I Just Have To Brag

Ive always been interested in photography from a young age.  When I was 12, my parents bought me my first camera for Christmas, which I had for years.  Ive had various cameras since then, and a few years ago finally got a good digital camera.  That was my Canon SD1000 Power Shot.

I had bugged Barry for years because I always wanted a DSLR, but he would never let me spend the money on one.  It irritated me to no avail, so the first thing I bought when he died was a Canon Rebel XS DSLR camera, which I absolutely loved.  I felt like such a rebel when I did that.  I had that camera until this past February, when I was at Best Buy with my dad, and traded in that one for the newest Canon EOS 60D.  My dad paid me for my Rebel, and I used that to help pay for this camera.

Since Ive had the DSLRs, Ive fooled around with photography, and have taken some really amazing photos.  I had a friend over a few weeks ago, and snapped this photo of her 6 month old son.

Ive gotten some really great feedback on the photo, and was just nominated for Photo of The Week on JPGMag.com.  Even if I dont get photo of the week, I feel such a sense of accomplishment.  I am proud of myself for taking such a great photo.  I absolutely LOVE it!

If you dont mind, take a peek at the photo and vote if you can :) Id really appreciate it, even if you have to become a member, I would be really happy if you could.

Thanks so much everyone!!

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JUST CHECKING IN

As you can tell by the months and months between this post and the last one, I have not posted for awhile.  I thought I would come on and post a quick update, in case anyone is interested.

Ive been off the wagon just a bit in the past four months.  Nothing serious, but not being as careful as I should.  I have put on a few pounds, so I decided to go back to tracking again just to get, well, back on track.  For the past two days, I have been eating like this:

1555 calories
135g fat
57g protein
28g carbs

Thats around 78% fat, in case that matters to anyone and they dont want to do the math.

In the past two days, I have lost 2 pounds.  The lowest I had gotten in 2012 was 136.4, I think.  It was hard to stay there, and I finally decided that if I could stay below 140 and maintain there, I would be doing well.  And I did for awhile, and then I went on vacation.  I gained eight pounds, and most of that in the last 2 days of the 13 day trip.

Most of the trip, I stayed true to my low carb lifestyle, and the last two days, I said heck with it and ate badly.  I gain weight really fast when I eat badly.  Obviously.

So now I am back to 143 pounds and working to get back below 140 again.  I have not taken my measurements.  Ill probably do that on Sunday.

Thats all for now.  Thanks for reading!

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