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I’ve been blogging since February 2010. 5 years! Holy cow! I started blogging as a fluke. I wanted to tell my story of losing 100 pounds but I didn’t think anyone would be interested in it…until I started getting page views and comments and it turned out that people WERE interested in my story! My very first blog post can be read here:\u00a0My first Blog Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I think people wanted to read my story because a) they wanted to know how I lost 110 pounds<\/a> and b) they wanted to know I kept it off for so long. Sadly, a lot of people who lose a significant amount of weight end up gaining it back (and sometimes more). It’s a struggle for sure and my hope is that as my blog evolved and I shared more about my life and lifestyle, I inspired others to lose weight and get healthy…and I was able to prove that losing weight doesn’t have to be TORTURE and you don’t have to starve yourself to do it.<\/p>\n

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One of the most popular, of all time, posts is this one:<\/p>\n

So\u2026About that Runner\u2019s Knee\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

…Which is kind of a bummer. Having suffered from Runner’s Knee off and on for years, I get how devastating it can be. It can smash your dreams and goals. Having a chronic injury can be damaging emotionally. Learning how to navigate through fitness while healing from an injury can be HARD but it’s so worth it. I was glad I found other activities I could do when certain ones hurt my knees. I wasn’t going to GIVE UP. That was not an option. I had to find other things. That included weight lifting, kettlebell workouts, swimming, yoga, basically anything I could do to still workout and be healthy. Here are some popular posts:<\/p>\n

Reshaping Your Body with Weight Lifting<\/a><\/p>\n

Bike Buying Mistakes<\/a><\/p>\n

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Of course, posts I wrote about weight loss were always very popular.<\/p>\n

Why Wednesday \u2013 Why You Should Lose Weight Slowly<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Lose Weight \u2013 Week Four<\/a><\/p>\n

M is for Measuring Mistakes<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Count Calories<\/a><\/p>\n

What Does 2,000 Calories a Day Look Like?<\/a><\/p>\n

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In recent years I probably slowed down on writing about weight loss. Mostly because I felt like I’d already said what I needed to say. But also because I’d gotten to a place where my life wasn’t about weight loss anymore. It was just about living. Being active, eating healthy, not focusing on losing those last few pounds. I stayed at my healthy weight for about 6 years and then gained a few pounds back. 2015 was about trying to lose that weight but…yeah, life had other plans<\/a>. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I did a series on swimming and several posts ended up being in the top 20 of pageviews. Here are those popular ones:<\/p>\n

How to Swim Freestyle<\/a><\/p>\n

So You Want to Be a Swimmer<\/a><\/p>\n

Lap Swimming Etiquette<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve written a lot about swimming. It’s close to my heart for a lot of reasons. I love it. I feel at home when I’m swimming and it’s how I lost most of my weight. Swimming was the main exercise I did to lose the first 30-50 pounds or so. It was hard work getting started, and boy was it hard work emotionally to get INTO the swimsuit and go to the pool, but once I was there, I loved it. And it worked. After I was able to lose some weight, I had more energy, I felt better, and I found other activities I could do. I started working out with a trainer for weight lifting, I used the elliptical and slowly started to find my way to running. It was a long journey, but that journey started in the pool.<\/p>\n

This particular post was a hard one to write, but I think it resonated with a lot of people because I still get pageviews for it. I’m also thankful of all the friends and family that DID support me and do what they could to help.<\/p>\n

Lose 100 Pounds, Lose Friends?<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, this random post I wrote about one day about something that was annoying me turned out to be a hot button topic for a lot of people! So many people could relate!<\/p>\n

Thigh Gap Obsession<\/a><\/p>\n

I appreciate all the readers that have been with me since the beginning, and I welcome the new ones that cycle in and out over the years. I enjoy the comments and feedback and I particularly love when a reader can really relate to something I wrote about and take the time to say something about it.<\/p>\n

I don’t know where this blog will go in the future. But I have enjoyed my time doing it! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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