New Year, New Post

A new year always brings new goals.

Things I am looking forward to in 2017:

• Going to Seattle for Filmapalooza in March.
• Going to Ashland twice (April & September) to see all the shows at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
• Training and walking the AVON39 Walk To End Breast Cancer with my Auntie Betty.

Things I want to achieve in 2017:

• Get cast in more shows... this requires auditioning for more shows. I have two auditions already set up for January so I am off to a good start.
• Lose weight and trim my waistline - I lost 20+ pounds training for the AVON39 walk in 2016 so hopefully I will lose more this year. 2017 is the year of the abs... I want less handle in my love handles.
• Cleaner eating.
• Be more social.
• ... and most importantly remain cancer free!

My health is well, I see my oncologist every 3 months and my surgeon every 6 months. I had my yearly mammogram in December and it came back normal (YAY!). I continue to do self checks and take my tamoxifen. 

I've started my year working on some of these goals. Yesterday I went to Dave & Dana's place for game night (being social!). Today I got up and weighed myself to get an accurate starting point (ugh! I kinda let myself go during the holidays) and then I did a five mile walk this morning. I spent the rest of the day doing food prep for the week so I will have healthy food on hand for lunch and dinner. I also went through all my clothes and I now have three bags of clothes to bring to donation that I just don't wear for a variety of reasons. My dresser drawers now have breathing room in them. I have also been doing this 28 Day Plank Challenge to work on my abs... I have like zero ab strength so it's getting to be REALLY challenging to get through them, but I am doing my best and pushing through and I have to pause the time and take a quick break and get back up then that is what I do and eventually I will be strong enough to do it all the way through.