Do you lead or do you follow? Isn’t that an interesting question. I do both – but not at the same time. Today at the Y while I was exercising the attendant came over and asked to me input my cardio figures into the computer. Up to now, I have been writing down the time, distance and calories burned and they have put them in for me. She explained that once I began writing down my stats everyone else started doing it and it became a big clerical headache for the employees who do the inputting. So, I guess I am what you call a “Trendmaker” – a “Leader” in that respect. Since I didn’t see anyone else writing down their stats, I don’t think I will see anyone else doing it on the computer, but it’s nice to know that sometimes people are paying attention to me.
I know that I do find myself ready, able and willing to be a leader, if it is necessary – if a decision has to be made and no one is stepping up to make it, and it is something I am familiar with I can and will make that decision. Most of the time, though, I am one of the ones who stands back and lets someone else whom I consider qualified make the decision. What does that make me. Am I wishy washy? Sometimes I think so, and then as I look around at the way everyone else acts and reacts to certain situations, I think I’m normal – status quo.
I like to think that I am a leader in my own right when it comes to my eating habits and how I treat my body – and certainly want others to follow so that they can lead their own following. This is a good cycle – not the defeating cycle of yo-yo dieting. In this respect, I am a proud and consistent leader.
Talk at ya later,
Think Thin Thoughts
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