Friday, September 24, 2010

Welcome!!!!

When I first started this blog I never thought anyone would read it, I just figured it would be my own personal diary of my journey to lose weight.  Now in only alittle over two months I am one away from having 40 followers.  That is so incredible to me and means so much that anyone would want to take their time to read what I say and wish me luck and I just want to say thank you to you all.  I try to visit each one of your blogs and comment as often as I can or when I can relate to a topic you have wrote about but my time is kind of limited so don't think that I don't care or I'm not cheering you on because I am.  I know how much it means to have someones encouragement and support even if it is a stranger.  All the well wishes and good lucks from everyone that visits my blog is what keeps me going and I truly mean that.  If it wasn't for this blog I'm sure I would have given up along time ago and probably gained back the few pounds I have lost plus some.  I am happier and healthier right now and thats thanks to all of you.  I hope to make many more friends on here and one day return the wonderful gift that each one of you are giving me.  Thank you and I wish you all the luck in the world with your weight loss.

17 comments:

  1. I feel exactly the same. My blog gives me so much inspiration. I used to wonder why anyone would care what I do or what I say. Then as I started reading blogs I realized why people read. We are all on this journey, working toward this goal. It's a story. As I read your story and all of the other stories going on here, I get so involved and I really start to care about what happens. It's almost like a good movie; you just want to see it out to a happy ending. Either way, I am forever thankful for finding the weight loss blogging community and becoming a part of it. :-D

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  2. ditto to what you said, and ditto to what Ms. Blubeari said. I wouldn't make it without the support of the blog world! I love reading everyone's successes (and short struggles).

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  3. Now you have 40 followers. LOL! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. It is so great to have so much support! I wish you well on your journey and I will be following you too!

    Hugs,
    Mary

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  4. Hi! I'm # 42 - isn't it great to get new followers? Thank you for stopping my blog and commenting. It's good to "meet" another "Hottie", as Steve is calling us! I wish you the very best on this journey, and hope you are finding as much support and inspiration (and humor!) as I have in the blog world. I see you've made great progress already. I'll be checking in to see how it goes for you. BTW, I love seeing that your main exercise seems to be walking - it's mine as well, though I do belong to a gym and do some strength training.

    I'll be back to watch you succeed.

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  5. Thanks for stopping by! I started my blog more to keep me accountable and love that I'm getting to "know" other people through their blogs! Looking forward to getting to "know" you! You're diong a great job!!

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  6. 43 followers now. I found you through the Hot 100 Challenge and came over to wish you luck. I love your blog and I'm looking forward to reading more. I noticed that you posted some inspirational quotes. I must read them. I love quotes. So best of luck over the next 100 days and looking forward to supporting each other!

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  7. I'm the exact same way with my blog. I've had my recipe blog for about a year now but I started my weight loss blog just to keep myself accountable. I have found the weight loss community EXTREMELY helpful and I have enjoyed it much more than I originally thought I would. Not many of my posts are super inspirational, a lot of them are just "I ate good, off to bed" but it still helps me knowing I "have" to put something.

    Anyways, glad to have met you, I'm still trying to find time to go through the whole Hot 100 list! I'll be following though!

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  8. lol! And I'm 45! :D Thanks for stopping by my blog. I'll be reading thru your posts a bit to catch up. We're gonna burn up this challenge! :D Deb

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  9. I can totally relate to what you're saying!!! I'm sure I would have given up on my healthy journey a long time ago also, but the blogging community keeps me going!

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  10. P.S. I'm also a mom of three boys! Mine are ages 9, 11, & 13!

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  11. Thank you all for your comments and your support and for becoming followers of my blog. I only hope that I can be as much motivation and support to you as I'm sure all of you will be to me. Good luck to everyone in this challenge and I hope all of you succeed at your goals. I'll be checking out each one of your blogs as often as I can. We are going to rock this next 97 days.

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  12. There really is an amazing community of weight loss bloggers out here.

    I'd love to reward myself with a Canon 7D too if I could only figure out how to convert lost weight to dollars. Damn, maybe I should have tried out for the Biggest Loser. ;)

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  13. MB that would be pretty cool if we got paid for losing weight. I can't wait to get a Canon 7D I just got a used Canon 20D a couple weeks ago and I love it.

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  14. Having blog friends make all the difference :) Keep up the great work!

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  15. Val you are absolutely right. I've never been this empowered to lose weight and thats all because of the support I receive on here.

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  16. The blog community is the greatest! I never expected it, never knew it existed. Love it:)

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  17. Isn't it awesome? :) I never thought blogging would be for me, but I have gotten SO much motivation from it and I've met a ton of wonderful people - like yourself. *HUGS*

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