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Just Roni Here

roni — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:21:06 +0000

That’s me. Roni.

Isn’t it funny how sometimes you need to define, or redefine for that matter, things before you can move on?

Today I added this paragraph to my About Page…

It started as Weight Watchen, became Roni’s Weigh and now it’s Just Roni. After 7 years the blog has changed because I have changed. Just Roni is my personal journey. I share what goes through my head as a recovering dieter. I post race recaps and training ideas as a new runner. I try to inspire and give tips on how to be active with the family by sharing my own. I answer reader questions and post a monthly podcast. Overall, this blog is my personal journal and I used it to inspire myself and others as I try to live a more conscious, healthy life.

Over the next few days you may see some changes around here. I bought JustRoni.com and made a new header with a new (transferred from RoniNoone.com) tag line. Even though Roni’s Weigh isn’t going anyplace, it’s still here and will still be tied to my online identify, I felt like this step to be “just me” without the pretense of weight or weight loss is a big one for me. In a way, I needed to free myself of the “weigh” so I can move past it.

Not sure if that makes sense to anyone but me, but there you go.

Anyway, I’m not going anywhere and I have no big plans to change my blogging style or frequency or anything like that. It’s just a new name and honestly, I did it for me.

I’ve also started a new Newsletter list. It’s been in my side bar for about a week now. Before then the only way to subscribe to Roni’s Weigh was via RSS which notifies you whenever I post new content. That’s great if you want to be aware as soon as I post something new. However, if you’d rather just receive an occasional email from me highlighting recent posts please use the form below…

I promise not to bombard your email. I’m thinking monthly updates, if that.

SO… with that news out of the way I have other fun announcements! Hop on over the GreenLiteBites. I have TONS of stuff going on over there and in T-2 hours I plan on doing a live cooking show. Yup, you heard me.. LIVE!

I figured.. why not?

Note: I realize a lot of you may not see this in time and I apologize. The “show” will be recorded and if it works out with no major catastrophes, I plan on scheduling more live shows in the future. This is just a test for me to see if it’s even possible.

Click here for the other GreenLiteBites Announcements and here for the GreenLiteBites Live Show!

Later.. I have lots to do before showtime! :)

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A BlogToLose Welcome Committee and FitBloggin’12!

roni — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:45:21 +0000

Those who have been reading my sites for some time know how much I credit this blog for my weight loss success, but they also know it’s so much more than that now. In the last 7 years my health, my body, my career and my life have changed for the better. I’ve made REAL, true, amazing friends. I’ve been presented opportunities I never knew existed. I get a much needed and appreciated daily creative outlet. And I get to help people. I don’t know what else to say except, blogging absolutely ROCKS!

That’s why I started BlogToLose and that’s why I organize and host the FitBloggin’ conference.

If you didn’t know, BlogToLose is a weight loss blogging community. The idea behind the site was to give people a safe place to blog where they could easily find like-minded, supportive people. I’m happy to say it’s a success (over 5,000 members!) I can no longer manage it myself. I need help (<–you have no idea how hard that is for me to say.) I’ve spent the last few weeks sifting through volunteer emails and have announced our first volunteer team, The Official BlogToLose Welcome Committee. In the coming weeks I’ll be working with additional volunteers to help on the forums and organize regular chats.

I’ve also announced the dates for the 3rd annual FitBloggin’12 conference today. I’m going to be honest. I went back and forth on whether another conference would actually happen. It’s a lot of work, it’s stressful, and it forces me out of my comfort zone, but when I stepped back the only reasons I could come up with NOT to do it were fear-based. So I faced my fears head on, took a deep breath, and signed the contract with the hotel anyway.

It was quite a big day for this self-employed blogger! I’m off to chill with the husband and watch The Mentalist. :)

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A New Look and a Fun Run

roni — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:10:58 +0000

I’m one of those strange people that need to re-arrange furniture every few months. Unfortunately, I’m married to a man who loves things to stay exactly the same, FOREVER. What do they say about opposites and attracting? Because, MAN, we are different in that and quite a few other areas.

Instead of disrupting The Husband’s living space (God forbid,) I shifted my focus to the site and decided to give it a little facelift. A new look always helps motivate me, and in some strange way the technical and creative challenge of implementing a new theme is very rewarding to me.

So for the past 24 hours I’ve busted my butt during naps and in between cooking and homework help to get this baby up. I hope you like it. If you happen to come across any errors please let me know. I’ll probably be shifting things around for the next week or so, so please bear with me.

OK, now that that’s out of the way I get to share this..

That’s Little Guy and I today during a Fun Run. It was an organized school event.

He did so good! It was 1/2 a mile course and we completed it in 4:59. It’s hard teaching a child that races aren’t always about "winning." He did his best, ran the whole time, and didn’t give up on himself. In my opinion, that’s what races are all about.

I hope he grows up to enjoy them as much as I do.

In other news…

I’ve been feeling a little blah. I haven’t really talked about it, but I’ve been taking hormones to prepare for a procedure in the next few weeks and they’ve been messing with my system. BIG time. I think that’s one of things contributing to my insane carb cravings. Tomorrow is my last pill so I’m hoping to return to my normal state of happy sappiness soon. :)
In addition to the new design here, I also tweaked GreenLiteBites. Nothing major, just a little clean up. I also added a new section called Baby Food Adventures where I’ll be archiving the posts I’ve shared on Baby’s First Year about feeding Little Bean.
Speaking of feeding kids, Little Guy is either the sweetest kid on the planet OR he’s getting awfully sneaky. Check out his latest school lunch on GreenLiteBites.
I also posted a new Cheesy idea on GreenLiteBites and a fun video of Little Bean Trying Cheerios on Baby’s First Year

WOW I did a lot today. I was making up for burying my head in web design since yesterday and preparing for tomorrow.

What am I up to tomorrow you ask?

Well… Mr. Opposite and I have a date! Not just any date but a night out. An OVERnight out. The babysitters are lined up. I’ll be in the city touring hotels for FitBloggin’ and then we are rendezvousing for dinner. All I have to say is….

Ohhh yea.

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12 Free Pumpkin Spice VitaTops!

roni — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:40:27 +0000

We interrupt my normal weight loss and new baby chatter for a special offer sent to me via Vitalicious!

As you may or may not know, Vitalicious has been sponsoring Roni’s Weigh for some time now. I love that they are willing to work with me as I LOVE their products and frankly, I only work with companies whose products I love and use/eat.

I’m happy to share a coupon code offer they have for 12 free Pumpkin Vitatops when you buy any 24. That’s only $.82 per VitaTop for 36 and they last a long time in the freezer!

If you are curious, I reviewed the new pumpkin flavor a few months ago, click here to check it out.

My other favorite flavors…

Dark Chocolate Pomegranate
Chocolate Mint
Oh who am I kidding– any of the chocolate work for me and Little Guy, he chooses them as an after school snack all the time!
Golden Corn

Click here for the coupon details. The actual code is WRONQ43QYY and it expires April 30, 2011.

I know I’m not the ONLY VitaTop fan out there. What’s YOUR favorite flavor?

Full Disclosure: Vitalicious is a paying sponsor of Roni’s Weigh. However, all opinions expressed in this and all posts are my own. For a list of other companies I work with click here to see my “shop” page. Purchasing products from paying sponsors and affiliates is one way to support your favorite bloggers.

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My Cookbook is Published!

roni — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:19:25 +0000

I’m published! Sort of. I self-published so I’m not sure it officially ‘counts’ but still. After years of flirting with the idea and procrastinating, I finally took the leap. I’m terrified yet excited, optimistic yet worried. Never in a million years did I think I’d be doing what I’m doing for a living.

GreenLiteBites: Favorites From the First 3 Years is 80 full color pages of recipes from my Food Blog GreenLiteBites. I offer suggestions on how to modify recipes if you don’t have all the ingredients, a brief intro that dives into my history and a little about my pantry. My mission is to inspire people to cook, plain and simple. I hope my ideas, the blogs and now this book show you that cooking can be fun.

As I said on GreenLiteBites, I’m going to shut up now. I think I’m babbling due to nerves. :) Click here to hop over to the GreenLiteBites: Favorites From the First 3 Years book page to peek inside and buy your copy today!

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Why do you read Roni’s Weigh?

roni — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:55:59 +0000

This is selfish return of the question of the week but I was inspired by a presentation I saw at the Type-A Mom conference.

Now that I’m a "professional" I need to do what’s called a media kit. It’s a document that talks all about my sites and my audience so I can market myself to potential clients. I’m suppose to put things in it like my traffic stats, demographics of my readers and any little nuggets that make me sound, well, great. :) I’m kidding, but I’m sure you know what I’m talking about.

So I hope you don’t mind, but I’m going to take a break from asking a traditional pick your brain style weekly question and go for a completely self serving one. All I simply want to know is…

Why do you read Roni’s Weigh?

I’m especially curious about you lurkers out there! yeah.. you.. I know your reading. I just don’t know WHY? :)

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Wordless Wednesday: New Site!

roni — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:55:23 +0000

It’s not completely finished but I wanted it up before heading into full time blogness. Only 2 weeks left!!

SkinnyMinnyMedia is now RoniNoone.com, the place for all my non-weight loss, non-food talk babble. Head on over and tell me what you think!

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New Site Design!

roni — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:21:40 +0000

It’s up! I can’t believe it. I’ve been wanting to do this for months. I really wanted to post tonight but I just don’t have it in me after uploading the new design.

Let me just say real quick, my weekend was a good balance between active and relaxing. I’m feeling TONS better emotionally and physically. I got in a nice long run. Hung out with my boys and even recorded a video for GreenLiteBites.

As for the design… refresh and you should get a new random image for the header. The idea behind the design is simple, clean, and personable. What do you think? Like it? Hate it? I’d love your feedback!

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Newborn inspires mom to lose 71 pounds – Yea.. that’s me! :)

roni — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:36:19 +0000

Holy Schmoly I’m on CNN! Let me take a screen shot cause I’m sure it would be up for long..

They emailed asked me a few questions a couple of weekends ago but never in a million years did I think they’d write such an article.

If you found my little corner of cyber space from it, WELCOME!

I have a quite a few sites (I’m a bit of a geek) feel free to poke around…

I have to run tonight. Have a date with a horror movie. :) Here’s my food journal today. I’m giving myself a week of counting. More on that later!

Food	Units
~~~~monday journal~~~~
scale reading 145.5
half a cup of choc soy milk and a nature valley granola bar	5
daily tea run. :)	0
lentil soup (still that brand i’m reviewing – hope to post review this week!) and some triscuits	6
small granola bar.. all i had on the run. :(	2
pear	1
small burger on a 1 point bun with spinach & tomato – side of baked beans and green beans	7
popcorn	4
Total:	25

Table provided by Roni’s Food Tweet, Eat, Post Generator.

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Stonyfield is sending me to BlogHer!

roni — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:21:07 +0000

I actually got a sponsor to the BlogHer Conference! Do you believe it?! I’m so excited. This means I’ll have coupons! Come see me in Chicago for yours or better yet leave a comment and we’ll do a giveaway! :)

I just posted about their Greek yogurt and I really am a fan. I love it when I get an opportunity to work with a company I like. It’s so much better then turning down the ones I don’t. ;~)

By the way, speaking of conferences…. did you see us Fit Bloggers have one of our own in the works? That’s right, baby… Fit Bloggin’10 click here to read more!

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