Something to fill you APPetite

So today I thought I would spend this post telling everyone about some of the apps I am using on my phone that have helped on on my weight loss journey. Some of these app are new and some of them I have been using for a long time and don't know if I would have been able to do what I have done so far without them. These are in no particular order I am just putting each one out there for each of you to see. If you have an app that you love to use as part of you fitness and nutrition please comment below and I will check them out.

My Fitness Pal

I know I have mentioned this one before but I am going to mention it again. I have used several app over the last two years that are supposed to help track your food and calorie intake and by far this is the best one. Why do I like this app more than the others? Well here is a few reasons. 1. It is FREE you just sign up for an account and off you go. 2. You can use it on the web or your phone. 3. It is customizable to any nutrition plan you are on at the moment and can be programmed to keep track of the protein, carbs, and fat you are taking in each day. 4. The phone app has a bar code scanner that uses the camera on the phone, you just put the phone up to the bar code, it scans it and enters it into your diary. Great tool for tracking what you are eating.

 Run Keeper

I used to use this app all the time (when AT&T GPS could find me) when I was running a lot more. This is a great little app, it uses your phone's GPS to keep track of where you are and your runs. It will tell you the number of miles you ran, your current pace, average pace, calories burned, elevation change, you name it. This is a great way to set a goal such as I am going to run 25 miles this month...it will do that too! It keeps a running tally of all your runs that can be broken down by the day, week, month, or year. If you are thinking about getting into running this is a must have, you would be surprised how far you are actually running when you are tracking it. Plus watching those miles begin to add up really keeps you going.

Fooducate

This one really goes hand in hand with My Fitness Pal. This app does not track food, progress, or anything like that, this app is totally informational. This is a great guy to have with you when you are at the store getting your shopping done. What this app does is let you scan a products bar code (much like My Fitness Pal) and will give you a grade on how healthy the product is. It grades on a letter grade scale just like when you were in school so the higher the grade the better the food. You can even add the option to have it warn you when the food you are eating contains GMOs or not. It is another great free app, give it a shot, you will be surprised where some of your "healthy" staples land.

Max Capacity Training

Here is a workout program that has you working out a few days a week for only 15 minutes a day. Trust me this is no small task. The workouts are intense and so are the moves. To give an example the first workout you do will have you doing 50 seconds of pushups followed by 10 seconds of rest four times. This will continue into squats, planks, and other moves. The point of this is to get you working hard right off the bat and keeping you there to see just how far you will go. The app is 100% free as well and gives pictures and instructions on how to do each of the moves and the timing for each exercise before you go and do them so take a minute to read what you are going to be doing fully before you go out and do it. Don't have a lot of time and want a good workout? This one is for you.

They told me the earth was round

Why do I bring this up, well it is for one reason and one reason only because yet again it seems my schedule has caused me to fall off the planet once more. I tell you I am really trying to make sure I can post here everyday but busy busy. The few times I did have a minute to post I decided to spend time with the family instead because you know what they say, family first. So buckle up it is time to go over what has been going on for a little while.

Better Physical Me

I have still been working out and I have not missed a day yet, I came close this weekend because I was not in the best mood or head space but my workout sitting there taunting me just kept eating away until I did it after I put Haley to bed. I have not done much running (none at all really) since the half marathon but most of it has to do with the fact that I had been hurting from my fall but that is finally getting better so if I have a little time tomorrow I may jump on the treadmill at lunch today. Today was the first day of week 9 for me in Tai Cheng and it was my first pass on the final sequence. I did a lot better than I thought I would and it was my best sequence to date. As a matter of fact after sequence 2 I waited a few days in order to get it but today I did so well that I will be adding the bands tomorrow! Then it is four weeks of sequences and done!!!

Better Husband

I don't know if I have been a better husband but I like to think that I am trying to be. Whitney and I are doing a Sunday school class at church called the five love languages and so far (two of three sessions, we did miss one). It has been really eye opening, not only does it tell me things about myself I didn't know but it is also showing me just how much I was not understanding aspects of myself and how I can take these aspects I already have and make them better. The study comes with DVDs that we watch each week and a book that we are reading, the book is great and I try to read a couple pages of it every morning when I eat breakfast. 

Better Spiritually

We have been going to church each week and really feel connected to this group. Don't get me wrong the last group we went to church with was great but it was one day a week we didn't do any of the small group stuff and we really didn't connect with the pasture. On the other hand this church is much smaller we have gone to a few of the events and are praying for what we are going to do to help the church move forward. All in all it has been great

Better Professionally

Both in my BeachBody business and in my IT work. I went to a server 2012 Boot Camp yesterday and was really impressed with what I saw, I got all my study material for the CISSP camp that I will be doing next month and I am getting the itch to get more certifications again, I just have to find the time for it but I am sure that I will. Coaching is going great as well, I have been assigned a few people to work with and some of them are looking to start coaching as well. I have been on a volume streak and have made some kind of commission each week over the last 7 weeks. I even got my first team bonus and all that did was fire me up more to get even more coaches signed up to help other and get people off up and moving.