Lively Women

Blogging Our Way to Healthy Living

by Heather on July 25th, 2006

Mary DeMuth of Relevant Blog is hosting tomorrow’s Carnival of Beauty — our topic is “The Beauty of Blogging.” This is my first Lively Women submission, though I’ve been participating from my home blog, Mom 2 Mom Connection.

I’ve discovered a tight-knit community among my women blogging friends — we think alike in so many ways. Since I’ve started blogging for b5 media on women’s health issues, I’ve actively sought fellowship among other health-oriented bloggers.

I love reading about Blair’s exercise and water-drinking goals at Scribblings by Blair, and I thank her for telling all her readers to join me here at Lively Women! She helps encourage me to stick with my weight-loss goals, and that’s why I haven’t felt alone when I jumped into the South Beach Diet last Monday. The first two weeks aren’t easy, but since I’ve been fueling myself on heart-healthy salads and dropping the “bad carbs,” I’ve lost 8.5 pounds in a week, stunning myself and my husband. (My weight hasn’t gone down since June 2005 — even though Baby Girl is now 15 months.)

Thank you also to Melodee of ClubMom’s The Amazing Shrinking Mom blog, who added me to her sidebar along with her other dieting bloggy friends. YEA! We’re all cheering each other on when we order a salad at the drive-thru and pass on the jumbo fries. Since Melodee started blogging about her diet, she’s lost 32 pounds. (And she does it while being a busy pastor’s wife and mom of four.)

I also enjoy keeping up with Alyice’s fitness goals, which she blogs about every week for DM Writes We both recently watched the movie, Supersize Me, and can’t believe how much of an influence fast-food advertising has on our culture. (Great movie, by the way — I hope to review it here soon.)

Nobody can beat HolyMama for her laugh-out-loud encouragement. When she announced her weight loss success (-6 pounds) through the SparkPeople program, half her commenters signed up that very day. I enrolled a couple days later, and got another friend of mine to join in. I’ve learned a lot about nutrition and weight loss from reading through their program — and I’ve enjoyed being a part of the SparkPeople community.

Here at b5 media in the Science & Health channel, we have blogs on over a dozen topics related to health: A Dozen Steps, A Hearty Life, Alzheimer’s Notes, Autism Vox, Baldiness, Cancer Commentary, CFS Squared, Diabetes Notes, Flu Patrol, Genetics & Health, Homely Scientist, Lively Women, MRSA Notes, and Veggie Chic.

Let’s all keep blogging our way to better health and better living!

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