I am an avid runner because it keeps me motivated since I get to spend time outdoors. Luckily, I live in a warmer climate, so I have the opportunity to run most of the time outdoors. One of the biggest issues that I have is wanting to mix up my running track all of the time because I get bored very easily. I decided recently to download iMapMyRun to my iPhone so that I can use GPS to track my running distance. Even better, this app helps me out with the time of my run, as well as the pace and speed that I’m going.
Couple that with the fact that I am a Twitter addict, and I knew that this was the perfect app for me because it integrates Twitter into the app so that you can tweet your running updates. I guess that makes me a little nerdy, but many of my friends are interested in running, and we often run together. That makes it directly relevant to tweet how fast I ran on my recent run because my friends are interested. You can also use voice feedback to motivate and coach you when you are running, which really does work!
With the holidays upon us, it can get quite difficult to stay as slim and as svelte as possible. One easy way to help yourself out as a preemptive strike on all of the Christmas food that you may be eating is the WeightTracker app on your iPhone. This is a handy little app, and it will let you set your own weight-loss goals in your handheld device. One of the greatest things about this app is that you can chart your progress on a daily basis, which is much more modern and convenient than keeping an old school food diary as recommended by some personal trainers and nutritionists.
Yes, we all know that Facebook is incredibly addicting, but one interesting fact of information is that the average Facebook user could spend up to three whole days on the site within one year’s time! When you think about how convenient it is to access Facebook anywhere you are, especially when you take into account Facebook applications for your iPhone, these statistics only make sense. Still, it makes you think twice about how much time you are spending on your computer or staring into the screen of your iPhone when you could be talking to actual people.
What did you eat for Thanksgiving? I spent the days before Thanksgiving researching a bunch of different recipes on my iPhone through some recipe apps that I have. To tell you the truth, these recipe apps are so handy, especially since you can make a list on your iPhone of all that you will need at the grocery store so that you don’t forget anything. And shopping at the grocery store before Thanksgiving is absolutely no joke! People will run you down with their carts for the last can of cranberry sauce if they have to.
I don’t know about you, but one of the things that I look forward to the most after Thanksgiving is over is putting up the Christmas tree. This year is actually quite special because we are going to get a real Christmas tree, when in the past we have had the fake variety with the pine tree scent. I decided to take my task very seriously, and I went out with my iPhone to a bunch of different Christmas tree lots. I really didn’t want to drag my kids all over the city looking for a Christmas tree because they would get grumpy and tired.