Today's Weigh In: 275.2 (INCREDIBLE NEW LOW)
Average Weight: 276.88 (new low!)
Weight lost today: .80 pounds!!!!
Loss Per Day Average Since 9/6: .45 (+.13)
Days Left: 60
Weight Remaining: 16.88
Weight off of my 5 Day since 9/6: 7.32 pounds
Pounds Per Day to hit 260 by 11/22: .28 Pounds
Total Weight Loss: 83.12 Pounds
> 10.6 pounds down for the month by individual weigh-ins.
> 1,600 calories appears to be my magic number.
> Just think what I'd be doing if I could work out.
> If a man blogs about his accomplishments, but nobody is around to read it, did it really make a sound?
9.22.2007
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What are you using to measure if others are reading your blog? If its comments, are you doing unto others as you'd have them do to you?
PS - People are reading whether we choose to comment or not. Relax on the passive-aggressive behavior.
My bad, "anonymous". I forgot the the FAT Coalition bylaws clearly stated that if you don't comment on everybody else's blog - whether you're swamped with life, or just have nothing to say - that your blog cannot be commented on.
I've posted two blogs with anything more than stats over the last 10 or so days because I haven't had time, but wanted to at least keep something new up here so everybody didn't think I was quitting. But that wasn't good enough. So, instead of feeling like everybody thinks I'm quitting, I now feel like nobody (Except RipX) sees me as worth the time to post a comment.
Guess it's lose-lose.
I've proven this month that I don't need anything but my own determination to succeed, and I still believe that. But it's always nice to have somebody share when you're really doing well.
Nobody wants to comment on my blog? That sure ain't gonna stop me from hitting 260.
Not to start more drama here, but since when is the Coalition an "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine" type of group? Kevin's been incredibly busy with this week being deadline week, so he's hardly had time to blog, much less read others' blogs AND comment on them.
I personally think that if a blog is being read and the blogger has hit incredible goals, then said blogger should hear (or read) about it...regardless of whether or not he/she commented on other blogs.
Here's what I don't get: I'm just as busy, so I haven't had the chance to visit others' blogs and I think I've maybe commented once or twice - TOPS - in the last couple of weeks. Yet, I'm getting comments about my accomplishments.
Look, I'm not trying to stir the pot here. I'm really not. I'm just getting frustrated that what started out as a group for encouragement and motivation is turning into a popularity contest.
Kevin, I think you've been making incredible strides. You set a lofty goal of losing .33 pounds per day and you're smoking that goal! What is it now? .45 pounds/day or something like that? Insane! Keep up the great work. :)
Im not sure about by-laws or anything else I was only saying dont think because youre not getting comments that people arent reading.
You have to remember just as youre busy others are as well. Life creates many shifts and sometimes what we could once do we no longer have the same time to do. It doesnt mean youre forgotten its just not on one's top list of things to do. Your being busy has precluded you from commenting so why cant that be the same for others? I dont know anything about popularity with this group, that would be a sad case if thats whats going on. I would rather think people are busy and dont always have something to say. Perhaps Im just being naive.
As for support though sometimes you do also have to give a little to get a little. Its not about scratch my back I'll scratch yours its just good karma. Im sure you understand. A team doesnt work on just one person receiving support its about all the teammates giving at least equal support. You know this, youre a sports editor.
I would disagree with you though - people other than Ripx have commented on your blog (ie Anonymous, Jared, Marcol...) need I continue? Do those other people not count? Are you looking for specific people to comment on your blog? If so, call them out.
Kevin, just keep up the good work whether you hear from others or not - and when people feel like commenting they will. As you infered, there are no rules to this thing.
Ive been reading your blog and not always commenting. However if I have to feel like I have to comment on your blog it just might turn me off from even coming by and reading. I think its better to only hear from someone when they have something noteworthy to say. Do you want a comment on your blog that you can tell the person didnt even bother to read your blog or say to you the same dry thing they been telling everyone else? That grows tired too.
Im really sorry youre feeling left out Kevin but youre really not. People are reading, I know because Im a person, which means they want to hear what you have to say at least. As an editor if no one wrote letters to the editor does that mean no one is reading your magazine? I dont think so. Keep a positive perspective my friend, life flows with much more ease that way.
Look, I'm not trying to stir the pot here. I'm really not. I'm just getting frustrated that what started out as a group for encouragement and motivation is turning into a popularity contest.
I know I'm going to be labeled the bad guy for this, but I'm hoping by the support we've given each other in the past, you guys can see this for what I'm saying, and not for how I am thinking you're going to take it.
The FAT Coalition was based on us 3 - and then Billy, making four back in November. The goal was support each other, and that means posting and commenting. It's what we all rely on.
I don't see it as a popularity contest at all, but we all need to support each other, and not just receive.
I feel like Kevin is calling me out because I haven't commented. And I haven't, it's probably been a few weeks. And if you want to be pissed at me, or think that I'm not reading, then that's fine.
If I'm being honest, it's frustrating as hell to give and give, and not receive back. And then to call me out because I haven't returned the favor, that's a bit irritating sitting here in my seat reading this.
Since August 22nd, Kevin has posted a comment on my blog once. And it was two words long. September 4th.
If I have to be the bad guy, then I guess I'll have to be the bad guy. I just don't think it's fair for the pot to call the kettle black.
I've been there for you since Day 1 - literally. Hopefully you take this how it's meant instead of being defensive about it.
Again, this is a support group - one where we have to trust each other with our strengths and our weaknesses. And we have to be honest with each other. That's what I'm doing.
I'm also not going to comment on this blog (today's post, I mean) because I don't want to draw this out into something it shouldn't be. You've got my email address if you want to talk more about this, I'm just giving you my perspective, man to man, friend to friend.
OK, here's the thing, and I hope that this comment doesn't mysteriously disappear as my last one did.
For the record, I have commented on your blog and commended your accomplishments recently. Perhaps, in the FAT scheme of things, I don't count. I dunno, but is that not popularity too?
It's not about back-scratching, it's about reciprocity, which is one of the foundational elements of most relationships. Let's be real - nobody likes to give & give and never get.
And for the record, I am also incredibly busy. But I make an effort, although I can't comment daily, to catch up on the blogs & comment on other peoples. And I for one can say that when you were unemployed you very rarely, if ever, commented on my blog, and I commented on yours regularly.
And also, as I stated in my previous comment, perhaps one of the reasons 'support' has dwindled is because when they did comment, trying to help, you shot them down. Not to mention the blogs entitled 'for me', or other blogs implying that you aren't looking for support & comments from others, might lead some people to choose not to comment.
Just my two cents.
There are a lot of blogs to go through and read and comment about every day. I think the natural inclination is to go out of your way to comment on people's blogs who regularly comment on yours. If I stopped commenting on people's blogs, I would expect that my comments would dwindle after a while. Doesn't mean we still aren't following your progress and cheering you on.
PS, it's easier to comment on a blog that has something other than just stats. While your stats have been awesome lately, nobody wants to just keep posting "awesome" all the time.
Don't worry man, I still come here every day.
Rob-
Where did I call you out? There were a good five or six people asking me or Becky if I was quitting because I "went fishing" or posted a new picture of myself. I was referring to those who assumed the worst about me.
Rebecca-
I've never deleted a single thing off of this blog. Not one. I have no idea what you're talking about. And unemployed people stay busy, too. Just ask the two young kids I was raising, the side jobs I was searching for/performing, and the house I was keeping clean.
Billy-
Thanks for taking the high road and just explaining.
This whole thing started out with me fishing for comments, just like SEVERAL other bloggers do. It was a jest made in good spirits, and it quickly went bad.
In fact, this has gotten so ridiculous that I'll close it out this way:
See you all again at 260.
See you all again at 260.
Does that mean you're leaving? I'm hoping it doesn't come to that.
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