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Friday, March 4, 2011

I believe

Below is a post that I put on my Facebook this morning. I just wanted to share it with you all. My workouts this week have been rather crappy. I have hit or miss most of my exercise time due to really long hours at work. However, today I finally feel that I can play catch up and I will be able to get back on track this evening. I hope you all are having a great day and prepping for a great weekend!

I believe in Jesus Christ and have accepted him as my personal savior. One facebooker has challenged all believers to put this on their wall. In the Bible it says, If you deny me in front of your peers, I will deny you in front of my Father at the gates of Heaven. This is simple. If you love God and are not afraid to show ...it repost this. Amen

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

As FEB comes to a close

Well, by far FEB was a much better month for me. I was able to workout more than JAN and I committed to a workout plan. I have been on the INSANITY kick for 2 weeks now. Its a great butt kicker at 0500 in the morning!

I have been really busy at work lately. My new job as the social media chief is really kicking my butt. I feel that I spend most days trying to get a head of the news ball and share what comes in, out to the people that like us on FB and who follow us on twitter.

I have also spent more time keeping my FB and twitter updated as well. I have grown over 20 followers on my twitter in the last 2 weeks alone! I am so excited about it! I work hard in trying to provide information about myself but at the same time providing news about the Army.

I am still training for my half marathon, its slow and I am going in on the training with the mind set; one foot in front of the other slowly! I am up to 5 miles and no issues thus far. However, I have a 7 miler this weekend, time to bust out the energy gels!

I have also added lunch time swims, so far I get to the pool twice a week.

Today I find myself in a pinch. Today around 1600 or 4pm; I have 3 events. 1. pick up dog from the vet (he got his teeth worked on) 2. buddy is getting promoted to LTC (this is a big deal!) 3. run 3.5 miles with my running group.

all three events are really important, hopefully I can figure out how I will be getting to each event!

I hope you all are having a great day!

Still Going!

I'm continuing to do my INSANITY workouts daily. This morning was a bit rough though, I really didnt get much sleep last night and so moving to workout was slow. I was super productive this morning, took all my vitamins, made lunch, ate breakfast, showered and even managed to get to work on time!! Woo Hoo!

Diet is getting better, I have changed my dinners to protein shakes and packed protein, and complex carbs during the day. So far its ok, I find myself hungry a lot though so I drink a lot of water. Yeah me for water intake!

My whole office is going lap swimming today at lunch, I am looking forward to it! I also am leading a 3 mile run this afternoon with my ladies running group. I guess I should build a route for it, huh? LOL.

I have been really busy with social media at work. My job now encompasses the social media chief for West Point. I am in charge of the West Point facebook page, you can find it at http://www.facebook.com/WestPointUSMA

The more fans that like my page the more cool toys and creative latitude I will get. I am also in charge of the West Point twitter page too, you can find it at http://twitter.com/WestPoint_USMA

I still have a lot of work to do but social media is coming along nicely.

Well I hope you all are having a great Wednesday, I know I'm looking forward to the weekend already!

Finding traction

so lately I have been struggling at work. I have become the master of pushing food around the plate. I have been leaving work the past week feeling like a failure and totally lost as to what the heck I actually accomplished that given day. I review everything that went on that day and realized that I was constantly working, moving from one project to another, but I actually never finished anything that was worth anything. I have been given a huge responsibility and I struggle with taking that new assignment to the next level. I am now in charge of the social media at West Point for the Public Affairs office.
I have devote a large amount of daily time to monitoring, developing and sharing stories on Facebook and Twitter. I struggle with finding content that is worth sharing but also developing content as well. It is way to easy to simply copy, paste and retweet someone else's work, however, the harder part is providing information that is fun, relevant and timely is the challenge.
I struggle on a daily basis on providing information that seems relevant to the world but so much of it is so inappropriate. As an official military site what I believe or what the unit believes in reference to all of the unrest in the middle east means nothing. I also wonder what content I can provide that will engage my audience in providing feedback other than hitting the like button.
On a side note I have deleted my twitter account, my focus for twitter remains with my official twitter site for West Point.
The one good thing is I have been pretty good at being consistent with working out. I am still waking up and doing INSANITY with my husband. I am getting in afternoon runs at least 2 times a week. I have also tried to stick with at least 2 afternoon swims. So far the workout plan isn't too bad. Now onto my eating habits. So far I've done well with changing the diet, I just know I can do better.
why is that all the food that taste so good is just so bad for you? Why couldn't we have been introduced to foods that tastes delicious that are also good for you? Why can't I seem to want to love apples and oranges like I love chocolate and cheesecakes? Hmmm... if only.
I am excited that I walked away from work today feeling like I finally made way about work. I have a better outlook heading into work tomorrow. I think I might have found my traction. :)