uhh…I’m totally in! 🙂

chuga, chuga, chooo chooo! good luck friend- sounds like you’ve got a great goal ahead of you!

I’m super excited you are doing this again! I’m totally with you, but I can’t start the weight loss just yet. Only 7 more weeks until we bring our little one into the world. Once he/she is here, that baby weight has GOT to come off. I’ll be checking for updates! Love you guys!!

I am in… I just did Billy Blank’s Taebo AMPED UP…. it is intense… I am excited to have people to check in with!!

I’m with you! For real this time! I started eating healthier at the end of June and am down 40 lbs. So… I know I am finally in the right mood to stick with it! For some reason, I just couldn’t before. I couldn’t even bring myself to step on a scale. And you know what, only now am I down to my wedding weight!

Sorry, I didn’t mean to make this about me! I’ve just been wondering about how your weight loss was going, and am happy to see you are “going public” again 😉 You can do it Bobbi! I know it!

Bobbi, first, I’d like to say I think you’re totally cute, even if you feel you’re a little heavier than you want to be. Second.. Have you tried weight watchers point counting? It works. I lost 40 lbs on it, and thou I’ve put on 5-7 that seem to want to stay.. it DOES work, that was around 3+ years ago now. I need to burn off these couple of lbs I put on myself but it’s sooo hard to stay motivated when you’re just so busy!

I know we totally sucked at this last time, but this time. THIS TIME. we’re going to be strong. It helps that we’ve stopped eating out to save money for a 5Dmii for each of us so maybe we can actually do it this time??? So we’re totally in, and like I said. THIS time we’re going to do it. WiiFit and all!!!! 😀

Go bobbi Go! That’s from one Cheerleader to a sparkette! (We’ve got to compare moves sometime!!) ; )

Awesome goals!

I’m moving into a new place on November 3rd that has a fitness room in it, so I am totally on board to start then!

Like Boggle, you gotta be in it to win it!

Count me in! I’m down about 12 pounds this year, but I need to lose about 20 more to be under 200. Let’s do this!

I’m totally in. I think it is hilarious to take pictures of the weight you’ve lost. It sounds like great motivation. I’m with you on the extra weight. egads, it sucks, right? so, I’m IN IN IN IN IN! my goal is 50 lbs off by may 1st (realistically, probably 30 lbs i’ll lose, but i’m shooing high!!)

Oh I’m in!! I’ve been trying to get back to the size I was 5 years ago and to do that I need to lose about 15-20 pounds. I’ve lost 3 in 2 weeks 🙂 so 1.5 pounds a week seems doable for me.
YAY! Thanks for the motivation!

dude, I so know what you mean! Andy and I got married last year, and since then, the two of us combined have gained over 40 pounds. In a year! sEEEERiously!

And I browsed through your blogged weight-loss last year and it SO motivated me to think of the pounds in terms of household things…camera, books, (or ten bags of flour! BLAH!) I will so do this with you if you want to blog it again! Make it fun again…shoot fun photos and find new things to weigh to show the difference! 🙂

You rock!!!

You are so stinkin cute on the drill team. 🙂 GO Bobbi GO!!! I know you can do it.

I’m in – my goal is 25 pounds

I’m with you Bobbi!!! I’d like to be down about the same amount!

It’s hard to stay motivated – two kids in two years makes it easier to make excuses! Maybe it will be better if I know someone else is doing it too… = )

okay so how adorable are you in your sparkette photo? good luck girl with the weightloss – slow and steady – at least I tell myself that – i have 15lbs myself that should find itself somewhere else. you’ve got a cheerleader here!!!

Well, I don’t have a lot to lose, but I’ve been wanting to lose these annoying 8 pounds ever since I gained them in college. It’s easy to say, “It’s only 8 pounds!” But it’s a slippery slope…Gotta start sometime, why not now?!?! IN!

I’m totally in! I started about two months ago and I’ve lost about 12lbs but have plateaued. This will renew my motivation! YEA! I have about 88 lbs to go 🙂

Coming out of the woodwork to chime in: Perfect timing- I’m in! Gives me a justification of my shameless blogstalking! (“But honey, I’m NOT wasting time stalking Bobbi+Mike again, I’m PARTICIPATING! It’s IMPORTANT!”)

ETA: I’ll be brave and put out the goal. Long-term, I need to drop 103 lbs (YIKES!). I’m fully cool with doing it right and taking 2 years to get there, but. there you go.
Jeez that’s ugly in black and white. . . red and black. . . whatever.

Ok Bobbi, I said I was in last time and fell flat on my face so… I will give it a shot again. My goal is 30lbs by WPPI! Wish me luck.

hi, i’m aaron.
blog stalker here. 🙂
i have the same weight loss goals as you. glad to see someone else pushing for it.
fantastic work btw. love your photos.

YEA Bobbi! So glad to hear your going to blogging your weight loss again. Count me in! And you are so adorable in that pic!

Absolutely! I 1/2 joined you the first time, didn’t lose anything, then kicked it in gear and I’ve lost 26 pounds (and 2+ sizes) since May or so. I’m holding steady now, but can always afford to lose another 10! So I’m with ya!

I’m in!

GO GO GO Bobbi!
You can and you will do it!

Hey Bobbi! Yeah, I’m so with you this time!

I am so in, as well. I want to lose 20 pounds.

I’m totally in for this please! I’m down 103, and I’m STALLED!!! I need to lose another 25 is my goal for the middle of Feb (going to Thailand…want to look decent for a swimsuit!) I don’t want to be super thin either, just don’t want my legs to rub together anymore!

I’ve been a blog stalker for awhile and never really posted. I remember your orginal Friday weight loss posts. I’m joining in this time. I need to lost 15-20 pounds. I MUST. I’m sick of feeling unhappy about how I look! I’m IN!!

OMG I loove that pic of you! You are too cute bobbi!!! Totally beats my purple color guard outfit!! Wowza!!
xoxo

i’m so proud of you!
p.s. that image of you is my favorite!!

Yeah! I’m excited to do this again! I was just thinking this weekend how I needed to get back on the healthy train. lol Thanks for the motivation Bobbi. 🙂 Let’s do this!

HAHAHAHA!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED TODAY!!!! My lil’ Bobbilicious as a SPARKETTE! You are too stinkin’ cute.

Okay…I lost 30…got my world turned upside down and gave up again.
Let’s DO THIS babe!

off topic: that picture of you is my all time FAVORITE! i laughed out loud when i saw it…you look…so, umm…you look so darn HAPPY! i’m still laughing! 🙂
xoxo…

i feel ya! this just crazy timing, because i just started getting back into my fitness routine the first of the month! i wanted to lose the rest of my prego weight (40 more lbs), and get into shape by next year (for the family portrait session with you guys). so, heck yeah, count me in!

I’m on board again this time! I’m down 16 pounds since August but still a lot more to go before I turn…gasp…30 in May!

Your weight loss pics always make me giggle. I wonder how much the 5d mark 2 will weigh? 🙂

I’m in!!!!! I’ve been so motivated, I’ve been exercising from 6-7:30 (before work) every morning! JEESH! I’m excited too! Good luck to everybody!! 🙂

Bobbi,
back when you had first posted that photo of 13lbs, it got me motivated to lose some weight too! (And it made me realize just how heavy our equipment is as photographers!) I even ended up losing 15lbs! Wohoo! I would say that I am with you again (I could go with a few more pounds shed!) but then I became prego, and apparently they look down on losing weight while you’re growing a baby! haha! So I wish you well, and I’ll be keeping tabs on you!
p.s.
you and Mike rock!! Go Rockstars!!!!

Yep – I’ll have a go. 13 pounds, sorry, 3 5Ds with lenses, sounds about right for me. Let’s not go nuts eh?

Bobbi!! I’m so in! (as scary as it is!) I totally followed along last time, but I was planning my wedding and was so not ready to commit as much as I should have. Since then I have only put on more weight and it’s really really gotten to me now. I am totally changing now (my body, my energy ,my mood…), and I’m really not happy about it. I am a really short girl have always been really small, but since High School its gotten a little out of hand. Now that my husband and I are married we are going on our (belated) honeymoon in June (for our 1 year) and at this point – I don’t exactly feel ready at all to be in that bathing suit (I actually JUST bought myself an adorable new bathing suit to motivate me!). But yeah, I need to get in shape before we start trying for a baby too, so its now or never! My goal is 25lbs down by June! (Yikes!)

That picture is amaaaaaazing! Super cute.

Also, I’d love to be in on the weight loss!! Put me on that spreadsheet!

I totally understand what you are saying – so I am not taking away from that… but yours is one face that totally radiates off the screen… your smile makes me feel the need to turn the brightness down on the imac 😉 seriously.. don’t think for one minute that ANYTHING is stopping your gorgeousness from shining through! …. good luck tho!!!!!

Oh I am SO in!!

And p.s. You are gorgeous. Your smile is still one of the biggest and brightest I have seen. 🙂

I’m in! I lost 25 pounds this year. I slacked off these past couple months but didn’t gain anything. I’m going doubletime to the gym now too! So your post came at the perfect time to keep me motivated! =) Only 10 – 15 more to go!! =)

I”m in 🙂

I’m in!!! I need to lose about 60 lbs or so. I started blog stalking towards the very end of your friday updates last time. I’m also a Weight Watchers girl. So far i’ve lost 20 lbs that way.

Although I believe that everyone is beautiful in their own way, and it doesn’t matter what size you are, there isn’t anything wrong with getting healthy…so…count me in!

Ugh, count me in. I’m getting closer to 160 than I’m comfortable with…I want to be at 140 next week. Ok fine, in say, 5 months. 5 months to lose 18lbs.

Me Me ME!!! I will do pictures too! I have a bit more than you to lose, so maybe I can catch up to you… 🙂

I’m in. I started Weight Watchers about 3 months ago and have only lost 9 lbs (on a good day) so I need someone to kick my butt into gear! Yay! :o)

this sounds like you are very serious about this bobbi…i think it’s great you are doing this for your health. i’m a health and food nut myself and i love talking about nutrition…it’s actually one of my favorite topics. let us know what the diet consists of if you can…you should try adding raw milk/cheese, kefir, and sprouted ezekiel bread to your diet like we did…YUM 🙂

I say go Vegan 😀
Not the most popular choice… but you’ll see/feel/love the results! I haven’t eaten meat or dairy products for 8 months and I have more energy, my skin looks better, I lost weight (But that wasn’t the reason I did it.. I lost about 10 lbs and maintained that), and it’s just fun trying a whole new lifestyle!

Good luck, Bobbi!

Hi there! I’m a lurker…You guys ALWAYS inspire me! Now we’ll add weight-loss to the list…Goal is 35 pounds, and I just started my first ever actual weight loss program today! Inspiration is a GOOD THING!
Tracey!

I’m definitely IN!!! I, like you have recently been super motivated. this would help even more!

I am a “newer” blog reader….and I am totally in!! I have gained 45 pounds in the last 10 years (and 3 babies later)….and I try and try and try to go it alone. It ain’t working for me girl, so I am on your team. There is power in numbers. Woo Hoo.

(Oh, and I totally get how hard it is to post/talk about it publicly…your awesome girl!)

I’m so with you on this Bobbi. I’ve gained….gasp…100 pounds or more since freshman year of college. I’m in. 🙂

AHHH! fun fun fun times! I was a HUSKETTE at North High School in Evansville IN. Ahh good times :o) Good luck!!

one more time. me and kim are in!!!!!!!!!!! we just bought an eliptical trainer so we don’t have to leave our computers ( what we like to call “the man” ) which is probably what got us at this weight to begin with. grrrr… any way. i just want to say if you are up 45lbs what did you start at? 90lbs? you are cute as h-e- double hockey sticks and we love you either way!!!

LET”S.DO.THIS!!!

I’m in. For real.

OMG … great pic … and I have an equally funny one from when I was a cheerleader at State …. GO TREES!!!
P.S. You are the shiz.

I’m IN! It’s funny because I started the whole public diet thing on my blog too, but not doing so well. It’s so embarrassing I have stopped posting updates because I was not improving, LOL! BTW, I love how you threw the whole WPPI thing in there. You are such a photographer. LOL.

Bobbi–I’m in, too! It makes me sad that I now weight the same as I did the week before my 1st baby was born. I’d love to join you! Maybe this group effort will keep me motivated!

~Laura

I’m SOOOO IN !!! I have been working on it since July….I have lost 24 pounds so far but the last two weeks have slacked….UGGG….Can we set up a message board somewhere that’s for photogs that want to talk WEIGHT LOSS ? Anyone ????

I would love to network daily about my ups and downs of weight loss……Some days I’m sooo STOKED and other days want to eat, eat, eat, eat !!!

🙂

Long time no see 😉 I’m with you girl, every step of the way. We’ll have to do a group photo at WPPI too!

Bobbi! I have read your blog since last spring, and this is the FIRST time I have ever commented. Is that a sin? MOST LIKELY! Anywho…I originally surfed in from my wedding photographer, Julie Harris. Since her husband runs Photographik, I came across Scarlett Lillian’s website, and she linked to your blog below a photo of you two from WPPI last year, and she said something akin to how you also liked to “pop” color. I’ve had you guys’ blog bookmarked ever since. As an amateur photographer, I always find both you and Mike’s work inspiring.

I live in Denver, but went to middle school and high school in Evansville, Indiana. I had a few friends graduate from ISU, so it is especially cool to hear you talk about your college days. OMG, this is such a long freakin comment!

But long story short, I lost over 100 pounds from Jan 07 to my wedding day, June 08. Now that everything is settling back down, I am ready to get back on the healthy train to lose my goal of 35 pounds. I am down for the challenge.

I just have to pipe back in and say that, Bobbi, thanks to you I threw away my cup at lunch and DIDN’T REFILL my soda. It’s a small step….but it’s something. Thanks for pulling us all in with you!

Bobbi I love this pic of you! it is so cute! Can’t wait to see our wedding pictures! we had such an awesome time!!! Hope you and Mike had fun in the “Haute”….go Trees!

June 14 is Flag Day, but it’s not special because of that, it’s because it’s MY birthday, too! Yeah, 1976, baby! So, that makes me older and wiser than you. haha! J/K

I’m down for losing weight. My wedding is the Saturday after Thanksgiving so the timing is perfect!

I am so with you Bobbi….I have 60 pounds to lose for my wedding so that my pictures won’t be bad (not that you could take a bad picture!!) I have already lost 25…but you saw me at Panera…not enough!! 🙂 I think you are beautiful no matter what!! You make beautiful photos and you are a beautiful person!!

Hi Bobbi. With all the comments you get on your blog I doubt you’ll even notice mine but you motivated me to leave one anyway. I love your work, Mike’s too of course and I check your blog every week. This post tonight surprised me and hopefully motivated me as well. Plus I got a bit excited to see that you were going to WPPI in Vegas in February as I will be attending for the first time ever and would love to meet you and Mike. Maybe I won’t recognize you by that time as you will be down 45 lbs 🙂 and maybe I will be motivated to be the same. All the best. Keep up the awesome work because you two always totally inspire me to do better!!!

Sharon… I’ve read every single one of these comments… I’m a bit speechless.

Thank you allll…. I can’t wait to start loving myself again. wow.

❗

So… I was on this big workout/health routine from May to August and lost about 22 pounds. I took a few-too-many weeks off and now I’m back on track. I admire you for doing this out in the open!

Hi bobbi…Well i’m a first time commenter and I was a little hesitant about joining the diet club…i don’t like calling it diet….more like…HEALTHY EATING CLUB THAT REAPS THE BENEFITS OF LOSING A FEW LBS. ok maybe that’s a looong name for it. So. I have about 30 lbs 2 loose. The big 30 is next month Nov 29 and I want to look at least 10lbs. Most of my weight is located ummmm…..ok i’ll say it.. boobs and butt.,, so I’m ready. I’m also real short (i’m sure i’m shorter than you). Thanks for the motivation. I’m so glad I’ll have someone to healthy-eat-with-the-benefit-of-losing-a-couple-lbs with.

CHOOO CHOOOOO!!!!!

I gotta get in a wedding dress in less than 3 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Bobbi,
This is awesome…..I will join you in this. I too have never really been thin at all….funnily enough i am a short dumpy redhead with a bob-like haircut!!….seriously i am…!!
I have a goal to lose 20kgs…..so about the same as you….I really want to have another baby next year sometime…but not before i lose some weight!
**My goal is 5 kgs by the end of November when i go home for my bro’s wedding….don’t want the family saying ‘oh you look well’…AKA you have put the weight on!
** maybe another 3 by Christmas time…then lots in the new year! when i lose 10 kilos, I am going to reward myself with a new camera….maybe a 5d…..

Anyways chicky,
I always read your blog…but now i am out on this weightloss journey with you!!

Ali x

I’m Totally IN! I just blogged the other day that I have gained a whopping 30 (read 40) pounds since I married my husband 7 years ago. I won’t let anyone take pictures of me because i’m so embarrassed at my weight gain…SO LET”S GO!

I want to join the club as well…strength in numbers, right?

I am in! I have lost 45lbs the past year in weight watchers but my weight loss has seriously slowed down! But my regular weigh in day is Friday so this fits in perfect! Here is to the next 50 I want to lose!

I read your blog all the time but ive never commented before..but after reading this post i knew i had to. Ive gained loads of weight myself recently and i definately could do with loosing afew lbs,ive been thinking about dieting again recently and this is definately gonna give me the motivation i need. I’d love to be apart of the group…
And,like ali…im a short dumpy redhead too..but no bob cut yet..hairs too short 🙂

Elle x

ACK!! I’m so late on this Bobbi! That picture is the best image I have seen on the blog…not the quality or the lighter Bobbi or the fact that you were a Sparkette (I was never that coordinated) but your sparkly smile (punt intended) is still the very same. Anyway, you are one brave soul putting yourself out there. I can’t wait to see your progress because I know you will do it!!

Hi Bobbi (and Mike)…this is your dopey Uncle Pat…yeah, the guy in the not-so-family friendly Santa movie, for you bloggers…anyway, I’m pulling for you on the whole getting a litlte healthier thing…I too am trying to lose some weight…It’s been 16 days without any candy and 2 days with any cookies…next week I’m dropping soda as well – one vice at a time, baby steps…but I’m jonseing real bad, man. Unfortunately I’ve somehow gained three pounds – the evilness of old guy metabolism, no doubt. Stay focused, do the little things right, trust in the process and don’t worry about the results (they will come)…anyway, you and Mike are both fabulously awesome and can’t wait to see you both again soon.

OK… I’m in. Just tried to put on jeans yesterday and guess what???? They won;t zip!

I AM IN! I actually just signed up for Biggest Loser at my local gym. This is my first week and my first weigh in is Monday. Your blog post couldn’t have come at a better time!

We all will be here cheering you on girl!

I’m totally in!
I want a goal of 45lbs too!
Thanks dear!
Love youuuu!

I’m in!
((I’m a friend of Bre’s, and we’re going to do it together!))
I want to lose 40-45.
Thanks for the motivation!

Maybe a few days late, but I am going to commit to losing 40 lbs as well. I can certainly use the motivation! I have a workshop in Toronto in January that I would like to attend at least half of that slimmer!

UGH! I SSOOOO forget you were a Sparkette Too!!! ANd I LOVE LOVE LOVEEEEE looking at your guys’ photos and reading about them. You are truely fabulous at what you do!

…..Go State? hahaha!