Good Monday Morning!
Well today was weigh in day and low and behold I dropped six lbs since last Monday! Awesome!! Thirty more lbs to 190 by January 1st! I can’t wait to get under 200 for the first time in a long time!
I felt so good about the 6 lb loss that I decided to run some hills this morning to celebrate. Right now my quads are are on fire cause I really pounded them. I know it sounds insane to the normal person but I really love hill sprints. It’s just something about slamming into that hill at full speed and scrambling to the top that really gets my blood and adrenaline pumping!!
I noticed something yesterday while surfing the site that kind of bothers me so I thought I would write something about it now and see if I’m just being anal or if it bothers other people.
I noticed that one guys blog was just a few lines boasting about just adding his 100th mutual friend! At first I thought it was kind of cool that the guy was excited about having 100 friends on the site till I noticed that he was asking to add me. Well I looked around my page and stats and noticed that he had only just visited my page, had never left me a comment and if he had read any of my blogs he never took the time to comment on them either. So then I got to thinking….why would he want to add me as a friend??? Just to pad his numbers??? Then I looked around and found that there was a few others on my list that had asked to be added to my friends list but had never left a comment and never gave a reason for wanting me to add them.
Now like I said maybe I’m just being anal but to me this seem wrong and just a little stupid. When I ask someone to add me as a friend it’s because I feel a connection with them and I’ve taken the time to read their profiles and blogs and build up a rapport with them. I don’t do it just to say I have a hundred friends.
When I add someone I also try to make it a point to visit their page on a regular basis and give them support if they need it or take inspiration from them if I need it. I take this very seriously. If I’ve asked you to add me as a friend it means more to me than just a cyber relationship! Like I said it’s because I relate to you as a person, even though we’ve never met and probably never will, and that means something to me. There are people on here that have hundreds of friends and I bet they only actually stay in touch with a handful of them. Like I said….maybe I’m being anal but that bothers me so I think I’ll soon be revising my mutual friends list. I would sure appreciate hearing some feedback on this…..am I the only one who thinks like this?? Actually maybe I have too much time on my hands and should just build a bridge and get over it. LOL! But, Friendships, cyber or other wise means something to me.
Anyway, enough for today. Chest and Triceps tonight…can’t wait!!! Have an awesome Monday!!!
September 17, 2007 at 8:44 am
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September 17, 2007 at 8:46 am
Oh and uh, for the record, you are not alone on this one. (sarah was right we should totally have a convention LOL)
Take it easy Bryan
September 17, 2007 at 10:16 am
I’d be up for a convention!
September 17, 2007 at 10:18 am
Oh, and 6 lbs in one week is freakin’ awesome!!!!!
September 17, 2007 at 10:57 am
I’ve added women who have my same body type, size…etc. I may not comment on their profiles but it’s a good way for me to kinda gauge if I’m making any progress. Take MsFitness for instance, she’s my same height and frame and that’s the kinda of body I want. If she’s in my friends menu it’ll be easier for me to find her than trying to remember someone’s name and looking them up. But I do try to comment/encourage people but I don’t always stay in touch with everyone.
September 17, 2007 at 11:49 am
Bryan…first let me say congrats!!! Your weight loss is amazing….obviously you have not found peanut butter (LOL) …. I have to laugh when I look around and see people with hundreds of friends on this site…I am sure they are just looking for the point benefits…as for me, I can barely handle doing for my live friends and family, much less 100 virtural friends that I know little about. I am thankful, though, for those people willing to share and to spend time commenting on each other’s blog….present company included!!!
Have a great day!
September 18, 2007 at 11:01 am
Hi Bryan! I only add someone who contacts me if they leave me a comment. If someone justs adds me, no "HI!" or "GREAT JOB" etc, I don’t add them. I figure they just want the points. I’ve been thinking about going through my friends and weeding out the ones I really don’t talk to. I only have 31 mutual friends anyway, but then I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings
I also have some people on my friends list that I like to check in on and it’s easier (like bull.dogz sez) to click on a picture or name instead of trying to remember the name to type it in.
NOW, YAHOO!!!! on your weight loss!!! That is great!! And YAHOO!!! on all the other things you’ve mentioned in this past week that I haven’t been able to comment on in the same day!!! YOU GO! LOL!
September 18, 2007 at 11:27 am
When I add someone to my friends list, they can expect me to check on them often. We are here for motivation and encouragement so I figure its my responsibity as a friend to do it. I value each one.
September 18, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Well BG I agree…. I try to touch bases with the people on my friends list. I stay more connected to the people who read my post and replie…or leave comments. I try to do the same for them. Congrats on that 6lbs…. you can see your toning up….. good job!
September 19, 2007 at 9:42 am
I love sprints and I tell you the truth: There is nothing better for shaking up the quad muscles than a set of full-intensity 100 yard sprints….A surefire guarantee for successive days of Quads-On-Fire-Syndrome (QOFS). As for the friends thing: I refuse to add people who are Troller’s. Troller’s are the people who leave either no comments, or a blanket (cut and paste) statement, and are stalking a boat load of people. One question for the Troller’s: WHY? Good job on the 6, and patience my friend will get you to where you want to be……