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Dave’s Update: Friday 7-7-09

David Wright — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:31:00 +0000

So, some of you called me out on my choices of food this week, questioning my decision to eat granola bars and Cheerios.

Let’s get something straight, okay? I have a horrible diet. I’ve NEVER eaten what most people consider healthy foods. I despise most vegetables and don’t eat any meat other than chicken (yes, that means no seafood). So, my diet had always been very bland and made up of starches and junk food. Cooking for me is not fun because I’m also very picky.

A picky fat guy? Imagine that.

I have asked a friend of a friend, a chef, to create a sample menu for me, which I will be experimenting with once he’s got it ready for me. But in the meanwhile, don’t expect to see lots of posts with words like salad, boiled salmon, and water chestnuts. I don’t even know if the last one is healthy, but it sure sounds unappetizing.

While turfdad suggests I am either all in or all out, I would disagree – slightly. I understand what you’re saying. However, I believe the first thing I need to do is stay under the 2,000 calorie mark and weight will come off even if I am eating Cheerios, which are actually better than most breakfast foods, not to mention better than previous foods I indulged in. While choice of foods does play into body functions there is no doubt that limiting my calories WILL cause weight loss – if I am able to stick to it.

I understand why my lack of variety or truly healthy foods causes concern. Part of it may be that I will grow bored of this and go off the wagon. I get that and I AM going to do my damndest to ensure that doesn’t happen.

While ideally, I should be eating healthy foods, the change to a healthier diet will have to be gradual. I know me.

What this means:

I am going to eat better foods as I experiment and add new items to my menu.
I am still going to snack on things like Cheerios and granola bars, but I will also add fruit such as apples and bananas.
I am going to eat less packaged foods and cook more meals at home, store some in the fridge for later.

Yesterday:

Breakfast: chicken sandwich, mustard, 2 slices of wheat bread – 280 calories

Lunch: Pasta w/ light parmesan sauce 450 calories

Dinner: 6 cheese raviolli’s and marinara – 400 calories

Snack: banana (150 calories), Fiber One bar (140 calories)

total 1420 calories

Thanks to everybody who has joined me this week. Keep the comments and suggestions coming. If you have any recipes for foods that even a junk food junkie will enjoy, feel free to share them (keeping in mind my no beef, seafood or pork policy). Now you see what my wife has to put up with!

Oh yeah, I went walking yesterday, too. Half an hour. Look to increase it this weekend.

One warning: Sunday is my birthday, so don’t expect a great update on Monday. My dad is making some good food and I plan to enjoy it.

So, what did you do today? What will you do tomorrow?

Following the path: Daily Update 8-4-09

David Wright — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:34:30 +0000

photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brunocorrea/3787515104/

There is a path I need to follow. Both literally (on a walking trail) and metaphorically.

I am familiar enough with both of the paths I need to take. I’ve traveled them, though I’ve yet to arrive at my destination. I have always gotten sidetracked by that enemy of us all, time. Today was no exception.

Today was not only the first day of my new commitment to eating better and exercising, it was also Day One of our potty training adventure. If you’re unfamiliar with the process, I can only compare it to locking yourself in a room with a rabid wolverine and attempting to get said wolverine to use proper utensils when eating.

My wife’s and my nerves were worn and raw by nightfall, as our son is proving to be more defiant than I would have guessed.

Soon, the entire day was down the drain and I didn’t have make time to exercise. Both my wife and I were frustrated beyond our normal limits and I found myself desperately craving something sweet at 10 p.m. I felt like a drug addict craving my next fix, eying the door, anticipating the moment I could break free and get to my connection.

While I had kept my calorie count fairly low during the day, it was all undone in five minutes at the McDonald’s drive-thru.

So, Day One was not a success. However, this blog is to keep me in check, and I need to update the post with exactly what I ate, so I can see where I went wrong. It’s not hard to figure out…

What I ate today:

Breakfast: Turkey sandwich, two slices of white bread, mayo – 310 calories
Lunch – Bowl of pasta w/ cheese sauce – 340 calories
Snacks – 3 granola bars – 300
1 Large McDonald’s milkshake – 1,160 HOLY CRAP!
Dinner – 2 turkey hot dogs, bread, mustard – 225 calories
Total – 2,335 (1175 without the shake!)

Okay, now let’s analyze…

First, all of this food is quick-to-eat and surprisingly high in sodium. Lots of empty calories, leaving me unfulfilled and still craving more food at the end of the day. Secondly, NONE of it is healthy.

So, what will I do differently tomorrow?

Eat some fruit, eat a more complete meal, and no milk shakes!

And exercise. I MUST exercise.

So what did you do today? What will you do tomorrow?

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Wednesday Weigh-In March 18, 2009

David Wright — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:54:42 +0000

Extreme diets do NOT work

The thing about having a weight loss blog is that we get ALL sorts of spam, email and ad pitches from people who want to sell to our readers. Most of this crap is well recognized diet pills and diet programs.

It never ceases to amaze me how many people still believe in an easy fix for weight loss. How many of you trust advertisements or so-called “health blogs” which are sponsored by phony product pushers.

I don’t know about you, but my alarm starts ringing the minute I see small print or hear an voice over speed up in an advertisement.

Usually it goes something like this:

Warning: This product has not been reviewed by the FDA and in some cases, has been known to cause bleeding, loss of appetite, increased appetite, erectile dysfunction, excessive body hair, glowing pustules, irregular bowel movements and the occasional exploding stomach which sometimes causes instant death.

Yet, people continue to buy into these things.

Part of it a naive belief that that companies won’t risk getting into trouble by selling bad products.

You’d be wrong. Possibly even dead wrong.

Here’s the thing, and I’m far too lazy/tired to go digging up the backup facts to support this (bad journalist!), these snake oil salesmen will ALWAYS come out ahead! They sell soooooo much crap, that even the slap-on-the-wrist fines and court settlements for the “few people who die” is pocket change compared to what they take in from the desperate and uninformed.

And even if a company is forced out of business, they can simply START A NEW COMPANY and do the same thing all over again until they get busted. Again. It is an endless cycle of scams. The plans might be different, the pills/supplements might be different, but the game is ALWAYS the same. And you will ALWAYS lose.

For 99.98888% of people (a stat I’m pulling out of thin air) there is no magic formula, no “secret” plan. No magic juice from countries you never heard of.

It’s ALL CRAP!

You must simply eat less than you burn. Only then can you lose weight the correct way.

Sure, you can try the quick fixes and sometimes they will work temporarily, but usually the fat comes back because you never changed the habits which caused you to gain weight to begin with. Yes, I realize that some people have physical conditions which either keep them fat or prevent them from losing weight. This blog post is not directed at them. They should consult with real health professionals to determine their best course of option.

As for the rest of us, I believe the solution is quite simple. It’s just not the one we want to hear. It’s not pretty, flashy or easily attainable in exchange for cash.

It’s hard work.

My brother has lost a significant amount of weight, more than 100 pounds on two occasions in his life. Both involved very simple methods – eating less and moving more. Just doing it day after day. It’s that simple.

And that hard.

Now, for the weekly Wednesday Weigh-In

Tara Cain

I seem to have successfully cut out the crap from my diet (not a single biscuit, cake, chocolate bar has tempted me), but truth be told I’ve just replaced it with another comfort food this week - bread.

Yesterday was the worst when I had toast for breakfast, crusty rolls for lunch, a bagel for a snack and for tea I had homemade bread with my meal.

So this week I am looking for alternatives. I’m afraid I can’t have a bowl of soup without bread to dunk in it, or scrambled egg without some toast to have it perch on so I’m trying to steer away from those things.

I’ve started having omelettes and fritattas for lunch and supplementing it with fruit in the day, but it’s getting BORING.

Any ideas folks?

The stats:

Starting weight Wed. Nov.19: 168 lbs.
Goal weight: 140 lbs.
Weight last week: 162 lbs.
Weight today: 162lbs
Amount lost this week: 0lb

David Wright

Last week was a continuation of the sick bug in my house. Finally, everybody is healthy! Though I am a bit wiped out.

Let’s hope everybody stays well so I can get back on track here.

Small change this week. I lost one pound.

The stats: David Wright

Starting weight Wed. Nov.19: 350 lbs.
Goal weight: 250 lbs.
Weight last week: 329 lbs.
Weight today: 328 lbs.
Amount gained this week: 1 lbs.
Total lost since Nov. 19: 22 pounds

Now it’s your turn. Share your success (or setback) story with us.

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Update

As always, thank you to everyone who takes part in the Wednesday Weigh-In.

Thank you!

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What is the history of YOUR every day?

David Wright — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:33:07 +0000

“The history of every day– What is the history of every day in your case? Look at your habits that constitute it: are they the product of innumerable little cowardices and laziness or of your courage and inventive reason?”
Nietzsche – The Gay Science

Humans are creatures of habit. We do the same things, eat the same foods, hang out with the same people, go to the same places. Sometimes, those habits lead to unwelcome results.

For several years, I drank massive quantities of regular (as opposed to diet) soda every day and night. I worked at a convenience store on the midnight shift and soda was just the thing to keep me WIDE awake – and get me fat as a cow!

I LOVED soda. Still do, in fact.

However, a few years ago I was tipping the scales at nearly 400 pounds and the doctor said I needed to make some changes or I would die. When a doctor delivers such a message, you have two choices – ignore it as hyperbole or change!

I chose the latter.

Replacing bad habits with better ones

I started eating healthier foods, trying to do everything I could to avoid giving up the one thing I most wanted to cling to – soda. I hated the taste of diet soda and couldn’t imagine not drinking the regular stuff.

It wasn’t long before I realized that I had to make a change. And I did.

I made the switch and dropped nearly 50 pounds almost immediately!

Since then, I’ve been hovering at around the same weight, give or take a few pounds.

For the first time in years, I’m starting to lose weight again. 16 pounds since November!

Now I need to implement some more changes in my life.

This is a short list of things I am going to do starting today. Some of them I have been doing with various levels of success since November. However, I have yet to put it down in writing. Doing so will help me follow through on all of them, all the time.

Limit fast food to once a week (at most)
Take a multivitamin daily
Drink less diet soda (I can’t give up just yet)
Drink more water
Exercise EVERY day
Eat veggies and fruit EVERY day.
Ger MORE sleep.

That last one will be the most difficult as I tend to be constantly working on several projects at once. However, without sleep, everything else is all for naught.

The quote which begins this post is one of my favorites. I don’t use quotes often because all too many of them, many on sites just like this, are full of platitudes. This quote has always struck a chord in me, though. It causes me to think when I’m more inclined to just act.

The history of every day is made up of each of our actions. It’s time to make those actions mean something, to add up to more, so our history is one which we write – not one that is written by our inaction.

So, what is the history of your every day? What new habits would you like to create?

New blog alert : Lisa Tries To Cook

David Wright — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:02:14 +0000

When I was in high school, I hid my fat under jackets and several layers of shirts. Well, I thought I was hiding it, but since the jacket wasn’t magic, I was only calling more attention to myself – especially during the summer.

“Dude, it’s 98 degrees, why are you wearing a jacket?!”

I lied, telling people I was cold. The last thing I wanted to talk about was the fact that I was fat. I figured if I didn’t acknowledge it, perhaps it would go away.

One of the few people I was open with about my weight struggles was my best friend, Lisa.

She was struggling with weight, too, though at the time, she didn’t have a lot to lose. However, to a teenage girl, 20 or 30 pounds may as well be 100.

Weight loss motivation

We tried many, many, MANY times to motivate one another.

We even made huge bets with money, new clothes, and whatever else we could think of on the line. Whoever got to their goal first, would reap the rewards.

Rather than ever celebrating a victory, we usually wound up drowning our sorrows in fried mozzarella and brownie treats at the local all-night diner. And while I have many fond memories of our trips to the diner, I would much rather have been celebrating our victories.

It’s hard to believe that 20 years have passed since those days. Despite the number of years, not much has changed.

We’re both struggling with our weight, though she’s done much better than I. A couple of years ago, she competed in a marathon, a huge accomplishment that she worked very hard to achieve.

Trying to eat healthier

Recently, Lisa decided to enter the blogosphere and launched Lisa Tries to Cook. The blog details her attempts to eat healthier. She takes a recipe, makes the meal and posts before and after pictures.

Sometimes, the results are a disaster and she winds up driving to McDonalds. I joked that she could have saved a lot of time and money by just heading straight to McDonald’s to begin with. Most days, I’d rather take the easy way out than spend time experimenting in the kitchen.

But maybe that’s why I’m still fat.

Yes, I know I mentioned my own plans to try to eat healthier foods last month (which I will be starting soon). It’s a coincidence that she came up with a similar idea for her blog, as I don’t think she is reading BlogToFit (some best friend, eh?).

Anyway, check out her site, leave a comment, and maybe twist her arm to get her to join us here at BlogToFit!

Question of the day: How long have you been trying to lose weight? What kind of bets have you made? What were the results of those bets?

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What works for you?

David Wright — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:35:10 +0000

Apologies in advance for the brevity of this post. Between launching a new comic blog (cough: blatant plug, cough) and my son being sick again, (must be the cough going around) I didn’t have time to write a great post.

However, there’s no reason that we can’t turn my crappy lack of content into something good.

So, I pose a question to you all in hopes of starting some conversation and providing some useful tips to others.

What works for you when it comes to weight loss?

I’ve done fitness training and walking in the past and both have moderate levels of success. Working out gave me strength and stamina, though didn’t help me burn as much as I would have liked. However, to be fair, I was not behaving the full time, either.

Funny thing about stamina. You don’t really realize how little you have until you really press yourself (or when you get winded reaching for a donut).

Walking has helped a bit with keeping me from gaining, but I’ve never done it long enough to truly get great results.

My brother has had great success with walking and other exercise, having lost more than 100 pounds in less than a year! However, he’s also had some food issues which keep him from eating many things, so it’s hard to say where most of his success comes from.

So, what works best for you? And what has not worked too well? Feel free to be thorough as you like when it comes to routines (listing time and repetitions, etc…)

What kind of storefront do you keep?

David Wright — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:24:36 +0000

I found myself having to go to that store this weekend.

You know the kind of store I’m talking about – the rundown shop in the decrepit plaza which last saw its glory days when Duran Duran was gracing the covers of teen magazines.

I usually avoid places like this, but I was hoping to find discontinued diaper doublers for my son. (For those unfamiliar with the product, it is an absorbent pad which you place in diapers at night to keep the diaper from soaking through – one of the best products ever, and it has been discontinued! No nearby stores have any similar product.)

So, I found myself forced to go to that store.

The shop has an air of despair which greets you at the door and presses on your shoulders during your entire visit. Bad music from an outdated sound system plays in the background, music which is both royalty and quality free. Music made by and for mindless drones.

The floor consists of dirty, stained, cracked and mismatched tiles. Merchandise is on the floor, but nobody seems to notice or care.

The shelves, of which there are too many, are chaotically crammed with as much junk as can possibly fit. Crap you can’t imagine ANYBODY buying.

Lining several shelves are toys which no child wants. Among those toys, robots that look like Transformers but have some other name and likely contain enough lead paint to kill you on contact. On other shelves, outdated food and all the plastic crap you can fit into a tiny shopping cart.

Sad, unhealthy-looking people shuffle their way through the narrow aisles, filling their carts with plastic and filling their empty lives with more crap. Or so it would seem to the casual, jaded observer.

How many NASCAR doodads can one person collect?

The only thing that can help a store like this, I thought, is a well placed wrecking ball.

And I wondered, what kind of person shops here?

The prices aren’t much cheaper than other places, yet the quality is vastly inferior. You’d have to really not care about yourself or what you’re buying to regularly shop in a place like this. It’s almost like… junk food.

And then in a moment of clarity, something clicked.

The way I see this place, and the people who frequent it, represents everything I loathe not only in society, but in myself. It’s the same way I’ve treated my body for years.

I don’t have the body of someone who has chosen quality over crap. I have been filling my gut with the food equivalent of plastic for years, no decades!

And while I might not look like it yet, it’s only a matter of time before I look just like this store – rundown and slovenly. Without any self respect.

Waiting for the wrecking ball.

Which is just the kick in the ass I needed to start 2009 off with a bang!

In that we sell ourselves every day, we have storefronts to keep up.

My storefront should be as fresh, beautiful, unique and orderly as the inner me is – or at least as the ideal inner me is.

So, what kind of storefront do you keep? Is it time to grab the wrecking ball and create the kind of store you can be proud of?

What best motivates you?

David Wright — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:07:56 +0000

What fuels your motivation engine?

Is it the promise of something good, perhaps some reward? The threat of something bad such as losing a bet or disappointing someone? Maybe you’re motivated by your faith in a higher power? Or maybe it’s something else which pumps through your blood? Maybe it’s a poster of an athletic woman hanging on your bathroom mirror? Or maybe it’s a picture of our own David Fowler hanging on your refrigerator?

For me, nothing works quite as well as anger.

Well, at least when it comes to exercise.

Reward doesn’t entice me, as my goals are so far off as to seem nearly impossible at times. The threat of something bad didn’t work when I was up against public humiliation during my bet to lose in 2006. I’m not much on faith, either. While I want to lose weight for my family, it’s not the easiest motivation to tap into.

So for me, anger works.

It used to be anger at those who made fun of me in my youth. Growing up fat can be tough. Growing up fat with acne is like doing hard time in prison with a sign which reads “snitch” around your neck.

When I was younger, I used to focus on that anger as I worked out.

But as I get older, that anger has faded as have most of my memories of the jerks that poked fun. Now I focus the anger inward – at myself. Anger for not doing something sooner. Anger at failing.

There’s great fuel in that anger, but it doesn’t burn pure.

It’s a dirty fuel with lots of negative side effects.

Anger is not a healthy emotion. It only gets you so far before you start to run on empty. It only gets you so far before you start buying into the negative self talk.

My motivation now is partly BlogToFit. Other people who are going through the same things, other people who have tried and failed, other people who are seeking motivation.

If I can get in shape, surely you can.

And that should motivate both of us, right?

So, what motivates you?

Note: Thanks for all the food suggestions and recipes last week! The response has been amazing! From the people who commented to the people who emailed me privately, you all have been awesome! Thank you! I will be reporting the results of my experiment next Monday.

Nobody changes

David Wright — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:02:45 +0000

Nobody changes.

Sure, a lot of people TALK about change. They talk about winning the battle against alcohol, food, drugs or something else. But how many people do you know that have actually won the battle and changed for the better?

Go ahead, I’ll wait.

Not too many, right?

I lied a bit in the title of this post. It’s not true that nobody changes. There are a few who manage to do so. And maybe you even know quite a few. From my own experience, I can think of only two people I’ve known who have drastically changed for the better. Everyone else I know still struggles against the same issues they’ve always faced.

Why? Because change is HARD.

Fact is that people settle into routines. They find comfort in their habits, small comforts against a sometimes cruel world.

We’ve all noticed the same magazines in the checkout line, month after month promising to help you get rid of those extra ten pounds, make you a better lover, somehow change you. But we all know the truth – those magazines have been featuring the same articles for the same overweight, bad loving, unchanged readers year after year after year.

A whole industry is built on your need to change. Books, magazines, Compact Discs, e-books, Web Sites, programs, and God knows how many other commercially available products are all promising to help you – or at least relieve you of some cash. Many people run like hamsters on a wheel, buying thing after thing in hope for that elusive change, searching for some secret that will make “this time different.”

I say it’s about time we stop lying to ourselves. Some of us will never change.

Because when it comes right down to it, no matter how many books you buy, programs you try, gyms you join, nothing changes until you do. And you’re not going to change until you do things differently than you’ve done them before.

For myself, it’s always been about giving up too soon. I started off with the best of intentions and overwhelmed myself in information overload. I found myself surrounded by “how-to” books, spending more time devising complex plans rather than just doing what I know will work – putting one foot in front of the other, and doing it day after boring day.

It’s not sexy, it’s not Nike commercial inspiring, though it does borrow their catch phrase of just doing it. That, my friends, is the secret of change. And you didn’t even have to buy a book to learn it. If I learn any other “secrets” along the way to changing myself – against the odds – I’ll be sure to pass them on.

What has kept you from changing? How will this time be different?

Later this week:
Tuesday – Tara Cain
Wednesday – the weekly Wednesday Weigh-In
Thursday – David Fowler
Friday – the weekly wrap-up

Wednesday Weigh In Number One

David Wright — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:40:14 +0000

This, folks, is what Blog To Fit is all about – the Wednesday Weigh-In.

It’s where we reveal our successes. It’s where we reveal our struggles. It’s where we hold ourselves accountable for our choices. It’s where we know that we’re not alone. It’s where we find inspiration. It’s a snapshot of our lives as we journey the path to our goals.

Every week the three of us are going to update you on our progress. Here’s the first installment.

Tara Cain

I’ve been excited all week about taking part in this venture and now I’m stood in front of the bathroom scales and I want to make my excuses and run very very far away.

If I wasn’t so desperate to make a life change, I would be outa here.

So, I step on (wearing the lightest clothes known to man of course) and my son says: “wow that’s a big number!”

It’s all relative, I tell him. He only weighs about 56lb which is a small number.
Now quit your yacking I tell him, and get supportive please!

So, in brief, here are the figures. Or lack of figure!

Mummy weighs: 168lb.

Mummy should weigh: 140lb.

In an ideal world mummy would weigh: 130lb.

Mummy has always been a British dress size 10/12. She’s now a 14. A 16 if she’s aiming for comfort.

I have no idea what my BMI or blood work or cholesterol level or tolerance levels are. I’m guessing they aren’t going to be good.

These are the numbers that are going to make me sit up and change.

I don’t like these numbers. I don’t like them one bit and I intend to send them downwards.

Wish me luck!

Just the stats: Tara Cain

Starting weight Wed. Nov.19: 168 lbs.
Goal weight: 140 lbs.

David Fowler

The scales don’t scare me. They never have. But then the heaviest I’ve ever been is 215 lbs, which for a man of 6ft tall, is not too outrageous but neither is it too pretty.

Around this time last year I weighed in at 182 lbs, and since then I’ve steadily gained weight – or more accurately… gained fat!

My initial goal is to get to 173 lbs and maintain it for a while before moving on to achieve some of my other goals.

As a single measure of health and fitness, weight alone can be misleading. Tracking the pounds can be frustrating and sometimes counterproductive, particularly if you’re not prepared for the roller coaster ride that it invariably becomes – so it’s also important to look at some of the other data as well. Fear not, your Blog To Fit trio will be exploring this in more detail in the coming weeks.

To keep things interesting and varied I’m also going to include some additional body measurements every Wednesday Weigh-In including: Hips (by which I mean my backside), Waist (where the top of my jeans sit), Belly (navel and love handle region) and Chest (you know where the chest is).

OK here goes….

Just the stats: David Fowler

Starting weight Wed. Nov. 19th: 200 lbs
Goal weight: 173 lbs (in 15 weeks)
Hips: 40 Inches
Waist: 38.5 Inches
Belly: 40.25 Inches
Chest 41.5 Inches

David Wright

I’ve been hovering around 350 for the past three years or so. Prior to that, I had ballooned up to nearly 400 pounds with absolutely no idea my weight had gotten so bad until I stepped onto a hospital scale. 400 pounds is that number which for me is the Point of No Return – a slippery slope to newspaper headlines which read, “Crane pulls man out of house.” For some of you, that number might be 300 pounds. For others, 200 pounds. Whatever it is, there is a number that scares the hell out of you and for me, that number is 400 pounds!

The doctors told me in no uncertain terms that if I did not change, my ending would not be a happy one.

Immediately, I cut out drinking regular soda and stopped eating as badly as I was. I dropped almost 50 pounds within a few months. The success stopped there, though. The scare had given way to complacency.

While it’s good that I’m not gaining more, I know that it’s only a matter of time until I start gaining weight or I am beset with medicial problems. I need to lose and I need to lose NOW. So I intend by this time next year to weight 250.

Just the stats: David Wright

Starting weight Wed. Nov. 19: 350 lbs.
Goal weight: 250 lbs.
Goal date: Nov. 19, 2009

Now it’s your turn.

If you’d like to post a Wednesday Weigh-In post on your blog and help spread the word of our goals, please do so. Get all the info on how you can participate right here.

This is what Blog To Fit is all about.

See you downstairs in the comments – and let’s all show our support and visit anyone taking part.