I don't normally post these kinda things but it's bit of a milestone for The Skinny Doll today... This blog has been 'live' now for nearly 4 years... It took me months to make the initial posts public, despite being quite active on the American YouTube Weightloss channel... insomnia ya see... someone encouraged me to write things down cause apparently 'you're really funny...' so I wrote, thinking 'WHO on earth would want to read this tripe...', I'd lost my job, lost my friends, was over 8 stone heavier than I am now and couldn't see a light at the end of the tunnel... but someone pushed me to get it down on 'paper' and here I am... my little hobby going strong and life is so much better... to be honest there are still days when I doubt myself, then hit the 'publish' button and run, literally, out of the room... and regular readers know I only run between the pool and the showers! I regularly stop myself going up to bed, only to come back down the stairs to spell check a post for the 100th time! I nearly had a seizure the first night I realised that whilst I was asleep there were people reading my posts... Like my insomnia isn't bad enough! If you peep over there on the side bar... you'll see that the blog has hit a magic number...
I KNOW!!!!
Now I know 2 million hits isn't anything special compared to some blogs but for little old me sitting here with insomnia working out ProPoints and recipes in the middle of the night, it is UNBELIEVABLE! This post is to say I'm very grateful... FYI I still haven't learned not to blog when I'm hungry! I would have never realised that my ranting, moaning, and downright scary posts would mean the same to others, but if anything it's taught me to surround yourself with like minded people who will be your cheerleaders because on the crap days, and we all have crap days, they'll give you the nudge to get back on track and that is priceless... I am very grateful to everyone who emails, comments, joins the challenges and supports me...
Page 'hits', 'likes' and followers on social media don't really mean so much to me, they can go up or down depending on the weather, how many annoying 'bake off' tweets you post, if you babble about nail polish too long people will follow and unfollow randomly and you're not going to be everyones cup of tea... plus sometimes its the posts I think won't be any good are the most popular! But the best thing, I've never told anyone about the blog, it's all be spread by word of mouth and if you needed it, you could find it when you googled... it's totally grown organically... and I love that... People email me telling me that someone in a meeting told them about it, I actually had someone in a class tell me to check it out one day! Made my day! People who know me, know I'm not showy at all, and whilst I may come across as gobby online I'm a very private person... So I've let it take it's own course and that's something I'm very proud of...
The emails, messages and chats I've had with people, both publicly and privately, have meant LOADS... New friends here and abroad... they're just awesome... Many I haven't met but a wise word from a friend who knows how easy it is to de-rail, can turn a 'binge day' into a 'I've-tracked-so-perfectly-I-need-an-extra-halo!' kinda day! I don't think people realise how much a message can make someones day! Also to the two leaders who have got me here... two fantastic women who are truly inspirational... I wouldn't have kept going (like I didn't keep going for years!) without the pair of you... so thank you...
So as a little thank you, I have a Weight Watchers Pedometer and a €50 One For All voucher from Weight Watchers to celebrate... Answer the question in a comment below or comment on this post on the FB page >>> HERE <<<
Question...
How old will The Skinny Doll Blog be in September?
Higher than 4... lower than 6!
Names out of a hat on Friday 8th of May at 12 noon!
So yes... the blog will be 5 in September and I'll certainly be celebrating that with some fab giveaways and all round glitter throwing to show my appreciation, feck it I might even make a cake... but for now I would like to say thank you for all the support... for putting up with my nail polish addiction and keeping me on track... I'm 8st 5.5lbs lighter because of you lot keeping me accountable... (starting to sound a bit like Gwyneth now aren't I?) *clings to Oscar*
But seriously... thanks...
