Re: [TCP] Tech Comm Conference CfPs

2008-10-16 Thread Paula
Well, if your company is willing to send you to Israel, we'll be having our 3rd Annual Techshoret Communicators Conference on February 26th. We are still looking (ok, we haven't looked too hard yet) for an international guest - the rest of the presentations are homegrown and of a very high

[TCP] Physical fitness and technical communication

2008-10-16 Thread Jones, Donna
Has anyone else watched their posterior expand as their career advanced? After many years of sitting on my backside at my computer as a technical writer and editor, I had to admit that using a mouse, typing, and pushing buttons on the printer that I was documenting wasn't enough exercise to keep

Re: [TCP] Physical fitness and technical communication

2008-10-16 Thread Sue Heim
Hate to say this, but I'm exactly the same size as when I started this career 20 years ago. I weigh a couple pounds more, but that is more likely attributed to age rather than job. I'm also slightly less active lately (mostly due to surgery) but that will change in the (hopefully) not too distant

Re: [TCP] Physical fitness and technical communication

2008-10-16 Thread bphuettner
One year we had a speaker come in for our December STC meeting to talk about exercise, stress, and relaxation while at your desk.? This particular woman teaches yoga, Pilates, and aerobics, and had us all up bending and stretching!? In addition to acknowledging the general health

Re: [TCP] Physical fitness and technical communication

2008-10-16 Thread Tom Johnson
I wrote a post called Tips for Avoiding a Sedentary Lifestyle here: * http://tinyurl.com/4xs6kr* See one of the comments below the post about a 10,000 step program someone has at work. It's a way of taking extra little detours at work that force you to walk more. Kind of funny. Tom

Re: [TCP] Physical fitness and technical communication

2008-10-16 Thread Dana Worley
On Thursday, October 16, 2008, Dan Gallagher wrote: Vegetarian here too. Non-smoker, rare beer drinker. Alcohol lowers one's fat-burning, something like 1 beer = 10%. I work out twice a week and ride bikes frequently (year round, S. FL). I ride my bike everywhere possible. Even have a

Re: [TCP] Physical fitness and technical communication

2008-10-16 Thread McLauchlan, Kevin
It can't possibly hurt to be trimmer, healthier, and more alert as we work (said the porky mid-fifties guy. Something that really intrigued me from TV a couple of months ago was a segment (don't remember which program) in which office workers were spending their days on treadmills. Literally.

Re: [TCP] Physical fitness and technical communication

2008-10-16 Thread Chris Vickery
I noticed sluggishness and weight gain when I moved from my college job in a café to a sedentary desk job. When I was 28, I weighed more than I ever had in my life--about 190 at 6'. In the last few years I've taken up running--I do 3 or 4 miles every other day and usually 9 or 10 on the

Re: [TCP] Physical fitness and technical communication

2008-10-16 Thread Chris Vickery
Oh and my #1 recommendation to keep the weight down is no sodas. I quit drinking coke about 6 years ago and it really helped. c -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jones, Donna Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 7:00 AM To: TCP List Subject:

Re: [TCP] Physical fitness and technical communication

2008-10-16 Thread Sharon Burton
I eat (generally) healthy foods, I walk fast (on purpose) everywhere I go, on the weekends I take the Aussie dog to the U for at least an hour off leash walk, I don't drink sodas, eat burgers, chips, or other empty calories', as my mother called them. If I had time, I'd be doing karate or ballet