Happy birthday to our site. NetSweat is now 11 years old, which makes this site one of the oldest - if not the oldest - continuously running fitness web sites.

Throughout the years we've changed, mostly for the better, but there are always improvements that we could make. Still. the web is an ever evolving entity and so is our site. You can see just how different we look from our third birthday by clicking here. (Note that in 1997. The Web Magazine had already proclaimed us as the "Grandmother of all fitness link sites". Hopefully we still look young for our age.)

For our 11th birthday, it would be great if we could provide you with all a new, really cool feature that we've added. But, instead we've made several "under the hood changes", such as making our Online Running, Women's Fitness Clothes. and Outdoor Gear stores easier to use.

More importantly, we tried to made progress on the goal we set for ourselves last year, which was to do more to trim American waistlines. Granted, we are just one site, but we believe that we, and all other fitness and weight loss web sites, can do more to fight the problem of obesity. To that end, we have become more proactive with our blog. We have switched to daily postings (though we will be erratic with posting over the two weeks because some previously scheduled activities) and tried to show more ways to incorporate healthy behaviors into what we realize are busy lifestyles.

We don't have a list of statistics to show that we've trimmed waistlines and that's okay. We would rather see people eat healthier and become more active than obsess over the scale or dress sizes. What matters is not how much you weigh, but what you do for yourself. Eat healthy, exercise regularly and you will live a longer and happier life.

To the all of the people who have stopped by our little part of the Internet during the past 11 years, thank you. We, at NetSweat, look forward to being around for many years to come.