tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911058210611192614.post2504886530901413699..comments2023-10-08T12:54:39.640+01:00Comments on Losing Half My Weight: #Reverb10 catch-up: Community & Beautifully Differentjayme @ Losing Half My Weighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380717295549751269noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911058210611192614.post-42328408080135787232010-12-13T02:08:21.619+00:002010-12-13T02:08:21.619+00:00great reflections, jayme!great reflections, jayme!suzanne l. vinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220660966074025245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911058210611192614.post-6500982305374774192010-12-13T00:06:51.719+00:002010-12-13T00:06:51.719+00:00I read this yesterday, and I've been thinking ...I read this yesterday, and I've been thinking about the idea of community ever since. I find it really hard to define who is "inside" and who is "outside" with blogging - how do we measure that? Is it page views, comments, followers? As far as blogger "popularity," I'm not sure where I'd place myself in terms of a rank - and I'm not sure I'd ever want to seriously map it out. I write for the sake of writing, because I want to and because I need to, and I'm just happy to have a few folks who occasionally pipe up with some advice or well wishes.<br /><br />I don't really care who reads mine - first and foremost, I am writing for me, to clear my head and sort through some of my weight loss issues - but in terms of reading others' blogs, at first I only sought blogs by people I felt were on a similar journey - so, no bypass/lapbands, no one at goal/maintaining, and no men!<br /><br />Eventually, though, I sort of realized that in spite of the differences, we all have one really big thing in common - we're all here because we need a little support, no matter what conditions got us to where we are and no matter how much work we have done or have left to do. And because not everyone is at the same phase or has the same goals, it stays varied, and everyone has little bits of advice I find useful here and there. Some of the best advice I find is from seasoned runners, or from people who talk about the challenges of maintenance, or even people just getting started in whom I see reflections of my past and present self - and these are blogs I might have skipped over if I had set "reading rules."Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359034187016317580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911058210611192614.post-24454032045260352692010-12-12T14:29:54.602+00:002010-12-12T14:29:54.602+00:00I definitely am an outsider, too. I started my bl...I definitely am an outsider, too. I started my blog for myself and was amazed that anyone actually wanted to read it. I tried to join into some of the more formal fit blog type of things, but never "fit" in, I guess. And I am okay with that. It is typical of my whole life, if I am honest with myself. :)timeformetoflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12383863430721306172noreply@blogger.com