Fit and Free with Emily began one December afternoon in 2010, when I was lucky enough to win a WordPress giveaway. I had been itching for a new home, since beginning my blogging adventure in 2009 over at Blog to Lose. FF/E (clever acronym, right? ) started primarily as a way for me to document my journey to lose 170lbs, and free myself from the emotional issues that 20+ years of obesity have given me. My main focus is not only fitness and losing weight, but also to address the mental and emotional side of drastically changing your life. I want to squash negative self-talk and help teach others that through specific techniques, exercises, and self-evaluation we can tackle the BIGGEST challenge of losing weight – changing our attitudes, perspectives, and self-esteem. Creating a truly fearless life isn’t always easy or pretty, but it’s worth it!

I write about my personal journey: becoming physically and emotionally healthy through hard work, healthy habits, and revolutionary self-love. I deeply believe that we all have important stories to tell, and we can learn a lot from each other through blogging. The amount of support and love from readers and bloggers is unlike anything else! I attempt to write daily, but my toddler-tornado, fear of commitment, and/or “real job” usually prevents me from doing so. Someday I’ll adhere to a schedule. Maybe.

The Blogger

My name is Emily Uhl, I’m 28 and live in the small rural town of Kalona, Iowa. By day I work at an educational research company, and by night I’m a guitar-playing, poetry-writing, Zumba-dancin’ mama and wife. I’m incredibly indecisive, have horrible grammar/spelling, and love really bad pop music. Now that we’ve got that out on the table – let’s be friends. I also use smilies a lot. I’m working on it.

I’ve lived basically my whole life being obese and dealing with Binge Eating Disorder. There are many ups and downs to “my story,” and I don’t intend on giving up anytime soon! You can view my current weight-loss progress, catch up on my Life of a Binge Eater series, or see what you think of my budding fashion choices. (Harharhar) I’ve finally reached a point in my life where I’m not ashamed of who I am/who I am becoming, and I love that I can grow and change here with my friends – YOU!

I’d love to hear from you! Come see find me over on Facebook (like me! like me!), follow me on Twitter, comment on my Instagram photos (@FitandFreeEmily), obsess with me on Pinterest, and pop over to my YouTube channel. Want to know when I post? Receive updated via RSS feed, or subscribe here for my posts to be sent directly to your inbox! Seriously, I’m kind of addicted to the interwebz.

Reach out to me using this form, or by email: FitandFreeEmily (at) gmail (dot) com.