Comments on: How Amazing… – The Saga Continues

By: Paige

Paige — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:46:24 +0000

Geez, look at what happens when I miss a week of blog postings! I’m completely in awe that she felt the need to come over here and post a rude comment, then go to her blog and gets shocked that people post rude items there.

It did get out of hand on both sides, but it has made for an interesting start to my day of catching up on blogs ;-)

By: Joan

Joan — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:49:18 +0000

Jealousy is a crutch. – C. Astrid Weber

she’s just jealous. you’re awesome roni.

By: Tara

Tara — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:09:23 +0000

after reading my post, i realize how harsh i came off and am basically no better than anyone else who criticizes others. please forgive me and delete if possible!

By: Tara

Tara — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:02:59 +0000

As usual, the person criticizing is fat and unhappy. or maybe she has convinced herself that shes happy. people who read weightloss blogs aren’t people that hate their bodies, but generally love their bodies and love learning more about taking care of themselves. its pretty sad she goes seeking out health and weightloss blogs to start fake conversations on . and to carriep, i personally weigh 135 lbs and am 5′6″ and a sz 6, so no, i’m not some miserable fat woman whining to roni about how i love her and wish i could lose weight, but cant. i love reading ronis blog b/c she cares about her health and so do i!

By: Zoe

Zoe — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:37:44 +0000

Dear Roni,

Good for you for trying to keep it positive and just plain stopping it when it got bad. Talk about things we learn from losing weight (how to stop a bad thing before it gets out of hand). We all want to feel good in the skin we have and that does not mean that we all want to be 105lbs that is not what most of us want, what we want is to be health, happy, live longer… I could go on and on, but I will not.

Thank you for your blog and keep up the good work!

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:52:20 +0000

I AGREE WITH RONI- ease up on Carrie. It should be clear that everyone is at different points in their journeys. A few months ago I was eating mostly fastfood, regular cokes, and the highest fat stuff you can find everyday. At that point, I would have said that I don’t care about making changes and that I am ok how I am. I convinced myself of that because it made it easier for me to live with myself. That was the reality. When I decided that I need to get healthier both for my sake and for my children- suddenly I became responsible. I was looking in the mirror ready to face a challenge that i knew would be hard, but was ultimately the healthiest best thing for me. I think when you aren’t ready for that yet- when you JUST AREN’T THERE yet- you can’t relate to how serious people get about this lifestyle change (the food, calories, excercise, etc). In fact, when you are in the rut that I am referring to, it’s actually annoying to hear others talk about food, calories, etc. I have been there, I totally understand. On the flip side, once you’ve fully committed and engaged in the process, it’s like your life has been renewed with purpose and you have a new sense of control that you’ve never experienced before.

I have to say that I have almost attained my goal weight and I have never felt better. But it’s not even the weight that I am most proud of- it’s the lifestyle I have adopted that genuinely feels so much better!!

Again, I understand where Carrie is at. It is obvious to me the exact stage she is in because I would venture to say before you start the process, we’re all there. I think she would fire up like the rest of us if she, herself, were to dive in too!!! When you really commit- the gains (tangible and intangible) are so worth it!

:)it’s all good~
amy

By: Rosa

Rosa — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:30:37 +0000

Hey Roni,

So I never leave you comments…more of a lurker, but I hope you know that what you are doing is great. I know her post upset you and its easy to let the negativity get to you, but please know that you have a lot of people out there cheering you on and applauding your efforts. I recently lost 40 pounds and ran my first 8k and it really made me smile reading about your 5k run. Keep it up! There will always be haters.

By: Leticia

Leticia — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:27:14 +0000

Grrr, I’m so angry you even gave her a mention on your blog. I hate that we all wasted time even reading her point of view. And, I bet she’s getting the most hits she’s ever gotten today from the legion of Roni Fans. You da bomb girl! We love you.

By: Alisha

Alisha — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:03:05 +0000

Roni, I know you are doing the right thing….I really just don’t think she is happy with herself and we can’t fight to win her own battle. Here is my comment on her site!

Just because I count calories and exercise doesn’t mean that I don’t accept myself as I am and that I don’t have “self-love and acceptance”. In fact, it means that I love myself and my family so much that I want to win over diabetes and heart disease that has killed so many of my near and dear relatives. I don’t think it is fair to my children to have them and then kill myself from overeating and eating bad foods all because I didn’t love myself enough to take care of my body. That doesn’t mean that I’m a fanatically crazed person about it….if you know me you’d know different. Roni’s site gives me great recipe ideas (so I guess we should ban all recipe sites because they are focused on food), exercise ideas (and again we should ban exercise sites) because it is implied that because we take care of our bodies and minds, we just don’t have self-love and acceptance. I hope this lets you in a little on the reasons why I choose to do what I do and helps you understand me a little better. Peace!

Alisha

By: roni

roni — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:25:26 +0000

All, again I appreciate the feedback, flattery and compliments. I’m glad my actual message is being received!

However I commented this on Carrie’s blog and it needs to be said again…

Name calling and pointing fingers is not going to get us anywhere. Carrie said her peace, I said mine. She and others feel one way, we feel another, that is the way of the world.

This all started because of a simple comment that tried to present a point of view in a sarcastic mean spirited way. If we all said our peace without putting others down we would get SO MUCH MORE ACCOMPLISHED. We can educate people insulting them.

Carrie’s initial message and point was skewed because of her “tone” and now ours is being clouded my mean spirited comments. Please stop the name calling it’s uncalled for.