Hello and welcome to my Tumblr blog!  My name is Chelsea, otherwise known as runtheline.  Run the Line is designed to illustrate my version of balance and healthy living in a world of stress and bad habits!  Join me on my quest to live a full and healthy life while following my dreams.

Here’s a little about me.  I have an undergraduate degree in political science, and I am currently a law student at a top 20 law school.  How does this qualify me to be a healthy living advisor?  It doesn’t.  This Tumblr blog aims to show how an average woman tries to live a healthy and full life without having a career in the field of nutrition, fitness, or health care.

In junior high and high school, I struggled a little with my weight.  I didn’t know how to eat well, and mostly, I ate a lot of processed foods.  Sure, we had family dinners, but I didn’t limit myself in portion sizes.  I stayed within my normal weight, but I had very little muscle.

In college, I surprisingly did not gain the Freshman 15.  In fact, I lost weight in college.  By the time I graduated, I lost 10 pounds from when I first enrolled in college.  After losing 10 pounds, I was at a healthy weight, although I still could have been more fit.  Some would say I was lucky.  But fast forward to law school…

In law school, I gained over 10 pounds in my first year.  Law school is a stressful beast, and all the drinking my peers did on the weekends did not help at all.  After the first year, I constantly thought of dropping out (which is apparently common in law school).  I was not happy.  And in January 2010, before the start of my second semester of law school, I decided to take back control of my life.  I took up running (something I hated before), and started to make healthier choices in my meals and in my life.

I am now training for my first half-marathon.  Some would call this overly ambitious, especially because I’ve never run a race in my life and I’ve only been running for a few months (since January 2010!).  My answer?  It was on my bucket list, and as I like to think, there is no time like the present.

As a law student, I do not get to write as long or as often as I’d like.  I do apologize to my followers and readers because of this.  But know that it is YOU, reader, that keeps me going.  Without your support and my desire for accountability, I would have stopped this quest a long time ago! 

Questions or comments?  Feel free to share them with me HERE, where you can ask or tell me anything! 

Also feel free to email me at runtheline.tumblr@gmail.com

Have a happy, healthy, and balanced day!