Fabulous Five

May 23, 2011

Thanks to Trop50 for sponsoring my writing about fabulous bloggers. This year Trop50 is granting 50 Fabulous Wishes. Click here to enter for a chance to win $1,000 to celebrate a friend with a refreshing attitude about looking and feeling fabulous!

In my Google Reader, I’ve got over 100 blogs that I follow (and even more now that I met so many awesome bloggers at FitBloggin’ this weekend). I follow weight loss blogs, business blogs, fashion blogs, home decor blogs and more.  I spend a lot of time reading the experiences and wisdom shared by others. I subscribe to various blogs because they usually do one of 4 things: motivate me to action, inspire and give hope, are thought-provoking, or are just downright entertaining. Also, if they feature pictures of things with sparkles, that typically will get a subscribe from me also. Blame it on my distraction with shiny things.

I wanted to spotlight five fabulous bloggers today. Do you follow them?

  • The 99 Percent: This is one of my favorite personal development blogs – improving yourself for your work, life and future. I always leave this blog with ideas of how to execute ideas better, or how to improve my skills in order to present myself the right way.
  • ShePosts: This blog leans towards mom-blogs (and I’m #notamom), however they still offer a wonderful array of articles about blogging, guest posts, sponsorships, branding and blog conferences. It’s interesting to read how companies are interacting with bloggers, and how we can improve relationships.
  • MizFit Online: MizFit is wonderful, and a staple in the fitness blogging community. Her motto of “unapologetically myself” is downright inspiring and is something that I strive to be. She epitomizes authenticity, as I was so lucky to experience in person this weekend at FitBloggin’. And her arms are freaking uh.may.zing.
  • PriorFatGirl: Jen, apriorfatgirl, was one of the first weight loss bloggers that I started to follow even before starting my blog. She has made an incredible transformation and openly share her triumphs and struggles. She and I both lost our mom’s too early, and I have cried in front of the screen after seeing her words of grief that are so similar to mine. After meeting Jen at FitBloggin’ also, she flew home yesterday only to have her house hit by a tornado. Dubyawife has a donation page set up for the tornado victims here.
  • Who Ate My Blog: Stephen didn’t make it to FitBloggin’ this year, which might have been a good thing as I may have followed him around like a puppy. Stephen has lost over 250 pounds so far on his journey, and seeing him accomplish things like half-marathons and also talking about binge eating reminds me that while each of our journeys is different, we all struggle with similar things.

To see more blogs that I follow, check out my links of love list here. It is in no way inclusive of everything I follow, and is in desperate need of updating. Do you have my blog listed and you aren’t shown on my list? Leave me a comment below and I’ll include you in the next update which will be next weekend.

Why do you read blogs?

Don’t forget to enter the 50 Fabulous Wishes contest for a chance to win $1,000 to celebrate a friend with a refreshing attitude about looking and feeling fabulous. I was selected for this Tropicana Trop50 sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. I received compensation to use and facilitate my post.

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  • http://musingsofmaia.blogspot.com Maia

    Thank you for sharing these! I always love to find new blogs to inspire!

  • http://Www.finallyfiguringitout.blogspot.com MB

    I started reading blogs for inspiration and continue to read for so many other reasons. It’s nice to know we’re not alone in the struggle whether we have 3, 30 or 300 pounds to lose. Keep up the good work. Rock on!!

  • http://www.whoatemyblog.com/ Stephen Vinson

    Hey Emmie,

    Thank you for the shoutout!

    I chuckled when I read the part about following me around like a puppy dog. ;)

    Stephen

  • http://biggirlbombshell.com Jules Big Girl Bombshell

    I have well over a 100 in my Google too! Sometimes it gets difficult to keep up! But u inspire so much. I wear your bracelet several times a week and it always reminds me how hard you have worked and that I can do it too!

  • Lisa

    Okay, so I thought I’d share tonight’s personal training session. It was my third one. Tonight was arms and abs–oh joy! Mr. Trainer tells me that he wants me to do jumping jacks to which I reply, “Unless you’re going to hold ice packs on my blackened eyes after I do them, it ain’t going to happen.” He laughed. Being 200 pounds overweight and the proud (?) owner of an overflowing DD cup, I knew that it wasn’t going to be pretty and all I could think of was wishing I had purchased a motionless bra over the weekend. He told me, “Look, you better find some good support for next time, because you’re going to be doing some jumping jacks—and jumping rope.” Gulp. I haven’t done these things since I was in elementary school–but I have done them in my water aerobics class. The arm exercises left me numb, but the real test was when he told me I was going to do abs. Abs? What abs? I can’t even see anything even remotely resembling abdominal muscles. He rolled a Bosu ball over to me and showed me how to sit on it. And there were people around!!! I was horrified. All.of.THIS. was going to have to sit on the ball…and then MOVE…MY ABS! And he wanted 75 sit ups. Are you KIDDING ME!?!?!? I haven’t done more than……30…..okay, I lied….12 EVER in a row and now you want me to do 75?!?!?! And may I remind you that PEOPLE WERE WATCHING. I told him that my Facebook status tonight was going to be, “Yes—fat girl popped fitness ball while doing ab work.” He said that he would twitter, “She did an amazing job and I am so proud of her!!!” I closed my eyes, used the proper technique as instructed, and 1…..2……3……12!!!!…….25……35…….45……..breathe, breathe, breathe…..46…….47…….75!!! I can’t believe it. I felt so proud…..so strong…..My confidence was growing and I am replacing the “I CAN’T” with “I CAN.” Thank you so much for your blog. I look forward to every story that you write because at the end of the day, we all have our insecurities, our drama, our challenges, and we’re learning to face them head on–and you help us remember that we’re all alike. Thank you. So glad I found your blog. –Lisa

  • http://www.thepersonaltrainernyc.com Personal Trainer NYC

    Oh man, seeing all of these different bloggers who I read, all in the same place (even posting the very same pictures), is really cool! I hope I can attend next year, it looks like such a great time!

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