The Adnostic

When I was getting fitted for my wedding dress, I found out something unpleasant. I realized that I only had a month to tone up and lose the weight that I had gained since moving in with Dave.

I had access to a pretty good gym in our building, but because I'm not working regularly so I couldn't afford a personal trainer. I suppose I could have just followed the instructional posters on the walls, but it's not the same as someone who gives you a program, helps you stick with it, and pushes you to challenge limits of what you can do.

iPhone to the rescue!

I did an app search on fitness and found the very well reviewed $2 iFitness app. It's pretty awesome. It comes with step by step instructions on how to do multitude of exercises, all categorized by muscle group, some even have videos. It tracks your progress - how many reps you do, the weight you use, even how much and what kind of cardio you do. It also has built in routines to accomplish whatever you're looking for.

Thankfully for me, it had a specific weight loss routine focusing on the larger muscle groups so that they'll get bigger and burn more calories. After three weeks of working out at least three times per week of doing the routine, and doing alternate days of cardio in between, I lost 8 pounds and gained a lot of muscle mass. My pants are a lot looser and I'm seeing definition in my thighs that I haven't noticed in what seems like ages.

It was hard work, but I feel better about my body and a lot better about how I fit into my wedding dress. Now I just need to keep it up after the wedding, which is going to be a lot easier with a $2 personal trainer that fits in my pocket.