June 06, 2013

Goal photos

I'm still battling this cold, and I woke up this morning with a crusty nose and eyes. That's always fun. I woke up at 4:00, and just couldn't go back to sleep, so I ended up going out into the living room to watch TV until it was time to get the kids up for school.

I watched Tuesday's episode of Extreme Weight Loss yesterday, and WOW--I never cried so much during a TV show in my life! (If you're not familiar with the show, trainer Chris Powell chooses an obese person to work with for a year to help them lose weight. It's not competitive at all, like The Biggest Loser--the sole focus is on one individual. It's very inspiring!) I loved that the girl ran a marathon at the end of Tuesday's episode.

Chris Powell has my dream job--wouldn't it be amazing to help someone completely transform his/her life and reach his/her weight loss goals? I first saw Chris Powell on a documentary on TLC, called "The 650-lb. Virgin", and I really liked him. He seems very genuine in his desire to help people. On that show, he helped David Smith lose 400 pounds. I really liked Smith, and I just googled him to see how he's doing today. I am so sad to see that he gained back almost all of his weight. He's on a second weight loss journey now, so I hope that he's successful.



Remember the photo shoot that I did with Stephanie last month? Well, she gave me a disk of the photos, so I can finally share a few! :)  She asked if she could drop the disk off, and I told her I wouldn't be home, but she could leave it inside the storm door. I wanted to pay her for the shoot, but she insisted that she did it for her own experience as much as mine, and didn't want money; so I ended up buying her a bottle of her favorite wine as a thank you.

When I left the house, I put a bow on the bottle of wine and put it just inside the storm door, so when she opened the door to put the disk inside, she'd see the wine. Well, I later got this text from her: "I opened the door and my first thought was, "Oh, it must be a popular day to drop stuff off at Katie's house... someone left her a bottle of wine!" Then she put two and two together and realized it was for her ;)  Hahaha!

Anyway, she wrote all about the photo shoot from her point of view, which you can read about on her blog, That Loud Redhead. She posted a lot more photos from the shoot there, too. But here are a few of my personal favorites:





The whole reason I really wanted to do the photos was because I wanted some "goal pictures" to remind me of why I did all the hard work to lose the weight. Seeing these makes me want to stay on track and maintain my weight, because I think I look pretty darn good in them ;)  When Stephanie suggested I bring Jerry and the boys for some pictures, I was really excited; I don't have a lot of photos of Jerry and me with the kids.

Anyway, I am thrilled with how the pictures turned out. I'm going to get a few enlarged prints to hang up in my house--I really love the one of Jerry and me above, and there are a few family pics that I like. It's going to be hard to choose!

46 comments:

  1. Those pictures are fabulous! You all look great.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Those are great photos, and you look fantastic. Red is a great color on you!

    I do watch that show, and love it. Chris Powell does seem like a very genuine person. That's really sad he gained back the weight. :( It always makes me sad when I read about people gaining large amounts (or all) of their weight back.

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousJune 06, 2013

    You look beautiful Katie. You have a very cute family. She did a great job on your pics.

    ReplyDelete
  4. You are so beautiful inside and out. You are changing lives Katie, everyday you blog!! Thanks for being you!!

    ReplyDelete
  5. You should be proud!!! You and your husband both look fantastic and your boys are super cute! And, I think your friend did a great job - the pictures look professionally done!!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Gorgeous pics! Red is definitely your color! Feel better soon.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Those are really nice! I absolutely LOVE that photo of you and Jerry sitting by the water.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Love, love the close up one of you with the barn and tractor in the background....wowzers....you look absolutely stunning!!!....and one of the other bloggers mentioned you are changing lives every day you blog....that's correct, you are.....my weight loss goal is to lose 113 pounds....I've lost 16..so I'm on my way.....I come and read you every day.....and even when you write about your struggles, it motivates me and let's me know, it isn't just me that this is tough for......I appreciate your honesty so much.

    ReplyDelete
  9. You and your family look absolutely stunning!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Beautiful!! What a gorgeous, healthy family. You two should be very proud of yourselves!

    ReplyDelete
  11. AnonymousJune 06, 2013

    You look so gorgeous!! Your hair looks amazing and I love all the outfits! What a good looking family!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Love the red barn picture you look great!

    ReplyDelete
  13. You and your family are gorgeous! Wonderful photos!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Great pictures!

    It's sad when people gain all the weight back. It's easy to do though. I've been off track a bit and I keep reminding myself that if I don't straighten up I'll be right back up to fat and miserable.

    ReplyDelete
  15. I generally don't comment on blogs but I began reading your blog about 3 months ago (and read ALL of your blog posts!) I just wanted to say that you look STUNNING - the picture with you and the barn/tractor is the back looks like it should be from a magazine. Beauty!!

    ReplyDelete
  16. What beautiful photos, you look gorgeous. Love the curly hair.

    Awesome family photos too.

    ReplyDelete
  17. AnonymousJune 07, 2013

    Wonderful pictures! You look so beautiful Katie! So proud of you and your accomplishments!

    ReplyDelete
  18. AnonymousJune 07, 2013

    You are gorgeous!

    ReplyDelete
  19. Great pictures. Stephanie did a really good job!

    ReplyDelete
  20. AnonymousJune 07, 2013

    Great pics!!!

    ReplyDelete
  21. I adore the head shot of you in front of the barn! Gorgeous!

    ReplyDelete
  22. Katie, you look like a model! Beautiful pics of you and your family! You are rocking that curly hair!

    ReplyDelete
  23. Adorable photos! You look so lovely!

    ReplyDelete
  24. Love the photos!! Beautiful family :)

    ReplyDelete
  25. Beautiful photos! I love the full-body shot!

    Super handsome kiddo's you've got there too!

    ReplyDelete
  26. You are STUNNING and you have the cutest family ever!

    ReplyDelete
  27. Gorgeous pictures...I love them!! :)

    ReplyDelete
  28. You're so pretty, Katie! Your entire family is adorable. Keep rocking it, girl!

    ReplyDelete
  29. Hi, Katie! I'm a long time reader, and I seldom comment, but I just had to today. Wow, you look GORGEOUS and so happy! Jerry looks so handsome and the kids are so darn cute. You can just feel the love beaming out of the pictures. Thank you for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  30. You look amazing in red. You should wear it more often! Stephanie takes beautiful photos.

    ReplyDelete
  31. love love love the cream lace top you are wearing in the family pictures! where did you get it?

    ReplyDelete
  32. You all look great! Getting pictures taken with my family is one of my motivations for losing weight. I just don't like to see myself in pictures so I avoid getting them taken. I'm trying to get over this NOW because it's pretty selfish of me, but I know in the long run I'll be more confident in pictures if I lose weight.

    ReplyDelete
  33. Gorgeous Pictures. I hope you can get some really big prints for your house. I was at the craft store a while back getting something I had cross-stitched framed, and a lady brought in a HUGE family portrait she was having framed. Ever since then, I've wanted to do something like that. Back then I was still FAT, and nobody likes their picture when they're FAT, but now....something to consider!

    When you were talking about Chris Powell and Extreme Weight Loss and mentioned the first show Chris did with the 650-lb. virgin, (which I also saw), immediately I thought, "I wonder how David's doing today." How disappointing that he has regained. That is the REAL battle---keeping it off. Not many can do that, but hopefully he can get it off again. One of the earlier members of the Joy Fit Club (from the Today Show) moved to my city after he was on the show, but contacted me through Joy Bauer, after I was on the show, and we are Facebook friends. Jon, who was also featured in Joy's book, lost over 200 lbs., but has put back on 90 of those, and like David, is working at taking them off again. I just can't take off a huge amount of weight again, so am trying to keep it close to my goal like you. Who wants to go through that again? Even though we're living healthy livestyles now, at least we don't need to lose over 100 lbs. anymore. Honestly, at my age, I don't think I could do it again.

    Honey....you look fantastic in ALL the pictures! I love all the tops, but like Sarah K above, absolutely adore that cream lace top. Surely that's not a garage or thrift store find? You're such a good shopper, however, I wouldn't be surprised.

    ReplyDelete
  34. the pictures are beautiful! You look great in red!

    I so that episode too - I definitely got choked up more than once. :)

    ReplyDelete
  35. Your family is beautiful. You are beautiful. What a wonderful way to celebrate and remember your amazing success. Thank you for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  36. AnonymousJune 07, 2013

    What a beautiful family! Love the idea of goal photos!!

    ReplyDelete
  37. Beautiful family!! Love your pics.

    ReplyDelete
  38. All of the photos look great; you have such a beautiful family. I have to say, red is certainly a great color on you! You look stunning!

    ReplyDelete
  39. I love seeing which ones are your favorites...it was so hard for me to narrow it down because they're ALL my favorites, lol!

    Thank you to everyone for the nice comments on my photos, and a GREAT BIG thank you again to you, Katie, for trusting me to take not only your "goal" photos, but your family photos, too! It was my pleasure!

    PS: I think I may subtitle my blog "Photographs for Wine." ;)

    ReplyDelete
  40. Those pictures are great!

    ReplyDelete
  41. Please could you post about how you do your hair?? That is exactly how I want my hair to look!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks, I'm glad you like it! I honestly just put some gel in it and blow it dry. I have naturally curly hair, so I don't have to do much when I wear it curly.

      Delete
  42. Absolutely GORGEOUS photos! Your family is beautiful, as are you! I'm glad they inspire you because they do for all of us as well! :) And I am in love with your naturally curly hair too! :)

    ReplyDelete

I used to publish ALL comments (even the mean ones) but I recently chose not to publish those. I always welcome constructive comments/criticism, but there is no need for unnecessary rudeness/hate. But please--I love reading what you have to say! (This comment form is super finicky, so I apologize if you're unable to comment)

Featured Posts

Blog Archive