I hate goodbyes....but we must say it2012 has been a great year for me!  There are so many great things that have happened and I can not wait to see what 2013 has in store.  I really hope that I'm not over exciting myself for it but I can't help it! This past year I have learned a lot about myself a...

When losing weight ever have that one outfit you want to work towards fitting into or that one shirt that you can't wait to wear?This is currently my shirt that's waiting in the wings to make it's debut :)  My mom bought this for me a year or so ago at Stanton Trade Days.  Of course I couldn't try i...

Every locket tells a story.....What's your story?I have a huge annoucement!  I am no longer with Initial Outfitters.  I am now with a company called Origami Owl.  They specialize in living lockets and their tag is the opening to this blog.  They are AMAZING :)Every locket is made custom to the custo...

Neon Splash Dash ......One of the goals that I wanted by having the surgery and losing the weight was to be able to participate in a 5k and of course I wanted it to be a fun one :)The Neon Splash Dash is the wildest & brightest night time running event you’ve ever seen! The starting line will illumi...

That is one of my all time favorite Christmas songs.  I absolutely LOVE Christmas time.  I love it for what we celebrate, the family traditions, decorations, music, EVERYTHING!When my sister and the kids were here it happened to be the opening weekend of the Polar Express in Lubbock.  So naturally w...

It's only a facial one but I decided to do it.  I am waiting to do the body comparison until I've lost 100 lbs and that shouldn't be to long!The picture on the left was taken around Memorial Day and the picture on the right was taken Thanksgiving day.  Everyone tells me they can really tell in my fa...

This just in.....The pie was amazing.......

I LOVE to cook...But I have never made a pumpkin pie.  Until tonight!  I love pumpkin pie and I'm limited on the sugar intake I can have so I decided to make a pumpkin pie following Libby's famous pumpkin pie recipe ( It says it's famous on the can so I'm taking her word for it....I mean why would L...

I am still in shock as to how much I can eat. Yes, I realize that they did remove 3/4 of my stomach but I don't think about it until I eat. Today for lunch I had 2 scrambled eggs and I feel like I ate an entire pizza. I am so full! It's an amazing feeling though. And it has taken some adjustment fo...

Since my surgery!I can't believe it's already been that long!  It feels like forever ago that I had it.  I'm healing really good and I am now at the point that I get to start incorporating soft solid foods into my diet.  Which is really exciting because I am so sick of soup lol.  I had my one month ...

Hi my name is Christy and its been 8 hours since my last pin.."hi Christy, glad you're here..."Pintrest can be so addicting! It starts with one pin here and one pin there and 1400 pins later...you have an amazing closet, fabulous home, and your meals planned out for the next 10 years. My friends Cr...

Is not your typical bucket list....Everyone says "Oh I have that on my bucket list!" but when it comes to a weight loss bucket list the items on that list are totally different.  If you've never been over weight you probably take things for granted and not even think anything about them. *NOTE:  As ...

My baby sister turned the big 30!!My sister is the type of person that loves to be in control of situations. It's not a bad thing at all (even though we give her grief about it lol)! But we wanted to surprise her for her birthday and that took ALOT of work. I made arrangements to have a party at her...

I got this recipe off of Pintrest last week.  And I am so glad I did!! I made a little change by omitting 1 cup of finely diced celery and 1 cup of finely diced carrots.  I left those out since I am not able to have those.  If you choose to add it to your soup, add it with the first step.  It made e...

We all have "those" kind of recipe's :)After I moved out of my townhouse with my sister and moved into my own apartment there were days between pay day that I just looked in my fridge & said "What can I do with this?" Lol. We've all been there! Well I came up with this recipe and I still love it to...

31!Since September 22nd ( my last appointment before the big surgery) I have lost 31 pounds!! 1 week post surgery I have lost 13.  I am so excited!! I went for my 1 week follow up to have my staples out and I was kinda sad cause that was pretty much the whole appointment.  I did get to chat with th...

Challenge: Won!Today was kind of a difficult day. Not in the body healing aspect but more of in the mind healing aspect. I've been pretty strong since the very beginning & continued to be strong through the surgery. Today was tough. I am still off work and I'm loving being able to have a couple of d...

It's defiantly been a ride since my last blog....On my 1 day until surgery day was a great one.  One of my friends put together a really neat thing for me.  He had messages sent to a lot of my friends to flood my Facebook page with love.  Leaving a comment or a picture of them with the number 1.  I ...

As of right now I have 1 day left...Today was kinda hard. At least not until tonight. I worked at the salon until about 8:30 & the old me wanted to go get a burger or chicken from next door lol. Even though the chicken is sometimes gross it smelt good today lol. But I resisted. I got in my car and w...

I'm going ahead and blog about 3....It was a really great day!  Still did great on my liquid diet!  I went to Odessa to try to find some of the vitamins I need and went to HEB to grab a few things I need for when I get back from Dallas.  I forgot how much I like chicken broth lol.  I had 2 cups for ...

I conquered day 4 :)I can really tell how much I am mentally ready for this by yesterday.  One of my best friends threw her husband (who is also one of my best friends) a surprise birthday party/shrimp boil and I survived without cheating once!! On top of the initial shrimp boil there was jalapeno p...

Thank you God.....He defiantly has given me the strength through the past couple of days.  It's been really weird.  I have only wanted to actually eat something twice and it didn't last very long after that.  I've only been having protein shakes, carnation instant breakfast, coffee, and juice.  I ho...

That's a wrap for day 2 :)Did really well today! Had carnation instant breakfast for breakfast, experimented with a protein shake (that I will never make again lol), & got all of my water in. I did however not have anything for "dinner". I went to the salon early and moved a customer up so I thoug...

Yesterday was my first day of my liquid diet....And it went soooo good!! My stomach didn't really growl and I didn't notice about not eating anything till about 6 pm. I had protein shakes for breakfast, lunch, & dinner & some juice in between. I think today will be a little but smoother. Yesterday ...

I don't like you! Hugs & Kisses, ChristyI am trying my hardest to stop completely for my surgery. It's way easier said than done. That is all........

It's getting so close!! I'm so excited still! Getting a tiny bit nervous about my new life though. Or it could just be anxiousness..I decided to go ahead and announce on my Facebook what the countdown was for. I was overwhelmed by the response!! I thought I'd get at least one "Why the hell are you d...

Well that didn't taste good...at all...After I auditioned for Biggest Loser Season 13, gone through call backs, and didn't receive anything after that I was a bit bitter.  With a hurt heart I started watching season 13 just like the rest of America did.  Then when I saw how ungrateful they were I ju...

It is always amazing to me how music plays such a huge part of my life and there are people that aren't phased by music at all. For most songs I can tell you at least one memory that I have tagged to it, whether it's that it reminds me of someone or where I was in my life. Aw...songs that remind yo...

HOPE (happy over pounds eliminated) 2012 has begun!  I started a weight loss group and it's been pretty awesome so far :)  I know I can do this on my own but I really like having a group and accountability and I hear so many people who say the same thing so I thought why not just start it myself! Pl...

I know I say I'm going to blog more but I really mean it this time lol! (Or I hope so anyways lol)  For Christmas I got a Visa gift card and I was due for an upgrade so I took the plunge and ordered me an iPhone 4s.  It's supposed to be delivered today and I can hardly contain myself!!! Is it bad th...