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Marisa Powell
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 # Posted: 19 Aug 2006 22:22


I wonder why there are so many men and not so many women? Usually it is the ladies who are concerned with the wight loss.
AJ VB
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 # Posted: 19 Aug 2006 22:37


Probably because this website was displayed on digg.com and thats where a lot of the new members are from. Also, digg's memberbase is like 90% male.

*waves hello*
Aaron Ganschow
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 # Posted: 19 Aug 2006 23:03


I would say that weight loss is of universal concern at a certain point. Men have as many, or even more, health concerns that may encourage weight loss. Often times more men are overweight than women (I could make up a statistic right now, but let's just say this is from general observation).

Women are often "more concerned" with weight loss because society bases a lot of their value on their appearance and attractiveness. I would also say that is the main reason why they are NOT on this site. Most women concerned with weightloss do not want to share with hundreds of people that they feel and/or are overweight.

Either that, or digg is really where most of the subscribers came from. Yeah, it's probably because of digg but I think the other concerns are valid.
Maxwell Lamb
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 # Posted: 20 Aug 2006 00:38


We had a large number of people sign up from digg.com, but since then we've had a substantial number from all over the place.

Good insights Aaron, I think that you may have a point there, but at the same time it is possible to be on traineo and not be visible/participate in the community aspect. The proportion of women to men has actually been steadily increasing since yesterday afternoon, so we'll see where it goes.
Anne Walk
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 # Posted: 20 Aug 2006 05:57


i'm a new woman to traineo....and i came from digg! :)
Wendy Richards
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 # Posted: 20 Aug 2006 12:49


i'm a new gal too but i came from lifehacker.com.... Hi all x
jane potaties
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 # Posted: 20 Aug 2006 15:35


I came from lifehacker.com also. Hi!!
tam j
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 # Posted: 20 Aug 2006 15:57


Hi.....I'm a new user and I was invited in....
Kat Milby
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 # Posted: 20 Aug 2006 17:17


I came from Lifehacker.com, myself, and also BoingBoing (at least it was one of those sites). ;)

This site couldn't have come at a better time for me, as I just joined a gym with my husband, and we're working on motivating each other through all of that weight-training and cardio.

I already despise the elliptical machine. ;)
cheryl kendrick
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 # Posted: 21 Aug 2006 02:15


I am a new member, found it through lifehacker.com
Angela Hendrix
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 # Posted: 21 Aug 2006 18:28


Hello all!

New member too, came from a link in an article on MSNBC.com. Glad to be here.
Jeremiah Utecht
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 # Posted: 21 Aug 2006 18:52


All hail the w00tness of Digg
Heather Woosley
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 # Posted: 21 Aug 2006 19:17


Hi! I just joined up and I'm letting everyone with email addys in my local weight loss group know about traineo! I love the accountability aspect which is a big part of our group. I really excited to get the weight off...with me it's become more of a health issue than appearance. I see that with a lot of women now.
sabrina downard
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 # Posted: 21 Aug 2006 23:15 - Edited by: sldownard


I just joined the site today... I was browsing the del.icio.us tag diet, actually, trying to find a site I lost a while ago, and this popped up on a bunch of people's recently tagged links so I thought I would check it out. :)
Steven Klassen
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 # Posted: 22 Aug 2006 00:00


Ditto to the above - I came from lifehacker.com.
Sam Gorrie
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 # Posted: 22 Aug 2006 03:05


Hey Im a woman!
I heard about it from a close friend. He knows I've been trying desperately to stop binging and lose weight. so I really appreciate the refferal. my first goal is to buy some rollerblades and get 1/2hr each night in. (at least)
John Reno
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 # Posted: 22 Aug 2006 04:05


I wish I could help the ratio, but i am not a woman. (I'd rather keep it that way). I just hope this site doesn't turn into a new match.com
Alasdair McLean
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 # Posted: 22 Aug 2006 04:33 - Edited by: amclean


Hi John (and everyone else!) -

I'm happy to hear you're enjoying traineo. You can help the ratio.....invite all the women you know :)

Good luck with your goals...and please keep the feedback coming.

Alasdair McLean-Foreman
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Debbie vandeVen
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 # Posted: 22 Aug 2006 09:54


Woman here! *waves*
Steven Klassen
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 # Posted: 23 Aug 2006 07:02


Quoting: Shoegal
Woman here! *waves*


Haha *waves back*. Welcome welcome.
Steven Klassen
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 # Posted: 23 Aug 2006 07:02


Quoting: jreno
I just hope this site doesn't turn into a new match.com


At least the matches would know they're on the same page on the health tip, right? It could be worse.
Maria V
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 # Posted: 24 Aug 2006 10:24


I'm new here too and found it through digg.com
Heather Hawley
traineo Newbie
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 # Posted: 24 Aug 2006 23:56


Hello, it's another woman. I found out about this site from my husband and I think he found it on digg.com
Eric L.
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 # Posted: 25 Aug 2006 00:36


Found this on digg.com.

I have tried other sites like fitday or thedailyplate, but they take too long to punch in stuff. I like this site because it doesn't take up a lot of time to enter, concise, and good use of graphs.

I value my privacy so I never post real pics or names on forums, but that doesn't mean I don't like to add a cool pic to my profile, heh.
Erin Rahn
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 # Posted: 25 Aug 2006 01:00


I'm a female and I am also the business development associate of an online advertising/marketing agency. I read about this site on a blog-site while scouting for new business opportunities. We'll see how popular this site becomes and who knows, maybe we'll do business one day!
Amanda Potter
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 # Posted: 25 Aug 2006 01:31


*raises hand* I'm also a woman member! I tracked this down through lifehacker as well. I"m glad to see more women on the boards. I was starting to wonder...

I lurk quite a bit, maybe lots of other new users are too.

:)
Eric L.
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 # Posted: 25 Aug 2006 01:54


This site's quite new and very much in its infancy. I'm sure more users will come soon.
R J
traineo Newbie
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 # Posted: 25 Aug 2006 14:50


I found a link to this site when I did a google search on "weight loss tracker fitness diet"...it took me to solutionwatch.com which had a blurb about this site.

I like it thus far.
shannon A.
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 # Posted: 4 Sep 2006 02:43


I found it from a post someone made on femalefirst.co.uk.
I like this site a lot, makes it a ton easier for me to track my weight and what not.


David Robinson
traineo Regular
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 # Posted: 4 Sep 2006 03:16


I found the site through digg.com Great community and love the progress of the site. Keeps getting better and better.
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