{"id":23032,"date":"2011-09-09T16:08:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T23:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=23032"},"modified":"2011-09-09T16:08:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T23:08:28","slug":"for-those-ready-for-a-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=23032","title":{"rendered":"For Those Ready For a Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome new readers! I wanted to write a post introducing myself a little bit. I’ve been seeing some new readers\/commenters lately, and also the Glamour.com article<\/a>!<\/p>\n

I think that the change of seasons might have something to do with that, too. School is starting, Fall is approaching, it’s a reflective time. One of the reasons I love the Fall is the time for reflection and renewal. I’ve always associated Autumn as a time of transformation. Just like New Year’s Resolution making in January, September is a good time to make some positive changes.<\/p>\n

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\nMy name is Lisa. I’m originally from Seattle and I live in Portland, Oregon. Portland is a great city to live in if you love the outdoors. There’s amazing hiking nearby, Portland is famous for being a cycling-friendly<\/a> city, and there’s definitely a “healthy living” culture here.<\/p>\n

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\nI live with my boyfriend, Michael. I write about the adventures we go on a lot. Michael is my go-to biking expert<\/a>. He sometimes writes guest posts about cycling. I have two kitties, Maya and Fat Kitty (not his real name):<\/p>\n

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\nI wasn’t always into healthy living. I used to weigh over 250+ pounds. If you want to catch up on my story, you can read about how I gained the weight<\/a>, what inspired <\/a>me to lose the weight<\/a>, and how I DID lose the weight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Losing the weight transformed me in amazing ways. I started running<\/a>. I grew to love biking<\/a>. I found that I loved challenging <\/a>myself in ways I never thought I would. The rewards of losing 100 pounds were plenty: I started writing this blog<\/a> and met amazing people; I was on the cover of a magazine<\/a>; my story was picked up by Yahoo!<\/a> and I’m currently writing my memoirs.<\/p>\n

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\nI’ve kept off over 100 pounds for three years now. I do not diet<\/a><\/strong>. I eat a balanced diet of basic foods (trying to avoid processed foods), I count my calories and I work out consistently. I live my life in moderation<\/strong><\/em> without denying myself things I want. I believe I’ve found a healthy balance of moderate living and splurging.<\/p>\n

I never thought I’d become an athlete<\/em>. I was more comfortable on my couch. Now? I can’t imagine a day when I would skip my favorite workout: swimming<\/a>. My life has changed so much.<\/p>\n

If you are reading my blog, I feel like you are ready for a change<\/strong>. You’re searching for something: guidance, inspiration, tips, something. I know that feeling. I was there once. I wish I had discovered the healthy living community when I was struggling with my weight. I hope that I can inspire and assist my readers.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not too late. Don’t feel discouraged or like you can’t make your own changes. It’s never too late to change your life for the better, to work for your dreams.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: How are you going to change your life?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome new readers! I wanted to write a post introducing myself a little bit. I’ve been seeing some new readers\/commenters lately, and also the Glamour.com article! I think that the change of seasons might have something to do with that, too. School is starting, Fall is approaching, it’s a reflective time. One of the reasons […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,39,4185,418,44,55,3258,2721,1248,1202,87,101,104,2565,2663,3423,1452,1630,152,154,169,318,192,195,1897,2778,2777,1720,204,2625,214,217,224,4277,258,261,267,297,298,299],"tags":[406,8617,4373,8643,2031,747,8662,1804,8674,8678,8690,4376,1803,4375,8865,8735,4374],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/skinnierme.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23032"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23178,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23032\/revisions\/23178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}