You are smart. You are nice. You are pretty. You are determined. You are wise. You are knowledgeable. You are strong. You are sweet. You are determined. You are beautiful. You are amazing.
<3
June 2012
Don't ever give up. I want to see you progress over the years to come -- I hope you never leave the Fitblr community! You are such an inspiration.
Sorry if this is rude, but are you in a relationship?
Indeed. If you’d like to see my boyfriend’s fitblr, it’s linked in the sidebar just a few lines below the ask box link. :)
aw risa! thanks :) i love that cat! his name is Jumbo and will protect you from anon trolls!! yay!! go Jumbo! <3 kitties
draw me a picture of a cat please risa :(
What… I don’t… who…
fuck those anons. you're getting your shit together and they're not and they're bitter. Yay Risa! She's the greatest! Like, seriously. Anon trolls are just people who don't have the brainpower to empathize or unfollow. And if you're cold, here's an elmo jacket! His litle red face is just perfect for brightening days!
May 2012
I'm sorry, but the anon who told you "there is NO SUCH THING" as a protein deficiency is plain stupid. I'm a nutrition major and, seriously, has this person never heard of kwashiorkor or even marasmus? *face-palm"
I WISH I could’ve captured my face when I read that anon message. My highly-accredited doctors have diagnosed me with a protein deficiency. It’s a pretty well-known condition, especially if you’re nutrition-concious. And just… if they had even Googled it… it’s… it’s there… nearly 4,000,000 times… it’s… how do you… I can’t….
My Anons
- Me: I'm cold.
- Anon 1: There's no such thing as cold! It's the absence of heat.
- Anon 2: You're cold? You don't know what real cold is! There are people who would kill to be as warm as you are!
- Anon 3: I've been where you are. It's not cold. You're such a liar.
- Anon 4: Haha! You can't handle cold whether! Pussy!
- Anon 5: You talk about being cold ALL THE TIME.
- Anon 6: Why don't you just buy a fireplace? Duh.
- Anon 7: God, stop talking about yourself.
- Anon 8: Go kill yourself with an icicle.
- Anon 9: Stop hogging all the cold, fatty.
- The 1-in-10 Anon: Sorry you're cold! I'd loan you my sweatshirt if I were there. Hope you warm up soon!
I have so much love for you, oh my gooness.
You claimed that you live with a "protein deficiency" but there is NO SUCH THING. There is no medical term for such a thing.
…are you real? Or a better question: are you one of my 4 physicians that diagnosed and monitors my protein deficiency resulting from malabsorption and a common side effect of the surgery I had 3 1/2 years ago? Or are you just incapable of properly using Google at a first grade level?
Whenever I see someone unfollow me after making a personal post, I just think, “Did you bother to check out my blog before you followed me, or did you just assume I sit here and reblog fitness graphics day and night?”
I lose AT LEAST 1 follower every time I make a lengthy personal post, but I get a ton of new followers a day, so I dont even care!
I lost 25 followers today from personal posts. Hey, just means they don’t get to be part of my next big follower giveaway. Their loss.
What color is your favorite fruit?
Whenever I see someone unfollow me after making a personal post, I just think, “Did you bother to check out my blog before you followed me, or did you just assume I sit here and reblog fitness graphics day and night?”
Do you have other source of money to collect for your surgery other than tumblr?
Kind of sort of? I have a part-time job that I finally got at the end of April after 5 years of job hunting, but I haven’t had a shift in 4 weeks. The money I’ve made from there barely even folds. I do online surveys through CashCrate (linked in my sidebar), but that only gives me about a half a tank of gas every month or two. Then I have a part time job as a reader, but they only give me one assignment a month, and it pays for about a week, maybe two weeks, of groceries. So all of that goes to basic living expenses. The ads on my page haven’t even turned enough money for them to send me a check yet, so I don’t count that. And my internship is unpaid. The extra money I get to live off of comes from eating into a fund my grandmother left for me, a fund that was supposed to go toward either the surgeries or my first house. Unfortunately, I need my apartment rent and basic living expenses more than I can afford to save that account. So it’s been cut down tremendously and is nearing bottom. Breaks my heart. Would’ve covered most of my surgery, and I know my grandmother would’ve wanted to see me get that. But that’s why I started the donate button. Of course, no one is obligated to donate. I’ll keep my blog running whether people donate or not because it’s become a wonderful hobby for me. But when someone donates, it gives me a little hope that I may be able to get my surgery in a foreseeable future. Ideally, I’d love to have at least 2 of the 3 procedures done before my high school reunion in 5 years and before my wedding. But I’m living off good graces and kindness, so I’m trying to keep my sites reasonable.
Thanks for taking the time to ask. Nice and reasonable question. I approve.
*anon hate*
beautiful Risa. I want you to know that I care so much about you. You are so precious and lovely and I want to know that you are okay. You mean so much to so many of us, please know how much we love you, and don't let a few dickheads upset you my darling. <3
Thank you, dear. You are such a doll.
I’m okay. Blood sugar stabilizing. Back spasms have kicked in (just a damn mess today, ain’t I), but it’s nothing I can’t handle. Just happy that the walls no longer look like a liquid. That was a weird 8 minutes. o.o
Got my psych appointment, too. Unfortunately, it’s not until June 28th. But I guess the fact that the doctor I chose is so in-demand is a good sign.
I hope you're ok, you have lots of followers that care about your well being. I've been in your shoes and it's ok to be a little weak, we all are. But you're still one of the strongest people I know. Much love to you
I can’t tell you how nice it is to come back to an anon message that isn’t hate.
Sugar Overload
For those of you who read my post Too Sweet recently, you know what I’m referring to. So pardon me while I make use of the office couch at my internship to wedge my head between the cushions until the room stops spinning.
Mental Health
I got a lot of messages sitting in my inbox, so I figured I should tell you guys what’s up. Please, don’t worry about me. It’s not like suicidal tendencies or anything life threatening like that. It’s just panic attacks. Which, actually, have put me in some life threatening situations like that time I almost ran onto the highway, but overall it’s not as serious. I’m just trying to find a psychiatrist in my area who fits my needs so I can start getting treatment immediately since the attacks have worsened and increased in frequency. I’m up to a minimum of two a day, it seems. As you can imagine, this greatly interferes with my daily life. I suspect some of it is related to how the medications for my PCOS and my Fowler’s Syndrome interact and leave me feeling drugged up more often than not, but I’ll leave that to the doctor to deduce.
Anyway, thanks for all of the support and concern, but no need to worry. I’m seeking treatment, and that’s what matters.
Dear Anon
I just want you to know that I got to read your message while on hold with a mental health hotline. You never know what’s going on for the person you send hate to. So I thought I’d let you know exactly what’s going on. Thank you so much. I really hope you’re feeling nice and good about yourself.
Anon, I'm pretty sure the only reason she ever says anything about people unfollowing her is when they are obviously unfollowing after something possibly controversial has been stated by Risa. Over half the people on tumblr are incapable of understanding that people have their own opinions that differ from their own. And it bothers them. When THOSE types of people unfollow, it deserves to be mentioned because there's no point in being closeminded. Especially in our world today. Go Risa! <3
^Gonna keep using this.
yes of course you don't care about follower counts, it's not like you make posts complaining about people unfollowing you all the goddamn time OH WAIT
Oh, let me help you out there.
My boyfriend has more followers on his less-than-two-weeks-old fitness blog than I have on my over-two-years-old main blog.
Hot damn. It’s not that I care about the follower count on mine. You know I don’t. It’s just that I’m amazed at the speed in which his blog picked up. I’m impressed. He’s over 500 in under two weeks. Wowza.
