Sweat Belts..

This may be lame but I honestly can't remember if I posted about sweat belts. Have you ever used a sweat belt while working out? I bought one a couple of years ago and thought well it couldn't hurt right?

Now I use one almost every time I work out. I really notice a difference when I wear it-not because it gave me a 6 pack or anything but because every time I wear it my jeans ALWAYS fit better! I guess it just squeezes that little extra little bit of water weight out and I love it! Walmart sells a Golds Gym one that I really like for $5! It's really basic but I love it! 

lolo

Have you ever heard of the lolo app?! I LOVE IT!!!! 

Here is a quick description I pulled of their website:

BeatBurn Treadmill/Outdoor Trainer

our flagship product, BeatBurn Treadmill, showcases what it really means to have an interactive personal trainer on your iPhone or iPod touch. your trainer will be in your ear every step of the way guiding you through a fun and challenging walking, running, or walk-jog program.

features

*36 progressive routines designed for beginner, intermediate, and advanced users

your trainer’s voice guides you through every step of the program

*play your own music or use our 24 included tracks of specially formulated, high-energy fitness music

*you can workout on a treadmill or take it outside

*the beat of our fitness music automatically speeds up or slows down to perfectly match the pace of your    feet on the treadmill or road

*you are in control. you can adjust the intensity on the fly or jump to any point in the workout and your trainer adjusts to fit your needs

*track how many calories you burned — even outside

*works with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, or any generation of iPod touch

*works with iOS 3.0 and higher

You can check out their other apps or find out more about the lolo by going to their website.

Sure there may be a FEW bugs but I find this app makes my time on the treadmill FLY by! I absolutely LOVE how I can sync it to MY music AND how the app slows down or speeds up the songs to fit with my speed! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this app and would defineately recommend it!!! 

Have any of you tried this app? Do you like it? Have any of you tried any of their other apps? What do you think?

I almost bought the 5k app but after reading some of the reviews decided not to. 

Oh how I love my Reebok Realflex

I love these shoes! Now remember I am a beginner runner and my running is done mostly on the treadmill. These shoes are AMAZING!! I never had to break them in or anything! They've never given me a blister or rubbed at all! I seriously feel like this shoe was made for me!!! Love them!!! Plus I think they are pretty dang cute!

Anyone out there have a favorite running shoe?

Honesty

Okay, here is a dose of honesty for you. I've been a little blue lately...not feeling like myself etc. etc. etc. I think it all started back in November when I realized that I was really not superwoman. This was a VERY hard realization to come to terms with for me. I look at all of the amazing women that surround me in my family and at church and think they can do this or that, why can't I? Working full-time and trying to be a wife, mother, and friend was not working for me. When Aaron and I decided that I would come home again part of me took a GIANT sigh of relief! The end of November rolled around and I kind of gave up watching what I ate, exercising, etc. I was exhausted and I just needed a break. Then I stopped working and was pretty much sick all of December meaning that I made the excuse that I 'couldn't work out sick' (Which is a LIE! In fact I always get better quicker if I work out.). Along with that I made the excuse that it was the holidays so I could 'eat whatever I wanted'.  Well as you can imagine the last week of December rolled around and I was kind of disgusted with myself. I had gained a total of 10lbs and just felt sick. Remember I'm only 5 foot so ANY weight gain goes directly to my belly!

I just kept thinking how all of that hard work creating a new lifestyle was blown in only 1 1/2 months! LAME!!
Needless to say I was extremely disappointed in myself. Hence me not posting for a while.

But here I am January 8th prepared to get back on track! My house is stocked with yummy, healthy food. I have dusted off the treadmill & JM videos and have gotten into a good rhythm with my workouts. The lbs are started to come off and I am already starting to feel better about myself again.

I know some of you are rolling your eyes wondering what this post is really about. Here comes the point. I think that some of us don't realize that living and unhealthy lifestyle really affects EVERYTHING in our lives. It seems like a no brainer to some of us but really until you've lived a both lifestyles consistently you may not get it. If you are unhealthy right now but think life is wonderful I will tell you right now that it gets better! Take that wonderful and multiply it by a million! Really when you are treating yourself right everything becomes brighter and better. I know for me I have more energy  and confidence to love and treat others better. I have more energy to keep things cleaner in my house which makes people at home more comfortable and relaxed. I feel better about my body which sounds like a dumb thing but it really makes me focus on others more because I am not wondering if everyone around me can see that extra weight in my tummy. Not to mention it makes me actually want to be around others instead of hide in my house.

 I could go on and on. Back to my point- if you have made a New Year's resolution to get healthy or to continue living a healthy lifestyle stick to it! I know you can do it! The benefits are worth all of the sacrifice!

So did you make any New Year's resolutions?