Hot Mama of the Week: Roni Noone
Jan 31st, 2011
Name: Roni Noone
Kids: 5 Year son and another boy on the way!
Occupation: Web publisher
Hometown: Baltimore MD
Full H&H Interview with Roni:
1. Your blog says “One Mom’s Journey from Fat to Skinny to Healthy”. What were the most significant changes you made in that journey?
There were 3 big things I did that made a huge difference. I outlined them in a series of posts called 3 Steps to a Healthier YOU! In a nutshell, I learned to accept myself the way I am (stop negative self-talk), I realized that you are never “off plan” and I simply moved more. It sounds so easy to say it now but it took me 15 years to figure it out.
2. What are the top 3 items in your grocery cart?
Only 3? I could ramble on and on about food! Let’s see, right now I can’t live without my grapefruit in the morning, I think it’s a pregnancy thing. I’ve also recently been obsessed with The Laughing Cow cheese products oh! and a bag of Baby Spinach. I can’t live without my baby spinach. I use it like lettuce on everything! Even recently adding it to smoothies.
3. What are you reading (honestly)?
I’ve been grabbing a chapter of What the Dog Saw here and there but besides that, Wired magazines and kid books, I haven’t read anything cover to cover in a about a year. Honestly, I have no time to read at the moment. My days are spent writing for my blogs and connecting with people online.
4. What is your guilty pleasure when you get a little time for yourself?
A loooong warm bath. I don’t nearly do it enough but when I have some free time I’ll fill up the bath with bubbles and read a magazine.
5. What is your most dreaded household chore?
LAUNDRY. Isn’t it every mom’s bane of existence? I don’t mind throwing it in the washer but then the folding and the putting away. Ugh! I wish there was a little laundry fairy!
6. What is your favorite reality TV show?
I can’t believe I’m about to confess this but Top Model is a total guilty pleasure of mine. I’m fascinated by the model industry and I love seeing the behind the scenes aspect of the photo shoots. Sad, I know.
7. What is your cocktail of choice?
I’m pregnant right now so none for me lately but when I get my drink on I’m mostly a vodka and cranberry girl. If I’m tired I’ll go with a vodka and diet red bull. I used to be a big beer drinker in college but vodka has since taken over in my later years.
8. What is the funniest thing your kids have said or done lately?
My 5 year old is a complete trip. We were listening to Christmas music over holiday break and during one particular song (I’m sure you’ll figure it out) he says “How would Santa wrap a hippopotamus? He would just break out?” Imagine hands up, shoulders shrugged and high voice. He cracks me up!
9. What is your favorite quotation?
There are two by Dr. Seuss…
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
And the inspiration for my new site…
“In my world, everyone’s a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies!”
10. Who is your favorite celebrity mom and why?
I don’t really get into celebrity stuff too much. Don’t get me wrong I love good gossip but I don’t think we really have any idea what type of parents they are from what we read in tabloids or see on the news. Anyone can hire a good PR person.
11. What is something most people don’t know about you?
Oh I’m pretty transparent. Anyone who reads my blog knows most things about me but if I had to think of something it may be that I like horror movies and listen to bands like Godsmack, System of the Down and Korn. What can I say? I’m a recovering 80s hair band fan who grew up in the 90s grunge era.
12. What advice would you give to other mom’s to stay motivated during their own journey?
The thing that you have to remember is that time is continually ticking away. We say things like “I’ll start Monday” but by the time Tuesday arrives we are already back to old habits. So we put off our goals to the following Monday. I was stuck in this cycle for 15 years. You have to decide enough is enough. Take a good hard look at yourself in the mirror and have a one-on-one. Life is going to start passing you by as you wait for that “perfect” Monday. You’ll never be perfect. You’ll never look perfect. You’ll never eat perfect. Do what you can now that gets you closer to your goals and stop punishing yourself. Life is too short.
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