Week 22 Measurement check

Where does the time go? Every Tuesday I take my measurements and every Tuesday I’m supposed to check in here with my progress and yet, some how I haven’t gotten to do it in 3 weeks – but I have been taking my measurements. Some how the numbers are still going down..but I’m not quite sure how. I have been so bad with my eating. Mainly, because I have no food at the house – when I don’t get home until 9pm every night it’s difficult to get to the grocery story but then Austin made a good point last night, why don’t we get Peapod anymore?? It was such a valuable service for us and it helped us to eat healthy and save money by eating at home. I ate out three meals yesterday! Horrible!

So the last time I checked in with the measurements was Sep. 23. They were the following:

Bust 36

Waist 37

Hips 43

Thigh 24

Arm 12.5

As of Tuesday, October 13 they are:

Bust 35 (down 1)

Waist 36 (down 1)

Hips 42 (down 1)

Thigh 23 (down 1)

Arm 12 (down. 5)

That is a total of 4.5 inches in three weeks! I guess this is good. I’m still nervous about the scale. I go back to see Dr. Robinson on Nov. 4.

Prohibiting Social Media in the Workplace..

I do not understand this concept at all. The Boston Business Journal published an article on their website today about a survey by Robert Half International discussing employers prohibiting social media. The article can be read here: http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/10/05/daily21.html

The article states that “54 percent of companies prohibit the use of social networking Web sites during work hours, including popular sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn” WHY??? There are a couple of points I want to make about this.

1. Why are these companies banning the sites? I wish they would have given some examples of companies that have banned it because that might help explain the rationale. However, most companies can use these sites and lead generation tools. That translates to $$$. Dear employers, notice the term for what you are banning “Networking” – this means meeting people and building contacts that might lead to business. Why wouldn’t you want your employees to get out there and network and make a better name for your company.

2. Educational reasons – there are so many free resources on these sites. Countless articles are posted on Twitter these days that could prove profitable and helpful to employees. Why wouldn’t you want to participate in a free webinar to learn how to improve yourself (back to point 1) to make more $$$.

3. Your customers are talking about you whether or not your online – so why not participate?? This is one of my favs. People are talking about your company, no doubt. If you can’t access the sites how are you going to monitor and respond to what is being said..helllllloooooo???

4. Employee Morale – instead of pissing off your employees and making them continuously unhappy why don’t you give them access and let them spend 15 minutes on facebook checking in on their friends. Is 15 minutes really going to kill you?? No, you would rather piss them off by telling them they can’t use it therefore making them unproductive disgruntled employees. Believe me, if you give them access they will still get their work done because you are giving them the access. It’s like telling a 20 yr old they can’t drink – they only want to do it because they can’t.

As someone who spends 8 hrs a day on facebook (for my job), I don’t understand this concept. Again, if I new what industry some of the companies are in that might help explain it a bit more..

Will He Hold Your Purse??

There was a great article in yesterday’s Sunday Boston Globe Magazine, titled Will He Hold Your Purse. The article by, Robin Schoenthaler was just awesome. It really made me stop and think about my relationship with my husband, Austin. Even though we go through are ups and downs and I might think he is the laziest person alive – he always holds my purse when I ask him to. He really loves me!

This should be the new way that you determine if this is the man for you. After a couple months of dating, ask him to hold your precious Marc Jacobs satchel. Will he do it??

When I was reading the article, it made me smile because as Schoenthaler described the devoted husbands in the waiting room of the chemotherapy center it reminded me of all the times Austin sat and waited for me. For my first colonoscopy at 23 and just last May when I had my lap-band. He is always there with my purse.

I think we might be onto something here. From now on when a friend tells me she has met the man of her dreams..I’m going to ask “Do you think he will hold your purse if you ask him to?”

I thought this was a great article -  be sure to tell your spouse or significant other the next time he holds your purse how much you love him. If your with someone who won’t hold your purse…it’s time to move on!