09/30/2009
Hey guys! It’s your favorite day of the week, you know, the one where you get to step on your scale and weigh yourself. YIPPEE! Anyone else weigh themselves first thing in the morning naked or almost naked? Am I alone in this thought process, truly believing that my clothes add ALL the extra weight?! [...]
09/29/2009
We all know how easy it is to get into a rut, and how many different types of ruts there are. There are diet ruts, exercise ruts, bad attitude ruts, injury ruts, and ‘I’m not losing any weight’ ruts. I think we’ve all been there and done those, right? The rut I’m currently in is [...]
09/28/2009
It’s Monday, and you know what that means! Time to confess!!! Ready. Set. Here we go! 1. I have been to three tailgates in the past three weeks. 2. I wish I could say that I’ve been good. But I haven’t. 3. Food-wise, not too bad. Drink-wise, no comment. 4. I can’t even say that [...]
09/27/2009
Can I get a woot woot for football season?? OK, so some of you may not be as super-excited about the beginning of football season because that means for the next few months you’re a “football widow,” but most of us here at the Sisterhood are of the football-watching variety. Yes, my husband’s sooo lucky that [...]
09/25/2009
.!. As some of you may know, back in August, I started the crazy, insane Beachbody.com program called Chalean Extreme. During the third week of the first phase, I was doing a bicep work out. All of a sudden, I felt something in my elbow feel weird. When working out, soreness can be a good [...]
09/25/2009
Psssst… Someone’s having a birthday! It’s someone waaaaaaayyy older than me It’s Christy! Let’s all make sure to shower her with love and adoration today! Happy, HAPPY birthday, girl! We love you! Revel in your one piece of cake and enjoy your day!
09/23/2009
Wednesday night I went to my very first meeting for a triathlon group I just joined. It has taken me literally months to get the cajones to go join this club, I’ve been stalking their messageboard the entire summer. They’re real athletes with real purpose, it’s all very intimidating because here I am, the biggest [...]
09/23/2009
Despite my 40 point dessert, I managed to drop another pound this week! That brings me to 3 pounds for the challenge (1.6 pounds down from where I started…stupid Week 1 gain!) 2 pounds to go!!
09/23/2009
Hello fellow Shrinkers! Can you believe we’re four weeks into the Shrink for Good Challenge? And on the final week of the EA Sports Active 30 Day Challenge? Man, time sure flies when you’re having fun…or not (I’m having fun, I promise. I just LOVE kick backs). So, you know the drill. Hop on your [...]
09/22/2009
So much of what we all focus on when trying to lose weight are numbers: Pounds lost and gained Calories/Points eaten Inches lost Minutes (Hours?) of exercise Clothes sizes But what about another set of numbers? When’s the last time you had your cholesterol and triglycerides checked? My dad was overweight for most of his [...]
09/21/2009
The two winners of the most yummies (to me) salad dressing (2 points) in the whole entire world (in my opinion) are (according to Mr. Random dot Org): Crystal and AngelaCPA! So if you’re reading this, please shoot me an e-mail (christieo@shrinkingjeans.net) with your snail mails and you will have your yummy coupons on the [...]
09/21/2009
Guess what?! It’s that day of week where you get to spill the beans about your past week- the good, the bad, the ugly, or whatever you want to share. C’mon, you know you want to! I’m just going to cut the chase and get on with mine. I have not touched a sip of [...]
09/19/2009
I hate shoes. More accurately, I hate shoe shopping. My feet are big. They are an odd size that isn’t normally carried on store shelves. I also have very narrow heels. When I started taking up running (which was actually several years ago…this is just the latest incarnation), I knew that I needed to get [...]
09/18/2009
So sorry that I didn’t get a winner for the Fiber One Yogurt Gift Basket picked sooner. It completely slipped my mind!! Using random.org to generate a number, I came up with #3, which is Margie D.! Her comment about her favorite yogurt: My favorite yogurt is Yoplait light vanilla. It is yummy just by [...]
09/18/2009
I am NOT a runner. I don’t have the right shoes. I have too much weight hanging around to be pounding my joints. Running makes me huff and puff. Let’s not forget HOW MUCH IT HURTS ME TO RUN. So yeah, I am NOT a runner. This is so funny to me now because back [...]