You may have noticed I did a bit of New Years Cleaning around here. Nothing major, just rearranged a bit and added an orientation for any new readers (or old ones who may have been missing something.) Cleaning up and re-reading my own posts was just what I needed to get out of the funk I’m in. So I decided to pluck my favorite posts from 2008. Hopefully it will motivate us! :)
- Resolutions vs. Goals
- A Weight (Watcher) Maintainer Rant
- 10 Stay Active Tips!
- Fat is NOT a Dirty Word but Maybe it’s the Wrong One
- Accountability & Awareness
- Can’t vs. Haven’t
- Ask Roni – No Answers Just Self Analysis
- Are you ready?
- What 5 things would you tell yourself?
- "That was a good run Mommy!"
- Ask Roni – Scale Habits? Gone Full Circle?
- I could have…
- I FINISHED MY FIRST 5K!
- Why isn’t my unhappiness motivation enough? – A Follow Up
- All the Hard work is Really Worth it!
- Can you LET IT GO?
- 3 Steps to a Healthier YOU! – A Series
- I DID IT! I Freakin’ DID IT!!
- New Month’s Eve!
- Weekend Quote: New Beginnings
I’m off to make this New Years Eve Sensational! :) Have a GREAT ONE!
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Happy New Year Roni…I haven’t commented in a while….I haven’t really been online….just been staying busy..and enjoying life..nothing wrong with that..I have lots of videos to watch that you’ve posted and I can’t wait until this weekend to do so.
Have a great new year tonight…..My bf and I are having new years at our house with friends and all..this is a first for us..but I’d rather have everybody over having a good time and sleeping over then paying a ton to go out and have to worry about getting home…
Happy new year to you Roni! Another great list! Keep up the great work next year, and I will be here commenting and following!
Happy New Year, Roni!! Looking forward to a sensational 2009!
Happy New Year, Roni! There are so many resources here that it helps to have a list for guidance ;).
Happy New Year, Roni! Thank you for a wonderful year of inspiring posts. You’ve kept me in the fight so many times! Have a great new year!
As a new reader, I appreciate both your new orientation section, as well as getting to look at your “best” posts of 2008!!
I want to congratulate you on your wonderful weight loss and maintenance! (I hope some day that I too am a success story!)
Happy New Year! I have a site suggestion…like you dont have a busy enough life! LOL You should have a segment or section where your readers can submit a favorite recipe and you could post a lighter/healthier substitute recipe?!
I was just sitting here enjoying a cannoli, thinking that I wish I was a better cook so I could make a lighter version.
All the best, Nicole in NY
Loved reading #1 and posted about it and you on my New Year’s Resolutions post yesterday.
Roni, you have been a true inspiration and it was great having the chance to meet you in 2008. Wishing you a very Happy New Year.
Thanks for this post! Turns out I may have missed a few!
Happy New Year Roni!!!
Happy New Year Roni. Here’s to staying healthy and fine in 2009!
Thanks for putting this together. This is just what I needed today. I was able to sit down and take some time for myself. A tip I picked up from one of your videos. Thank you for being REAL. Without going back to find it I want to comment on a video that you did not to long ago. It was an ask Roni where a woman had a husband who wasn’t kind about her efforts. While not as extreme, I sometimes feel the same and that post really touched me. It gave me a new confidence to deal with it. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I will continue to follow.
I am really loving going back and reading these Top 20. I am a fairly new reader of your blog (started in June or July of 2008), so a lot of this is new to me. Thanks for compiling these!
Oh, and on a completely separate note, I absolutely love your podcasts. I used to watch the videos at work, but now that they are blocked, I subscribe in iTunes and listen to them either while I work, or while I run.
Happy New Year and here’s to a fabulous 2009!!