Thursday, January 1, 2009

Dear Elastic Waist-

This was the first day I opened Google Reader and knew that I would never again see a new post from you. And I'm grieving this loss, because beyond a shadow of a doubt you were my favorite fitness and weight loss blog of all.

Kim, you kept me entertained and smiling with your hilarious moments in "Pretty Imperfect" and "The Daily Special." Yay for the Jillian Michaels and Richard Simmons episodes! (We kind of have a girl crush on Jillian Michaels, too. Obviously.) Anne, you struggled, you conquered, and you shared your list of happinesses, which may be my favorite thing I've ever read on Elastic Waist because it makes me smile and dream of my own happiness list. And Weetabix, Weetabix, Weetabix, thank you for making me get off my butt and join in on your fitness challenges. Even when I felt I'd like nothing better than to climb into bed and watch an episode of Buffy, I was reminded of the the spreadsheet being filled out by other women in my same situation and I would do what was expected of me. Sometimes I had sleepy eyes and a grumpy attitude, but still I did it.

Elastic Waist, I thank you for being there for me every day and letting me know that I'm not alone in my struggles, weight-related and not. You made me feel like this blog world of ours is a little bit smaller, a little bit closer, a bit more hilarious through the painful and beautiful embarassing moments. As Kim said in her final post, "I am totally utterly in love with you and am holding a boom box over my head right now." Thank you, and you can be sure I'm going to keep track of each of you in your individual endeavors. Keep on writing and inspiring!

More blogs by the gals:
Dearest Mabel (...where they will be reunited in bloggy goodness!)
JenLarsen.net
Big Fat Deal
Forkful of News
That's My Bix
Product Anarchy
The Kim Challenge

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