I am the Queen

Today I'd like to toot my horn a little bit. You see, where I work, we are doing "The Biggest Loser". It was the brainchild of our Human Resources Department to get folks to lose a little weight and get healthy. We have a "Wellness" program whereby you collect points throughout the year on your "wellness scorecard" and then at the end of October you hand it in. If you get the required number of points, you can get a nice discount on your health insurance on your paycheck the following year. Last year was the first that Pinnacle supported this program, and come January, it was really nice to see a reduction in my insurance rate. Now this year, everyone wants to get in on the savings!!!

Hence, the Biggest Loser program ... patterned after the TV Program, if you participate in this, you can receive a whopping 10 points. Now, that is a lot and all you have to do is participate. Of course the goal is to lose weight; but if you do not, you still get credit for participating.

Well, I decided to start a team. Teams had to consist of ten members, and you could pick a pseudo name. I knew the ladies I worked with would participate, but I invited one person's husband for our token male; whose name happened to be Jack. We call ourselves "Nine Queens and a Jack" and each of the ladies has taken a queen name for reporting purposes. Each week we weigh in on Friday and then report our team's progress. Queen Bee won the first two weeks but guess what ... Queen Mother won this week. Guess who Queen Mother is??? ME

Yes, this week I was the biggest loser and I am happy because next week I will be on vacation and probably will eat like a pig.

Each Monday as team leader, I send out a little history on each of our queens. We have Queen Anne, Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Bee, Queen Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile, Queen of Hearts, Queen Mother, Queen Guinevere, and of course "Jack". I went to the Dollar Tree and secured a lovely crown, scepter and some gorgeous one-of-a-kind gifts for each week's winner. Everyone is trying hard to win one. Fun, you bet ... makes work more interesting and we just might get a little healthier!!!!