The votes are in and you, dear readers, voted for Bat Fit 2012 as the name for our Goth Healthy Living Campaign! A huge thank you to mksiny14 for coming up with the name in the first place. Now that we have a name let the games begin!!! WAHOO! ARE YOU READY TO GET HEALTHY?!? Yes?!?! Well then ....
LET'S DO IT!!!!
For those of you just tuning in here's some background:
About two weeks ago I announced here on this blog that I, Le Professeur Gothique, set a goal for myself to lose 40 pounds by my 40th birthday in June. I said that I planned to do so NOT by dieting, but rather by eating smaller amounts of very healthy, nutritious foods and adding exercise to my life. I am determined to keep this whole quest SUPER fun. I then asked "who is with me?" I was overwhelmed by the positive responses and the candid goals of my readers. Some wanted to lose weight, some wanted to gain muscle, some wanted to work on mental and emotional health, but we all agreed that 2012 is our year to do it together as one, big batty clan. Bane from GIY suggested that we include weekly challenges like dancing to VNV for 20 minutes a day or taking a well-deserved and needed bubble bath. I, of course, love this idea! HUZZAH for Bane!
So without further ado, I welcome all of you to Bat Fit 2012! I've created a Facebook group for all of us to join:
*** ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 19th, I WILL POST YOUR FIRST BAT FIT 2012 CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK. STAY TUNED!!! ***
Please email me with some of your challenge suggestions. I'm going to keep a record of all of the challenges, etc. Also, use the above graphic whenever you are posting about your Bat Fit 2012 results, accomplishments, and hick-ups. And remember HAVE FUN!!!!
Finally, I would like to make t-shirts for this challenge and sell them through Zazzle or one of those on-line printing companies. ALL proceeds with go to the SOPHIE Foundation. I'm going to email Sylvia, Sophie's mom, to see how we can do this easily. :) Artists! Get cracking on a cool design! I think we should have a contest and we will all vote on our favorite design. :) More about the contest to come. Let me email Sylvia first.
Welcome to Bat Fit 2012!!!
I would love to join. What a wonderful idea. :)
ReplyDeleteYay! I'm in. Healthy goths unite!
ReplyDeleteHopefully this will be has fun as it sounds.:)
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I've joined the FB group already...^^
ReplyDeleteOh, how lurvely.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! Joining Facebook group as we speak :-)
ReplyDeleteOooh you know I didn't know if I would join because I never follow through with my plans to lose weight. But! 2012 is a year I'm really looking forward to getting my life back together. Especially budget-wise, and hey - I could still stand to lose those 20-30 pounds. Sounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteI'm in! Request sent to join the FB group! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm one of the four people on the planet who hasn't signed up for Facebook yet. :o I suppose it's time to change that! I would like to have a t-shirt, and proceeds going to the Foundation is a great idea.
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo!
ReplyDeleteTO EVERYONE: WAHOO!!!! This is going to be AWESOME! I have a really fun first challenge thanks to Bane! ;) Let's rock n' roll darlings!
ReplyDeleteI'm soooo looking forward to this!!! :)
ReplyDeleteYay! Bat Fit shall be a great success! I look forward to any design contest etc should you have one :D
ReplyDeleteI really love the idea and the name! :D
ReplyDeleteSal: Me too!
ReplyDeleteSnowhyte: I'm going to wait until after the holidays to contact Sylvia. I really want the proceeds from this t-shirt go to something good. :)
VelvetBat: AWESOME!
That's a lovely idea!! I've been struggling with my weight the last years. But me and my Johan concluded that is impossible for us to keep on eating the same stuff, we are different. So I eat kind of Montingnac and he is eating lchf (and I force him to eat vegetables). And with the children at home the dinner table looks like a complete buffe with different dishes. It's working. excercise challenges and food recipes would be a suggestion. I will join this definitely! I really need to loose 40 pounds myself
ReplyDeletelinnea-maria: Welcome aboard! I think what you're doing is excellent. I'm trying to make this fun, exciting and awesome, so any suggestions you have will be great. Let's do this together!
ReplyDeleteI am in!
ReplyDeleteWhen you said t-shirt the first image that comes to mind is 2 girls running one in a track suit and one in a corset and a long skirt. the track suit girl is wideeyed where as the other girl is just humming to her music :P no bad idea?
ReplyDeleteI really think I will join in. :) Sounds like a fabulous idea!
ReplyDeleteI'm in! Let's do this! <3
ReplyDeleteLeena: AWESOME! Welcome aboard!!!
ReplyDeleteRoxandria: HAHAHAHA ... ok, you just made me snarf coffee out of my nose. :D
Cherish: AWESOME!!!
Hello Batty: HUZZAH!