Weight Loss - Then and Now Pics

I'm posting embarrassing pictures of myself because people who haven't seen me in awhile might not be able to appreciate how much weight I gained and then THANKFULLY lost!

The first one was taken in June, when I was wearing a 14 to a 12. I barely look like I can fit in the picture! No, I didn't widen the angle or alter the picture in any way. That's just how much of a weight problem I allowed myself to get into... I got to where I could not wear that shirt. Now it's a staple of my daily wear.

The second one was taken in September. Down to a 10 there, and I know not the best pictures, but I honestly don't have that many to choose from. I guess I got a bit camera shy after gaining all of that weight. I know my hair is longer in the second picture, and that might be all that you can notice from it, but if I had better close ups of the face, you could definitely tell the difference.

Side by side below I've put pictures of my face - the first in June - just before the Hallquist family fourth of July reunion. I took it on my cell phone myself, so it's not the best image ever, but hopefully you can tell a big difference between that one and the one next to it (besides that I had curled my hair for the second picture). The difference is actually about 20 lbs! The second picture was taken in October, and you'll recognize it as my sidebar pic from my blog.

I wish I could show more of the final picture that's down there, because you can really tell in that pic just how much I've lost, but Geoff managed to take a picture that shows entirely too much uncovered chest with the angle, so I've had to crop it.

Anyway, enough embarrassing photos for one day. I didn't get a chance to do an update of the work completed on day two yesterday because I went and got my hair and nails done and got home too late to take pictures (no daylight left). I'll try to slip outside this morning and snap a few before the guys get started again.

Geoff's got the day off for Turkey weekend, so he might take some of the work in progress. As long as it doesn't rain...