The Fit Post

If you’re a ‘Fan’ of The Fit Post on our new Facebook page, then a) welcome to the best Facebook experience of your life (exaggeration) and b) you’re already familiar with our new logo.  If you’re not a fan then stop wasting time and click ‘become a fan’ on The Fit Post page.  Regardless of your Facebook literacy, let me tell you more about our new logo and how I found the genius talent to design it (no exaggeration).

Talk about six degrees of separation… about a year ago when I first got the bug to start an informal healthy living site, I began speaking with (more like stalked) Christine Koh, founder of http://bostonmamas.com/.  Christine introduced me to Zach Magoon as a potential resource to get my creative juices flowing.  Fast forward to October 2009 when Zach and I officially started working together to develop The Fit Post brand.  A flurry of emails and just a few phone calls later and…ta-da!  Zach stylishly translated my commitment to healthy living and eating into digitally graphic art.  Once I shared my new logo with my friends and family (let’s be honest, I practically showed it off to the guy bagging my groceries) I realized my good friend and former college roommate worked with Zach in a previous life – hello full circle! See below for this design genius’ bio and link to his work page.  The logo will appear on our new site which I can’t wait to introduce you to December 21…talk about a happy holiday!

Zach Magoon:

Zach Magoon is a freelance art director, photographer and designer based in Portland, ME. Most days he can be found slinging pixels for web, print, or identity work in his studio. He is an avid mountain bike and cyclocross racer who is sponsored by Bikeman.com but also enjoys mountaineering, Nordic and telemark skiing and cooking up fine healthy meals at the end of the day. His only weakness, baked goods.

http://www.zmagoon.com/zmagoondesign/Zmagoon.html

Between Twitter, Digg, Kirtsy, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace BlogHer and every other forum designed to connect with friends and business contacts…it’s virtually (pun intended) impossible to keep it all straight.  So many places to update my real-time status (who knew people cared that I just ate a turkey sandwich) and post comments to someone else’s writing.  To find out more ways I could keep YOU  in the loop with The Fit Post via online and social media, I attended the New York  ’Hands On Small Business’ workshop, hosted by Microsoft Office Live and Kirtsy. 

If you’re an entrepreneur or someone interested in starting your own business, I highly recommend finding one of these small – FREE – hands on sessions (available in select locations across US and Canada).  Aside from meeting other small business owners (well, some now considered huge business owners), I gained practical advice on how to navigate the slew of online resources. 

At this particular event, we were lucky enough to have one of Kirtsy’s founders, Laura Mayes, sit in on the workshop to provide tangible feedback on the Microsoft Office Live platform and what kinds of  things she wished she had done when she first started the site.  Other existing bloggers, site developers, iphone app creators and children story writers shared info on what works and doesn’t work for them.  I like to consider myself fairly tech savvy, but these two hours helped me to think conceptually how I can leverage social media to share my ideas with more readers…without having to read one of those embarrassing ‘Online Networking For Dummies’ books. 

Participants at this event (www.handsonsmallbusiness.com):

• Laura Mayes: www.kirtsy.com
• Mariah Bruehl: www.playfulearning.com
• Carol Cain: www.nycitymama.com
• Esther Chen: @estheche
• Danielle Maveal: www.daniellexo.etsy.com
• Lara Paul: lara@ikidny.com

Happy birthday to you…happy birthday to you…happy birthday to youuuuu…happy (2 week) birthday to NYC Fit Post!

I know it’s a little premature to be pulling out the cake and celebrating just 14 days of being able to read some of the top stories on healthy living and eating, but I’ll find any excuse to celebrate a birthday (just wait until mine rolls around, you won’t be able to miss it).  Since its inception on October 1, NYC Fit Post has received an average of 153 readers per weekday! 

We’re now up and running on Twitter (@thefitpost) plus have a direct email to receive suggestions and comments (maggie@thefitpost.com).  In the next few weeks, I’ll be adding basic features to the site to include a drop down menu for blog topics plus other additions for easier reading and sorting.  Thank you for contributing to the increasing success of this site and I hope that you’ll continue to share the link with your friends and family – they won’t want to miss out!

-M

I wouldn’t call myself an expert or a guru…just someone interested in staying healthy, looking good and feeling great.

It’s important for me to maintain a balanced lifestyle because there isn’t just one thing that brings me complete fulfillment – it’s everything put together.  I want the seven mile run with the sweaty Bikram yoga session plus be able to have time to meet friends for drinks all while planning out a long weekend trip to Beijing…what can I say, I want it all!  Living and working in Manhattan makes it possible to get more done by 8am than most can achieve by 8pm – I have learned to maximize my time and more importantly, my energy.

Since, as I have already stated, I am not a fitness professional or any kind of time management consultant, I learn by trial and error.  Experimenting with different foods, ideas and tricks makes it easy to tailor my life to exactly what works best for ME.  I’ll happily dig into a late night cheesecake from Billy’s Bakery and still find motivation to wake up at 3:30am to run a Half Marathon because I have balance.

In the coming weeks, I’ll write about my favorite recipes, workouts, stores and yoga classes – plus anything else I pick up from living in New York to help you leverage into a healthier more balanced life.