Comments on: Ask Roni _v06 Session 1 – Video/Podcast

By: Charly

Charly — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:36:16 +0000

Roni,

Thank you so much for answering the question about loosing willpower-it was like you were talking to me! You are such and inspiration and your site is awesome! I am putting on my shoes right now and going for a run!

By: Candace

Candace — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:03:08 +0000

Thanks for this Roni. I’m not a fan of dairy products and have recently considered natural hygein and generally giving up my cottage cheese, yogurt and cheese along with dairy milk. My 10 year old is allergic to dairy and I’ve always struggled with getting enough calcium for her. I think re-visiting my eating habits and working towards a dairy-free diet (we already switched to soy drink as a family) will be of benefit to both of us.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:51:39 +0000

This was another great video! I just had a quick comment about owning accomplishments in regard to weight loss. I have a lot of weight to lose and have been working on it with weight watchers. I’ve been trying to lose weight since i was 10 (and I’m 21 now)! I started WW in July and wanted to lose my 10 pounds before I went back to college. Dealing with PCOS has made my weight loss journey hard so I thought 10 pounds would be a good goal. I did lose it and have lost a little bit more. I ended up going out to dinner with my parents to celebrate at a restaurant that had a lobster bake (so it was a pretty healthy way to celebrate in my opinion). I took my 10 pound ribbon and took a picture with it outside of the restaurant. I plan to put the picture on my fridge at school as motivation when I’m having a hard time. Even though 10 pounds is not a large amount compared to what I need to lose, its still 10 pounds! I think any one who loses weight should be proud because for most people losing weight is really difficult. For me, every pound I lose makes me excited and should be recognized as something important that I’m doing for myself!

By: Rhiannon

Rhiannon — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:30:13 +0000

@Melissa:

I’m trying really hard to think of a way to word this that won’t come across as too harsh, because obviously the humorous, oh-my, duh, kind of feeling/expression is difficult to get across online. So, I’ll just say it the best I can with a disclaimer that it’s not meant to be mean or anything: of course we don’t need a multivitamin if we eat well! What do you think all our ancestors did for thousands of years before multivitamins were invented? If we’d needed them then, then either we’d be a very strange species, or we’d have died out.

(As a side note, no, I don’t take any. I absolutely hate tablets of any sort, and multivitamins always make me gag. So, added on to the fact that I’d rather focus on eating and living healthy, I don’t think they’re worth the struggle.)

And Roni: on the topic of milk, I agree also. Why do we eat/drink something that comes out of another animals body, intended for its young, not adults of a different species? I don’t intentionally limit what dairy I have, but I don’t focus on it either.

Thanks for the thought-provoking video.

Rhiannon

By: Annette

Annette — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:11:11 +0000

I loved the topics this time. The one about being overwhelmed was great. There is so much info out there, to implement all at once can cause system overload…..especially what foods to eat daily……….that’s a lot of food! Making small changes is great. I made the first change at the beginning to eliminate diet soda and that was HUGE for me. The rest just snowballed after that and I am feeling great. We’d miss ya if you didn’t do the videos anymore ;) Don’t leave us!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:49:07 +0000

We covered Supplements in my class (Biggest Loser Competition) last week. To my disbelief, if you are eating a nice well rounded, balanced diet (I do and you seem to as well) there is NO need for a multivitamin. The nutritionist basically called it “expensive pee”

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:17:46 +0000

Hey Roni! I am so glad you brought up the milk topic because I have been focused on that for months now. Don’t get me wrong, I do drink milk and couldn’t go without cheese (LOL), but after reading the book Skinny Bitch they made some very interesting points about cows milk: “Cow’s milk, by design, grows a 90 pound calf into a 2000 pound cow.” So I agree that it is a very strange thing that we drink the milk of such a large animal and what is meant to nourish an animal that will weigh thousands more than us??!! How bizzare is that? They also mention: “A cows inner workings of their bodies are completley different than ours”, they have 4 stomachs, we have one and that milk is meant to fill them up as calves to help those stomachs stay full. “Dairy products also produce mucus and the body will develop a cold or “allergies” to fight the dairy invasion”. Anyway, I just wanted to make an addition to what you catogorized as “Odd and Wierd”, because I totally agree with you. And like you, I’m not saying its wrong or I’m never drinking it again, I just think its a bit strange myself! BTW, if you haven’t already read it, Skinny Bitch does have some interesting info, some of it I agree with and some of it is a bit out there, but it’s altogether a good read! Thanks for everything you do Roni!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:17:51 +0000

“The successful people are the ones who don’t let those weeks or days domino into months and years” Great quote! I wrote it down and taped it to my computer! :)

By: Valerie

Valerie — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:00:17 +0000

I found this info with exact numbers on how much calcium non-milk items have. We love dairy but my family drinks some milk but not a lot. We eat some cheese and a little yogurt but we really don’t eat/drink that much. The kids have low fat cheese in their lunches most days but take 100% juice or water to drink (because I pack their lunches and the milk gets too warm for them) We do, however, eat a ton of broccoli and spinach (although it doesn’t say if raw spinach has the same amount as cooked spinach… I can’t imagine that cooking would add calcium but I guess you would have to eat more raw since it shrinks when cooked?). I notice that none of these items has as much calcium as a glass of milk but it’s an option.

http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/15-non-dairy-foods-high-in-calcium.html

“The government recommendation for adults ages 19-50 is 1000 mg of calcium per day. One cup of milk has 296 mg, but there are plenty of reasons you might not to drink milk, from personal preference to medical reasons.

Here are 15 foods high in calcium that don’t come from a cow:

Sesame Seeds
A quarter cup of sesame seeds has 351 mg calcium.

Spinach
A cup of boiled spinach has 245 mg.

Collard Greens
A cup of boiled collard greens has 266 mg.

Blackstrap Molasses
One tablespoon has about 137 mg.

Kelp
One cup of raw kelp has 136 mg.

Tahini
Two tablespoons of raw tahini (sesame seed butter) have 126 mg.

Broccoli
Two cups of boiled broccoli have 124 mg.

Swiss Chard
One cup of boiled chard has 102 mg.

Kale
One cup of boiled kale has 94 mg.

Brazil Nuts
Two ounces of Brazil nuts (12 nuts) have 90 mg.

Celery
Two cups of raw celery have 81 mg.

Almonds
One ounce of almonds (23 nuts) has 75 mg.

Papaya
One medium papaya has 73 mg.

Flax Seeds
Two tablespoons of flax seeds have 52 mg.

Oranges
One medium orange has 52 mg.

By: roni

roni — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:21:55 +0000

LOL ok, ok don’t pull my arm or anything! ;~P Just kidding, in all seriousness, I have no plans on stopping, it was just a joke because normally when I have the time to do a video I’m a wreck!