Well, I've decided to make myself at home here. I haven't moved in completely, but I'm just getting myself a place for now.

My name is ChrisTina(yes, one word with a capital T), as you may know by now. I'm a Kimkin's refugee. I started Kimkins on 07/22/2007. I've never been able to keep to the plan, as far as my meats aren't always the leanest. I love my ribeye steak, too much. I also tweaked the plan, sometimes subtracting fiber from my total carbohydrates to allow for extra carbs on some days. I found that even by doing this, I still lost weight. I also realized I wasn't doing Kimkins anymore, but a version of "Atkins and I."

So, here I am. I may reveal more of myself later on. For now, I'm 36 and married to a wonderful man named Steve. We have three cats and a dog, which are our "babies," since we have no human ones. There are no plans for any human babies, either. But, that's another story for another day...maybe.

Love and Laughter,

i wanna see your kitties and pup ChrisTina!!

glad to see you here, you are one of the people i didnt want to leave behind...

who knew there was such a big wide low carb world outside of Kimkins? i sure didnt!

xxx

Welcome ChrisTina!!!

So happy your taking up residence here with us too!

Thanks Paula and Kim for stopping by. Feel free to drop by anytime! You're always welcome in my corner of the low-carb world!

Paula, I will post some pics of my babies for you, soon!

This is Sassy, our two-year old Cockapoo:



Here's Loki and Garfield, my two boys:



And here's Perky and Loki sleeping, or trying to:



Funny thing is, my friend found Loki at her doorstep on Christmas eve. She couldn't keep him, so I took him in. She told me he was a she, so I figured I'd name her Holly for the Holidays. I took her to the vet a few days later and found she was a 'he.' So, Loki got his name from Loki, the trickster god of Norse mythology. Of course, Garfield is named after my favorite cartoon character. Perky got her name from my favorite comic book character, Perky Goth. She's from John Kovalic's comic book series, "Dork Tower." We took her to the vet for her shots about a month ago and she about jumped off the table when the Vet poked her with the needle! He laughed and said, "She sure is Perky!" LOL! Her favorite toy is a small tennis ball that we got for the dog.

Now Sassy I guess I just picked that name out of the blue. It rhymed with Lassie, I guess. She's also turned out to be true to her name. Sassy as ever and spoiled rotten!

O I love your babies! I am such a sucker for cats and dogs!

Give them all kisses for me ok!

aww they are lovely, they look like very happy and content kittys

little known fact, did you know ginger females are very rare, and generally if they are female they are infertile?

and also you dont get tortie males, its a genetic thing apparently?

can you tell im a cat woman?

Paula, we have a cat lover's thread here where you can post your pics of your kitties:

http://www.lowcarbdiscussion.com/index.php...=ST&f=12&t=790&

CHECK IT OUT!

Well, I have to say I was officially banned from KK tonight. All I did was post to LCF that my journal was deleted. Nothing else. Oh well, at least I got my journal deleted from the KK site, which is what I wanted done.

FYI, I had left a link to my journal in my signature file. Every post in my journal, I edited to include links to Becky's, Deni's and Christin's journal. It was deleted, but I wasn't banned. I posted to LCF that it was deleted and bam I get a TOS violation message when I try to view the KK site. LMAO!

No big loss Mrs A, except for any friends you might still have over there. More and more Kimkins people are arriving daily. I think you'll see most of them again. The word seems to be out.

Hey ChrisTina, It is really quiet over there so you are not missing much. In 3 days there have only been 2 pages posted in our old group and most of those were by the same person.

I saw that before I was banned. Wow! Thanks for stopping by, Mary Kim!

I just ate a carb smart ice cream bar. I feel so dirty.

Nah! ENJOY IT ChrisTina and be THANKFUL you didn't have the sugary REGULAR ice cream bar instead.

Thanks Jimmy. After being on K/E so long, it's hard to get used to carbs.

Carbs aren't so bad...too many carbs is!

Hey ChrisTina,

Glad to read your thread. I'm looking forward to learning more about you.

Have a good day!

Kellee

This is me at 400 lbs. before I started low-carbing:

WOW, ChrisTina! You're doing AMAZING and I'm so very proud of you! Keep it up, girl!

Thanks, Jimmy!

Keep up the great work!

Way to go girl your doing so good!!
Enjoy that Ice cream bar you deserve it!

Hi ChrisTina...

hope you are having a good Sunday, its pretty much done here for me. i dont wanna go back to work tomorrow

thinking of you often xox

Hey ChrisTina!!!

Finally got to check out your journal. Heard you got banned from KK's place. Soon all that will be left there are her and all her personalities to keep her company.......

You just keep doing what you are doing and you will be just fine!

Sue

Hi Sue, thanks for stopping by!

I decided I'd upload a couple of pics of the hubby and I. The first one was our engagement picture taken in Jan. 2006 and the second was taken Christmas 2005.

Here's a picture of chubby ole' me taking a nap as a kid:

Here's a more recent pic of me with my new haircut:

I like the straight look.

WOW ChrisTina you can totally see the weight loss in your face already, well done!!

i am feeling a little better, but little did i know my days off this week are today and tomorrow! haha

good job though really as my best friend from school broke up with her boyfriend yesterday so tonight im driving down to see her and make sure she's ok.

I've had this overwhelming urge to cry, but I can't. I feel so sad, yet I can't explain why. The last two nights I overate on my carbs. I bought the carb smart ice cream bars and binged on them. I need to get my emotional eating under control, it seems. I'm not one to be able to convey my feelings into words, easily, otherwise I could journal instead. In other news, the tests went well today. It'll take a few days before I know the results though. I know it's in God's hands now. It's always been hard for me to give it up to God, though. My mother raised me to think that "God only helps those who help themselves." So I've never really relied on God before. In this case I have to. There's no way I can control it and binging isn't going to help me.

Love the new haircut, looks good on you!

That phrase "God only helps those who help themselves" does not come from the Bible. God is a loving and merciful Father who will give you everything you need to do what He would have you do. It's amazing how He reaches out to us with such love and grace.

been thinking of you and your test today
How did it go
Been keeping you in prayers
sandi

The straight look is great on you. Looks great!

Sue

Hi Chris,

You can so see the weight loss in your face!! Sorry your feeling sad. You are going through a lot right now. Just be nice to yourself. I know what you mean about the binges. It is so easy to fall back into what has made us feel better in the past. My poor husband...because I haven't been able to turn to food he has had some of the impact of my emotions. It's a good thing that he understands a little what I'm going through. It's a whole new experience to have to face the feelings and not stuff them down with food. I hope you can find a new outlet. It is very hard to put things in God's hand. I struggle with that a lot. I say "God take this out of my hands......never mind I think I can handle it myself." I know you haven't had the best experiences, but God does love you. He is just waiting for you to ask Him in.

I had to post this because to be totally honest, I forgot it! Like I said earlier, I'm not a religious person. I love to learn about religions and Christianity was one I've rarely delved into with my studies, because I grew up with it. I was baptised a Lutheran and went to a private Christian school until I was in HS. My father converted from a Catholic to Lutheran just to marry my mother, who was a Lutheran. It was pretty much forced upon us and of course, I rebelled. Went to church until I moved out of my parents at the age of 24. Then I never looked back, but a few times. Anyway, so I can memorize it again, I'm posting the Lord's Prayer:

Our Father, which art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done,
in earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory,
For ever and ever.
Amen.

Speaking of religion, like I said, I grew up a Christian until the age of 24 when I stopped going to church. In my heart I probably wasn't a Christian, I don't recall. I know I was angry with God for the longest time about things that happened in my childhood and my teen years. Things I couldn't control, once again. Now that I'm older I believe that everything happens for a reason. I went through a born-again Christian phase and even went on to be baptized in the Mormon church. I still have friends, online, that are Mormon, yet I don't believe everything they teach. That baptism happened back in July last year. I only went to the LDS church for about a month before I learned more about it and decided it wasn't right for me. I admire and respect all my friends who are Mormon/LDS, though. I guess I just stopped worrying about being spiritual in a sense, because my husband is pretty much agnostic. Me, I believe, but I don't know what to believe. I mean, I believe in a higher power, namely God. I just don't know what I specifically believe in my heart. I don't think about it much. Well, I do pray. I pulled out my Bible tonight and my husband was like, "Oh are you going to get religious on me?" And I said, "No." Although, I honestly don't know. I like church, and I wish he would go with me. Who knows, maybe now that he's going to first shift, he might since it'll be his schedule. :-/

My favorite Bible verse: "For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways." Psalm 91:11

Oh yes, I do believe in Angels.