Are Diet Blogs effective?

One of the things that I have noticed in my almost year of blogging is that there are a lot of blogs that are dedicated to people writing down there journey to lose weight. Now that blogging is hitting the mainstream the powers that be are lining up to question the validity of diet blogs.

When I read this article and followed the link to a blog called Hello I’m Fat I didn’t read anything in this particular blog that would make me think that the author is doing anything more than just simply telling there personal journey in the weight loss arena. The things that where being criticized are the very things that are the core of blogging to me and that is writhing about something that is passionate to the writer. The story of a plus size person trying to lose weight and the ups and downs of it is going to be a struggle whether that person writes about it online or in a journal next to there bed.

I think that diet blogs can be very successful because it gives the writer a chance to put down there words and since blogs can reach a large audience some one else can benefit from the success or failure of the writer.