Day 2...

My favorite movie:

Again, I have too many so here are my top 3:





I mean come on what girl doesn't love these:-)

Day 1...

My favorite song:

This is a tough one I love so much music and so many different types that I can never pick just one song that I love. I'll pick one album that I have been listening to alot lately and that is the Newsboys! Their new album "Born Again" is awesome and I love every song on it! Here's a few videos of my favorites off the album:-)

"Born Again"


"One Shot"


"Remake of Jesus Freak!"

Where's the time...

Where does it go...agh almost a month and no new blog post! I have been super busy getting ready for munchkin to go back to school that I really slacked on my blogging (i'm so sorry:-( Hopefully I will be able to at least up date regularly from now on. I have a new bloggy thing i'm doing it's my 30 day blog journal! I'm going to start it on this blog too so I know that I will have to update and check-in everyday. As for the weight loss update: as of this past Monday I weighed in at 216! That is a loss of 61 pounds in 3 months and 1 week:-) I now weigh less than I have my whole adult life. I am currently in a size 16 and wearing an XL shirt, I have tons more energy and want to get out and walk and jog as much as I can. It's such a life changing thing that it's almost too hard to explain just how awesome it feels! I go for my 3 month post-op visit on the 2nd and I will be posting new pics! I'm so excited to put some new ones up, I like taking pictures again. I found some old pics and i'm going to post those as well just so you can see how much i've changed. Update on my body..so far so good I have not been sick at all and it's pretty much a learning experience with food. I just try new things and if it works it works if not then I know to avoid it but so far so good with pretty much everything. Hair loss has started and while others don't notice I can tell my hair is thinning and falling out a piece here and a piece there. I'm trying to help by taking some extra Biotin so we'll see if it starts helping. That's about all I can think of to update right now...here is my list for my 30 day journal:






Day 1 (Aug. 29) - your favorite song


Day 2 - your favorite movie


Day 3 - your favorite television program


Day 4 - your favorite book


Day 5 - your favorite quote


Day 6 - 20 of my favorite things


Day 7 - a photo that makes you happy


Day 8 - a photo that makes you angry/sad


Day 9 - a photo you took


Day 10 - a photo taken over 10 years ago of you


Day 11 - a photo of you recently


Day 12 - something you are OCD about


Day 13 - a fictional book


Day 14 - a non-fictional book


Day 15 - your dream house


Day 16 - a song that makes you cry (or nearly)


Day 17 - an art piece (drawing, sculpture, painting, etc)


Day 18 - my wedding/future wedding/past wedding


Day 19 - a talent of yours


Day 20 - a hobby of yours


Day 21 - a recipe


Day 22 - a website


Day 23 - a youtube video


Day 24 - where I live


Day 25 - your day, in great detail


Day 26 - your week, in great detail


Day 27 - my worst habit


Day 28 - whats in my handbag/purse


Day 29 - hopes,dreams and plans for the next 365 days


Day 30 - a dream for the future

50's Nifty....

I have made it to 50 pounds GONE that is:-) It feels so great meeting my (almost) halfway goal. I only have 67 more pounds to go! I am back in my size 16 jeans that I saved from when me and my husband were dating...you could not remove the smile from my face about that one. I am generally wearing a size 18 though just to have a lil extra room and I find that each store's size 16's are different. I also moved from a mostly 2x shirt to an XL, oh it's so nice to be able to find shirts and pants in my size at the store without having to search all the racks in hopes that they have that shirt in a 2x or those pants in a 20/22. Everyday does get easier with eating and I am having a lil trouble getting ALL my protein in, but i'm doing the best I can and i'm losing steadily so I think i'm on the right track. The most oddest thing to happen is that I have to remind myself to eat because I really don't get hungry...and that is so funny because it's a complete 180% turn from where I was before. I know i'm healthier, my relationship with food is healthier and I could not be happier:-) Also, can't wait to see Eat, Pray, Love with Julia Roberts when it comes out. I've been trying to find the book to read first thinking of looking on Amazon for it...kinda my life here lately: Eat, Pray, Love!

2 Months...

Well 2 months ago I had a surgery that changed my life...I really haven't taken a "wall" 2 month pic like I need to but I do have a couple pics to share of the way i'm looking lately. I finally have people telling me they can see where i'm losing and that is super nice to finally have other people notice:-) I'm still not sure how to take the compliments though I think i'll always think of myself as "big" since I have been that way all my life. I'm anxious to see if that changes or not but without further ado here's my recent pics..

Weight-Loss at 2 months: 47 Pounds-Whoo-Hoo!

How I Know I Made The Right Choice...

It took a normal event the other night for me to realize how I know I made the right choice with having VSG. We were driving back home from our vacation and it was late at night so we had to make a fast food stop for dinner. It was McD's because Logan wanted some chicken nuggets. We were riding along and I finished just the chicken out of my grilled snack wrap and I turned to my husband and said you know how I know that I made the right decision..if given the choice between this chicken and a double cheeseburger, I would have chosen the double cheeseburger. That is how I know I couldn't do it on my own and I needed this to help me lose this weight. Yes that means that I really don't have too much self control when it comes to food and no I didn't but NOW I do. It's made me realize just how unhealthy my food obsession was and just how many wrong choices I was making when it came to what I put in my mouth. Having surgery has made me healthier, happier and head strong especially about food. It was def. the right choice for me!

Can I Get A STAYcation...

We just got back from my 1st vacation since surgery and it was AWESOME! There was nothing better than getting to relax and enjoy my family. The weather was perfect and the resort was unbelievable it was fantastic! I wasn't constantly worrying about food and thinking about our next meal. I only had one time where my sleeve didn't cooperate and that was trying to eat lobster (I think it was too rubbery) so I just stopped eating it and had my scallops instead. I even LOST 4 pounds while on vacation whoo-hoo! We had a great time and can't wait to go back. We have one more trip planned for the summer and i'm not nervous about how i'm going to be now. It's so nice to just enjoy your day and not be thinking about food for most of it. Here's some pics from the trip...and yes I do have my after picture (finally) but i'm going to post it on the 19th for my 2 month update:-)