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HELLO FITBLOGGIN’!

May 20, 2011 6 Comments

This weekend I am thrilled to attend and speak at Fitbloggin’ 2011, a conference for health and fitness bloggers. So I wanted to introduce myself to new followers, remind my current followers of my story and generally say helloooo…

Hello! My name is Katy Widrick. Here’s what I look like today:

Although sometimes, I look like:

Katy-Pro

Or: Disney Half Marathon 79

I am a married (A Night With the Hops) 31-year-old with two major passions. Journalism and Media and Health and Fitness. Luckily, I combine the two in my work as a television and radio producer

and my blog

My fitness/health journey:

In the fall of 2006, several months after my wedding, I found myself overweight (obese, by some measurements) and totally lethargic. I was working overnights, getting 4 hours of sleep a night and living off of Pringles and peanut butter sandwiches. And lots of wine. When friends came to visit, we took pictures — and when they were developed, I honestly did not recognize myself in the picture.

I joined Weight Watchers, lost 40 pounds and got “skinny fat” but I wasn’t healthy (read: “My Dysfunctional Relationship With Weight Watchers”). So I decided to start training for a triathlon — even though I couldn’t run a 1/2 mile without stopping.

I completed my first super sprint triathlon and I was hooked. From there, I continued training until I’d completed (to date) several sprint distance triathlons, an Olympic triathlon, several 5Ks and 10Ks and three half marathons. I love working out, especially Dance Trance and Body Pump, and I will try anything once!

I am also a social media addict, and I love networking with people from all over the Internet. I founded the #Fitblog Chats on Twitter in mid-2010, and it’s now one of the most popular chats around. You can usually find me online somewhere:

I have two big, slobbery dogs, Faegan and Junior, I’m a vegetarian, I grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Syracuse University.

My networking goals are simple — to help where I can, meet new people, challenge myself and others and above all, have fun.

If you like what you see, I’d love to stay connected! Please:

If this is your first time, thanks for stopping by and please leave me a comment so I know how to find you!

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About Katy

Katy Widrick is a television producer by day, and trains for triathlons at night. She writes about healthy living in a hectic world -- a balance between fitness and friendships, all built through social media, and is also the founder of the #Fitblog Chats on Twitter. Subscribe to the feed for updates and follow @kwidrick on Twitter!

Comments

  1. Hats @ See How She Runs says:
    May 20, 2011 at 6:09 am

    HI! Oh, I hope someday I get to go to a blogger conference. Fingers crossed!

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  2. kristen says:
    May 20, 2011 at 9:03 am

    This is why I keep coming back Katy- you’re so approachable and friendly :) I hope you have a great time at fitbloggin!

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  3. denise says:
    May 20, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Hey Katy:
    What a great blog you have going on! I’m in the midst of starting one myself….
    Hope you have a great time at FitBloggin, I’m totally aiming to attend one of these days.
    Quick question – do you know of any good fitness training websites out there? or tracking tools for meeting running goals?

    Thanks so much!
    Happy blogging :)
    D

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  4. Amanda @ The Beauty Notebooks says:
    May 21, 2011 at 12:02 am

    Hi Katy!

    I can totally relate to your two favorite passions, definitely mine, too! I am so excited that blogging has given me an outlet to combine my passions of healthy living and journalism/writing. Thanks for being an inspritation, and have fun at Fitbloggin’! Hopefully I’ll be there next year or so ;)

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  5. Daniella @ Runner at Heart says:
    May 21, 2011 at 5:50 am

    Can’t wait to keep reading your bloc!

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  6. Laurie says:
    May 22, 2011 at 12:32 pm

    I’m hooked! Didnt know u had also lost weight, even more inspired.

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