Monday, August 5, 2013

Medifast Mondays: Smoothie Review

Welcome to the first installment of Medifast Mondays! If this is your first time to my blog, check out the About Me and Medifast pages for more details on my journey.

I was super excited to try the Medifast smoothies. That's not true. I wasn't really excited at all. I'm not much of a smoothie kinda gal. I would prefer a glass of juice or a bowl of ice cream. Not some weird combination of both.

However, since starting the Medifast program, I have been craving fruit. This is definitely a good problem to have, and Medifast offers a few "fruity" options to get you over the hump. I thought I would try the smoothies to see if they satisfied my cravings.

There are two smoothie flavors: Pineapple Mango and Triple Berry. I was intrigued by the Pineapple Mango as I love tart foods, and thought this would be yummy.

The consensus: I thought both flavors were so-so. I probably won't order again. I did only order one packet of each, so I didn't have my room to play. I blended the Pineapple Mango smoothie with ice, and liked it better than the Triple Berry smoothie, which I only blended with water. Both flavors had a weird diet-y after taste, and neither had the fruity punch I was looking for. I did like that there were actual bits of fruit in each.

I think I'll save these for a rainy day. I have seen some reviews where the smoothies were made into popsicles, or blended with Greek yogurt. These may make a difference!

Enjoy!


Friday, August 2, 2013

Fitbit Flex 90-day Review

Happy VEDA (Vlog Every Day in August) month, friends! Feel free to check out my vlog on the Fibit, as well as the weird face I'm making here:



I have been using the Flex for about three months now, and am still incredibly satisfied with its performance. The band is comfortable, and I don't even notice it anymore. Both the iPhone and Android apps are easy to use intuitive as well. You couldn't see the screens very well in my video, so I've added some screen captures below for each system type.

iPhone App:





Android:



What I like the best is how consistent the tracking device is. It does a great job of accurately measuring the steps I take in a day. I also like that dashboard and apps display my most active periods of time. The device has helped me accomplish what I set out to do: better monitor my physical activity. Although the actual tracking is limited to walking or running, other activity types can be entered using the apps and dashboard.

Enjoy!