Hello everybody!


My apologies for skipping out on blogging the last few week, I hope that just because I haven't blogged that you haven't worked out because that certainly not the case with me! My tip for this week is for those of you in my audience that are getting "stir crazy" by this lovely warm weather that we are having and tired of your regular retinue of running, jumping and lifting or whatever your workout may consist of. So here are my tips for this week to keep it interesting, have some fun in the sun or just get you looking better in the for some summer sun fun.
#1. Join a sport like activity.
It can be anything you want, a sport you have been in before or just something fun that you played in middle school gym class, live dodge ball. No matter what the sport is from disk golf to a community softball team it will keep you active and that what is important!
#2.Enjoy the sun. The sun's lovely ray's provide our bodies with extra amounts of Vitamin D witch is essential to our bodies releasing a natural chemical to our brains called endorphin's and endorphin's are what causes you to be happy!  This is the same feeling that you get when you are with friends, eat some great food, listen  to a good song, smell something nice or get a compliment. To a certain extent however, of course I am not saying go lay out for hours on end but what I am saying is to get outside. Go on a long bike ride with a friend. Go on a walk or a hike. Take your dogs on a walk, and if you don't have a dog i have two with lots of energy that you are more than welcome to borrow!


Have a great week!

My Fitness Pal

Hello fitness fans!
If your really serious about getting in shape for the upcoming summer season, you need to hold yourself accountable for what you're eating, how much water your drinking, how often you are working out and of course your daily nutritional intake. 
A great way to do this is something called  "my fitness pal" it's available as an app on your smart phones so you can do it on the go! I use it on my phone every day entering in things such as my workouts and my snacks and such. It's great because it give your your "goal" of calories of the day then calculates how many you have had and how many you have left for the day and can also factors in your net amount based upon your workouts! Another great feature of My Fitness Pal is that it has a such engine so you are able to look up foods and see all their nutritional values! It will also track your progress when you enter in your daily measurements and or weight and my personal favorite feature is adding your friends! It's something like a fitness facebook and lets your "friends" know when you finished a great intense workout on the elliptical, when you are below your calorie goal, when you have lost a few pounds since your last weigh in and also when you haven't logged in for a few days so they can encourage you! Let me know what you think, if you have it, or even if going to get it now!