Leigh, I encourage you not to shit down the website. I’ve learnt so much from your eBooks and I like FLZINE forums very much. I haven’t been updating my journal much anymore because of laziness but hey…I’m here to help so I will restart my journal in a few days once I begin my next training cycle.

In any case: I like FLZINE. I’m from Eric’s site and I visit here all the time – your posts and articles are insightful and very helpful.

Cheers and good luck, ma’am.

I can roll with the punches but the silence can be even worse. It is hard to do things in a vacumn..you need SOME kind of feedback, even if it’s in the form of name calling.

I first came across these posted by Mike Boyle and when I’m feeling discouraged, disgusted, etc..I read them again:

The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.

Sorry to hear the news. I have just started to read a bit on your site and the content seems good.

Running a blog is brutally hard work at times. People can be harsh online in their comments…the technical things don’t always work, etc. I got pummeled by a big forum when my site first began to take off…I didn’t count, but I think I had 100+ negative comments in one day. I even had a few death threats (not kidding)…there are some freaks online!

Tina Fey said something funny in an award speech that really drove this point home…

“If you ever start to feel too good about yourself, they have this thing called the Internet! You can find a lot of people there who don’t like you! I’d like to address some of them now! BabsonLacrosse, you can suck it. DianeFan, you can suck it. Cougar Lover, you can really suck it ’cause you’ve been after me all year. And to my husband, Jeff, I love you. Thank you very much! ”

There is a good side, however. At some point the positives outweigh the negatives and you really feel like you are making a difference. I realized that some people will hate my blog and disagree with my approach, etc. I would just chose to focus on the people I’m helping.

Hope you come back and join me in this madness, we call blogging

Rusty

Leigh, do what works for you. I like the site and hope you can find a way to make it work, but if you have to let it go, well, do what you gotta do. If there’s one thing I know, one person can only do so much.

But shoot, I really hope you can keep it going in some fashion or another! I get such a kick out of it! I just about sprayed green tea all over my screen reading the Jillian Michaels book revisited article. And I always love the photos you choose!

I’ve enjoyed FLzine and hope to see it continue. I would also love to volunteer to lend a hand!

My BA is in English and I’ve been a writer for my entire professional career so far, including long stints as an advertising copywriter, public relations writer, newsletter editor, etc. Most of my professional experience has been in technical areas such as science, manufacturing, and healthcare. But my interest in fitness and nutrition stretches all the way back to my high school days. I’ve never been able to mate these two areas, which is one reason I would love the opportunity to help out.

If you need some occasional editing help, just let me know and I will help you at no charge!

I will get together what we need to make it work. I have hopes it can still run and perhaps quicker than I thought.

-Leigh