{"id":79,"date":"2013-03-20T19:46:04","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T23:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/datinggame.wpengine.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2013-03-20T19:52:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T23:52:18","slug":"our-new-contestant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datinggame.drewmarshall.ca\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our NEW Contestant: Valerie!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/datinggame.wpengine.com\/images\/val.jpg\"><\/center><br \/>\nOk, so I\u2019m going to toss myself way out there and send you my entry for your Dating Game\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>The short of it\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>I haven\u2019t been on a date in years; essentially I hid behind my weight (and packed on even more to protect myself &#8211; if I am fat then no one would want me) so as not to have my heart broken as it had been several times in the past.<\/p>\n<p>I have now lost 70 lbs during the past 9 months, I am in the fittest and healthiest shape of my life, and I am ready to take on the dating- courting- and possibly the marriage scene. I am currently taking part in my gym\u2019s 90 Day Transformation Challenge. I am now a runner and I have multiple races planned this year including my first 5k race in 2 weeks. My focus during my 90 Day Challenge will be on running but I have a goal list that I intend to successfully achieve. One of my goals is to go out on a date by May 9, 2013!!!<\/p>\n<p>Drew, I never thought I would ask you of all people \ud83d\ude42 but can you help me out? I would love the opportunity to be the contestant for your Dating Game! Maybe after all these years I will find the person whom I am meant to be with!\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<\/p>\n<p>Valerie<\/p>\n<p><!--\n<strong>Val\u2019s 90 Day Challenge Goals Weight:<\/strong> \nBHAG: Transform my body into a runner\u2019s body by May 9 \nWeigh-in 162.7 lb (-70 lb since starting) by February 9 \nWeigh 160 lb by February 14 \nBHAG: Lose 15% of weigh-in weight by May 9 \nRun: \nRun 5k <30 min \nRun 10k continuously \nRace: Frosty 5k <30min on March 3 \nRace: Mississauga Marathon 10k on May 4 \nYoga: \nDo side crow \nDo handstand \nDo supported headstand \nDo wheel and hold \nDo eight angle pose \nHold half moon \nHold warrior 3 \nHold plank on forearms for 1 min \nHold plank for 2 min \nNutrition: \nLearn to eat for running\/ training \nGluten free throughout \nEat clean \n10 day cleanse by May 9 \nSwimming: \nSwim continuously 2k by May 1 Bike: \nTake an indoor cycle class by April 1 Rock Climbing: \nClimb to the top of the wall by April 15 Body: \nReduce\/ tone\/tighten lower belly by May 9 Miscellaneous: \nMaintain daily postings to my 90 Day Challenge blog (vals90daytransformation.wordpress.com) \nComplete Life Time Indoor Triathlon on April 7 \nTake a pole intro class with Alex by May 1 \nBHAG:GooutonadatebyMay9 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, so I\u2019m going to toss myself way out there and send you my entry for your Dating Game\u2026. The short of it\u2026 I haven\u2019t been on a date in years; essentially I hid behind my weight (and packed on even more to protect myself &#8211; if I am fat then no one would want&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datinggame.drewmarshall.ca\/?p=79\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/datinggame.drewmarshall.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/datinggame.drewmarshall.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/datinggame.drewmarshall.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datinggame.drewmarshall.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datinggame.drewmarshall.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/datinggame.drewmarshall.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/datinggame.drewmarshall.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datinggame.drewmarshall.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/datinggame.drewmarshall.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}