Post-mining complete for printable version.

OK, I've been through my ENTIRE blog since the beginning of 2008 and I have stuck every post that had anything to do with weight loss into one or more of four provisional categories:

1. Weight Subtopic Other Writers (where I do links to other people or sometimes book reviews)
2. Weight Subtopic Recipes Menus (self-explanatory)
3. Weight Subtopic Tips (also, I hope, self-explanatory)
4. Weight Subtopic Personal (which was going to be "my personal story" but also which got "personal philosophy" in there too and so is very bloated compared to the others.)

I am still not sure what form to put everything in.  I guess the biggest question is, should I take the "personal" subtopic and divide it up into two or more separate threads?  There seems to be a difference between "just telling my own story" and struggling to articulate principles that might help other people, but the dividing line is difficult.

I could just leave it as it is now, put together chronologically.  If you'd like to see roughly what that would look like, only backwards, you could start with the earliest posts (which as of today appear at this link: http://arlinghaus.typepad.com/blog/weight-subtopic-personal/page/19/), go to the bottom, and read upwards/page backward.  

(Note for the future:  As I continue to post in that category, the "earliest" posts will move to a page with a higher index page number.  So that link may go out of date.)

If you've an opinion, let me know in the comments.

Comments

[Delores]

in terms of format, though I am not sure if this is what you are asking, could you format it for an ereader, such as kindle? There is a free program to read Kindle books on a computer so those of us who don't have Kindles could read it that way. My husband knows how to do those things, so I am sure it could be converted somehow.

Perhaps the personal could be broken down into one that is just about only progress related, such as weights and clothing sizes, and mostly the physical aspects of the journey. Then another subtopic of philosophy of your weightloss, for instance I recall the "just don't eat so d*** much;" and the most recent about gaining a habit, not losing weight; and the one where you talk about going up for communion and the prayer you said before it.

Does all of that make sense? I hope so. :)

[Bethany]

I second Delores' idea about breaking the personal section down.