July 8, 2009
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So I dick around on the interwebs a lot. In this day and age, it’s expected anyway, right? I xanga, I facebook and I even occasionally twitter. I am fond of chatting to people on my gmail account too – sometimes I even chat a little dirty with my hubby, it makes the day go a little faster.
But aside from my “social” sites, I have other things I do everyday. Cuteoverload, the whole family sites of icanhascheezburger style and of course, dailypuppy all come to mind. I read my favorite comic on MWF. I also definitely have some favorite blogs to read. Five biggies that I try to check everyday come to mind – A Merry Life, Roni’s Weigh, Pasta Queen, Mizfit and my new one – 344 pounds. Most of these are weight loss and/or fitness blogs but that isn’t why I read them. I read them because they’re often about things OTHER than weight loss, fitness or how to look good. They are insightful and meaningful and often help me find my motivation to keep on truckin’ not just with my weight loss goals but with my fitness goals and with my general motivation to be the person that I want to be.
A bit of an aside right here – Tyler of 344 pounds just reached 100lbs lost this morning. So stop by his site and give him a big huge hello and congratulations. That’s a pretty amazing thing to have accomplished. As well, while you’re there, skip on down to the third entry called “10 reasons why losing weight is hard” – I was extremely impressed and may print it off to keep a copy around to remind myself that it really is difficult sometimes.
Now, I do also read yahoo and msn for my news blurbs. And I cruise the Runner’s World website and the Oxygen Magazine website occasionally – with some sidesteps to Fitness, Shape and Prevention as well as Women’s Health.
That’s pretty much all my favorite sites though. What do YOU read? Where do you go for entertainment? Do you have favorite bloggers?
Comments (6)
thanks for the blog idea. i posed a few of my favorite sites, too!
I read a lot of food sites (LOL) — my favorite is http://www.smittenkitchen.com.
My fab five sites (the ones I usually visit every day for one reason or another) are: Xanga, Facebook, Flickr, Craigslist, and Gmail. I also go to Amazon.com, Adorama.com (photography supplies), and other shopping sites occasionally. My list is rather boring. I spend way too much time on the Web doing nothing, and I need to get out of that habit. (A goal of mine.)
I LOVED that guys blog about why losing weight is hard. He’s right on the money about the fact that you have to do it alone. While everyone else around you is eating cookies, you have to pretend they aren’t there. That is next to impossible!
I wrote that blog post drunk, I’m surprised you like it.
Just kidding — I’m glad you do like it, though!
I’ll definitely be keeping up with your blog. Have a good one!
Tyler
Wow…I feel like such an internet slacker. Maybe I need a job that doesn’t require so much BUSY work…or maybe I should learn how to read faster!
@GoForCo - You only work 3 days a week – what are you doing on the other 4?
Lately…wedding planning or swimming/being in the sunshine. I could take my laptop outside with me, but I don’t think it would be very pool friendly.