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Wow, this is a big one for me. \u00a0An article called \u201cThe Hunger Diaries<\/a>\u201d in this month\u2019s\u00a0Marie Claire<\/em>\u00a0discusses \u201csix popular bloggers [who] advocate healthier living\u201d but asks if what they write and how they come across could have a negative, even dangerous, impact on their readers.<\/p>\n

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I see what\u00a0Marie Claire<\/em>\u00a0and the author are trying to say in the article. \u00a0I also regularly read almost all the bloggers mentioned in the piece so I am familiar with their content. \u00a0Overall, this article brings up a lot of issues for me.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the thing: I had an eating disorder; started out anorexic, switched over to bulimia, and wound up hospitalized for it when I was 22. \u00a0It was a six week in-treatment program and they saved my life; this I know. \u00a0That was a long time ago for me. I\u2019ve completely recovered and moved on with my life, but I had to go through it. \u00a0I\u2019m sensitive to it, and I think about it when I write, a lot.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m also a fitness professional; I have a bachelor\u2019s of science with a lot of biology related classes. \u00a0I have a 500-hour certification through an incredibly reputable organization for Pilates and I have been working with clients in gyms and studios since 1997. \u00a0I know what I\u2019m doing, I keep people safe, dole out reasonable advice, and err on the side of caution.<\/p>\n

I am\u00a0very<\/em>\u00a0aware that I am working with a person\u2019s most precious and delicate possession: their body. \u00a0I treat it with the respect and reverence that it deserves. \u00a0These people trust me, they listen to me, they take my advice. \u00a0I keep this at the front of my mind when I blog too. \u00a0I look at my readers as I do my clients. \u00a0I am respectfully trying to keep your bodies happy and healthy.<\/p>\n

So I talk about all things in moderation, and I talk about balance. \u00a0I write posts on training for a 5K by alternating walking and running, gradually building over time to a full run. \u00a0In some ways the advice is boring; it\u2019s not sexy to walk for two minutes and then run for 90 seconds, but that\u2019s what I say. \u00a0 I try to make it fun and upbeat and \u201catta girl,\u201d but it\u2019s really just boring, safe advice. \u00a0I know it\u2019ll get you there, though, and I know that you\u2019ll be happy when you do.<\/p>\n

Then I see the extremes in the fitness industry. \u00a0The TV fitness personalities with online certifications, never even having to step foot in a gym to become \u201ccertified.\u201d \u00a0The celebrities pushing some fitness contraption or other, usually a B-lister trying to add a few more dollars to their retirement fund. \u00a0Or the marketing companies pushing useless or dangerous supplements and cashing in on the desperate hope that there really is a magic bullet that exists and this \u201cthing\u201d might actually be the one.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0six fitness bloggers discussed in the article for the most part do their own thing. \u00a0They are fitness\u00a0bloggers<\/em>, not fitness experts, and that\u2019s a big distinction for me. \u00a0They are quirky, funny, dedicated, and I\u2019m a little envious of their ability to keep their figures. \u00a0Most of them don\u2019t have kids; I wonder how they\u2019ll do if and when that happens. \u00a0 I\u2019m generally happy with where I am, but I feel pressure being in the fitness industry to look a certain way. \u00a0I have seen the glances of judgement, good or bad, when I meet people face to face. \u00a0But that\u2019s okay; I know this is part of what I signed up for.<\/p>\n

Marie Claire<\/em>\u2018s point is that people who are prone to eating disorders can become hooked on these blogs. \u00a0The bloggers are beautiful, young, vivacious, and thin. \u00a0I can see where a reader could get caught up in the cyber-documented lives of the bloggers and try to emulate them to negative effect. \u00a0I\u2019m not saying these bloggers have eating disorders, but they do provide a framework that someone with an eating disorder could take too far, and that makes me uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

Personally, I have an obligation to convey healthy information to my readers because I consider myself a fitness \u201cexpert.\u201d \u00a0I feel like the bar is higher for me than it is for these women. \u00a0But I feel\u00a0all<\/em>\u00a0fitness bloggers should keep in mind what is best for their readers, at least some of the time. \u00a0(A big exception from the article is the nutritionist who is a registered dietician; I would put her level of responsibility as high as mine.)<\/p>\n

How do you feel about this? \u00a0Is it the responsibility of a blogger with no real training in fitness to censor herself just in case someone with an eating disorder is reading? \u00a0What does it say about the blogger if she is attracting an audience of people with eating disorders?<\/p>\n

Me? I still don\u2019t know; I really have to think about this some more. \u00a0One of my main reasons for becoming a fitness blogger was to dispel the misinformation that is out there. \u00a0I am ridiculously passionate about it. \u00a0I just want everyone to be happy and healthy.<\/p>\n

BTW, I\u2019ve talked about this before. \u00a0Here\u2019s\u00a05 goals for Fitness Bloggers.<\/a><\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n

Lisa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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