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By: holli jo

holli jo — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:27:55 +0000

I agree with Kelly about getting specific on what you’re doing to lose weight. Food choices, exercise, what trips you up, what successes you’re having, etc.

You could also include recipes, inspirational thoughts…etc.

I also think it might be cool to do a post or two about the charity you choose. Maybe they would guest post?

Those are just some of my thoughts.

By: cassidy

cassidy — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:13:15 +0000

I like the look of your site, but I too would like to see what exactly you’re doing to lose the weight. Maybe a post every now and then describing your typical workout or about what changes to your diet you have made. I think it motivates me more to hear about the details of exercise and diet changes that other people do. And it gives me ideas for what I can do too.

By: John C. Ronquillo

John C. Ronquillo — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:35:23 +0000

Thanks, Andrew. A great idea…I have since added your blog to the list.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:37:07 +0000

I like the site. I also really admire what you’re doing, losing weight for charity is a laudable pursuit. My suggestion is to add a blog-roll. Just a thought.

By: John C. Ronquillo

John C. Ronquillo — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:48:25 +0000

Thanks for the comments so far, everyone! There’s no such thing as too brutal here…let me have it! It’s all for improvement sake!

By: lexi

lexi — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:31:17 +0000

there have been some good ideas already suggested. i personally like the simplicity of the sight though. i like that there isn’t a lot going on. i like kelly’s idea about what you are doing. like the pictures when we all went running during christmas. have you taken a before picture? because you should. then you can see how much you have changed after all of this!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:03:49 +0000

I agree with Erika, about the aesthetics. I’d also like to see more about the “how” and “what” you are doing. It would mean more work on the posting, so maybe that isn’t feasible for you, but I’d really like to see the “Today was tough because…., but I made this choice because….”

By: Abs

Abs — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:15:33 +0000

I have no idea. I’m trying to lose weight too. Good on ya! Keep it up.

By: Erika

Erika — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:03:05 +0000

Okay. I’ll be honest. The page isn’t that eye-catching, you know? Color… must have color! And graphics! You definitely need an icon or mascot or whatever they call those representative symbols (sudden vocab infarct going on here). Your masthead is a bit plain, I think making it more interesting would go a LOOONG way in improving the appearance of the whole site. Vary your fonts and colors more. I do understand/appreciate the simplistic design and adding some of those design elements doesn’t have to ruin it!! I love the color blocks on the home page! Too much white space on most of the pages… you don’t have to fill white space with graphics like pictures, but simple lines and bars that match the theme would do the trick.

And here comes the apology: Sorry if too brutal. I really do like the page and LOVE the project! You rock! )

By: Tara

Tara — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:42:57 +0000

Okay, nevermind. I figured it out. Okay, then my next comment is that I want to see a graph.

By: Tara

Tara — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:39:11 +0000

Hi John! I would like to be able to subscribe to your updates on Google Reader, but it tells me that there is no feed. I don’t know anything about this kind of stuff, so maybe it’s user error. Great job!

Tara