Profile of a Fellow Blogger

For my second post I am going to profile a blog which I find similar to my own. While searching through different blogs I found it rather difficult to find another blogger who wrote about the same things as myself. I did not think it would be such a challenge to find a blog about female athletes but to my surprise it was like the good ol’ needle in the hay stack.
There was one blog which touched upon some things which I hope to mention in a future post. The blog is titled Female Athletes Dis-Ease and it is written by Sara Jane. SarraJane who is a student, and her ultimate dream is to become a Sports Massages therapist and work the New York Yankees. She does not post often, in fact she has not posted in over a year, and to top that off all of her seven posts were in the month of April. Although her sight is not the most popular I found her postings rather interesting I think health issues of female athletes are often under the radar and I believe that many are unaware of just how common eating disorders are among female athletes. She is really effect in making the connecction between eating disorders and female athletes, in her blog Eating Disorder http://sarrajane-dis-ease.blogspot.com/2007/04/first-factor-of-female-triad-is-having.html

I think that this blog relates fairly well to my work in that I am here to talk about the life of a female athlete which includes health issues that we may face. I think that this is a major problem among female athletes and I think that it is a common misconception to think that female athletes do not really have eating disorders. I think that this is academic she writes this blog for a course that she is taking in neurophysiology. I think the audience for thing blog is individuals who are female athletes, those who may know females athletes, and those who are just curious for whatever reason. She touches on a lot of good points and issues relating to the female athlete triad such as letting the reader know things such as:

Most girls have concerns about the size and shape of their bodies, but girls who
develop female athlete triad have certain risk factors that set them apart.
Being a highly competitive athlete and participating in a sport that requires
you to train extra hard is a risk factor.

I want to talk about the lives of female athletes and just really examine the life of the female athletes: the good, the bad, and the ugly. I really want to touch upon it all and I think touching upon issues such as the female triad is incredibly important and therefore I feel that a blog such as this can undoubtedly be useful for information regarding certain health issues that women who play sports face. In this blog the author also touches on why these girls may fall victim to the female athlete triad:

Most girls with female athlete triad try to lose weight primarily to improve
their athletic performance. The disordered eating that accompanies female
athlete triad can range from avoiding certain types of food the athlete thinks
are "bad" (such as foods containing fat) to serious eating disorders like
anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. Body image has become an obsession in
society.

My cite will differ a great deal from SarraJanes. Female Athlete disease, in that I do not wish to only touch upon diseases or health issues that female athletes face. In this blog she most describes this problem as a solution to enhance athletic performance but I also think that female athletes desire to be thin in order to make themselves more attractive. As sad as this may be, I think that attractiveness and success of a female athlete go hand in hand. When was the last time you saw the top women’s heavy weight lifter in a Nike commercial?