Weight Loss Blogs For Moms

weight loss blogs for moms
Where online can I go to create a blog?

My mom wants me to make a food blog about what I cook daily.

I gained 16 lbs since September because 1) im bored and 2) I started working as a cake decorator and am guilty of sampling.

So Im gonna ‘cook myself thin again’ with a bunch of borrowed as well as original recipes. I wanna take pics as well as document my weight loss and inch loss. and include lots of pics.

I think if i had my family/friends watching me id be more willing to succeed in this.

Are blogs hard to manage? Hard to start? Where is a good place for beginners?

The service that’s good for you depends on how you are going to construct and develop the blog, as well as and other preferences. You can either run a blog-centered web site mostly by yourself or use a developer-hosted blog service to start a blog.

I can tell you what services are popular. WordPress (i.e. the http://wordpress.org version) is at the top of the list for people who run a web site and want to incorporate blogging or who want to do “multi-user blogging”. WordPress can be a bit complicated to use, but it offers the largest and most progressive batch of features. Blogspot (http://blogger.com ) is at the top of the list for people who would rather have a service control the primary web site functions and provide automated tools/features (i.e. developer-hosted blogging). Blogspot is well known for its ease of use. Livejournal (http://livejournal.com ) is easy to use, but lacks the depth of customization available in the other services. WordPress can also be used as a developer host (i.e. the http://wordpress.com version – which also has multi-user features).

All of the above (except wordpress.org) are free developer-hosted services. Similar services are Vox (http://vox.com ), Typepad (http://typepad.com – can also work as a stand-alone blog platform), Travelpod (http://www.travelpod.com/ ), and Tumblr (http://www.tumblr.com/ – claims to be easy to use too).

You may want to check out http://blog-services-review.toptenreviews.com/ , which provides a listing of some top blogging services and features.

Also, you can blog through some social-networking sites. Social-networking sites have features that extend beyond just blogging and are geared toward connecting with other profiles:

Free social-networking services with blogging capabilities:
MySpace (http://myspace.com ), Facebook (http://facebook.com ), Multiply (http://multiply.com ), Xanga (http://xanga.com ), Windows Live Spaces (http://spaces.live.com/ ), Ning (http://ning.com ), Yahoo! Profiles (http://profiles.yahoo.com – already registered just go to the site). Bebo (http://www.bebo.com/ ) and Gaia (http://www.gaiaonline.com/ ) are sites geared toward teenagers.

You may want to check out http://social-networking-websites-review.toptenreviews.com/ which provides a listing of top services and features (excluding Y!360 from the blog list).

With that said, you do have the option of creating a self-hosted/stand-alone blog where more of the site will be controlled by you. You would likely need money – $10 to $160 – to pay for a web host and/or domain name (prices vary regarding time range and offered features). You may need to purchase blogging software as well. There are some services that are all-inclusive – web hosting, domain name, blogging software in one package. See http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/15/choosing-a-blog-platform/ for more details regarding your choices. WordPress.org, Blogger, and Typepad Pro would be applicable as a blog platforms in that case. Also, this may be your best option if you want to help ensure that the blog stays active for a long time (provided that you can continually fund its existence) and that you can utilize or incorporate the most features.

See these sites for general blogging tips. You would have to consult the Help pages of the blog site/platform that you choose for further service-related specifics:
Problogger: http://problogger.net
Daily Blog Tips: http://www.dailyblogtips.com/
Blogging Tips: http://www.bloggingtips.com/
Blogging 101: http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/

NOTE: You may want to post future questions about blogging in a subcategory of Computers & Internet > Internet OR the Computers & Internet > Programming & Design category.

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