My dad would hate this picture of him. It shows his belly, which is something he worked hard to hide whenever he was in public. It also shows his nitroglycerin patch. I was about 16 in this picture, and as you can probably tell by the perm, it was the 80s.

There is a picture of me that I hate. It was taken by my brother the day after I gave birth to my third child. My oldest sister Dee thinks if I share the photo of Dad with his belly exposed, I should be willing to show my worst photo too. She may have a point, but right now I don’t have access to a scanner. So that photo will have to wait. In the meantime, I wanted to share some photos of me in a variety of sizes.

Yes, I was a cheerleader for six years (sixth grade through senior year). This photo is from my senior year.
In September 2007, I was considering weight-loss surgery. Despite being about 90 pounds overweight, I still posed for this family photo at Houghton Lake:

Just a few months later, in March 2008, I’ve lost 37 pounds, and I marked the moment with a photo:

I think the March 2006 photo is close to the size I was in this photo taken in January 2006.