bobbi+mike

This week… -2.2 lbs. YEAHYEAHYEAH!  Total weight loss: -8.8, YEAHYEAHYEAHYEAHHHHH!!!!!!  My Christmas goal was to lose 16.6 lbs in 11 weeks… which is about 1.5 lbs a week.  WHICH MEANS… I'm RIGHT ON TARGET!!!!!!!!!!  I have 7.8 lbs left to lose in the next five weeks which is about 1.6 lbs a week.  That's TOTALLY doable!  GAH! I'm SO proud of myself!!!!!!!

Now… MOST of you guys have given me your Christmas goals… those of you haven't I've emailed personally (and many of you still haven't gotten back with me… DO IT!). So, I did a little math and came up with how much weight you've lost, what your Christmas goals were… and how much each of you have to lose a week for the next five weeks to hit your target. :D  It's very neat to see it all broken down like this to realize how attainable our goals really are.

AN UPDATE:  (as of 11.22 @ 2:45pm)

These people have weighed in for the week!!!!!

TOTAL weight loss for these 33 people: 183.8 lbs!

Next to your name is how much you should be losing each week for the next five weeks to hit your Christmas goal.Those of you with question marks never responded

Alyssa (Hybrid Photography)    2.0
Amanda Abel    1.0
Amber (Smitten Photos)    1.5
Ann Page    1.0
Anna McClary    1.3
Blair Van Bussel    0.5
Bobbi    1.5
Brooke J.    0.7
Cathy Bock    2.2
Chris (CScott Photography)    0.6
Courtney Reece    1.4
Dana (Short And Sweet Photo)    1.3
David Bock    2.1
Elle M.    1.6
Jessica P.    3.0
Jill S. (Flair Photography by Jill)    3.0
Josh Solar    1.7
Kathy T.    2.0
Katie Baker    1.0
Kim Ilax    0
Kyle Hepp    0.6
Laura (Simply You Photos)    1.0
Marcia Tumminaro    1.0
Melissa D    2.4
Mike    1.6
Mindy Peterson    0.8
Monica N    1.7
Nessa    1.0
Nicole Neff    1.4
Sarah Quiara    2.8
Vania    1.8
Wade Carignan    ?
Watty    0.8

We have not yet heard from these guys this week:

Adrienne (CScott Photography)      2.0
Allie    1.4
Anne Ruthmann    ?
Annie (Varland Photography)    2.8
Brandi Thompson    0.8
Brenda    2.2
Cailyn    1.6
David (SD Ohana)    2.0
Erich M.    ?
Faye Sommer    1.2
Ginger Ivey    2.0
Heather Cole    3.0
Jen Fieck    2.0
Jennifer Adkins    2.4
Jennifer L    2.4
Jessica (lemongrass Photo)    1.8
Jill P.    0.8
Kate M.    1.7
Kimi (SD Ohana)    2.4
Lisa Russo    ?
Marcie M.    1.0

NEW PEOPLE!

Allie    1.4
Clary (Clary Photo)    1.1
Diane (Memorable Instants)    1.6
Gena Sue    1.0
Jen Fieck    2.0
Katy Regnier    2.0
Leah Mullett    ?
Michelle Ross    ?
Sarah Smith   ?

So, I've been taking this opportunity on my blog for you guys to get to know me a little better and possibly explore within myself when the weight became a problem for me.  Today I'm going to tell you about something that was a  HUGE part of my life. 

What might that be?  APPLEBEE'S!

April, 1999.  This was before I waited tables… I was a hostess. For my friends in KC… that's the Applebee's on Barry Road across from the movie theaters. HELLOOOOO BROWN HAIR!

I started there in September, 1997 and continued working there until January, 2004. That's highschool through 8 months after college (hey, I was job searching… don't hate).  It was soon after I quit that job when I really started putting on the pounds.  You might think that working in a restaraunt would be BADDDDDD for your health, but in reality… I was running around like a crazy person burning calories.  Then… I got a desk job and watched the pounds start piling on.  Ugh.

I genuinely LOVED that job so much!  I've worked at six different Applebee's locations in both Missouri and Indiana. 

I'm guessing that these little stories I tell you are incredibly boring to you… but, again… it was such a big part of my life and quitting there was definitely part of the reason I started to really put on the pounds.

Bottom line: for you photographers/desk jobbers out there who are on this weight loss train with me… I think we all need to find something to do with our time when we're not editing photos and sitting on our butts to be MUCH more physically active.  Dontchya think? Let's brainstorm that one!!!

So tell me… how'd YOU do this week?! I cannot WAIT to hear!!!!!!!!

LOOOOOOVE

~bobbi

PS. as always, you can join anytime… just add your name to the comment section down there.

OOOOOOOKAYYYYYYY….. So, again, I didn't lose anything.  BUT… I'm working my rear end off (literally, HA!) at the gym and eating OH SO well (minus the ridiculously amazing sandwich and Poptart I had yesterday with robbie and lauren. SHHH!!!) so I decided to take some updated measurements (I was getting QUITE depressed with the lack of lbs coming off).  Uhm…. it's a bit shocking

Inches lost since October 4th:

Upper arm: -0.5

Chest: -0.75

Waist: -2.25!

Hips: -1 (they don't lie)

Thigh: -2.5!!!!!!

That's a total of 7 inches… SEVEN INCHES!!!!!! 

Everyone who sees me in person says they can see a difference… though, they might be looking for it as I've made my goals pretty dang publicMost say they notice it really in my legs.  I'm not mad about that! My jeans are definitely fitting a bit looser.  I'm sorry I'm OH SO SEXY!

I can really tell that I'm getting stronger very quickly.  After talking to a few people, I guess they call that muscle memory… the army muscles I had 8 years ago are coming back.  Mike is shocked… he keeps saying, "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR ARMS ARE THAT STRONG AFTER ONLY A MONTH AT THE GYM!"  And my response… "ME NEITHER!!!!!"  I'm wondering if that's the reason the lbs aren't coming off… I think I'm essentially losing the fat and replacing it with muscle.

I would like to talk a little bit further about the "quite depressed" statement I made earlier.  I'm telling you all this because I tend to only talk about the positive things on my blog and avoid the negative.  But, I know that I have so many of you on this healthy train with me who are probably going through the same roller coaster of emotions that I am (and, as you already know, I'm a bit of a drama queen).

On Tuesday morning I weighed myself for the first time in over a week and NADA… ZERO… ZILCH… I began to cry (as in sobbing).  My poor husband had to help me cope…. and he's the best.  

Weightloss is such a tricky thing… and very difficult both physically and emotionally.  But, I'm REEEEEALLY trying to stay positive… and having YOU guys, our blog readers, supporting and encouraging me has been so incredibly helpful (although quite a lot of pressure knowing that the whole world will know of a potential failure… okay, maybe not the whole world, but you get the idea).  So, as always… thank you.

ALRIGHT ALREADY… Enough about me… let's talk about YOU!!!!!

We've had 16 people weigh in since yesterday :)  Out of those 16… we've lost a total of 70.1 lbs. YEAHHHH!!!!!  

Alyssa (Hybrid Photography)
Anne Ruthmann
Bobbi
Elle M.
Jessica (lemongrass Photo)
Jill S. (Flair Photography by Jill)
Kathy T.
Katie Baker
Kim Ilax
Kyle Hepp
Laura (Simply You Photos)
Marcia Tumminaro
Melissa D
Mike (bobbi+mike)
Tori Clements
Watty

Haven't heard from yet:

Adrienne (CScott Photography) 
Amanda Abel
Amber (Smitten Photos)
Amy Clark
Angie (Angela Elle Photography)
Anna McClary
Annie (Varland Photography)
Ashley (Point Photo Design)
Blair Van Bussel
Brandi Thompson
Brenda
Brooke J.
Cailyn
Cathy Bock
Chris (CScott Photography)
Chrissie (C. Raysor Photo)
Christie (jlm creative)
Courtney Reece
Dana (Short And Sweet Photo)
David (SD Ohana)
David Bock
Erich M.
Faye Sommer
Ginger Ivey
Heather Cole
Jaime
Jennifer Adkins
Jennifer L
Jessica P.
Jill P.
Josh Solar
Kate M.
Kimi (SD Ohana)
Lauri (Lalee Photo)
Lisa Russo
Marcie M.
Melissa McClure
Molly (AV)
Monica N
Nessa
Nicole Neff
Nikki (Sam and Nik)
Olivia Wagner
Penny Burns
Vania
Wendy

HMMMMMMMM… a post without a photo… NO WAY!!!!!! Let me think about this….

I KNOW! (and this has NOTHING to do with weight loss… just a trip down memory lane)

As I've mentioned already… I spent the last few days at lauren and robbie's house (they live in Dayton, Ohio). As I was blow drying my hair (it's longer than they've ever seen it) Lauren, who's standing right behind me says, "your hair is SO thick!" Afterall, having the shorter hair sort of has been masking the thickness.  I immediately had a memory of my senior year yearbook pose.  MY HAIR DIDN'T FIT IN THE FRAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Now, what's funny is that I spent two hours trying to smooth it all down. GAHHHH!!!!!!!  You should have seen it when I DIDN'T spend two hours fixing it. HUUUUUGE!  Can we say thank God for the invention of the ponytail!?  My mom said that as I was growing up my hair didn't grow long… it grew out. 

I promised l&r that I would show them… so, why not show the rest of you, too

There I am near the bottom right.  Notice anyone else familiar near the bottom?

A better view.  Yes, I was THAT over the top with school spirit that I'm wearing a custom necklace with purple and gold beads (our school colors).  I was proudly voted "Most School Spirited"GAG ME!

ALLLLLRIGHT… enough about that…

HOW DID YOU GUYS DO?! I can't wait to hear!!!!!!

LOOOOOVE!

~bobbi

PS. You can join anytime, just add your name in the comment section.  Also… be sure to always use the comment section to "weigh in." Text messages, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and emails are a lot to keep track of… so if they're all in one place it makes it MUCH easier for me.

PPS. EMAIL IS FIXXXXXED!!!!!!!!