week 3 - 4

Can you believe it's been 2 whole weeks since I last posted about my attempts at my Jog Blog? Now that we are settled into our new house, I am able to get onto a more regular workout schedule. I've been going to pilates twice a week, and going to the gym here and there. No real significant weight lost as of yet, but I am feeling a little better.

My friend LaurenB introduced me to a great iPhone app for tracking your calorie intake. I've tried many other ways to do this, but this is by far the easiest and most accurate! And, did I mention the app is FREE? Yep! I've never paid for an iPhone app before. I always download the free ones, but I would actually pay for this one! It's called Lose It. When you first download it, you enter in your weight, goal weight, and how aggressively you want to lose the weight. I have mine set at 1 pound per week, so it tells me that I'm allowed to eat about 1500 cals per day. Then, you enter in all the foods you eat at each meal, and record your exercise. The great thing is, when you exercise, you get the calories back that you burned and can eat if you need to without going over your daily allotment! It really has helped me realize what areas of my normal diet cost me the most calories and where I can make some cuts.

This is what I've entered in for the day. It records breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. I still need to enter the glass of wine I have in front of me. It's not fair that wine counts towards your calories!

One nice thing about this app, is that it's really easy to search for foods that you've eaten. You can enter in custom foods, like a Lean Cuisine where you know all the nutrition facts, or you can just search for the item.

Overall, I eat healthy, I am just trying to trim down and lose those last stubborn 7 pounds. This view helps me to see what I've eaten, and how much I have to go for my daily budget. Since I worked out today, I am still under 534 cals! Successful day!

Download it and try it out. I'd like to hear what you think of it! Like I said - It's free, so if you have an iPhone or iTouch, you can get this!

One diet style that I will never conform too is a low-carb or no carb diet. To me, that is just crazy! I love my bread and pastas, plus I need that energy that it gives me. The other day at the grocery store, I found these new sandwich rolls that are called "thins". They are super thin, but still give you enough bread to make a sandwich. I first tried them with some homemade hamburgers one night. It was just enough bread, that I didn't feel like I was missing anything. They also make great sandwiches! They come in whole grain, so you get plenty of fiber, while it being only 100 cals per roll! Yay!

I don't mean to sound like a big commercial here, but these are just some cool things that I've come across lately that I wanted to share with you all! Enjoy! :)