Feb. 22nd was Ash Wednesday. The beginning of Lent. So I decided to give up eating McDonalds which I love so much. Both breakfast and lunch/dinner options. I tried to have it for breakfast the Sunday before Lent but just missed it by a few minutes. So I went to my favourite local diner, Hazel’s and had the “Trucker Special” 3 eggs, bacon, sausage, baked beans, pancakes (really the best I’ve had), toast and homefries (ok – I opted out of the homefries…LOL). After writing it all out, I think I’d better stop eating those too!! Haha.

One of the side effects of Tamoxifen which I am required to take for another 4+ years, (aside from the hotflashes) is weight gain. I’ve heard an average of 20 pounds…..(Yikes!) better hit the gym or even better: the golf course. Spring can’t arrive too soon for me. It would be awful for me to move on from my year of battling cancer to one where I am battling the bulge. What would I do with all my clothes?! Now Chris and Jim (my fab designers and BFFs) can work miracles but 20 lbs would be pushing it! *le sigh

I am hopeful that like the leap year, I will leap ahead in 2012. Back to a time where I feel and look more like myself. (On my visit to Manila, my dear cousin Kevin said: “Winnie‘s Warriors blog is the biggest scam of all time!” He said that I look better than ever! Gotta love family. :p ) To get back doing and participating in things I love. To be free and content in my life. And to continue enjoying my friendships with all of you; something which has never changed and I for that, I am eternally grateful.

Love and big hugs,
Winnie xo