The workout app “is packed with easy step-by-step instructions, high-quality photos, and a logging feature that allows you to track your progress, Women’s Health Workouts make it easier than ever to tone every muscle, burn fat fast, and build your best body ever.”

If you have an iPhone it’s worth a try to snag the code first and get the free app. Even if you don’t win, the app is only $1.99 – definitely budget friendly. Any iPhone apps you recommend for fitness?

Right now they are hosting a contest – Health’s Feel Great Weight Contest!

They want to know what motivates you to reach your Feel Great Weight. The grand prize is a personal consultation with a “dream team of experts” valued at $1500.  First prizes (25) will be given out too with $40 iTunes giftcards and products from the sponsors.

Contest is open till 8/31/09 so share what motivates you before the end of the month.

The past year has been incredibly difficult and any progress I had made has been lost. Between my husband’s now almost complete disability, my own health problems, working to support our small family on one part-time, freelance income, and trying to raise a healthy, happy 3 year old is it any wonder I feel stressed (a major eating trigger for me) and am dealing with bouts of depression?

It’s easy to look at everything that is wrong with our lives right now and make excuses. People who know me ask all the time how we are hanging on. Most days I do the bare minimum to get by. That rarely includes exercise and (until recently) frequently included fast food. Unfinished projects at home and online pile up as I put things off over and over again.

Still, I’ve been depressed and overweight before as a teenager. I took control, got healthy and stayed that way until the first time I got sick. I CAN do it again. I WILL do it again. I have farther to go this time so it will take longer. It will take more work. It won’t be easy. This blog is my anchor. Writing and researching will keep me focused.

Thanks for indulging me, reading this bit of personal mess. Back to fitness on a budget tips tomorrow.

It starts with SwagBucks. I posted about trying this site back in February have used semi-regularly to compare search results and earn SwagBucks. It didn’t take long to earn enough for a $5 Amazon.com gift card (currently 45 SwagBucks).

Then I saw on Twitter that Amazon.com had a bunch of magazine subscriptions on sale, some for just $5 after savings. I was able to use my giftcard for a free Health Magazine subscription
(regularly $9.99 – $5.00 savings = $4.99 before gift card – still a great deal). With no shipping costs on magazines my 1 year subscription was FREE!

I will note that it took about 5 days after I ordered it for my Amazon Gift Card to appear in my Swagbucks account, which they do tell you when you order. If you haven’t been using Swagbucks yet it’s not too late. This is the 3rd time in the last few months that I’ve heard of Amazon offering deep discounts on magazines so start earning your Swagbucks now and you may have enough when the next magazine deal comes along.