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  • Couch to 5k Check-In #7

    Couch to 5k Check-In #7

    Good morning runner lady friends! It’s time to check in from last week and let me know how the running is going. Are you successfully completing each day? Is it getting easier, harder or staying just the same? Can you BELIEVE that you are running for such long periods of time? Give yourself a big [...]

  • Celiac Disease & Gluten Intolerance Awareness

    Celiac Disease & Gluten Intolerance Awareness

    As the medical world merges with technology and science, the information and studies produced tell us much more about our bodies today than in the past. More people understand why their bodies react a certain way and are able to recognize a symptom versus a common bodily function. This has led to the education and [...]

  • Who Will You Motivate?

    Who Will You Motivate?

    I think of myself as an average person. A person who is just doing her best to get back in shape after years of neglect for my body. For the first time in a long time, I am serious about making this fitness and exercise journey mean something. I am serious about making it right. [...]

  • Featured Runner Series {Ginny}

    Featured Runner Series {Ginny}

    Meet our next featured runner- Ginny. She lives in Texas, just like me (and millions of others- ha!). Make sure to give Ginny a shout-out in the comments below- do you have something in common with her, does something she writes resonate with you, or something entirely different? Have you liked The Run at the Sisterhood [...]

  • Eat Fat to Lose Fat

    Eat Fat to Lose Fat

    Despite what mainstream marketing would have you believe, fat does not make you fat. Quite the opposite actually; our bodies actually need fat to function properly. Fat helps the absorption of vitamins, keeps you satiated, and even helps you shed pounds.  That’s right; you need to eat fat to lose fat! As with any food, [...]

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LOSE IT

Check in / May 15
[ 6 ] 05/15/2013

Check in / May 15

Hello Shrinkers! It’s hump day, which means it is time to get on the scale and weigh in with your bad self. Having a dedicated day of the week to face the music and access your efforts can be a valuable tool. Whether you have been derailed a bit (ahem! raising my hand) or moving [...]

Spring Fling Weight Loss Challenge  – final weigh-in!
[ 2 ] 05/08/2013

Spring Fling Weight Loss Challenge – final weigh-in!

Good morning, Shrinkers! I know it flew by, but here we are in WEEK 4- the FINAL weigh in for our Spring Fling Weight Loss Challenge! Go get on that scale and do your thing sweet things! How did you do? What progress did you make in the last four weeks? We would love to [...]

Motivation Monday – when your tank is on “E”
[ 1 ] 05/06/2013

Motivation Monday – when your tank is on “E”

We used to have a regular feature here at the ‘Hood called Motivation Monday, with an aim to offer ways of picking ourselves up, dusting ourselves off and getting back on the horse again. After reading Melissa S.’s inspiring post on this topic, I thought I would share my list of things I turn to [...]

MOVE IT

Couch to 5k Check-In #7
[ 0 ] 05/19/2013

Couch to 5k Check-In #7

Good morning runner lady friends! It’s time to check in from last week and let me know how the running is going. Are you successfully completing each day? Is it getting easier, harder or staying just the same? Can you BELIEVE that you are running for such long periods of time? Give yourself a big [...]

Featured Runner Series {Ginny}
[ 4 ] 05/16/2013

Featured Runner Series {Ginny}

Meet our next featured runner- Ginny. She lives in Texas, just like me (and millions of others- ha!). Make sure to give Ginny a shout-out in the comments below- do you have something in common with her, does something she writes resonate with you, or something entirely different? Have you liked The Run at the Sisterhood [...]

Happy Mother’s Day and Couch to 5K Check In #6
[ 0 ] 05/12/2013

Happy Mother’s Day and Couch to 5K Check In #6

First off- HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all of you mothers out there.  What are you doing today to celebrate YOU?  Some keep it low key and others do not but either way, I want to wish you a heartfelt day that is filled with love, laughter, peacefulness and kindness. MWAH! Now, for all you new [...]

EAT IT

Celiac Disease & Gluten Intolerance Awareness
[ 1 ] 05/18/2013

Celiac Disease & Gluten Intolerance Awareness

As the medical world merges with technology and science, the information and studies produced tell us much more about our bodies today than in the past. More people understand why their bodies react a certain way and are able to recognize a symptom versus a common bodily function. This has led to the education and [...]

Eat Fat to Lose Fat
[ 0 ] 05/14/2013

Eat Fat to Lose Fat

Despite what mainstream marketing would have you believe, fat does not make you fat. Quite the opposite actually; our bodies actually need fat to function properly. Fat helps the absorption of vitamins, keeps you satiated, and even helps you shed pounds.  That’s right; you need to eat fat to lose fat! As with any food, [...]

The Health Benefits Of Kale
[ 0 ] 05/11/2013

The Health Benefits Of Kale

It is known as royalty among its counterparts, often referred to ask the ‘queen’ or ‘king’ of greens. You can put it in a smoothie, juice it, make chips of it, use it as a wrap, put it in a salad, or just eat it as is. I am, of course, talking about KALE. Kale, [...]

MIND IT

Who Will You Motivate?
[ 2 ] 05/17/2013

Who Will You Motivate?

I think of myself as an average person. A person who is just doing her best to get back in shape after years of neglect for my body. For the first time in a long time, I am serious about making this fitness and exercise journey mean something. I am serious about making it right. [...]

Toot Your Horn Tuesday!
[ 4 ] 05/07/2013

Toot Your Horn Tuesday!

I am resurrecting Toot Your Horn Tuesday and I couldn’t be happier. I achieved a major goal last Saturday and I want to share it with you all. Toot, toot!!! In January, I decided that it was time to get serious about my weight loss and fitness journey. I had let myself fall off the [...]

Motivation Monday – when your tank is on “E”
[ 1 ] 05/06/2013

Motivation Monday – when your tank is on “E”

We used to have a regular feature here at the ‘Hood called Motivation Monday, with an aim to offer ways of picking ourselves up, dusting ourselves off and getting back on the horse again. After reading Melissa S.’s inspiring post on this topic, I thought I would share my list of things I turn to [...]

LOVE IT

Check in / May 15
[ 6 ] 05/15/2013

Check in / May 15

Hello Shrinkers! It’s hump day, which means it is time to get on the scale and weigh in with your bad self. Having a dedicated day of the week to face the music and access your efforts can be a valuable tool. Whether you have been derailed a bit (ahem! raising my hand) or moving [...]

Review & Giveaway: Lock Laces
[ 34 ] 05/13/2013

Review & Giveaway: Lock Laces

  When I run, I’m super finicky. All equipment must be secured properly….there can’t be any loose iPod wires. No loose running pants that I have to constantly yank back up. And there must absolutely, positively be no untied shoelaces! Which usually means I have to spend a great deal of time before my run [...]

Motivation Monday – when your tank is on “E”
[ 1 ] 05/06/2013

Motivation Monday – when your tank is on “E”

We used to have a regular feature here at the ‘Hood called Motivation Monday, with an aim to offer ways of picking ourselves up, dusting ourselves off and getting back on the horse again. After reading Melissa S.’s inspiring post on this topic, I thought I would share my list of things I turn to [...]

WEEKLY

Toot Your Horn Tuesday!
[ 4 ] 05/07/2013

Toot Your Horn Tuesday!

I am resurrecting Toot Your Horn Tuesday and I couldn’t be happier. I achieved a major goal last Saturday and I want to share it with you all. Toot, toot!!! In January, I decided that it was time to get serious about my weight loss and fitness journey. I had let myself fall off the [...]

Spring Fling Weight Loss Challenge – Week 1 check-in!
[ 12 ] 04/17/2013

Spring Fling Weight Loss Challenge – Week 1 check-in!

Hello dear Shrinkers!! If you have been hanging around the ‘Hood a bit then you know what it means when the calendar says Wednesday! It’s time to hop on the scale in your birthday-suit finest and weigh in! We have just completed Week 1 of our Spring Fling Weight Loss Challenge. How are you doing? [...]

Spring Clean You Challenge: Week 2 Check-In
[ 13 ] 03/27/2013

Spring Clean You Challenge: Week 2 Check-In

Week 2 of the Spring Clean You Challenge is over and out already! How did you do? Are you planning your *work* and working your *plan*? Are you finding certain areas of Spring Cleaning more challenging than others? MINI-CHALLENGE Last week, the weekly mini challenge was to try and get 7 hours of sleep a [...]

Other Recent Articles

reasons to lift

reasons to lift

[ 5 ] 05/10/2013

I’m curious to know how many of you out in the ‘hood lift weights? Have you tried, half-heartedly, and given up? Did/do you feel lost and intimidated when you look at a stack of dumbbells? Are you worried about getting hurt? Or are you in the weights setion of your gym with the big boys [...]

Featured Runner Series {Leigh Ann}

Featured Runner Series {Leigh Ann}

[ 4 ] 05/09/2013

Do you like our new *Featured Runner Series*?  I do because I love reading what other runners have to say- the good, the bad and the funny!  I can always find something to relate to another runner- can’t you?  We runners are a special community! Have you liked The Run at the Sisterhood Facebook page yet? [...]

Featured Runner Series {Amanda D.}

Featured Runner Series {Amanda D.}

[ 3 ] 05/05/2013

The Run at the Sisterhood Facebook page is growing by leaps and bounds! In hopes of inspiring and motivating new and seasoned runners, as well as the ones still sitting on the couch, we have started a new series of posts where we feature runners from around our ‘hood. Our first featured runner is Amanda…..here [...]