Amanda's+Support+Group





My sites were highly interactive and in order to fit in and gain the trust of my fellow participants, I needed to personalize my page and interact on the sites. I needed to become a real, active member. For MFP, the site required me to keep my food and exercise journal updated everyday. Throughout the site, just like a “newsfeed” on Facebook, the site kept fellow participants updated on one’s progress. Further, in order to integrate myself into the web site better, I made posts on the message board and I responded to what other people had posted. My most popular post, which dealt with the subject of time commitment to health and to the site, had 452 views and 40 responses. Further, had I wanted to, I could have created a public blog to keep people on the site and in my life updated. Although I never personally “friended” anyone, through my posts, people I had not known prior, found me and added me as a friend. With TBB, every time I had done a workout, it was up to me to update my profile, and every workout I did was made public. Also, in order to build my support group, I was able to join workout groups; I joined P90X March, for people who were starting P90X in March. From these groups, I was able to make “friends” on this site, and build my support group. On the site, there was a “Connect” tab, under it were the following: contests, success stories, message boards, message center and chat rooms. The “cool down” chat room was available after every workout and was the only asynchronous part of the site, here I also made friends. In order to be successful on the site, I had to be very interactive and integrate myself into each culture of the site.

There was a forum about the Biggest Loser, such an amazing show!

Then I have also been posting on My Fitness Pal, I am starting to build my support system. If people are there for one another, it makes the process easier!

March 12, 2010 Steps to scheduling a workout...with other people! Step 1 you pick a work out Step 2 you invite people and Step 3 it is set!

March 11, 2010

I have switched my topic to Healthy Living. I switched some time ago....I just have not updated this. But, I have been taking screen shots and such.

Prior to even starting this project, I searched Support Groups on the internet to get a feel as to what was out there. I really did not know what I wanted to do. I kind of wanted to do something with Breast Cancer, because that is an important topic for me. When ever I can, I try to raise awareness to the cause. The only issue, fortunately, no one in my family or I have been effected directly by Breast Cancer. After researching a few sites,www.**komen**.org/ and Avon's 3 day walk, I felt like I could not relate. Besides being able to listen to them and support them, I felt like I could not fully immerse myself into this subject.

I then changed my subject to healthy living. I found two sites that I really like, Team Beach Body ([|www.teambeachbody]) and My Fitness Pal ([|www.myfitnesspal.com]).

For Team Beach Body: I already have the DVD set that they are talking about, P90X, so this website is more of a support group for the people who own these DVD sets. It tracks my weight and which workout routine I am to do each day. Also, it allows me to workout with other people, then go into a cool down chat room after.

My Fitness Pal tracks more so than anything. It allows me to track what I eat each day and what I do to workout. It allows me to talk to people via forums and by blog.