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For those that are new here… let me give a brief explanation to what the healthy train is…

It’s something I started back in January, 2008 for personal accountability with my health.

You see, at that point in my life, I’d gained 50 pounds since getting married and was just plain miserable.  I knew it was time for drastic measures. So, I started sharing my weight loss journey online.

I asked people to join me and it was glorious

Well… by the third installment of the healthy train, I asked that our readers to take it a step further… I asked them to send in their “before photos” and six months later I asked them to send in their “after photos”.  The person who’d lost the largest percentage of weight won a session with me.

For healthy train 3.0 before and afters, click here. For 4.0 before and afters… here.

With your encouragement, after three years of being on the healthy train… I’ve lost more than 20% of my total body weight.

So, now you know.

AND NOW…. HEEEEERE THEY ARE!!!!! The MUCH anticipated healthy train v5.0 before and afters! BOOOOOM!!!!!!

I’m BEYOND proud of each and every single one of you! Absolutely proud.Thanks, from the bottom of my heart, for putting yourselves out there. Many of these transformations are unbelievable. High fives to you all!

Be prepared to be motivated…

Angie’s been on the healthy train since v4. Here is her total healthy train progress.Jodi has been on the healthy train since v3. Here is her total healthy train progress.30.9%?! WHOA!

And our winner…. APRIL JOHNSON!Absolutely BLOWN away by this! April and I went to middle school together… so I’ve known her for a long long long time. She looks better than ever! So incredibly proud of you April! As for my personal healthy train… hm… well… in the midst of this round, I gained back like… uhm… well… uhm… okay… I gained back TWELVE pounds… TWELVE!!!!! Trust me, I was SUPREMELY disappointed in myself. My stress levels were through the damn roof! The good news? I’ve since lost ALL of it and am RIGHT where I started at the beginning of round 5. Whew.

Many of you have asked about “the next round” of the healthy train. Well… this is officially going to be the last round. That is… the last round that has a competition. It’s time for me to focus on me and not worry so much about the managing of it. To be honest with you it’s just too much pressure, takes a LOT of time and… bottom line, I already have a lot on my plate.

I think that in the future I’ll still post about my personal healthy train here on my blog as the accountability motivates meAnd if you’d like to do it along side me, I would welcome and encourage you to send in a before photo to healthy train email… you know… for your personal accountability.I’ll definitely keep you updated on that!

To all of those who’ve done this beside me… I cannot thank you ENOUGH for all of the encouragement and motivation. I couldn’t have done it without you. And that’s the 100% truth!

Much love friends

~bobbi

CHOOOOOOO CHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

HALFWAY POINT BAAAABIES!

Our top five

Katherine Inskeep  17.78%
Jodi Pfunder 15.2%
April Birkenkamp Johnson 13.65%
Emily Taylor 13.62%
Patti Miller  13.3%

Holy shipoopie batman! Seriously… wow… WOW!

With the halfway point, I encourage our healthy trainees to send in progress pics… I got 11 back… and I’m BLOWN away by them!

 

 

 

Are you as absolutely speechless and motivated as I am right now?! I couldn’t be more proud of each and every single one of you!  OH HELLLLLL YES! Jodi, your transformation from 09 to today is unbelievable. You are the definition of determined!

As for me… I’ve gained back some of the weight I’ve lost. Stress, traveling, workload and schedule have sucked me right in. I’m not making excuses… trust me, I’m disappointed in myself.It’s been a roller coaster these last few months. I feel like I’ve let so many people downNeedless to say, no progress pics for meBut, I’m kicking it into high gear.

Enough of my pity party! Let’s celebrate the people who are working this shiz out… BRING ON THE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES! Oh… wait… uhm… strike that… BRING ON THE BROCCOLI!!!!!

Much love friends!

~bobbi

 

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOO HEALTHY TRAIN FRIENNNNNNDS!!!!!!!!

First…

Our top 5:

Jodi Pfunder – 14.7%
Katherine Inskeep – 11.11%
Calla Evans – 10.62%
April Birkencamp Johnson – 10.16%
Rich Foster – 9.92%

SO freaking proud of you guys!!!!! And Jodi… ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! CHOOOO CHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

How’d YOU do?! Did you survive Vegas without gaining? I gained 2.5 lbs while there… but lost most of that within a few days of being home.

My total loss, since the beginning… 1.48%. Impressive? No. Am I happy with that? No. Am I giving it 110% of myself right now? No.

I can’t be disappointed in that number given the lack of focus. I assure you I’m not eating like a barbarian. But, I’m not going to the gym like I should. I’m not eating as many veggies and drinking as much water as I should.  And yes yes yes… if I’m being honest… I’m a bit disappointed in myself.

Okay, enough of that! …and completely off topic.

Here’s a little piece of trivia for youToday is the 5th anniversary of the first wedding we photographed. So, happy 5 year wedding photographer anniversary to us!

 

A couple of photos from that wedding:

…both were taken with a Nikon D200 and a banged up Sigma 24-70 f2.8 that we bought on eBay.

Five years ago today… March 4, 2006.

In the past five years we’ve worked our asses off, we’ve given our clients 10000% of us, we’ve sacrificed a ton, and we’ve spent a lot of money. That being said, we’ve had INCREDIBLE people to take photos of, met the best friends we’ve ever had, we’ve had an amazing time doing it… and we couldn’t be more proud of where we are today.

BOOOOOYAH!

K, that’s all from me for now…

HEALTHY TRAIN… CHOOOOOO CHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

~bobbi+mike

PS. DO NOT FORGET TO WEIGH IN!Oh and FYI, and your weight loss % is your TOTAL weight lost since the beginning.