A Valentine Gift for Active Mamas: ibitz Unity

Tomorrow is my first 5K.  I am nervous!  I have been working on improving my body strength, stamina and health for the last several months - still, I wonder how this will go.  One thing that I have been really fond of is my pedometer.  I use a GeoPalz Pedometer (yes, I know they are made for kids - but I think they're cute and I like it that I can track my steps online).

I know I am not the only mam that is working on improving health and likes to track movement.  I mentioned a few weeks ago that GeoPalz was developing a new fitness tracker: ibitz.  I love the colors, I think red or pink or purple would be excellent for a Valentine gift (purple is my personal favorite).

This is what the company says about the ibitz Unity for Parents:

"The ibitz Unity for parents allows users to monitor family health wirelessly, all in one place. The adult app tracks steps, distance, weight, height, overall physical activity and body mass index (BMI) for the entire family. Unity users can also create groups outside of the family, such as a running group, for extra motivation
and streamline progress reporting. The app allows users to sync with other wireless devices including select scales, heart rate monitors and other social fitness apps."


I love it that I could use it with a group as a way to help support and encourage each other!  I also love it that it's a fitness tracker, not just a pedometer.  The ibitz Unity is currently available at Indiegogo and at ibitz.com for just $49.99, that is remarkably less than many of the other fitness trackers on the market right now!

Consider making ibitz a part of your Valentine gift to a favorite mama this month!

** This is not a sponsored post.**

14 Inexpensive Gift Ideas for a Busy Mama

I don't know about how things work in your family, but it seems like at my home, my husband tends to struggle with ideas about what kinds of gifts he wants to give on special occasions.  Seriously, I'm not picky.  I just like to know that he thought of me enough to pick something out.  I do know that sometimes he has amazing, complex ideas that just don't work out.

I decided to make a list of ideas for my husband and any others looking for great ideas for their loved ones.  Please leave a comment below telling me a fantastic addition to this list.

* Massage Oils

* Handmade Soap

* Exercise Videos

* Homemade Dinner

* A Live Plant

* A New Bag

* A Simple Date (hiking or a fire on the patio)

* Photos of the Kids

* Hobby Supplies

* A Fun Hat

*Hand Crafted Jewelry (think Etsy)

* Coffee and a favorite creamer

* A Tshirt from someplace significant to your story

* A framed map, menu, or advertisement of the place you met

Worthy of love

I've been bothered by something recently and it's on my mind in a big way.  I am not really even sure how to pour out all of my thoughts on this subject at once.  See, I know several young ladies that have a big problem.  They don't know they are worthy of love.  Maybe that's not it.  Maybe they think they are worthy of love but have to find a way to buy it somehow.  However it works out, they don't understand that they are worthy to be loved just simply because they are themselves. 

What happens when these young ladies don't understand their worth?  They search for other people to affirm that they have value and that they are loved.  All too often, these girls look for attention from boys, and not the kind of attention their mothers would approve of (you know what I mean?).  So here I am, wracking my brain, trying to figure out how to give a message to the young ladies I know, who are worthy of love.

When you're 14 or 28, or 40 - how do you know that you are worth loving?  How do you figure out what is good about you?  How do you show girls and women that they are beautiful.  I don't mean the kind of beauty that we find in magazines and movies.  I mean truly beautiful, the stuff that comes from somewhere deep inside and flows out of a person naturally. 

I know, this post is not entirely coherent.  I guess, I'm trying to figure out how to reach out to women, young and old and let them know I value them.  How do I help them understand that they are more than what the kids at school or the office say they are?  How can I reach in to the lives of these ladies that are on my mind and show them they are so worthy of being loved?

Not only are they worthy of being loved --- they ARE loved.  The love that they crave does not come from boys and men, but that's the way I see them trying to fill it.  I've been there... I can't remember what helped me through.

How have people shown you that you are worthy of love?  How do you show others that they are loved simply for being?