When trying to lose weight, it is important to exercise frequently and it is important to exercise regularly. Even if you only have time for a quick workout, five 20-minute runs a week are a lot more effective than one 100-minute run. To keep me motivated in this area, I invested a few dollars in a couple handy-dandy apps for my iPod. The first app, Tap Tap Revenge, I used a lot when on my stationary bike. I realized early on in the year that I could go a lot longer on the bike when I had some sort of distraction – as long as my mind didn’t realize how much I was pedaling, I was able to go a lot farther. Tap Tap Revenge was the perfect app for this; the upbeat music kept my pace up, and tapping out the rhythms was a great distraction. And Couch to 5K (the second app I downloaded) is designed to make you be able to run for 5 kilometers after 9 weeks of training. The voice on the app instructs you to run, then walk, then run – with the running intervals gradually getting longer and the walking intervals gradually getting shorter. There are many other workout apps out there, but these ones were especially useful for me.