Previously, I blogged about the Map My Run app that my friend Debbie uses and loves. Today I’m going to tell you about an app that my friend Sally likes better. They are both free, so feel free to try both of them out and let me know which one you prefer! They are both great for using your smartphone GPS to track your exercise and give you distance, calories burned, and more. What’s most important really is that you are up and doing some sort of physical activity no matter what your age!

From the developer:

Track your runs, walks, bike rides, hikes, and more using the GPS in your iPhone.

Track your fitness activities and have fun doing it
– See detailed stats around your pace, distance, and time.
– Get stats, progress, and coaching through your headphones with built-in audio cues.
– Listen and control your music while you work out.
– Measure your heart rate with many available sensors.
– Take pictures along the way to share and save while you go.

Measure your performance over time
– View a detailed history of your activities to see how you are doing.
– Get notified when you hit new personal bests and milestones.
– Measure your progress against your goals and targets.
– Follow detailed plans to help you achieve specific fitness objectives.
– Turn any activity into a route to do again later.

Share with friends
– Post your activities, achievements and plans to Facebook, Twitter and your friends on RunKeeper.com.
– Let supporters watch LIVE maps of your workouts and races as you go (must subscribe to RunKeeper Elite).

Get a broader picture of your health at RunKeeper.com
– Integrate your activity data with more than 70 other apps and services including MyFitnessPal, Lose It, Fitbit, Withings, Garmin and many more, to get deeper insight into your overall health.

Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

MMMMMMMMMM – doesn’t that look yummy.  Today I’m sharing a great recipe from one of my favorite sites for good Texas recipes – mytexastoday.com.  Enjoy!

Hello Dolly Bars

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Melt butter in an 8 x 8 baking dish or 9 x 13 if doubling recipe.
Remove dish and brush melted butter around sides of dish.
First layer – spread Graham cracker crumbs evenly over melted butter.
Next layer – shredded coconut over graham cracker crumbs.
Next layer – chocolate chips over coconut.
Next layer – chopped nuts over chocolate chips.
Top with condensed milk as final layer.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool COMPLETELY ( at least an hour, preferably longer) before cutting into squares

Best if served cold.

I picked up E.L.F. (Eyes, Lip, Face – love the brand name) lip exfoliator from Target a few months ago. At first I didn’t think I liked it, but figured it was only $3, so I wasn’t too upset. Then I realized it’s not really a lip scrub, which is what I was using it as. And. That. Hurt. My. Lips. I was sort of applying it hard, like a scrub, which I don’t think is the way to use it, because the product itself is hard and course. Once I just started using it as night like a lip balm I started liking it. If I hadn’t gotten good results regardless of how I was applying it originally, I wouldn’t have kept it up. But I did, and realized ,as with most things, less is more. So apply like lip balm, leave it on overnight, and soft kissable lippies!

This is a great site (and there’s an app for it too) where they have outstanding daily deals. Did you hear me say OUTSTANDING?

nomorerack.com has great deals on tablets, home goods, jewelry, and electronics, just to name a few. I first heard of it when my friend Debbie send me an adorable cubic zirconia bracelet that she purchased for $10. She also told me she has ordered bedding for herself personally and thought it was really good quality. I thought the cute bracelet she sent me was a great buy at $10.

I had my carpets cleaned last week and the technician told me that he ordered iPads for his children for Christmas at a great price.

I will say you need to know what you are buying before you purchase. Don’t think all deals are great deals. Like today when I was perusing the site, there is a Michael Kors purse for $199, and trust me it’s the same price you pay at the store. Now, the added benefit here is it is almost always free shipping, and no sales tax, so it’s cheaper in that sense, but not 30% off, as the site claims.

The tablets are a great price though. Not everyone needs an iPad. For under $100, it’s a great deal for someone who just wants to surf the internet, or a child under the age of 12 who doesn’t care about being cool yet. Or maybe that’s under the age of 10? 8? 5? Who knows these days!

So before purchasing, check the market, and make sure you are getting a good bargain, and then shop til you drop!