Better at Blogging...Better at Losing?

Have you considered the uncanny resemblance there is between being a successful blogger and being successful at getting fit?  Quick disclaimer...when I say "successful", I'm only talking about those that seem to have gathered scads of followers, highly respected in the blogging community, perhaps even banking some coin, etc.  Actually, I don't count myself totally with the other successful bloggers (yet) and much for the same reason as I also don't count myself as being the most successful person at getting fit (yet).

Let's take a peek shall we?

	Blogging Success	Fitness Success
Clear Objective	Make sure you know why you are blogging and what you are trying to get out of it.  Is it just a personal journal or are you trying to become the next global blogging sensation.  You don't necessarily need to have specific goals, but you should know the path you are trying to follow.  It helps to keep you motivated and selecting your approach accordingly.	This is big time important in getting fit.  You HAVE TO know why you are doing this and what you are going to get out of it.  As someone has said..."If you don't know where you are going, then any path will take you there."  That is true and then again, it isn't.  Your clear objective can keep you on the straight, narrow, and focused.
Daily Attention	To gain a blog following, you need to work at it, daily.  You need to post articles and or comments on other blogs daily.  If possible you need to respond in someway to those that comment on your blog.  Join others if they join you and you like their stuff.  You get what you give...you get out what you put in...that sort of thing.	To consistently lose weight or improve performance, you need to put in a little time each day in some manner.  Well, nearly daily.  You can't exercise on occasion and make bad food choices daily and expect to get anywhere.  Consistent daily efforts to make more good choices than bad about eating better and getting off thy duff is what will ensure success.
Have a Method	You need an approach to topic generation and writing interesting articles. Do some research...find some good analogies...find ways for your points to hit home.  In fact, you need to not only blog, but to facebook, tweet, etc.  You must be dedicated if you want to reach the blogging hall of fame.	You need to plan on what you'll be eating, how much exercise and what kind you'll be doing. If you go at it willy nilly, you won't get as far as fast.  You also must do many things...you can't just do one kind of exercise.  You need broad spectrum of activities, foods, etc.
Be Patient	You won't build a following overnight and you won't get vendors approaching you for giveways overnight either.  You have to trust your method and follow it daily and trust that you'll get results.	We all lose weight or improve performance differently.  Some lose weight really quickly at first to have it taper off.  Some bodies don't react quite immediately and the they are off to the races.  Don't compare yourself to others...you are doing this for you and only have to worry about yourself!
Be Flexible / Keep it Fresh!	While being patient and trusting your method is good, you also need to assess what may be working or not and be willing to adjust.  You also need to keep changing things up.  It doesn't mean that you can't be successful with one writing style, but then variety of topics is essential.	Same is very important here.  If you are dead set that the low-cab way is the way to go (and it certainly may be), follow it with gusto.  However, if it simply isn't working given enough time and honest measure that you've tried, then change it! You also need to change things up just to keep your body on its toes and to keep yourself interested in the process.
Don't give up!	If blogging just isn't your thing, so be it...move onto another activity.  If you find it at all helpful to yourself (or enriching by helping others), then keep it up.  Even if you lose followers, don't post for a month, whatever, just get right back to your method.  You'll find new followers and you will recover.	Not everything you try will work or work nearly as well as you'd hoped.  You will only fail at getting fit, by quitting.  Sure, it can be frustrating, depressing, and downright horrible at times, but even if you go on a fitness hiatus for a month, start again...and again...and again.

Well, there you have it...perhaps that is why we have such a strong community in comparison to other kinds of blogs out there. What makes us good at getting fit is what makes us good bloggers...or so I hope. Get better my friends.

Oh...if you have a google profile, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE add an e-mail account to it, so I can reply to your comments...otherwise, I can't and that makes me sad. Get a gmail account just for that purpose if you have to...PLEASE.

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