Once upon a time, in the Castle of the King of Fries, there lived an
overweight but extremely optimistic princess. The princess enjoyed her life and
her outlook was always positive, but she had latelybegun feeling that the extra
weight around her middle was slowing her down from doing all the things she
wanted to be doing. So she called the Royal Fitness Advisor who recommended a
wonderful website called myfitnesspal.com (otherwise known as "MFP").
The princess logged onto MFP, came up with a catchy username, and began logging her food. She had a couple of "friends" to encourage her, namely the Royal Fitness Advisor and the Royal Fitness Advisor's workout buddy. So she enjoyed that friendship. And she kept logging. And then she discovered she could write a blog. And so she did.
After writing her first blog, the princess sat back and waited for the weight to fall off her. But since the only exercise she had gained was typing, the weight did not simply slide off her like a stick of butter in a heated pan. Nay, despite her logging her food, more needed to be done.
And then, the princess started reading posts in the forums and sent messages to some people who seemed particularly inspirational (or funny, because the princess LOVES funny). And they responded positively... and the princess made more friends. And having made more friends made the princess even more happy. And ONE friend in particular announced to all of HER friends that THEY should add the Princess and holy cow did that go well.
So the Princess went back to the Land of Fries and proclaimed near and far to all her Facebook friends that they too, should join the people of MFP and improve the quality of their health and their lives. And because they loved themselves, and because they listened to the princess (which just seems silly but there you have it), THEY joined MFP. And the Princess's friend list grew.
And every day, because the Princess had made many friends on MFP, she was highly motivated to log in and support them and accept their support with gratitude to all of them. And she continued to weigh in and lose weight and become healthier and exercise more and enjoy the company of all the friends she had made.
Each of her friends brought a new and different perspective to the Princess's virtual social life, much like her real friends do back in Fries. Each of them added a motivation and a sense of accountability and support that is of tremendous value. Each of them gave her a reason to cheer and "wooohoooo" them every day, whether or not they had gone over or under their calorie counts, JUST because they were there and they were with her.
And so the Princess continued to share her (admittedly sometimes annoying) optimism in her blog and lo and behold, on the 48th day of MFP, her blog rose to the 3rd most popular of the week. And the Princess got even more friend requests. And welcomes them all. Because having more friends on MFP made it easier for the Princess to "just keep swimming", like Dory said.
This kind of fairy tale usually has a happy ending, but since we're only in the middle of the story, I will just tell you that the Princess says "We're in this together and it's a pleasure to have you by my side". Looking forward to walking this path with you all a long long time. And if you choose to join MFP, look for the Princess under the username mommytkd. She accepts all friend requests.
To Good Health... And Beyond!
The princess logged onto MFP, came up with a catchy username, and began logging her food. She had a couple of "friends" to encourage her, namely the Royal Fitness Advisor and the Royal Fitness Advisor's workout buddy. So she enjoyed that friendship. And she kept logging. And then she discovered she could write a blog. And so she did.
After writing her first blog, the princess sat back and waited for the weight to fall off her. But since the only exercise she had gained was typing, the weight did not simply slide off her like a stick of butter in a heated pan. Nay, despite her logging her food, more needed to be done.
And then, the princess started reading posts in the forums and sent messages to some people who seemed particularly inspirational (or funny, because the princess LOVES funny). And they responded positively... and the princess made more friends. And having made more friends made the princess even more happy. And ONE friend in particular announced to all of HER friends that THEY should add the Princess and holy cow did that go well.
So the Princess went back to the Land of Fries and proclaimed near and far to all her Facebook friends that they too, should join the people of MFP and improve the quality of their health and their lives. And because they loved themselves, and because they listened to the princess (which just seems silly but there you have it), THEY joined MFP. And the Princess's friend list grew.
And every day, because the Princess had made many friends on MFP, she was highly motivated to log in and support them and accept their support with gratitude to all of them. And she continued to weigh in and lose weight and become healthier and exercise more and enjoy the company of all the friends she had made.
Each of her friends brought a new and different perspective to the Princess's virtual social life, much like her real friends do back in Fries. Each of them added a motivation and a sense of accountability and support that is of tremendous value. Each of them gave her a reason to cheer and "wooohoooo" them every day, whether or not they had gone over or under their calorie counts, JUST because they were there and they were with her.
And so the Princess continued to share her (admittedly sometimes annoying) optimism in her blog and lo and behold, on the 48th day of MFP, her blog rose to the 3rd most popular of the week. And the Princess got even more friend requests. And welcomes them all. Because having more friends on MFP made it easier for the Princess to "just keep swimming", like Dory said.
This kind of fairy tale usually has a happy ending, but since we're only in the middle of the story, I will just tell you that the Princess says "We're in this together and it's a pleasure to have you by my side". Looking forward to walking this path with you all a long long time. And if you choose to join MFP, look for the Princess under the username mommytkd. She accepts all friend requests.
To Good Health... And Beyond!
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