Comments on: The Demise of a Weight Loss Blog http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/ My Journey from Fat to Fit Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:46:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: GeorgieGirl http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4930 GeorgieGirl Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:47:11 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4930 Hey there John! Before you go thinking this is the beginning of the end, as you look at your chart, stop thinking that way! Look at it again! Go back and read about how excited you were when the scale was headed down! Don't forget the goals and the motivation behind the goals!! I'm missing a few of my old favorites too. I have kept Pound Slayer on my blog roll because I hope at some point he comes back to blogging. He was starting his blog right about the time I started my blog. Hey there John! Before you go thinking this is the beginning of the end, as you look at your chart, stop thinking that way! Look at it again! Go back and read about how excited you were when the scale was headed down! Don't forget the goals and the motivation behind the goals!!

I'm missing a few of my old favorites too. I have kept Pound Slayer on my blog roll because I hope at some point he comes back to blogging. He was starting his blog right about the time I started my blog.

]]> By: Josie http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4901 Josie Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:07:28 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4901 I've been looking for fellow weight loss bloggers, but I keep losing people! One of my friends who started with me already went inactive. It is sad! <strong>Stick around here, I'm not going anywhere! And I added you to my blogroll. Good luck!</strong> I've been looking for fellow weight loss bloggers, but I keep losing people! One of my friends who started with me already went inactive. It is sad!

Stick around here, I'm not going anywhere! And I added you to my blogroll. Good luck!

]]> By: Merry http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4900 Merry Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:28:46 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4900 For the past few months, I've been using my little personal blog Sheesh to track my exercise schedule. It's a great motivator for me. It doesn't matter if no one else ever looks at the blog; it still helps me to post my schedule to the world. That way I feel like I /have/ to do the exercise du jour, or at least post the reason why not. I set up the schedule at the start of each week, with a quote or a picture or a slice-of-life, then mark off each day with a star. Sorry for the looooong comment. This has been working for me, so maybe it could work for someone else too. <strong>I see people are starting to read your blog, it's going to be a full-fledged weight loss blog before you know it. :-)</strong> For the past few months, I've been using my little personal blog Sheesh to track my exercise schedule. It's a great motivator for me. It doesn't matter if no one else ever looks at the blog; it still helps me to post my schedule to the world. That way I feel like I /have/ to do the exercise du jour, or at least post the reason why not. I set up the schedule at the start of each week, with a quote or a picture or a slice-of-life, then mark off each day with a star.
Sorry for the looooong comment. This has been working for me, so maybe it could work for someone else too.

I see people are starting to read your blog, it's going to be a full-fledged weight loss blog before you know it. :-)

]]> By: Charlie Hills http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4899 Charlie Hills Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:09:41 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4899 Well if there's a silver lining to the pruning cloud, that means there's room for new blogs. Um... Like mine...? :) <strong>Done!</strong> Well if there's a silver lining to the pruning cloud, that means there's room for new blogs.

Um…

Like mine…? :)

Done!

]]> By: David http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4897 David Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:28:51 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4897 Well this gets me thinking about the weight loss blog I just started up a week and a half ago. I guess most people just get so caught up in posting about their weight loss efforts that they just decide to stop without warning. It could also be that maybe they just never found time. It would be nice if they would let you know they're not posting anymore instead of disappear. P.S. First time commenter here and I plan on coming back :) <strong>Good to hear from you, thanks for stopping by!</strong> Well this gets me thinking about the weight loss blog I just started up a week and a half ago. I guess most people just get so caught up in posting about their weight loss efforts that they just decide to stop without warning. It could also be that maybe they just never found time.

It would be nice if they would let you know they're not posting anymore instead of disappear.

P.S. First time commenter here and I plan on coming back :)

Good to hear from you, thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: MizFit http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4890 MizFit Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:39:47 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4890 very cool idea for a post. it's your, as my people say, mitzvah for the week!! <strong>OK I don't know what that means but I'll assume it's good!</strong> very cool idea for a post.

it's your, as my people say, mitzvah for the week!!

OK I don't know what that means but I'll assume it's good!

]]> By: Chubbadoo http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4889 Chubbadoo Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:16:31 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4889 Thanks for referencing me, it's a kick in the pants. Good luck! <strong>Welcome back!</strong> Thanks for referencing me, it's a kick in the pants. Good luck!

Welcome back!

]]> By: Metroknow http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4887 Metroknow Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:11:04 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4887 John, I have to say I was RELIEVED that I was not included in this cut. I've had a bunch of big challenges over the last few months, which has left my blog next to dormant, but I am finally seeing the light of day. And WOW this was good motivation for me to get back on it. :) Thanks John, for lighting the fire under my butt to get moving! <strong>Your site isn't coming up right now so I can't tell for sure, but I seem to recall you writing that you had some other things going on and that posting would be slow for awhile. Looking forward to you getting those things resolved and resuming your great writing!</strong> John, I have to say I was RELIEVED that I was not included in this cut. I've had a bunch of big challenges over the last few months, which has left my blog next to dormant, but I am finally seeing the light of day. And WOW this was good motivation for me to get back on it. :)

Thanks John, for lighting the fire under my butt to get moving!

Your site isn't coming up right now so I can't tell for sure, but I seem to recall you writing that you had some other things going on and that posting would be slow for awhile. Looking forward to you getting those things resolved and resuming your great writing!

]]> By: Lucrecia http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4881 Lucrecia Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:05:51 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4881 We are new to the blogging our weight loss - though certainly not new to trying to lose nor failing to lose. Its fun to blog when the weight is coming off pretty easily, I imagine it will take a lot more strength of character to keep it up when we plateau and begin to find the end seems further away than when we started. I just found your blog today and am adding it my reader, great inspiration here! <strong>Thanks for stopping by! I added you to my new weight loss bloggers blogroll. Good luck!</strong> We are new to the blogging our weight loss – though certainly not new to trying to lose nor failing to lose. Its fun to blog when the weight is coming off pretty easily, I imagine it will take a lot more strength of character to keep it up when we plateau and begin to find the end seems further away than when we started.

I just found your blog today and am adding it my reader, great inspiration here!

Thanks for stopping by! I added you to my new weight loss bloggers blogroll. Good luck!

]]> By: Flo http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4877 Flo Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:31:56 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4877 I found your blog via the Pasta Queen. This post is so true. I started my blog 4 1/2 years ago and so many of the ones I started reading are gone now. I've hung on and my blog has undergone some changes, but I know I'm going to reach my weight loss goals it's just a matter of keep plugging along. It is sad to see those that you really enjoy disappear and you don't know what happened. You wish them well and hope things are good for them. <strong>Hi Flo, welcome! Congrats on keeping it going for 4.5 years, that's terrific. I've added you to my blogroll.</strong> I found your blog via the Pasta Queen. This post is so true. I started my blog 4 1/2 years ago and so many of the ones I started reading are gone now. I've hung on and my blog has undergone some changes, but I know I'm going to reach my weight loss goals it's just a matter of keep plugging along. It is sad to see those that you really enjoy disappear and you don't know what happened. You wish them well and hope things are good for them.

Hi Flo, welcome! Congrats on keeping it going for 4.5 years, that's terrific. I've added you to my blogroll.

]]> By: Jenks http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4875 Jenks Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:57:49 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4875 When I started blogging, which is pretty much as soon as I started trying to loss weight, I knew if my efforts stopped my blog would die. Yes I went through a couple of weeks where the topic seemed repetative but I eventually got back on track. I think that knowing if I stopped trying and 'everyone' would know is one of the reasons I blog...because this way I have to stay on track. <strong>That certainly is a great motivator!</strong> When I started blogging, which is pretty much as soon as I started trying to loss weight, I knew if my efforts stopped my blog would die. Yes I went through a couple of weeks where the topic seemed repetative but I eventually got back on track. I think that knowing if I stopped trying and 'everyone' would know is one of the reasons I blog…because this way I have to stay on track.

That certainly is a great motivator!

]]> By: Roder http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4871 Roder Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:51:02 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4871 Right on - I was worried that yours was going to go away too. Glad to see you're more active again. Stay strong man! <strong>No way, no how. You guys are stuck with me!</strong> Right on – I was worried that yours was going to go away too. Glad to see you're more active again. Stay strong man!

No way, no how. You guys are stuck with me!

]]> By: Greg Hayes http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4870 Greg Hayes Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:30:34 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4870 As you may know, I'm new to the blogging scene, but I fully understand the challenges that come with sticking to a weight loss plan. I'll say this though -- I hope you're only kidding about your blog. I enjoy the read too much... Hang with it. <strong>I didn't mean to imply I'm going the way of the dodo bird. I'm too stubborn for that. Now, if I could only turn that stubbornness into the necessary dedication and strong will needed!</strong> As you may know, I'm new to the blogging scene, but I fully understand the challenges that come with sticking to a weight loss plan. I'll say this though — I hope you're only kidding about your blog. I enjoy the read too much… Hang with it.

I didn't mean to imply I'm going the way of the dodo bird. I'm too stubborn for that. Now, if I could only turn that stubbornness into the necessary dedication and strong will needed!

]]> By: TB--Milwaukee http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4869 TB--Milwaukee Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:47:52 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4869 I know blogging keeps me in check. May not have all the great insights I once did, but I continue to check in all the same. <strong>I think that's an important point - it's easy to get stuck in thinking you need to write a post that includes "great insights" when in fact the little things matter - as does the consistency. People learn from everything as long as you are out there. I don't think I've had any great insights in the last 10 years. :-)</strong> I know blogging keeps me in check. May not have all the great insights I once did, but I continue to check in all the same.

I think that's an important point – it's easy to get stuck in thinking you need to write a post that includes "great insights" when in fact the little things matter – as does the consistency. People learn from everything as long as you are out there. I don't think I've had any great insights in the last 10 years. :-)

]]> By: Rob http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4868 Rob Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:36:17 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4868 Hrmmm...My blog will not be come apart of your or my hall of shame! <strong>Well I don't really like that description of this post but I'm glad to hear that it inspired you!</strong> Hrmmm…My blog will not be come apart of your or my hall of shame!

Well I don't really like that description of this post but I'm glad to hear that it inspired you!

]]> By: Merry Mary http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4867 Merry Mary Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:34:26 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4867 Ah yes. Commitment of any kind is hard and commitment to both being healthy/losing weight AND blogging can be too much. I hate to think that in a few months I won't see as many people at the gym nor will I be reading and discovering as many blogs because they will slowly drop off the radar. :( <strong>Great point - and of course there are other things going on in peoples lives which make these two commitments even harder. That's why I hate to judge because you never know what else is going on. </strong> Ah yes. Commitment of any kind is hard and commitment to both being healthy/losing weight AND blogging can be too much. I hate to think that in a few months I won't see as many people at the gym nor will I be reading and discovering as many blogs because they will slowly drop off the radar. :(

Great point – and of course there are other things going on in peoples lives which make these two commitments even harder. That's why I hate to judge because you never know what else is going on.

]]> By: Ruthie http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4866 Ruthie Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:51:46 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4866 Thanks for this post, John. It definitely helps to know that I am not alone. I, too, have found myself, abandoning my goals and my blog, but I somehow find a way back, even if it requires me admitting to how I've failed. <strong>Lessons learned from those times are valuable.</strong> Thanks for this post, John. It definitely helps to know that I am not alone. I, too, have found myself, abandoning my goals and my blog, but I somehow find a way back, even if it requires me admitting to how I've failed.

Lessons learned from those times are valuable.

]]> By: Joe S. http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4863 Joe S. Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:59:15 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4863 It seems there are more inactive weight loss blogs than there are active. I've been in the game for roughly 4 months now and its been a challenge both on the weight loss aspect as well as my blogging. Ups and Downs are a part of this journey. <strong>I think the key to both is to not set your expectations too high - if you come out of the gate with a goal to write a post every day, that is hard to live up to. As long as you make a post or 2 a week you are keeping active with the blogging. Same with losing weight - you set yourself up for failure expecting to love 2 pounds every week. As long as you can look at the bigger picture you'll be fine.</strong> It seems there are more inactive weight loss blogs than there are active. I've been in the game for roughly 4 months now and its been a challenge both on the weight loss aspect as well as my blogging. Ups and Downs are a part of this journey.

I think the key to both is to not set your expectations too high – if you come out of the gate with a goal to write a post every day, that is hard to live up to. As long as you make a post or 2 a week you are keeping active with the blogging. Same with losing weight – you set yourself up for failure expecting to love 2 pounds every week. As long as you can look at the bigger picture you'll be fine.

]]> By: Skinny Guy http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4860 Skinny Guy Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:10:06 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4860 Timing is everything as they say. I've been very erratic with my own blog as of late, and as you might guess, my weight maintenance has been just as erratic lately. I just wonder how many lines in the sand I can cross before I cross the one that has me falling off the cliff... But I'm not there yet, so there's still hope. Thanks for the reminder, John! <strong>My world will be rocked if you can't make it Skinny - show us how it's done!</strong> Timing is everything as they say. I've been very erratic with my own blog as of late, and as you might guess, my weight maintenance has been just as erratic lately. I just wonder how many lines in the sand I can cross before I cross the one that has me falling off the cliff…

But I'm not there yet, so there's still hope. Thanks for the reminder, John!

My world will be rocked if you can't make it Skinny – show us how it's done!

]]> By: South Beach Steve http://www.johnisfit.com/2009/01/18/the-demise-of-a-weight-loss-blog/#comment-4859 South Beach Steve Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:25:27 +0000 http://www.johnisfit.com/?p=1287#comment-4859 John, it is odd to see this post today as it was just this morning that I thought I needed to prune some unactive blogs out of my blogroll. It is sad to see the posts stop because usually it is a sign of weight loss failure. Let's face it, it is no fun to post when we are gaining and some people choose to not face that. However, some of us look at that as a challenge and move forward. <strong>Great minds think alike I guess!</strong> John, it is odd to see this post today as it was just this morning that I thought I needed to prune some unactive blogs out of my blogroll. It is sad to see the posts stop because usually it is a sign of weight loss failure. Let's face it, it is no fun to post when we are gaining and some people choose to not face that. However, some of us look at that as a challenge and move forward.

Great minds think alike I guess!

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