Hi!
My name is Theodora. I’m a 29-year-old single lady living in NYC. Crap. I’m 30.
I love food. I used to think that I loved food too much, but I think I just loved the wrong foods. My diet was full of heavy, fried food and empty calories and my gym membership went unused month after month.
In 2009, I decided to change all that. I lost 50 pounds and gained a love for healthy food, exercise and myself that I didn’t have before. When I started blogging, I documented everything I ate and wrote about all of my workouts. Because I am a busy city girl, I don’t always cook–so you won’t find a ton of recipes here. Or really any, actually. What you will find is how I stay fit and happy in NYC.
Like attending balls at The Plaza hotel.
In order to lose the weight, I followed these nutrition guidelines. Once I had dropped the weight, I relaxed my way of eating a bit, but I still love to fill my diet with lots of fresh produce, lean protein, healthy fat (mmm, avocado!) and whole grains. I try to eat in moderation these days.
I started running as a form of cardio four years ago, and I became obsessed. I’ve since run a whole bunch of half-marathons, four full marathons and countless other races.
This blog started its life as Losing Weight in the City but after accomplishing my 50-pound weight loss, I got really sick of the name and recently changed to Preppy Runner. You can read more about that here.
In October 2013, I became really super happy when I landed my dream job – running social media for Daily Burn. (Standard: this blog is a personal blog, and does not reflect the views of my employer.) I am a huge dork, and I am mildly obsessed with social media. I started this blog to teach myself more about social media, and I still consider it a playground to learn more about social and digital media. I love learning about new plugins and tools that can make my blog more accessible to readers and am always tinkering around with new blog toys.
I hope you enjoy what you read here! Feel free to e-mail me at theodora@preppyrunner.com if you have any questions or just want to say hi!
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can you please tell me how you got a six pack? it seems like even when I am in my skinnier phase, i'd only have a flat stomach but no 6-pack, not even a line down my stomach :(
please enlighten me, i'd really like one!!!
@tiffany: Believe me, I wish I had a six-pack too :)
Who doesn't wish they had one as you get older its hard to maintain that waistline!!!
Very cool, Theodora! I'm always excited to find someone who has successfully done what I preach :) The awareness of your food that you show looks like the key to permanent health to me. Oh, and you really shoot some impressive food pix. Keep up the good work.
I love your blog. I just found it. Awesome!
Thanks!
Hi Theodora. Found you on fannetastic food blog and thought I would tell you how much I enjoy your blog. I'm an older lady (61) and I have recently lost 50 pounds and have added walking, kbells,zumba to my daily life. I am always looking around for more food and exercise ideas that I might be able to do. I can't run but I can walk. Started out in January 1 mile now I am up to 5 miles each day. Looking forward to reading your blog daily.
I just found your blog through Tina's blog, and I really like it!! I love running, too, but I'm very new to it and I'm still super slow. ;)
@Kristen @ notsodomesticated.com: Thanks! Just like anything else, it just takes some practice. I went from running an 11+ minute mile in a 5K about two years ago to a sub-9:00 mile in a 5K these days!
I just found your blog and wanted to say big congrats on your NYC marathon run! I'm feeling very inspired to start running and maybe even my do my own marathon some day!
I am a senior Sociology major at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. I am currently working on my thesis project, in which I am studying self-presentation in the blogosphere. I have selected five healthy living blogs to study, and yours happens to be one of them. My project is twofold in that I am going to do both a content analysis of the blogs I have selected, and I would like to interview each blogger. Would you be interested in participating in my study? Participation will require no more than an hour of your time, and interviews will be scheduled at a time that is convenient to you. Thank you in advance for your time!
Sincerely,
Alyssa Breetwor
@Alyssa Breetwor: Hi Alyssa! Sure--I'd love to talk to you. My email is theodora dot blanchfield at gmail dot com.
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I just found your blog. It's really nice meeting you. I look forward to reading more about you in the weeks to come!
Hi Theodora!
I'm a sophomore college and trying to get started on a weight lost plan of my own. I've gained weight recently due to stress and lack of exercise. I am just like you, I LOVE food, especially chocolate, avocado on toast, and a yummy banana in the morning, so I'm trying to find a balance between the good and the bad. I honestly could never give up sweets or my daily dark chocolate. Recently, I have also not been able to find the motivation to work out, but I set myself up with Hal Higdons 10K novice training plan, and starting Monday I'm going for it! (Also going to attempt to run this weekend...)
I'd love to read how you got started, but your "Where I started." link doesn't work!
Either way, any tips for me besides your "This is what works for me"? To keep motivation etc.?
I'd love to hear your thoughts. You are seriously such an inspiration to me, I'm really excited to get this thing going! Scared to step on that scale though....
Thank you for inspiring men and women everywhere!
Sincerely,
Taryn Inglis
Ps. Please email me if you ever get the chance, I'd love to chat and hear what you have to say! :)