{"id":61640,"date":"2023-01-18T11:16:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=61640"},"modified":"2023-01-18T11:16:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T19:16:58","slug":"new-year-new-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=61640","title":{"rendered":"New Year, New You!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s hard to believe I’ve been writing this blog for almost 13 years. I looked back at some of my old posts and many are…cringe–especially now that I’ve taken a more critical look at my habits, diet culture<\/a> and eating disorder history. This is the time of year that my blog ALWAYS got a ton of new traffic. People would google weight loss blogs\/losing weight<\/a>\/new year’s resolutions<\/a> and mine would beckon them in with advice on how to lose the weight and maintain it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year was no different. Site traffic jumped a lot the first few days of January. And I totally get it. The new year feels like a fresh start and after a month or two of holiday indulging, it’s easy to decide to clean up the diet, lose some weight, start an exercise routine, etc. Even though I haven’t done resolutions in years, I still understand the pull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I think back to when I started this blog, after I lost 110 pounds, I preached about how I did not go on a diet. I changed my life. I counted my calories and ate anything I wanted “in moderation” and I worked out. It wasn’t a DIET, it was a LIFESTYLE change. And it totally was for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the last few years as I’ve delved deeper and learned about diet culture<\/a>–which has been rebranded as WELLNESS–I realized just how much I was contributing to all of those things. <\/p>\n\n\n

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WELLNESS is the new thing. And self-care. But self-care needs to be more about losing weight, working out, bubble baths and manicures. At least for me it does. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two kids, a full time job, pets, a house, all things I am grateful for but it’s a lot. It’s hard not to feel burned out on a regular basis. And never getting that downtime or self-care time. The gym and working out feels like a chore because it’s something I have to fit in. I don’t know exactly how to fix that, but I am trying my best.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In 2022 I welcomed a beautiful baby that is a joyful addition to our family (how is she ALMOST A YEAR OLD?!?!) but it was also a really painful year for me. Postpartum depression. The hip injury that caused chronic pain–AND being told by two surgeons that I wasn’t a good candidate for surgery (basically wait 10 years and get a hip replacement).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More recently I was diagnosed with both fibromyalgia and psoriatic arthritis. (I will be writing more about this later as I process it.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I have had a lot of really painful things happen. As a result, I am trying to re-evaluate how I view food, exercise, rest, recovery, mental health and “self-care”. My goal for 2023? Be healthier in ways that don’t involve weight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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