, Tobacco, Alcohol, Dare I say it…TOO MUCH internet…Take something that has been a crutch or a hinderance in YOUR Life…only YOU know what that is…and ELIMINATE it for Today…For this Challenge…For Good. Take this Opportunity to TAKE ACTION and ELIMINATE whatever has been holding you down…It’s TIME TO MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN!

Follow this link for a list of REFINED Carbs (The BAD Kind) and COMPLEX CARBS (The GOOD Kind)

www.bellaonline.com/articles/art6628
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S~STRETCH Those muscles have been working hard for you…Take some time to stretch them out at the end of your workout or the end of the day…Or better yet BOTH. Stretching is Wonderful…Not only does it Give us more Range of Motion and Flexibility…but it also de-crease our muscle soreness. Follow this SPARK LINK and Get points for reading up on Stretching while getting some Great Examples of Stretches to do.

www.sparkpeople.com/resource/stretch
ing_benefits.asp
*********POINTS*********

Simple…1 point per Each Category, per day…For a MAX of 6 points…However IF you do ALL 6 S.C.O.R.E.S you will gain a 4 point BONUS giving you 10 POINTS MAX for the Day.

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I KNOW i can do this. I just got a new resistance band and am oging to get out the stability ball this week. I plan on working my butt off literally so that i can fit better into my Halloween costume