June Fabletics Review - Seconde

The Subscription: Fabletics

The Cost: Outfits start at $49.95

The Goods: Curated outfits of fitness apparel.

The outfit I opted for was "Seconde." ($59.95) Though the outfits are pre-designed, you can select your own color options for each piece.

Savan Sports Bra - Charcoal Heather: ($15.95 VIP) This sports bra super comfortable.  It's not the most supportive, but it's good for yoga and lounging. 

Lima Capri - Camo: ($39.95 VIP)  The sizing on these seem to run about a half a size small.  They're a bit more snug than I'd prefer, but not so snug that they're unwearable.

I really like how the straps on the sports bra sit.  It's really cute and unique.

The bottoms have a small pocket in the waistband where you can put your key or other small items.  I usually run with a Flipbelt, but this comes in handy when we're just wandering around the neighborhood.

Adventura Tank - Mint Julep Camo: ($15.95 VIP) Even though this completely clashes with the rest of the outfit, I couldn't pass this tank up.  I adore camo and the mint color is too damned cute.  It's slouchy in the best way and incredibly comfortable.  I'll probably wind up wearing this as "real" clothes more than as a workout top!

  

Total Value: If you're a VIP and you purchased all of these items seperately, it'd cost $71.85.  Non-VIP pricing would be $89.95.  

I'm obsessed with camo and I LOVE Fabletics, so I obviously couldn't convince myself to skip this month.  I kind of hope that next month's selections are lame so that I can skip easily. :)

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April Bulu Box Review

The Box: Bulu Box

The Cost: $10/month (less with a longer subscription)

The Goods: Choose between Weight Loss or Regular options and you'll get 4-5 health and nutrition product samples. You can also earn points to spend in their shop by reviewing the samples you receive. 

The back of the info card has a place for you to log the before and after results of the items you received. 

Rally Hangover Prevention Capsules: ($2.99)  I almost never have hangovers, so I'll pass these on to someone who parties more than I do.

Rainbow Light Advanced Enzyme System: ($2.33) Fortunately, I don't regularly have digestive issues.  It never hurts to have things like this on hand just in case, though.

Promax Low Sugar Bar - Peanut Butter Cookie Dough: ($1.89)  The flavor certainly sounds appealing, though I'm a little scared of the "low sugar" part.  Hopefully this won't have the weird aftertaste a lot of these bars have.

WhiteShield: ($1.32) So, apparently you add this to your coffee and it keeps your coffee from staining your teeth.  They also claim that with regular use it will remove old stains.  I'm a little skeptical, to say the least.

fruit.0 - Mango Pear Pineapple: ($2.29)  I've been getting fruit packs like this to put in J's lunch for work, so this will for sure be eaten.

Grandma's Lye Soap: ($1.25) This soap has three ingredients: lard, lye and water.  It's apparently good for dry, sensitive skin so I'm handing this off to J.  (It has a standard clean soap smell.)

Total Value: $12.09

The value isn't extremely high, but you also get what works out to be $1 worth of points for every product you review so technically this box could be worth $18.09 if I review everything.  Their shop has everything from supplements and protein powder to toothbrushes and scales.  I wouldn't have bought most of these things on my own, but I'm interested to see what else Bulu Box will send me in the future.

Disclaimer: This post contains referral links. <3

(Un)fashionably (Un)fit

One of these days, I'm going to stop being lazy and make a little graphic thing for these posts.

Speaking of lazy...

Yeah.  4121 steps a day.  I'm not even going to make an excuse.

HOWEVER.  I did assemble an Ikea dresser, which my fitbit obviously didn't track.  I'm totally counting that as a workout.  My arms were sore the next day.  (Hush, it was hard work.)

The good news is that it's slowly getting cooler.  By cooler, I mean the highs are in the 90's instead of the 100's.  Still.  Cooler.

(Un)fashionably (Un)fit

I'm a professional at making excuses.  I've all but abandoned running, and I "justified" it to myself with these reasons:

• J's been working late, and running alone sucks.
• I'm having a good hair day.  Who wants to ruin a good hair day with a sweaty ponytail? Exactly.
• We have friends over.
• It's too damn hot.  Seriously.  
• If it's not hot, it's rainy.

Actually, I was totally motivated to pick up my Couch to 5k training again, but it's supposed to rain every night until Saturday.

The C25k app that I use is the Zombies, Run! one.  If you're looking for a running app, I 100% recommend Zombies, Run! (They have apps that allow you to free run, not just the C25k one.)

Here's the trailer for the regular Zombies, Run! game.

Basically, you're running to a story.  In the C25k app, you're training to become a "runner" who picks up supplies and such.  In the regular games, you're sent on missions to get supplies, rescue people, etc.  In both apps, you listen to your own music and they come in periodically with the story dialogue.

Zombies, Run! is literally THE thing that's made me not *hate* running.  And no, this isn't sponsored or anything.  I'm just obsessed with it.

So, how'd I do last week?

That's an average of 3,205 steps a day.  Which is way down from last week and makes me rather embarrassed.

(Un)fashionably (Un)fit

To track all of my fitness activity, I use a Fitbit One.

If you've never heard of a Fitbit, it basically tracks your steps, stairs climbed, distance traveled, time active, and calories burned.  It will also track your sleep quality and the website has other features like a log for food, water intake, etc.  Oh, and it will tell you motivating messages whenever you move after being still for a bit.

The default daily step goals are 10k a day.  I work from home and I'm extremely lazy.  The combination of the two mean I pretty much don't leave the couch, like, ever.  I bumped my goal down to 7k a day, which I felt like was something more attainable, but I'd still have to move my ass off the couch to reach.

Does seeing my activity motivate me to be more active?  Yes and no.  If I look at my fitbit at 6pm and see that I've walked a thousand (or less) steps, I kind of feel like there's no point to even trying.  If I've somehow hit 4k+ then I'll force myself to go on a walk or march around the house while I'm reading until I hit my 7k.  If I've hit 7k, I try to wander around until I hit 10k.  If I've hit 10k...well, that almost never happens.

So, last week (Monday-Sunday) I managed to do 38,188 steps.  That's an average of 5,455 per day.  While it's not *terrible* given my lifestyle, it's not where I'd like to be.

If anyone would like to be my Fitbit friend and help motivate me to be competitive, this is my profile.  Or you can just stalk me and judge how little I get off the couch.  That's cool too.

(Un)fashionably (Un)fit

Guys, I'm out of shape.

I also have a pet peeve related to that.  Because I'm on the small side, people look at me like I have four noses when I say that I really need to start working out.  Hey, y'all - skinny does not equal fit!  The reverse is also true - most of the women I know who could run a marathon and still have the energy (and power) to kick someone's ass afterwards are not size 2.

Anyway,  I've decided that I need to start taking care of myself again.  I'm slowly working on it, but my main problem is that I have no one to hold me accountable.

Oh, hey there, blog.  Guess what.

You're going to hold me accountable.

Every week.

Ish.

Ready...go.