Deadliest Catch

It's been three days since I had dinner with the captains and crews from my favorite TV show, Deadliest Catch. How I was ever picked to be one of the winners in that contest I will never know. I can only surmise that the universe felt I needed to be there for all the hard work I've done to get my health back. It certainly was an appropriate prize!

I felt so beautiful in my new gauze top and Lee jeans. Who would have thought that I'd be wearing a regular size this year, when for the past 20 years it's been nothing but plus sizes. I met some really wonderful people, especially Leslie, who was great about taking my photograph for me with all the captains and crew members. For those who would like to see just what a great time I had, go to http://carmay.com/deadliest I will never forget that night!

Life is going very well now. I'm back on my food plan and hope to start doing upper body work again on Monday. I did a little today, just to test the waters, but my injury seems to be healing nicely. So Monday I will try to do more.

I'm working on a new website for my photography. This site will move to my personal website carmay.com and carolemay.com will become a site for my photography. I'm starting a new photography course on Tuesday so I hope it's good. I want to start shooting more often as it's my love and passion.

Think about what your passion is and do something with it!

Today is the day!

I am so psyched today. Tonight I will be having dinner with the captains from Deadliest Catch! On my way to the restaurant, I am going to stop at the boatyard where the Northwestern is undergoing a major overhaul. I am going to try to get some good shots of her with the telephoto lens :)

I got a new outfit. Gorgeous Lee jeans that fit perfectly! They were a bit long, so I hemmed them while watching Desperate Housewives the other night :) I also got a turquoise gauze shirt that looks fantastic. Just have to decide on the shoes :) I am taking all my camera equipment so I can do some shooting on the way down.

The scale is also moving again and for that I am so thankful! I want a bumper sticker that says "Plateaus Suck!" Of course, I also have to watch what I eat as some of my recent dilemmas were from my own doing. So I accept responsibility for those, and will now move on towards my goal. I have a lot of support, which is something else I am grateful for.

Hopefully I will get some nice photos tonight and will post them on my photos page :)

Hope you have as good a day as I plan to have!
Carole

Tis May

It's been much of an up and down time.

The down has been that a few things went majorly wrong in my life and of course, being an emotional eater, I ate. I am lucky that I still exercised so the only damage was to slow down my progress, but I am back on track now, so my weight is once again dropping.

The up is that I won a contest and will be having dinner with the captains of Deadliest Catch on Tuesday night :)) I am looking forward to it and am going to treat myself to a new outfit. I'm definitely going to have a lot of photos taken and will add them to my page.

I've also decided that I need to do something creative with my life. So once I get it all set up, carolemay.com will become my photographer's website. And I'll be moving this website to my personal website carmay.com. The new URL will be carmay.com/carolemay for those who want to continue to watch my progress. It will all be there :)))

Hope you have a good weekend! And watch Deadliest Catch! It's the BEST!!

Changes in my life

Well, I have kept my promise to myself and am skating more often. The rink has a morning session for adults only, and believe it or not, I'm getting up at 7:15 to be there at 8:15. Who would have ever thought that I'd be doing this? I do have to be careful though and not overdo things. On Wednesday, I skated in the morning and then went to the university for my workout in the afternoon. Yesterday I ached all over, so I had to take it easy. Today I went for my workout. I decided that I should workout on M-W-F and skate on T-Th. That will balance my activity better.

My weight loss is slowing down, which I expected. I'm not crazy about it, but that's part of life. I'd like to hit goal by August or September, so we'll see.

On another note, I had bought airline tickets to go to NYC in October, and only just found out by a fluke that Delta is no longer servicing my airport. Of course, it would have been nice if Delta had phoned or emailed to let me know, but obviously they don't care. I only found out when I logged on to see if my SkyMiles had been added (they hadn't) and then I clicked on the link to check my reservations, only to find that they weren't there. After spending a half hour on the phone with a rep, the only thing they could offer me was a refund. So now I have to start looking for flights again. I will never book with Delta Airlines again. I only hope I can find flights for a reasonable price.

Today is my birthday!!

Well, here it is again. The all important March 31st. On this day were born: Richard Chamberlain, Al Gore, Christopher Walken, Joseph Hayden, and ME!! I always loved the fact that I shared my birthday with Richard Chamberlain as he has always been one of my favorite actors. I kept hoping that some day I would get to meet him, but I doubt that will happen...but hey, you never know :)

To celebrate my birthday, I did something that I've been thinking about doing for weeks. I went ice skating! My skates finally fit again and I am able to lace them up and tie them. So today I went to the rink. We have a community skate at 2:45 which is rather super since the kids don't get home from school until around 3:15, so it's very quiet and uncrowded until around 3:30. It was good for me as it's been about 8 years since I had my skates on. I was very stiff at first, but after a few times around, I guess muscle memory kicked in and I did much better and felt more comfortable. It made me very happy to skate again. I love the feeling of being on the ice. Now that I know I can still skate, I know I'll be doing it a lot more often :))

Life is good!

It's been a couple of weeks since I wrote anything here. I've been busy with the new apartment and a couple of other projects. It's good to be busy.

I also had a scare that really threw me. I went for a heart test and the number the technician gave me as my ejection fraction was a LOT lower than usual. It all turned out to be a mistake, but in the interim, I thought I wasn't going to be around much longer. Never ask a tech for your stats . . . ask the doctor. I am having another test this coming week called a MUGA, so I'll see what that one says as it is supposed to give me a clearer picture of just how weak or strong my heart actually is.

Now that I've lost 104 pounds, I'm thinking about doing some activities that I was told I'd never be able to do again. I want to ride my bicycle and I want to ice skate. I was hoping to get the bicycle out this weekend, but lo and behold, this morning we got a huge snowstorm! Now it rarely snows in Bellingham . . . we get a little, then it melts, but this morning it was coming down like there was no tomorrow. It's lovely outside through. I'll have to see tomorrow or Monday about venturing out on a bicycle.

Monday is my birthday. I can remember how I felt three years ago when I was first diagnosed, and I'm feeling a lot better now :) So onward and upward. I'll hit goal this year and have a wonderful celebration. In the meantime, yes, I intend to have a piece of cake for my birthday :)))

I'm in my new digs

Well, I've moved into my new apartment. It's much nicer and so much quieter. I don't mind the stairs at all, which is something I never could have said a year ago!

Just so you don't think that I'm not human, I had a few times this past week where I did not stick to my food plan. Between moving and having to go back to the old apartment to do a move out clean, my routine got way off track. I didn't go back to the old ways as I once would have, but I didn't eat properly and my body is telling me that I need to get back on track. I went back to my exercise program yesterday and I will go again tomorrow. I'm also going to try to fit in a few laps of swimming as well. I weighed myself this morning and I've stayed the same, so that is good :)

I am living in a sea of boxes at present and have to make some decisions on what is going to go where. I thought I had it all figured out, but the measurements I was given were not quite correct, so I'm back to the drawing board. I got a book from the library on organizing one's home and I realize that I also need to start thinking outside the box and stop being so anal about how I set up furniture. It's going to be fun :)))

Wish me well, and if you see any fairies who specialize in organizing, send them my way :)