Comments on: Limbo Land with a Plan to Fight the Funk

By: Joni

Joni — Sat, 16 May 2009 22:59:41 +0000

Roni Roni Roni…. I know there are 58 comments on the post already but I’m going to add mine anyway. Any I’ll tell you why… We often read about your successes and this inspires us all. It makes us feel like we can do. But Sister, I have to tell you, to see you struggle makes me feel human. And to know I’m not alone, ahhh, what a relief.

Because see.. I just went through this last week. I mean the week before the Dep was the best husband on the planet and last week, I was picking out my dress for his funeral. My kids were fantastic and then I was a horrible mother and they were going to get pregnant/get someone pregnant/use drugs/ fail school/ become derelicts/ hate me/ need psychotherapy. Pick one. I was on top of the weight loss and fitness world and then I was NEVER EVER EVER going to be able to maintain my loss in a million years. I was a fitness guru and then… who am I kidding I can’t even run more than 5 miles anymore without mortally injuring myself. You get the idea. On and on and I just couldn’t get out of the cycle of self pity and loathing and I wrote about it (not on my blog as much as pages ad pages in my personal journal). I wrote about how when things are great all things seems great and when things suck.. well everything sucks.

Part of what I recognize is that some of that is hormonal. Some is self-pity. Some is poor planning. Some is reality. Part of the daily battle is just recognizing and acknowledging that sometimes things are going to suck. They just are. The run stinks. The scale goes up. Your husband is being a jerk. Your kids are completely intolerable. You get mad at yourself for getting mad and on and on. And then at some point you go..oh crap. I see where this is going and I’m not going there. I’m. Just. Not. And you don’t.

Bless you for your honesty :)

By: Shanna

Shanna — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:42:47 +0000

It sounds like you had a great day. I need to follow your lead and set some daily goals for myself. I am now 7 months pregnant and just have been in an emotional limbo. Thanks for all your inspiration and sharing your bad days with us. We are all normal.

By: Dani

Dani — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:13:55 +0000

YOU…..ARE…..AWESOME!

By: Sally

Sally — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:06:55 +0000

Wait.. I totally just forgot the link lol..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfM0CkzL_-I

By: Sally

Sally — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:06:24 +0000

I saw this commercial this morning for the first time and i automatically thought to myself.. “I have to send this to Roni” lol.. I just thought it was so fitting for this post.. And true! =P

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:11:37 +0000

I read your site regularly but have never gotten this much motivation before! Seriously, you’ve given me that ooompfh I needed to get moving… eat healthier, exercise and get off my arss. Thanks. Great Job!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:09:50 +0000

Roni, you’re human and it’s totally ok to feel in a funk every now and then. Your readers know and love you, regardless of your mood. Thank you for being honest and sharing what’s been going on. It sounds like you’re just overwhelmed at the moment, and it makes a lot of sense why you’d feel this way right now. Baby steps, baby steps :)

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:31:43 +0000

Roni, I think it’s great that you wrote this post because it shows you how many people support you and understand what you’re going through. For me, sometimes just not feeling so alone in how I feel can be really helpful!

I’m in a transition time as well as I’m graduating from college next week and I’m moving back home since I don’t have a job yet. Yesterday I was feeling just off and in a funky mood and after talking about it with someone, I realized that the in-between time between college and getting my first job is making me kind of nervous. I totally understand the limbo land that you’re feeling.

Anyways, thanks for a great post and I hope you’re feeling a little better today. Take some time for yourself to get a mani/pedi, read a magazine or book or just go for a walk. Sometimes just some “me time” can really help!

By: SeaShore

SeaShore — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:40:29 +0000

Fake it ’til you make it. I’m a believer in that. Good for you for taking control and making that pedulum swing in the other direction!

I saw my doctor yesterday. Lately I’ve just been tired. Not sleepy, tired, sick & tired. She said she sees a lot of people like that in the spring. Like the winter has sucked the life out of you and you’re impatient for that change. You need that change! And you have so many other changes you are waiting for, like your job and your house.

By: Chantal

Chantal — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:10:14 +0000

Hello Roni,

Must be something in the air, because I have been feeling like that too lately and it seem that it’s the case for a lot of people… It’s spring we should be feelinf great, feeling free like a bird :-)

I can’t realy run because I hurted my hamstring 2 weeks ago, I suscribed to a 10 Km a while ago and I think I won’t be able to do it… that discouraged me soo much because I just love running and I CAN’T do it right now…

But hey we have to look at the bright side of it… hummm I’m still wondering what’s the bright side of it :-)

Hang in there, you’re the greatest, I admire you soo much. You can do this.

Have a great week-end!