Bout Time!

Scale likes me today :)

Thank goodness because I weigh in tonight!!

So this morning the next generation iPhone was available to pre-order and I can't get through the website to order it!  Does frustration burn calories???  Cause I am frustrated!!!

Speaking of my iPhone - I downloaded Jillian Michael's iPhone app just the other day and I gotta say it's pretty sweet!

First - It's FREE! So that right there is awesome :)  It has a lot of great features too:

1 - Track your goals.  Set goals for your weight, calories in, and calories out.  You can then track these numbers.  The only drawback is you can only enter calories the day of.  At least, I couldn't figure out  how to go back a day and add additional calories.  The app also provides graphs for easy to see progress.  Jillian "talks" to you too (there's a speech bubble on the screen, no audio).  For example when I entered today's weight (down 1.8) she said, "I can see you're committed!"

2 - Running. The app uses your phone's GPS to calculate the distance and time of your run.  Afterwards, you can save your route to refer to later.

3 - Motion.  You can wear your iPhone in an armband, shirt pocke or pants pocket and it will calculate how many calories you burn.  I guess you could do it all day, but I'm not sure if it continues to count if you exit the app - this feature seems most appropriate for individual activities, and not really for an all day count.

 **For an all day count of steps and calories burned check out the FitBit (http://www.fitbit.com/) - it's tiny and awesome!**

4 - Exercise. This is the BEST part - FREE VIDEO WORKOUTS!  Okay - don't get too excited.  Each video is only about 2 minutes.  Jillian demos the moves and then says, "Okay remember to do 3 sets of 10 reps. The next move is..."  But still... pretty sweet!  After you view the video it askes if you performed the exercise and automatically adds it to your calorie burn for the day!  You can also create custom routines by choosing activities from the individual list! You can also use the calendar function to schedule your workouts.

All in all you get a LOT of stuff totally for FREE! If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch you should totally check it out!

So that's my review of the app - onto today...

Worked out this moring to Cardio Party.  This one is fun, but I have to add power to a lot of the moves to get a decent burn.  This morning, though, I was tired so I did the video as is and burned 228 calories.  Hey, it's better than nothing!

Food today was pretty much the same as yesterday.  Yogurt and fruit for breakfast.  I had left overs from dinner last night so that was lunch today.

I still have a ton of fresh corn salsa as well.  I think I'll grill some chicken when I get home and use it up on that.  I think the salsa would be great with grilled chicken thighs and drumsticks. 

I also have a bunch of coleslaw mix (I needed a bit of shredded cabbage for a recipe) that I don't know what to do with because I HATE coleslaw! Blech! Gross!

I was thinking I'd make an asian slaw and serve it with some asian spice steak on the grill.  But I gotta use it up soon - it's been in the fridge for a few days now - and I don't know how much longer shredded cabbage can last!

So that's it for today.  Feeling confident about weigh in later.  Hopefully the WW scale will be close to mine :o)

Till next time!