Fitness Tip #3: Wellsphere

Well, it's time again for another fitness tip. Occasionally I try to pass on interesting ideas or neat little "tools" to help you keep track of your fitness goals and results. (My other fitness tips are available by clicking here.)


Today's tip is about a service called Wellsphere. Using your cell phone you can:

Make your cell phone your wellphone! It's Easy, Fun and Free!
Use Wellsphere
when you're on-the-go to help you stay on your path to feeling good...

Get remindersKeep
"forgetting" about your diet? Need a little extra nudge? Trying to stay on a
routine?
Get tipsNeed weight loss
suggestions? Tricks for keeping stress away? Motivation boosts?
Log your progressSkipped
that dessert? Just ran 3 miles? Want everyone to know?
Find local
resourcesLooking for a spa nearby? In the mood to try yoga? Traveling out of
town?
Receive
notificationsWant to keep up with friends? Hear about upcoming events? See who
cheered you on?
Update your
journalResisted temptation today? Feeling energized? Struggling to find
motivation?

Fitness Tip: Diet.com Nutrition On The Go Service

As you all remember, I am a fitness instructor and part of what was to make my blog a little "different" from all the other digital scrapbooking blogs was that I was going to cover other topics as well.

One of the subjects I cover is fitness and nutrition. I try to answer questions or offer helpful ideas to make your life a little more healthy. This is your second fitness tip of 2008. If you missed the first one, you can see it here.

Diet.com Nutrition On The Go Service is a really cool way to see how many calories are in the food you are about to eat if you are away from your computer or a calorie counting book. It has a lot of items in its database and they say they are adding more all the time.


Here's how it works: you simply text your food item name to their text id number and it will text you back within seconds showing calories, fat, carbohydrates and protein amounts for the food you asked about. Way cool!

Just remember, it is a free service but you do have a charge for the texting from your cell phone carrier. As for me, I am on unlimited texting (since I use it to stay in contact with my fitness clients) so I can text DIET1 all day and don't have to pay.

Let me know if this is something that might come in handy for you. Now there is no excuse to eat unhealthy...except the tried and true excuse that you wanted to! LOL

Fitness Tip: Count Your Steps

Here is an added benefit to subscribing to my blog: you will get fitness tips from me from time to time (since I am a Pilates and Spinning trainer.)

My first tip of 2008 has to do with just getting up and getting moving. I stumbled upon this website called Walker Tracker and thought it had a neat incentive to get you to get moving.

Yes, pedometers and step counting isn't really a new trend, but this website offers a widget (or gadget) to go on your desktop or your blog to show how many steps you have taken in a certain time period.

All you have to do is wear the pedometer and then log your steps into the website. The widget will update for you, and you (and everyone else) can see how well you have done.

This is great even if you don't have time to do traditional workouts. Just wear the pedometer all day and it will show you how active you are. Then you can take steps (yeah, bad pun there) to increase your movement during the day. Can you improve 100 steps per day for a week? Or can you walk twice as far tomorrow? You can even compete with friends, family or a made-up character from Walker Tracker's website.

The pedometer also works if you are on the treadmill, which is a more traditional way of exercising. But exercise is good even if it is just walking further from the car to the ice cream shop! Seriously, a lot of our weight and health issues come from being too sendentary. It may not be 90% heart rate exercise, but movement of any kind is a start to a healthier you!

Exercise shouldn't kill you...in fact it is supposed to do just the opposite...keep you healthier and allow you to live longer. If you have trouble getting up and taking that first step, start with something like this. Almost all fitness levels can participate. However, always talk to your doctor before you decide to start a new exercise program.

Remember: broaden your horizons! Try something new this year!