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#fitblog – An Amazing Fitness Community

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

#fitblog is a weekly Twitter chat that has grown into quite a community. Every Tuesday night at 9PM EST dozens of Twitter users interested in fitness, health, and inspiration get together to give each other encouragement and talk about their fitness accomplishments. Reading through the vast number of tweets is both inspirational and awe-inspiring. When you see the sheer number of people connecting with each other, sharing a common goal, you realize that this is a genuine community of real people.

#fitblogYou can participate in #fitblog by visitng FitBlogChats.com or by just following the #fitblog hashtag in your Twitter client. Each week is moderated by a volunteer, who leads discussion and has a few topics for the group.

We encourage all of our users who are looking for some community and inspiration to participate in #fitblog. It may just be the push you need to help you on your weight-loss journey.

The Weight-Loss Showdown Update

Friday, July 9th, 2010

We’re about 2/3 of the way through our weight-loss showdown and I wanted to give an update on our progress. Just as a reminder of what we’re doing… Jim (me) and Jason, two of the minds behind Shrinking, decided to have a little weight-loss contest, Biggest Loser-style. The winner gets $100 and will be determined by the biggest percentage weight-lost on July 31, 2010.

Here’s where we are. I have lost about 4.4% and Jason has lost 3.03%. I’m definitely in the lead at the moment, but anything can happen in the last 3 weeks. We’re both really excited with our progress and hope to see those number keep improving.

You can follow us both on Twitter and we appreciate any encouragement you can give us. Our Twitter accounts are @jimlast and @i_am_hardy.

Weight-Loss Showdown

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Jim (Twitter: @jimlast) and Jason (Twitter: @i_am_hardy), two of the creators or Shrinking, have decided to have a weight-loss contest, Biggest Loser-style. We have set the following groundrules for the competition.

  1. Contest starts today, May 25, and ends on July 31.
  2. Highest percentage weight-lost between the dates is the winner.
  3. Winner receives an awesome prize (to be determined).

We will post progress updates every couple of weeks. We need all of the encouragement and help that we can get, and we’ll be using Shrinking to track our progress every step of the way. So feel free to contact us and give us support, ask questions, or anything else you want to talk with us about.