Blog To Fit Friday Wrap-up Nov. 20, 2008
This wraps up the first week here at BlogToFit. Thanks to everyone who has turned out to help kick this thing off. We had a lot of great comments which ranged from informative to heartfelt to downright goofy (which was probably unavoidable given the people behind BlogToFit).
Our first order of business is to give a big…
HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY to our own Tara!
A look back on the week that was:
- On Monday, Blog To Fit went live with its first posts which drew great response. David Wright revealed his goal to lose 100 pounds in one year and talked about the “tomorrow” that so many of us use to put off doing what we need to do today.
- On Tuesday, Tara Cain discussed Lycra, turning 40 and how sugar fattens her through osmosis. She also introduced her fitness goals which include losing 30 pounds. This coming Tuesday, Tara will reveal just how she intends to get fit.
- On Wednesday, we had our first Wednesday Weigh-In! Woo-hoo!
- On Thursday, David Fowler revealed his fitness goals which include losing 27 pounds and yearned for seeing that hidden six pack he keeps under the fluff. He also threatened to post a photo of himself in a mankini. Readership plummeted and our RSS subscribers are now in negative numbers.
We’d like to extend huge heaping thank yous to everyone who participated in Wednesday Weigh-In and posted on their own blogs! Hopefully, this will help build our community and inspire others. Below are the bloggers which participated in week one. If you haven’t already, drop by and check out the fitness stories of these bloggers. And give them a big dose of BlogToFit support. If we forgot anyone, let us know in the comments and we’ll add you. If you didn’t post this week, no sweat, you can join us next week.
Wednesday Weigh-In Participants this week.
Click on their names to view their Wednesday Weigh-In posts
Mike Goad
We’d like to close out our weekly wrap-ups with a question for you. This week’s question: How long have you been overweight and what has presented you from losing weight (or keeping it off) before now?
Have a great weekend everyone! Stick to your plans and we’ll see you on Monday!
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Oh lordy! I don’t know what shocked me more, my birthday announcement in lights or that photo of Dave.
It’s been a brilliant first week you guys and I know that with all this support flying around we are all going to find success.
Yes I will be partying and yes I will be quaffing a certain amount of sparkling alcohol but rest assured dear Blog To Fitters I will be exercising too (walking, walking, all you with dirty minds!)
I am determined to make this work and if I can do it on my birthday then I know you all can too.
Every time you reach for something you shouldn’t just think of me! Or think of Dave in that mankini. Which ever ones works for you!
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David Wright Reply:
November 21st, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Yeah, ‘walking’.
heh heh
Well, have fun ‘walking’ this weekend.
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Happy Birthday Tara! Looks like it’s been quite a week around here. And remember, Tara, enjoy the party (but don’t eat all the cake!).
Good luck to everyone (including Dave!) here and all the other participants! Great moments are within reach!!
Lance’s last blog post..Don’t Worry, Be Happy
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s 7:30 a.m. and there’s Borat in his mankini! Now I have to go wash my eye balls.
Urban Panther’s last blog post..The struggle
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David Fowler Reply:
November 21st, 2008 at 7:49 am
LMAO @ eyeball washing
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David Wright Reply:
November 21st, 2008 at 1:39 pm
It’s merely there for dieting motivation. Who can eat now?
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There I was in Google Mail minding my own business when I saw an Ad for Borat Mankinis. Shamefully it looks like a UK company. All you ladies could buy one for the man (or men) in your life. LMAO
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Happy special birthday Tara!
It’s great to participate in BlogTofit. Humour, support and encoragement. It will surely make the path to fitness and health more enjoyable, if not less sweaty.
Gotta go – am off to the gym, and not just to the cafe bit of it, where I usually order the lattee and muffin.
I am attempting an aerobic class.
Call the emergency services if you dont hear from me in the next 48 hours, wont you?!
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David Fowler Reply:
November 22nd, 2008 at 6:13 am
M/M, we’ll have a bundle of fun doing this.
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Happy Birthday Tara! I hope you will be celebrating in style.
To answer the question – I have been overweight for about 15 years, but I put on most of my weight about 6 years ago. It’s no coincidence that this was after my marriage broke down and I ate to console myself. I also posted recently on the theory that some people purposely ‘bulk themselves up’ . It’s too long to explain here but it’s on my blog (29th October, Not Just Another Diet Book).
I’m losing weight now because I can’t continue to put weight on as it’s affecting my health – knee joints, bad back, etc. – and I would quite like to look reasonably attractive again.
notSupermum’s last blog post..Wednesday Weigh-in: Week One
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David Fowler Reply:
November 22nd, 2008 at 6:14 am
Yep, when my weight goes up my back gets sore (an old injury). It doesn’t have to be a lot of weight either.
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I’m with the Panther. I did not need to see Borat in his mankini so early. It’s only 6:30 for me. Happy Birthday, Tara. Wow, turning 40 is contagious at Blog to Fit. Wright, you must be next.
Writer Dad’s last blog post..Redbook… An Excerpt
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David Wright Reply:
November 21st, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Watch your mouth!
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David Fowler Reply:
November 22nd, 2008 at 6:15 am
Yeah, Tara and I can refer to Dave a s the ‘Whippersnapper’.
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I have been overweight for about 5 years now. When I was diving, my competitive weight was 135. I joined the Navy and it shot up to 160. By the time you add a wife and two kids, you might as well add another 35 lbs to that. My biggest challenge is the time to get out and do what I need to, but I am figuring out how I can squeeze in a few minutes here and there to get some cardio and some stretching done.
P.S. I believe the correct American term is “banana hammock”
Sal’s last blog post..A Plague On Both Your Houses
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David Fowler Reply:
November 22nd, 2008 at 6:17 am
I knew it wasn’t my fault. I can blame the wife and kids.
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David Wright Reply:
November 22nd, 2008 at 3:55 pm
My friend joined the Navy. He was always skinny, but given the mandatory steady Navy diet of beer, beer and more beer, he packed on a few pounds pretty quickly.
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@Sal – think a banana hammock is a speedo. And nobody, except may 135 lb competitive divers, should wear speedos over the age of 5.
Urban Panther’s last blog post..The struggle
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David Fowler Reply:
November 22nd, 2008 at 6:18 am
I’ve got a horrible feeling that Writer Dad still wears Speedos. *GRIN*
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@UP: Very well said indeed.
Sal’s last blog post..A Plague On Both Your Houses
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Eeuuww… I couldn’t scroll past that photo fast enough!!
Tara, that’s not the nicest birthday greeting you could have received, I don’t think!
My weight started creeping when I married nearly 22 years ago. Still look okay, but…I FEEL better at about 15 lbs. less. And, get this: Just this very morning, I was looking forward to putting on my very last available STRETCHY jeans—-and I couldn’t zip them!!!!!!! It’s those office M&Ms. And the office mini-Snickers bars. And the huge portions… That’s it. This is PERFECT timing, you guys!
Tara, celebrate happily!
Julie’s last blog post..The Smile
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David Fowler Reply:
November 22nd, 2008 at 6:20 am
LMAO
I agree it’s a bit wretched having to see Borat on your 40th.
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David Wright Reply:
November 22nd, 2008 at 3:57 pm
I think I found a good motivational tool. If I can somehow find a way for the photo to appear on weeks that people post weight gains rather than losses, we could have something going here!
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Tara Happy Birthday!!! That shot was almost as bad as the one I put out there.
Growing up I went through a stage between 4th and 5th grade that I got a little chubby – 2 to 3 bowls of ice cream a day will do that. My sisters called me Sir Rollo. The next year I started playing tennis and shot up.
For most of my life after that I have been a skinny dude, but as I approached and moved into my 30′s it has gotten hard to really be active. Now as new dad it is even harder to find that time for yourself. Funny is now that I have her it is more important to take care of myself.
What gets in the way sometimes it the belief that I need to spend an hour a day at the gym. I am actually a huge fan of the Five Factor Fitness by Harvey Pasternak.
Good luck to everyone.
DC Urban Dad’s last blog post..Please sir, put down the milkduds
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David Fowler Reply:
November 22nd, 2008 at 6:38 am
The hour in the gym is probably fine of you’re in serious training for something but for those of us who wish to lose a few pounds and get in reasonable shape, it’s probably too long – I gotta agree with you there. I’ve been there and done that.
I haven’t seen Five Factor Fitness. I’ll look it up.
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Happy Birthday Tara – I hope you are fully intending to stretch out those celebrations over the month as promised! Champagne is the lowest in calories too so add in some of that with your “walking” and you’ll be fine. I’m planning on lots more “walking” too as it’s a good calorie burner!
I put on about 6lbs on honeymoon (who doesnt!), fell pregnant a month later with Small Child, lost some extra after she was born (from pure shock I think!). But then once I realised I could do this mum thing, the coffee shop visits, post bedtime red wines, and family sunday lunches coupled with lack of excercise have just bought about the muffin top for the last three years! Time for it to go! Am off to go and do some abs and light weights before I get dressed now!
And no more talk of mankini’s and banana hammocks – its putting me off my food – hey, no bad thing!
ThatGirl39’s last blog post..Weigh-Hey… It’s Wednesday!
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David Fowler Reply:
November 22nd, 2008 at 6:55 am
I too am suspicious of the “walking”. I dare not question Tara about it through fear of unleashing her terrible wrath. The Wrath of Cain, is not something I’m keen to endure.
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You guys. I am indeed walking. Fell walking. In the Lake District of England. And it is BEAUTIFUL and I am thinking of you all every weary step I take up the side of a rocky hill!
Have just been dragged back to the hotel because hubby wants to watch the rugby and eat a very large beefburger!
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Ah man. I weighed in at home this week but bloggy activity and blog reading got massively away from me this week.
Happy Birthday Tara! And I’m so sorry that the boys saw fit to get you that disturbing photo for your birthday. You may not want to tell them it’s your birthday next year.
I’ve gone back and read all the stuff I missed and I really enjoyed this first week. It’s been very entertaining and motivating and I’m looking forward to participating in next weeks wednesday weigh in.
Deconstructing Jen’s last blog post..and the winner is..
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David Wright Reply:
November 22nd, 2008 at 3:58 pm
well by next year, she’ll be 41, and probably half blind, so ….
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Happy Birthday Tara
I just saw someone riding nude at Golden Gate Park…worse than the picture
Answer questions: after surgery and chemo for Ovarian Cancer in 1994 my own body just disappeared and this strangely formed body evolved.
in 1997 I had to had surgery to removed hanging skin (11pounds) repair the damage to my intestines and other internal organs because the Hysterectomy was done so incompetently – The second surgeon said he had seen shrapnel wounds as awful in Viet Nam. I ate my way 3 years of 24/7 care of my dying mum -eating and reading for find space for myself – I would have been better off if I had been writing a blog – Now I am 18 months and 2 more surgeries into re-location efforts on finding my body again – one that serves me well.
I have been working out 17.5 hours per week and have lost 9 pounds…but getting pneumonia in October has really cramped my efforts.
I think lack of laughter contributed to my biggest weight gain
Patricia’s last blog post..StumbleUpon Another Great Discovery
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David Fowler Reply:
November 24th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Patricia, there’s no doubt about it. Your mindset is a great one. You acknowledge the issues but you refuse to let them own you. I feel inspired reading what you’ve written here.
The lack of laughter is something you can remedy by reading our shenanigans here.
Thanks for sharing.
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