Fund raising for a good cause is still fund raising

...and I hate it. And I'm not good at it, which is related, I'm sure.

So why did I decide to participate in a JazzerThon (3 hour session of aerobics) to raise money for breast cancer research? Let's just say it seemed like a good idea at the time. Or maybe that I got caught up in the enthusiasm in my Jazzercise class. Or something. Anyway, I'm now committed to the JazzerThon on February 15 (not a problem) and to trying to solicit contributions to sponsor my doing that.

I'm not the face-to-face solicitation type, so my plan (other than hitting up my father and sister-in-law, and contributing myself, of course) is to put up a note at work, and send out a note to the neighborhood e-mail list. I'm debating a short note to the piffle and Bujold lists, where I feel I have established something of a presence. I'm on lots of other lists, but post so seldom that no one would know who this person begging for money was. The "return" on these kinds of solicitations is bound to be much lower than hitting up one's friends in person, but them's the breaks. This is what I'm comfortable with.

This journal entry might as well have the plea in it, too, so here goes: The JazzerThon is to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The foundation has been around for more than 20 years, and they support medical research, community outreach, screening programs, and a host of similar efforts to fight breast cancer. They're Good People, and it's a cause I believe in. If anyone would like to make a contribution to support my JazzerThon participation, I'd be very grateful. I will need checks in hand by February 12th--send me an email (to the address in my profile) for logistical details. All contributions are (U.S.) tax deductible.

WW, week 9

Well...despite switching to the lighter-weight clothes, I was only down 0.8 pound, for a total loss of 15.4. If the clothing difference was the .5 I measured last week, that's a real loss of 0.3 pounds for the week.

OK, it was still a loss, and I'll take it. This may be a true plateau (though a lot earlier than I expected one), so I'm going to try and be more stringent this coming week and see if I can shake loose. Resolved: try to not use any FlexPoints, try to not use exercise points. The "official" recommendation would probably be to try the new WW Quick Start program, which gives you a rigid 20 points a day, and a choice of either a high-carb or a high-protein set of meals for 2 weeks. I'm saving that for another time.

The end of the week was tougher than it has been, with no triggering incident that I can come up with. I wanted to snack in the afternoon, and I had a few cravings for old bad habits. I gave in a couple of times (logging what I ate, and subsequently having to use more FlexPoints than my norm), which I sure contributed to the tiny loss. Hopefully these old cravings will go away again.