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 me 🙂 And 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!!!!!!
That is so amazingly AWESOME… for ALL of you!!! Lookin’ good folks! You can see how HAPPY everyone is .. the smiles on the faces show the accomplishment!!
that’s cwwwazy! but totally motivates me to kick my butt into HIGH gear.
I’d be interested to know what everyone did to shed their extra pounds…eh? eh?
That is so awesome! WTG!!!
WOW!! So amazing and inspirational!! COngrats to every one of you!! 🙂
Bobbi you look fantastic!! Thank you so much for doing this. Fear of disappointing you kept me accountable more than any diet ever has! Thanks for sharing your wisdom and advice and struggles through all the healthy trains. You’ve impacted my life more than I ever thought you would when I first found your blog and fell in love with your photography 🙂
Way to go everyone! You all look amazing! =D
WOW Bobbi you look GREAT!
bobbi! you have been a big part of the encouragement and motivation for me. i love your photography, but more than that, i love the motivation you put into the healthy train. thank you for allowing all of us to hop on for part of the ride. you have changed your life and now, with your nudge, we’ve started to change our own. everyone looks CRAZY AWESOME! love it.
I love this! You all look awesome!
You look amazing my friend! Thank you so much for all that you have done, it has been a huge motivator for me! I was disappointed in myself for not making progress this round, but it was still a huge part in keeping me at least maintiaining! It has been a great experience!
OMG Bobbi! You look freakin amazing!! I cant believe the difference in your face! And congratulations to everyone else also – you guys are all a great inspiration. You’re also a huge inspiration to me as a beginner photographer – I swear I stalk your blog every day!! LOVE your and Mike’s work… wish you were closer to me (I live in Ontario Canada) I would SO love to come to one of your workshops. Congratulations on all accounts!
Everyone looks amazing. I know Angie personally and she is even more beautiful in person. Congratulations all of you. 🙂
Congratulations to all!! You all look amazing, and yes, I know Angie personally too and she looks AMAZING!! As does Bobbi!!!!
YAY!!!!!! Great job and keep it up. What a wonderful change you are making for yourself and helping others!!!!
soooooooooo inspirational!
What a difference! You look great!
Congratulations everyone!
Congrats to EVERYONE! YAY! And I was sooooo CLOSE! So big CONGRATS to April! I wish this weren’t the last Healthy Train. It was so motivating to me. But I have actually lost 3 more pounds since the finale, so I know I can do it on my own! Thanks for being such an amazing inspiration in SO many ways, Bobbi!
Bobbi, you are such an encourager! Way to go to you and everyone else who participated! Seriously amazing!
HOLY MOLEY!!! YOU ALL LOOK GREAT!!! Each and every one of you! What an inspiration!
Have you guys all been on your own regimen? What were you doing that worked so well?! You all look amazing, wish I would’ve known!
Information is power and now I’m a !@#$ing dictator.