uhm… guess who has good news to report?!
that’s right… ME, BETTIES!!!!! I lost weight 😀 BOOOOYAH!!!!
% lost since April 2nd: 6.2% 😀 😀 😀
Total lost since October, 2008: 22.44%. HELLLL YESSSSS!!!!!
No more debbie downer outta me… well, for now 🙂
Do you guys remember back when I started the healthy train that I wanted to do a full transformation? I wanted to fix things about me that I didn’t like? One of those things were my crooked teeth. Yes yes yes… it’s all coming back to you now! I’ve hated my teeth for years. I’ve always had a HUGE smile… however, snaggle teeth didn’t go so well with that huge smile. I was super self conscious about it… and had been saving for braces for years. When I hit that breaking point two years ago… I decided to take the plunge and got Invisaligns.
Now, if you’ve known me these past two years you’ve known that I’ve had a love/hate relationship with them. You see, most people wear Invisaligns for less than a year. That’s what I was originally told… well, seven moths to be exact. However, my teeth were a little more stubborn than the average persons. After those seven months, I went through THREE more revisions… totaling nearly 2 years… and the teeth weren’t budging much more past the first round. My last set of retainers were done last week. Yesterday, I went into the dentist office and he and I concluded that my teeth were as far as they could be pushed using Invisalign. So, he removed the “buttons” (attachments to my teeth)… did some contouring and BADABOOOM BADABING… I’m in freaking LOVE!
If I do say so myself… my teeth look SO MUCH BETTER!!!! Could metal braces have done a better job? Probably. Was wearing metal braces something I wanted to do? ABSOLUTELY NOT! Are they 100% perfect? No. However, do I like my teeth 100% more? YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!
Now for some before and afters:
This was taken in December, 2006 for our Christmas Card.
My best friend Heather Cole and me… Vegas, 2008.
Up close and perrrrrsonal! Oh, hello snaggle teeth!
ANNNNNNND… these were taken this morning 😀
I have never felt more beautiful than I do in this photo. 🙂 Worth EVERY penny!
Would I recommend Invisalign? Yes… but only to those who are okay with their teeth not being 100% perfect in the end… just 95% 😀
Between the weight loss, the teeth, the confidence… I’m a different person than I was two years ago.
It’s interesting… back when I was 25 and much heavier… people would always guess my age to be 30-32. EEEEKS! They’d usually quickly try to back pedal… “Well, it’s because you’re so successful, I would never guess a 25 year old to have done so much!”
However, lately people have been shocked to hear that I’m 29… they usually guess me to be 25-26ish. CRAZY, right?!
So team… for me, this healthy train isn’t just about losing weight… it’s so so so much more… and I’m ridiculously thankful that it’s been such a huge part of my life. So… for those who aren’t a fan of themselves… now is a better time than ever to FIX IT! 😀 Quit talking about it and DO it!
Finale: December 10th… SIX WEEKS AWAY!!!!
Much love friends 🙂
~bobbi ❗
BOBBI! you look GOOOOOOOD. holy cow.. invisalign rules.
that smile is… TO DIE FOR!
Congratulations Bobbi! You look amazing, and your confidence and happiness shines from you in that last photo! (I went through 3 years of braces, headgear and 4 elastics from 13-16!) I totally appreciate everything you are saying! Your smile is beautiful, so are you. Keep on your healthy train! You are very inspiring. xx
Bobbi, you look amazing! Beautiful inside and out!
you look fantastic Bobbi! Great job!
Bobbi! you look amazing! I have been wanting to get invisalign forever! and think you have led me over the curb on that one! thanks!
LOVE! You are gorgeous inside and out!! I can’t wait to meet you guys in December! 😀
lookin great Bobbi!
AWESOME! WAY TO GO BOBBI!!
I am so mad at myself in that I let stress get the best of me especially this past year! I had canceled my membership at the Y a while back cause I wasn’t finding any time to go, but in the morning I am going to a gym to get a membership closer to my house and that is open 24hrs 🙂
You look FABULOUS. You have worked so hard. I love seeing you so happy. 🙂
Perfectly beautiful!
Bobbi, you are so beautiful! Radiant, actually. And so damn cute, btw. 🙂
MAGNIFIQUE! Rayonnante!
in english: well… Awesome! Glowing 🙂
Ridiculously proud of you friend. Like, woah.
PS – That gorgeous mane of yours and those new teeth are fighting with your eyes for best feature 😉
CONGRATS! Holy smokes you have come so far! Over 20%?!?! that.is.crazy. way to go! your straight teeth are just icing on the cake!
Wow, you look amazing! You should be so proud of yourself. Can you tell us a price range for invisalin? Do they hurt really bad? Do you eat with them on?
You are incredible! So happy for the personal successes you have achieved. Hugs to you!!! 😉
Bobbi.
You’re amazing.
Inspirational.
Hilarious.
Gorgeous.
Mike is a lucky dude.
Bottom line: you’re a TOTAL babe.
Love ya.
you look beautiful! and you can definitely feel the confidence oozing out of you!!
Nice choppers! Congrats, B 🙂
Bobbi you’re always beautiful, but that latest picture of you… wowzas!!!!
Your teeth look perfect to me. You look so beautiful 😉
I am a long time reader, but I never comment. I just had to give you some major props on your hard work. You seriously look amazing. I haven’t participated in the healthy train, but seeing how hard you have worked makes me want to make some changes in my life.
You are beautiful!!! Keep it up girl!!
Wowsers! You look GOOD! Totally and utterly beautiful, Bobbi. Keep it up. 🙂
You look beautiful!!! 🙂
I’ve been checking out your blog for a while now but haven’t commented, though there have been many times I could have – you guys do amazing work! But I just wanted to say congratulations, you’re very inspirational and you look amazing! I’m about to start the journey myself after recently having a baby, and hearing about your success has lit that fire in me! Thanks again!
Heather
you are truly beautiful bobbi
mike is a very lucky man!!
keep smilin!
🙂
Hey congrats, awesome update! Keep it up, your motivating me to get in shape now! =).
You look great! But I thought your smile was beautiful before you “fixed” it!! You always look like you’re REALLY smiling…and I like that! 🙂
Who’s a sexy redhead? Bobbi’s a sexy redhead!!
You look amazing! Congrats, keep it up!!
You’re teeth and you look fantastic
You are amazing!! Thanks for all the inspiration. I love reading your blog.
I was just scrolling through these photos (with my 5 year old looking over my shoulder). When I came to the first AFTER photo, my daughter exclaimed, “That is a nice smile!!”. I have to agree!
You look beautiful!! And, not just in comparison. 😉
Bobbie, I’ve been a fan of your work for awhile, and kept seeing the “healthy train” blog titles on twitter, so I finally went through and read them so I knew what it was really all about. Amazing. And, it comes at a great time because I *really* need some motivation! So, this is me getting on the healthy train! I’ll send a picture soon, and thank you for your encouragement to so many! The picture is SO beautiful. I’m glad you * feel* it too. I hope to join you soon…
Dearest Bobbi – YOU.ARE.GORGEOUS.
much love 🙂
Hi Bobbie, Don’t often comment on photographers blogs, but couldn’t resist. Congrats – you are looking absolutely fabulous. Once bubs number three makes an appearance in early Dec you have inspired me to make an effort not just to lose weight – but I might even let my father-in-law attack my teeth (he’s been itching to do so for years – he’s in the teeth business). It’s a loss of self-confidence, and worry about the long-term health effects of carrying the extra weight (and due to a difficult pregnancy it has really stacked on). Thanks for putting your story out there for others to find some motivation from.
I almost started crying. Looking at the picture of you and Heather in 2008, that was the beginning of our relationship! I couldn’t be happier that I was such an integral part of your transformation. That is what it was all about for me anyways, not about your weight loss, but about loving yourself more. I think you are successful. You are not the same person I met on October 16th, 2008.
You look AH-MAZING! Congrats on all your hard work.
Congratulations! I did Invisalign too and loved it, it was just so nice to be able to meet with clients, photograph weddings, and never have to worry about what people would think of my braces since nobody usually could even tell I was wearing them! I did have full metal braces for a bit at the end since I wanted to get closer to that 100% mark, and it turns out that braces really weren’t that big of a deal and still nobody cared, but the majority of my treatment was Invisalign and it was awesome!
Here is some advice though… wear your retainers as much as you wore your Invisalign at least for the first six months. Things really will shift if you’re not wearing them all the time.
The other thing I’d recommend is get a backup retainer right away, and I recommend getting what is known as a Hawley retainer, that is the acrylic and wire type. This is something you’re only going to wear at night so nobody cares what it looks like, and they’re just so much more durable than the clear vacuum formed once. The reason I recommend getting it now is that as your teeth will shift over the years, they will never be straighter than they are right now, today. So if you get impressions taken and the back-up retainer made now, it will keep them in that near perfect position. If you wait four years until you actually loose your current retainer, and then wait a few months to get a replacement, your teeth will be a long ways away from where they are today.
Hope that helps, and let me know if you ever have any questions for another former Invisalign client!
You are a beautiful person inside and out. You were before the transformation and you are now. So glad that you can see what the rest of us “Bobbi Fans” see. Congrats!
These pictures are amazing!! Your smile is sooo beautiful. LOVE YOU!!!
Okay…like I said, I’m joining the train. 6 weeks. My goal for the week is to work out twice and spend a half hour each day reading the Beck Diet Solution.
They way you feel about yourself definitely shows in these photos! You look gorgeous, happy, comfortable and radiant!
i just heart you so much, beautiful girl. 🙂 you are inspiring me to be a better human being!!! 🙂
You look gorgeous, bobbi.. 🙂 your smile is amazing hehe 🙂
Bobbi, I follow your photography blog because of a friend at work who is a huge fan. You both do beautiful work and I enjoy looking at your pictures!
I wanted to tell you, your smile looks beautiful! The before and after pictures are amazing! And it gives me hope that by March 2012 my teeth will look 100x’s better as well! I am 27 and 7 months into wearing braces. I have hated my teeth my entire life, and just like you finally had the money to do something about it! They told me I was also a candidate for Invisalign, but that with my situation I would not get nearly the results I expected. So here I am, metal braces and all….counting down the days until I can have beautiful before and after pictures like you! 🙂
Congrats!
Bobbi you always make me smile 🙂
You look soooooooooo awesome + happy! Thank you for sharing Bobbi…xoxo, much love friend!
You are beautiful Bobbi! If it makes you feel better, I had braces for almost 4 years! Your smile is beautiful!
beautiful!..i mean you were beautiful before too but now..you’re glowing! hard work pays off 😀
I would just like you to know.
I am 18. Just starting college and quickly realizing it is impossible to save in college when your schedule is crazy and can’t find a job with flexible hours and oh yeah, you are in COLLEGE. You use all your money on food.
Even so, I am managing to save money for one special thing. Bobbi and Mike to be my photographers at our wedding. I really don’t care about anything else on the big day. So, you have to still need to be doing this in 6-10 years. Until then, I’ll be saving.
This is so fantastic Bobbi!! Proud of you!
Bobbi! You don’t know me from Adam…probably cause we’ve never met :). But I have met your mom (thats another story). Anyhow, I’m a fan and thought this was a good opportunity to say hi and tell you that you rock!!! Congrats on all you’ve achieved in the past 2 years. You look stellar!!
You are beautifu…period!
You are so pretty, Bobbi! And your hair is AMAZING. A-MAZING!
Gorgeous inside and out 🙂
OH MY GOSH. My jaw dropped after seeing your “after” photos. HOLY CRAP- and not just to the teeth (they look amazing) but your face is SO STINKING SLIM. You’re look hott 😉
You look amazing!! wow.
I wouldn’t say your teeth look 95% I think they look perfect and you look great!
Hi Bobbi! I haven’t “Healthy Train-ed” along with you this time, but I still wanted to comment and tell you how FREAKIN AMAZING you look!! You should be so proud of yourself! I don’t even *really* know you and I’m proud of you! And the teeth are fabulous. Makes your already pretty smile even brighter!
OK. You’ve inspired me. I’m going to get healthy, loose the chub, and straighten my teeth. I’m SOOOO happy for you that you are so happy abou you. : )
Bobbie and Mike-
Hello! My name is Breana. My manager at Victoria’s Secret is Ruthie Sterrett and she told me to check out your website! I’m a young photographer just getting started in the Indianapolis area. I just wanted to say that I LOVE looking at your work and would love to be able to use you guys in the future for my OWN pictures! I look at your site/read your blog all the time!
I commented because I wanted to say AMEN to there being SO many photographers at the IMA. I used to use the IMA as my “go to” location…but have decided after this fall that I need to relocate.
I included my website for you to look at. Remember: I am only 19 yr old college student who is just getting started! I know I have a long way to go with lighting/technical aspects/ everything else to do with photography! I would love to talk with you sometime to get some pointers and or advice from such seasoned photographers!
keep up the great work!
-Breana =)