I MADE IT!

Just so you don't spend all week worrying...I made it!

You can look forward to my full recap on my regular Thursday post :)

Grab a button! It's working!

Looking for my Week 2 post?  It's right below this one.  If I'm going to upstage somebody's post to write about this, it might as well be mine, right?  Oh, and if this post is a little confusing it's because I combined the two short posts that Polly and I wrote about the buttons.  It may be a little redundant, but oh well.  -Katie 

  (From Polly) The button is fixed!  Sorry...it took a little longer to fix than it otherwise would because I just got back from my very first day of being a substitute teacher...in Kindergarten no less!  (It's a little different from teaching high school chemistry.)  My weight loss moment for the day was forgetting to bring a lunch. If you want our nifty "I read the Skinny Button, just go to the sidebar and copy the code into a new HTML gadget.  Thanks for reading and passing on the word!_____________________________________________________________________

(From Katie) Some of you have noticed our neat little buttons (Thanks Polly for creating them and adding them to the blog!) and are curious about how to add one to your blog.  Well, then this post is for you.

Don't know what I'm talking about?
"Buttons" are codes for pictures you can add to your blog that work as link to a specified website, in the case, it's a picture link to The Skinny.

Don't know how to add the button to your blog?
Go to The Skinny (you're here!) and find the button you'd like to add.  Copy the code below it.  Go to your blog (I suggest opening your blog in a new tab or a new window so you can still reference the directions here).  Click on "Customize" (at the top).  Make sure you're on the layout page.  Click "Add a gadget."  Choose the "HTML" gadget.  Paste the code (the one you copied below the button) into your HTML gadget.  Save and enjoy! 

Don't know where the buttons are on The Skinny?
The "I read The Skinny" button is up at the top of the page in the left hand column.
The "I write for The Skinny" and "Featured on The Skinny" buttons are in the left hand column at the bottom.

Note: the "I write for The Skinny" buttons are intended for regular authors only.  The "Featured on The Skinny" buttons are intended for guest authors (authors who only write once or occasionally).

Still confused?
E-mail me at kathleenann08(at)gmail(dot)com.  I'll help you out.

Also, just a heads up.  There's going to be a giveaway here on The Skinny soon.  It may look a little something like these.  But you might have to be a follower of The Skinny to be eligible to win.  Or you might have to be proudly displaying your Skinny buttons.  Who knows?

Welcome to The Skinny!

Welcome to The Skinny! Here Kathy (my mom) and I will each update once a week (Katie (me) on Tuesdays and Kathy on Saturdays) on our progress, with a picture every other week. You can find our personal goals in the column on the left. Also in that column you can find a body mass index (BMI) calculator. Enter your information and look at the results to see if you'd like to lose some weight along with us! In addition to our weekly progress updates, you can look forward to lots of great recipes, tips, and other helpful thoughts on health, fitness, and weight loss from us and our friends. (If you're interested in writing a guest post, please e-mail me. You can find my e-mail address by clicking on my profile in the left hand column. Or just leave a comment on here with your e-mail address saying you'd like to do a guest post and I'll get in touch with you.)

Since I mentioned the idea on my regular blog quite a few of you expressed your own goals in wanting to be healthier and lose some weight. So I've been thinking about it a lot and I think it would be really fun to have this blog be a central place where a lot of us can report back to one another. I haven't quite figured out how to do it (if anybody has suggestions please leave a comment letting me know what they are), so for now I'll just say if you'd like to lose weight along with us, feel free to do it in the comment section. I'd love to have you post your current weight and how much you lose each week. So please do! And if anybody comes up with a cooler way we'll update the system then. Best of luck with your goals! I hope you'll come back and support us in ours! Have a great day!