100 Day Challenge - Four More Members

The Skinny Bones 100 Day Challenge is the talk of the blogosphere! Today we have 4 new lovely ladies signed up. Please welcome ...

Liimu said...Is it too late to join the challenge? I would love to lose 20 lbs in 100 days - to get to my goal of being under 150 pounds (currently 166.5).
Can I join? [of course - KatieP]

Donna said...Hi Katie
Have just recently started my blog & i have just this week started my own little challenge, What you have set up is fantastic & I would love to join your 100 day challenge.

Chunkmonkey (Jenna) said...Hi Katie,
I just sent you an email-I love this idea for a challenge and would love to join! Thank you for thinking of this.

Trudi said...Katie P has a 100 day challenge going and I am doing my bit also.
100 days without toast
100 days drinking 2 litres of water
100 days of giving my kids more hugs
100 days of finding a quiet moment in the day to do NOTHING...just be quiet


Phew! Now I've lost count of how many people there are - over 20! Everyone who has a blog is on the blogroll on the sidebar.

I keep running out of hours in the day to get all my goals achieved and keep up with you lot! Never mind, I'll just remove the "get enough sleep" goal and I'll be good.

Today is half way through Phase One if you started on Sunday - how are you going? What are you most proud of these past 5 days?

I am proud that I have stayed on plan and been relatively nice even though I have raging PMT and I wish you would all bugger off and leave me alone I could just hide away from the entire world until my fucked body decides what it is doing. I read somewhere that women would lose weight as quickly as men if it wasn't for our freakin' hormones.

That reminds me of an old joke ... How do you make a hormone [whore moan]?
Nah ... someone else has to post the punch line ... I'm trying to be nice.

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The 100 Day Challenge now has its own blog for Team Members to connect with each other. I will continue to update on this blog but I will link back here from the Team one. If you are part of the team and want to post, please email me at thin-enough(at)optusnet.com.au

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Bits & Pieces

New Team Members
Miss J...Hi Katie,
Would love to join your 100 day challenge, I think it's just the thing I need when getting back on top of everything, after letting it slide!

I haven't updated my blog in ages, but will do so in the next couple of days... is it ok to copy and paste the 100 day challenge logo on my blog [of course ..K].

I started as of Saturday, not sure when I finish, will work it out today...

Rachael P...Hi Katie,
Found your blog through Frankies and I would love to join the 100 day challenge. Frankie and I started a few days apart so I am at day 9 as of today. Your blog is absolutely fantastic.

Kristy...I'm in, 100 days of drinking 3L of water or more...

I knew I wasn't normal!
I got a wonderful (???) comment from Mr Anonymous on my blog today:
"I think you looked more normal in the before photos to be honest. "
Lucky I am not interested in being normal - I'm SUPERnormal!!

Peanut Butter and Chicken Thighs
I could eat them all day [and I am] --YUM

Why I am Shitty?
I forgot about my period -- I think it is PMT

They aren't Natural
It breaks my heart to see girls striving to look like figure competitors who are clearly on the 'juice'. It is impossible to look like that without pharmaceutical help. Why doesn't anyone ever talk about the drugs?

Time for Revision
I have too many goals, some of them that I am not committed to -- eating at the table just makes me rush because I want to finish and get on the computer and drinking gallons of water just pisses me off (pun intended). The beauty of no rules is I'm dropping these goals. Feel free to change your minds ladies.

There are Worse Things than Fat
After my latest binge (on Saturday) I experienced my legs swelling up. This has never happened to me before except on long haul flights. My ankles disappeared. It was probably the fault of some 'harmless' corn chips with MSG and artificial flavoring, the only thing I haven't eaten in years.

Whatever the cause, it was painful and frightening. It made me realise that some food can be poisonous. Having no ankles, swollen painful knees and stretched skin is worse than plain old fat.

My Scales
... are broken. The batteries leaked and corroded inside. Lucky I have 2 others to choose from. I am still determined not to weigh myself until Day 90.

Getting it Done
In case you are keeping up with my calorie intake, you may be alarmed to see that my calories and carbs are severely low. I wouldn't recommend this strategy to everyone but I want to get back to my happy weight as quickly as possible. This is not 'practicing on the way down' -- this is getting it done and will only be for 10 days (of which I've already completed 3).

New Article
I stayed up past my bedtime but I got a new article published.
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Two New Team Members - 100 Day Challenge

Please welcome Andrea...Hi Katie - Count me in too!
I need to get my act together and this is a great idea - especially leading into summer.

and Lisa Jane...I'm in too. I am aiming to write 100 blog posts in 100 days and to drink litres of water a day. [psst...your blog link isn't working at the moment LJ]

Good luck ladies.

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Day 99 was tough. 12 hours at work which I am disliking more and more by the minute.

I always seem so cranky, edgy and kind of raw when I am in a calorie deficit. It makes me wonder if I am withdrawing from sugar/carbs/sodium/whatever, or if a plummeting mood is a real biological result of not getting enough food. For whatever reason, eating more food makes the irritation subside, and makes me feel more emotionally even.

Is this a chemical thing in my brain? or a learned response that can be unlearned? Is this the true definition of comfort eating? Am I a classic carbohydrate addict?

Maybe my life is annoying and frustrating and I can only block out those uncomfortable feelings when I eat? Which is my true state and which is the one that is altered by the amount of food I eat?

The problem is that I haven't found the middle path. It is starve or binge, under or over eat. I don't even know what it is like to go for a week without being in a deficit or a surplus so I can't tell you how that makes me feel.

It is all very confusing. I don't have any answers today, just questions. Just thinking out loud.

100 Day Challenge - Meet the Team

Meet the lovely ladies who are signed up for the 100 Day Challenge. Show your support by visiting their blogs (if they have one) each day and leaving an encouraging comment. They are all listed in the blog roll on the right so just click on through.

1 -- Nerd Girl said...I am in for the challenge!! My goals for 100 days are to go binge free and to STRETCH everyday. Those are my two biggest weaknesses. Of course I will keep up my training but that has never been an issue for me. I will have one higher calorie days per week but it will stay under 3000 calories (after I'm done with contest prep of course.) Glad you posted this today! I need it!

2 -- Shelley said...I'm in sista!!

3 -- Vicki said...I'm in Katie! My challenges:
*Drink min 3L water a day.
*Get some rest. Go to bed MINIMUM 7 hours before wake up time, even if I don't fall asleep straight away.
*One full day off training a week.

4 --Marie said...ME!
definitely eating well, NO binging and getting back into a regular exercise routine!

5 -- Frankie said...Good one Katie! It's so motivating when a bunch of people do it together. Geez....glad I'm finished before Melbourne Cup! Nothing worse than a dry Cup Day!

6 -- LizN said...Katie, I'm in - but my challenge is to blog everyday (and no blow outs sounds like a good plan as well!)

7 -- Tearose said...I'm in! I was just Saying I need SOMETHING to motivate me and help me stay on track, this is PERFECT! as usual I got all excited and forgot to post what I am doing. My challenge is to follow my trainers plan without unauthorized cheats and not missing workouts!

8 -- Pip said...WOW, cool! Many people are up for it!!!
My commitments are:
* no buying junk food for personal consumption.
* No eating sugary foods, overly salty or pastry/deep fried or cheesy foods, (cottage OK) unless in a social situation where I feel rude/out of place if I don't have a little.
* No bingeing, - if I'm embarrassed to mention something I ate to whoever then don't, - mood will pass!
* No drinking alcohol alone.
* Record all spending and keep to budget.
* Maintain a tidy organised room and personal living space.
* Keep to training regime I set myself, - unless I consider it a very valid excuse why I miss a session.
I plan to hopefully lose at least 12kg of fat, have skinfolds totaling under 100mm, weigh in under 68kg, be heaps fitter toward up and coming tri season be be pleased of accomplishing what I set out to do!
All the best!

9 -- Shar said...Hey Katie (and everyone else)
I dropped by to read your blog and decided that the 100 challenge is a great thing for me right now, my 100 day challenge definitely isn't about losing weight due to trying to grow a healthy bubba but I can definitely put some lifestyle and healthy nutrition goals in place.
Gotta run to watch boy play footy now so will post up my specific goals when I've thought them through fully.

10 -- Esme said...Hi Katie, Add me to your 100 day challenge.

11 -- Katie P said...Here are my goals
* binge free
* sugar under 25g per day
* only eat at a table, not in front of a computer screen or television
* drink 750ml water for every can of Diet Coke
* in bed 7 hours before my alarm is scheduled to go off
* go to the gym 4 days a week minimum and burn 500 calories each time
* leave the house every day for a purpose other than buying food
* only weigh myself every 10 days - on day 10/20/30 etc.
* write and publish one article a day on Hub Pages

12 -- Rachael R said...Perfect timing! Count me in. I'm not blogging myself but will definitely embark on this challenge. For me it's about doing planned activity and reducing the crappy food I consume. Bring it on! [via Email]

13 -- Amy said...Hi Katie- I just want to say I love reading your posts. I will love to be involved in the 100 day challenge if it is not too late. I will have my first day as of tomorrow as I only read about it today. Even though I am already on a challenge this 100 day challenge has given me even more motivation. If it is too late I will just keep reading your posts and follow myself. Thanks for the inspiration and the challenge!

14 -- Mighty Mouse said...What an awesome idea! Seems like the thing I need to get me back on track - have been contemplating how best to get myself into good habits again - and reading this has given me the answer!!! Will have a think about my goals & get cracking. Thanks!!

15 -- It is not too late for you to join too. You can start tomorrow or the next day. To be honest, the only reason I wanted to start on the same day as my blog post was to help prevent people battling with 'last supper' thinking that sometimes precedes starting a program at a future date.

Come on - you know you want those skinny bones!!

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