My boss is gorgeous - petite, slim, blonde, and very intelligent. She's a real character around the office. Everyone lusts after her (guys and gals) since she's smart, great communicatator, perfect hair and body. She pretends to be an airhead most of the time, but she's far from it. Suppose women are always pretending or putting on some act or another for the sake of society and the way its moulded our perceptions, of ourselves and the world. Her only downside is she has very strong split personalitiy tendancies. One side is 'I wanna be your best friend' which brings out her fun, friendly and best mates attitude with her staff. The other side of her is super scary, 'I'm the boss and do exactly what I say and don't give your opinion' which she lays down as the rule from day one. This is a new management style for me to experience, the best friend boss that puts the fear of god in you. (Usually, this 'fear of god' style is reserved for the CEO of the company!) I do fear the exact moment that she may turn on me and become the devil. But, her style seems to keep everyone in their place within the team, and we've all submitted to her dominatrix ways, in order to keep the fun, friendly side at the forefront.
She fascinates me with her office mannerisms and quirky behaviours. For instance, every morning (as a kinda ice breaker) she has her staff of 5 take turns and tell what they ate for dinner the night before. A little strange, but it works. (Also, the boss is food and calorie obsessive so its an icebreaker she really enjoys.) Participation, of course, is mandatory! Another rule she has, if anyone goes out at lunchtime and buys clothing, shoes or jewelry, its mandatory that they bring the items into the office to show her.
Her tricks to staying slim... firstly she eats healthy in general. A bowl of low-calorie cereal for breakfast and a cup or two of tea. A couple of days a week she skips lunch and goes shopping instead. Otherwise she has a low calorie lunch, like a chicken salad. She has a sweet tooth so she eats about a hand full of gummies throughout the day. She usually has a good, sizeable dinner like pasta, or chicken tortillas, etc. I'd say she definitely doesn't do late night snacking. For exercise, she power walks a couple time per week. She's stopped going to the gym as it makes her hungry and she ends up putting on weight rather than losing it. She's also sexually active which burns quite a bit of calories. I'm also obsessive about my weight, but I'm definitely jealous as she has managed to lose about half a stone and keep it off, probably a size 6. I know her diet techniques work, as I've done them before. And they're healthy. But I can't get the mental strength and willpower to do it at the minute. I definitely respect her ability to look great. Everyone views her as perfect, but like most women, she goes on and on about what she sees as a major flaw in her body. Why do women do this??? She constantly remarks about her chest size and one day (as one of the staff didn't believe she was small chested) she whips out her plastic chicken fillets from her bra, and says 'see, I have to wear chicken fillets!' Her body is perfect, chicken fillets or not. Why can't women just accept their bodies?!?!
