Name my blog: weightloss + health issues + healthy cooking

October 26, 2016 3:06 AM

Help name my blog! It's going to be about my weightloss journey and healthy lifestyle choices, etc. More details inside!

I'm a female who has always struggled with her weight. I've lost 40lbs. At one point it was 60lbs but Ive gained and lost the same 20lbs a few times thanks to some health problems. It's been a struggle and I still have a very long way to go. But I'm keeping my head up and have managed to improve my overall health despite the slow weight loss. I had a blog in the past and it really helped keep me accountable. Friends and family have been encouraging me to start one again and I'd love to...but I'm really horrible at branding myself.

Words that come to mind when I brainstorm about my blog: weight loss, motivation, mental health, staying positive, exercise, healthy, cooking, natural, holistic, ethnic, cultural, foodie, photography, yoga, lifestyle change, binge eating, stress, overcoming health problems

Guidelines:
- Anonymous because I don't want to use my real name on the blog
- I'm undecided on using the word fat.
- Puns are welcome, but non-pun names are totally good too.
- Blog names that I admire: Clean Food, Dirty Girl, Naturally Ella, Oh She Glows, Fit Foodie Finds, Fat to Fit Chick, Curvy Fit Girl, Eat Workout Repeat, eat yoga love
- Some words that I like: nourish, hope, health, happiness, eat, love, girl gone strong
- Nickname: Chickie, Chick, Chickpea

posted by anonymous to Computers & Internet (10 answers total)

I see where you are coming from. However I think you are trying to brand yourself from two perspectives at once, and that rarely works. One perspective is what your change looks like from the outside, and the other is the process of change from inside yourself. For example, the blog names you like all reference external viewpoints, while the words and nicknames you like refer to your inner self.

Inner-self branding ideas: Nourishing Chickpea; Eat, Love, Nourish; Changing For Chickie...

Outer-self branding ideas: Chick Fit; Foodie to Fit; Fit'n'Likin'It; etc.

Who is your audience? You or others? Who will benefit most from you keeping yourself accountable? You or others?
posted by Thella at 4:09 AM on October 26, 2016

I think Thella has a good point about inward vs outward branding, but I'd suggest it's not about who will benefit, but about how you expect to connect with your audience. Will you primarily be giving advice to others? If so, outward branding. Will you primarily be connecting by sharing about yourself? Inward branding.
posted by instamatic at 4:43 AM on October 26, 2016 [1 favorite]

Chickpeas are a type of pulse (an edible seed from a pod.) So something playing with pulse = heartbeat and pulse = yummy bean might work for you, like, A Strong Pulse.
posted by Mizu at 5:09 AM on October 26, 2016

The Chick and the Pea?

That references you and a food relationship
(Though it looks like someone has that already on blogspot with no content)
posted by slipthought at 5:48 AM on October 26, 2016

There's already 3 Fat Chicks as a weight loss/lifestyle blog, in terms of that particular key word and branding.

As a fat woman, I'm personally a little tired of the "curvy" label on what seems like every other blog, and as an even more personal hangup I don't like the term "dirty girl," if you'd like marketing feedback response of a random MeFi.

I like Fit Foodie Finds, but would think it's just about eating; I like Girl Gone Strong but would think it's just about lifting.
posted by TwoStride at 5:51 AM on October 26, 2016

Living a Little Lighter
posted by MonkeyToes at 6:00 AM on October 26, 2016 [1 favorite]

Chicklight?
posted by HandfulOfDust at 6:59 AM on October 26, 2016

Chick me out
Hope, Health and Happiness
She Shall Overcome
posted by PuppetMcSockerson at 7:13 AM on October 26, 2016

Please don't use the word "fat" if you're trying to lose weight. I'm fat and proud and would prefer if you left your judgmental use of the word out of your weight loss blog.
posted by masquesoporfavor at 8:32 AM on October 26, 2016 [1 favorite]

Chickpeople
Fit Foodie Friends
posted by rhizome at 12:24 PM on October 26, 2016