Thank you everybody for the compliments! I have been wearing my hair straight now, so I wanted to post a new picture.

Sherry-Don't forget that if you walk some, you can earn AP's! I need company over at the exercise thread. Cheryl has threatened to come back. This week will be a short one as far as running goes because I won't be able to run my Saturday miles. I am doing Odyssey of the Mind again this year, and have judges training early Saturday. So far I have only gotten 20 miles in, and I was hoping to at least get 25 for a short week, but I am just too tired today to run. I am going to try and run tomorrow afternoon, but I'm not counting on it. For some reason, I never feel comfortable running on Friday afternoons. Maybe it's anticipation of the weekend, I don't know.

Dee-I am so happy that you are getting better. You must be so proud of yourself for recovering so quickly. I'm sure those water aerobics are helping you not only with controlling your weight, but as therapeutic exercise for your body. Wow 13 lbs! That's awesome!

I, too am worried about Vicki. Vicki, I hope if you are reading these posts that you will at least pop in to say hi. We all miss you very much!

Gayle-You will get back OP when you are ready. You always motivate me so much!

Janice-Your post was so cute! I love your little drop in icons.

Carol-Where are you? I hope that everything is okay with you.

Ramona-I hope everything is going well for you and that your back is feeling better. I know that things are probably very hectic for you at work also, but please post and let us know that you and the boys are okay.

Cheryl-Thanks for taking the time to let me know that you will be back on the exercise thread. You did so good the first few days of the month. Please do some walking, even if it is in the malls!

I was so overwhelmed at work today. The secretary was out today, and the data person's phone was on do not disturb so she could work on FTE. Needless to say, it was Shelley all the way today for everything! I felt so sorry for myself that I ordered lunch out today. I never do that on Thursdays, only on Friday. I had a delicious chicken caesar salad. I threw out the bread and didn't eat the croutons.

This is a letter from the Skinny Post


The Business of YOU
» by jane on February 8, 2005

Have you noticed that I haven’t posted very much? Well, I’ve been busy researching some topics to write about. And there’s quite a bit of interesting stuff — like the cost of ‘good food,’ and the idea that being overweight doesn’t mean you’re a bad person, and the images we have of ourselves, and all kinds of other topics. They’ll be interesting, at least I hope they will be.

But I’m sitting here realizing that there’s been a whole lot of thinking and not much doing. And that applies to a number of areas, from thinking about not eating chocolate to my still-not-working plots to get to the gym. Elaborate schemes, no action. (Although I DO think that buying three pilates DVDs and a Tai Chi DVD counts to some extent, even though I couldn’t figure out the DVD player!)

But a conversation I had this evening offers some hope for this stalemate, at least for me. The message: I run the business of ME. I am the CEO. I make the decisions, arrange for benefits, take care of all the bills, manage the income, carry out various training programs, in general, I take care of the business.

Now, let’s be honest. I’m doing things — or not doing them, as the case may be — that I would never do at work. I’d never show up late for a meeting at work, yet I’m not keeping my gym appointments. I’m considered a key piece of the internal education program, but am I taking the time to learn Pilates to focus on my core? NO.

When I’m overwhelmed at work, I first take a few minutes and figure out the priorities and come up with a plan. It often involves recruiting other people to lend their particular skills. And what do I do when I’m overwhelmed in my personal life? Head for the chocolate!

This all ties in with one of my key personal observations. And that is that I’ve never met an overweight person who put themselves first in their lives. And here I am, taking so much better care of my 9-5 job and not of my own personal corporation.

So, my company isn’t doing as well as it should, and it’s time to re-evaluate the goals and the path. There’s ALWAYS a chance for a mid-course correction. So here it is! I now declare the reorganization of JANE’S COMPANY. The first item on the agenda is to make a list of goals and the tasks I need to do to accomplish them. The next step is to identify possible obstacles and develop strategies for handling them.

So, the first goal is that I will make it to the gym three times this week. And the obstacle is that it’s too much bother to get ready. So I’m going to try changing into my gym clothes before I leave the office. Sounds like a plan, doesn’t it???? Wish me luck! And let’s hope I don’t decide to fire the CEO!!!!