Carrots 'n' Cake
Carrots n Cake is a motivational fitness blog.
This blog gathers information about nutrition facts and work-out regimens, shares it with the readers, and then attempts to persuade or motivate the audience members to participate in this healthy lifestyle.
Some of the content that can be found on this motivational blog are information about the blogger herself (Tina), discounts, and contact information. But there are three main topics of discussion: fitness, nutrition, and self-care.
Fitness segments include blogs about her CrossFit journey, fit pregnancy, running, and workouts. Nutrition blogs consist of macro plans, recipes, and weight loss. And finally, self-care includes beauty, adventure, family, travel, and colitis (her chronic disease).
Some motivational strategies Tina uses to engage the readers are showing her own progress and being easily relatable. Everyone struggles with sticking to a clean, healthy diet, and few people are able to resist the urge to skip at least one day at the gym. Tina posts her progress to encourage others to keep going. She shows the ups and the downs, and others can view her successes and failures as motivation to keep going with their own.
Another way in which Tina is motivational is because she is nice and encouraging about this lifestyle. She isn't showing off her body in hopes to make others envious. Rather, she is trying to hit home the point that this lifestyle is possible and attainable.
Because she is truthful and genuine about her progress, hoping to both inspire and struggle alongside her readers, the audience is actively engaged and interested in what she has to say.
This blog appeals especially to younger women. I imagine the audience to be individuals around twenty to thirty years old who are trying to balance time between the hardships of life (jobs, families, friends, significant others, school, etc.) with going to the gym and managing to eat healthy when the urge to eat out is so strong.
Tina is encouraging, kind, and honest, and her blog is definitely motivational and persuasive.
I'm very glad you mentioned this blog, since I am struggling with the same journey. I'll have to check it out! I feel as though most fitness blogs have an easier time being motivational because keeping a healthy lifestyle is such an issue in our society. It's uplifting to hear about how she's posting to make it seem like the lifestyle is obtainable and not just showing off her body. Although, even if the sole purpose was to boost her ego via showing off, that could motivate others too.
ReplyDeleteRecently I've been wanting to start living healthier, so this looks like a great blog that I can turn to for motivation. I feel like I've been so busy with school and work that I started slacking on exercise and a healthier diet. Thanks for the awesome blog suggestion. I'm going to check it out and hopefully get the motivation to live a healthier lifestyle.
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