dk photographic

In my line of work, I hear all about people's insecurities. "Can you get rid of my double chin?" or "Can you make me look 10 lbs. thinner?" are common phrases around here. Very few people accept themselves as they are. I'm constantly telling other people how beautiful they are (and if I say it, I mean it. There's no sense in a false compliment.) but I wasn't able to do that for myself. I'm really hard on myself and I had grown to hate looking at myself in the mirror. Ever notice, there's only 2 photos of me? Site, blog, facebook... doesn't matter... same 2 photos and one of them, you can't even see my face. I haven't had a family photo taken since Devin was born because I didn't want to be photographed. That's horrible!

The majority of my life, I've been thin, athletic and healthy. For several years now I've complained about it but acted as if I'm helpless in the process, that I have no power over it. I would try to manage my weight and stop after about a week, usually because I was intimidated by how much I needed to lose. I think I've lost & gained the same 5 lbs. probably a dozen times. Recently, I was at Aidan's basketball game and saw someone I was friends with in high school. I hid. I hid because I was ashamed of my weight gain, of how I look. Isn't that sad?

After hiding, I knew it was time to do something about it. On March 9th, I started. I am hitting the treadmill nearly every day and really watching what I eat. I've lost 8 lbs. so far. The books in the photo above weigh 8 lbs. and I'm not carrying them anymore! Yay!!!

Since my past attempts were failures, I'm giving myself a BIG incentive----a 2nd honeymoon! If... no.... WHEN I reach my goal, Andy and I will take a 2nd honeymoon and this honeymoon can be someplace with a beach because I won't be afraid to wear a bathing suit anymore. ; ) So... throw me your suggestions for locations. Comment with your honeymoon stories! I want to hear them!