What risks would you take to inspire your own weight loss? See yourself writing, producing, marketing, and selling skinny songs to help get your butt in gear? Venture capitalist Heidi Roizen, 49, may not have ever predicted she'd do such a thing. But it's exactly what she found herself doing when her weight hit an all-time high and she wanted more than anything to fit into the small clothing tucked away in her closet.

After her hunt for inspirational diet music was met with defeat, Roizen decided to write her own lyrics. Hiring two music producers came next and now her CD Skinny Songs is available for $14.99 on Amazon. Her songs -- I'm a Hottie Now, Skinny Jeans, and Thin are three of them -- can also be downloaded on iTunes.

Roizen, whose goal was to go from a size 14 to a size 8, can now fit into her skinny jeans. And she plans to keep it that way. She hopes to help others reach their own goals too.

"I've made a lifelong commitment to a lifelong change," says the mother of two. "I started writing the music to inspire myself, and now I hope it will inspire others."

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Everywhere I go, I'm surrounded by amazing, successful women who have kept up with and even exceeded their male counterparts in the career depoartment.But life's not easy for your average business woman. Chances are she has little time for herself. A life that includes corporate-climbing, household responsibilities, and perhaps even a growing family leaves little time for our career woman to take care of something that should be on the top of her to-do list: her health.

If this sounds like you, please, for your own sake, check out this article from eDiets on how to incorporate exercise into a busy schedule. There's nothing particularly new here, but we women occasionally need reminders of the important person we're forgetting to take care of: ourselves.

How do you balance the work/home obligations?

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