01/31/2010
Last weekend, while hanging out with Melissa in Denver, she looked at me and said that while we were at her hubby’s aunt’s house for football, there would be a yogurt dip there for dipping chips and veggies into. This was something they all loved and she wasn’t sure that I would love it too, [...]
01/30/2010
Updated: Congratulations to Deanna6! I didn’t see an e-mail for you so I went ahead and tracked you down on Twitter. Tweet, Tweet! I love breakfast foods. Like, a lot. I think if given the opportunity, I would eat breakfast foods every single meal of the day. What can I say? I’m a Carbs Girl! [...]
01/29/2010
So, show of hands…who’s been joining us for our Last Chance Tworkouts on Twitter every Tuesday during the Biggest Loser?? Come on, I want to see those hands!!! Now, who has seen our tworkouts and doesn’t watch the Biggest Loser, but wishes they could join in anyway? Raise those hands high people!! Here’s the thing…every [...]
01/29/2010
Good morning, everyone!! Happy Friday!! How did you do on this week’s project? The task this week was to sit your butt in 2011, picture what 2010 was like, and write a letter to yourself about it. What hurdles you have overcome and goals you have met. I really loved doing this one because I told [...]
01/28/2010
Yesterday was weigh in day, and we couldn’t help but notice that some of you are really struggling. Struggling with gains, with maintaining, with small losses. Well, this Thursday Three is going to be a gentle reminder, that it’s not always going to turn out exactly the way you want it to. Losing weight is [...]
01/27/2010
Wait. What’s that say? Week FOUR?? Have we been really going at it for a month already? We are over halfway done with our Rethink Your Shrink challenge. You have joined the revolution. You have looked into your past and looked into yourself. You have contemplated what works for you and what doesn’t work for [...]
01/26/2010
We’re all good. We’re all great. We are all wearing our little shiny halos, right? NOT!!!! Maybe I’m just speaking for myself but I gotta tell ya, I have one big confession on this True Confessions day and it all centers around last Wednesday. Oh, that fateful day. I need to erase this week and start [...]
01/25/2010
**UPDATE** Duh! I almost forgot to announce the winners from last week’s project! They are Renee at CutieBootieCakes, Jennifer at PrairieKnitWit Cooks and Shrinks and Audrey at The Lewis 4! Send me your snail mail if I don’t have it already! Project Peopllllllllllllllllllllle!!!! (Said like at the beginning of “Whoop There It Is!” where he [...]
01/25/2010
All I could think about today (Sun) is my new toy get your mind out of the gutter. I finally bit the bullet and bought a Nike+Ipod Sports Kit. (Christy wrote a review about it if you want to know more about it). She has been raving about it ever since she got it and [...]
01/24/2010
Just a side note, I’m not sure how this is FIVE layers…I counted three. Maybe four, if cheese is a layer. Anyhow… I wanted to make something snack-y, because the biggest snack day all year is coming up – SUPER BOWL! Did you know the Super Bowl is the highest chip consumption day of the [...]
01/23/2010
**HEATHER S. is the winner of the gift pack from Progresso! Thanks to everyone who entered!” Who doesn’t love soup? Especially in the winter, when it’s cold and windy, and maybe even snowy. Soups warm the soul, and can be very good for you, especially when they’re packed with yummy vegetables, and not packed with [...]
01/23/2010
**Congratulations to our winners: Audrey, Becca, and Tobey!! It’s time to get your dance on, girls!** Have you ever watched one of those dancing shows and wished you could do those dances? Or do you just like to shake your bootay in general? (Some of you may or may or may not like to dance [...]
01/22/2010
When you first start trying to lose weight, it feels like no one really believes that you’re going to stick it out. Ya know, based on past histories if you have them, like me. At first there’s resistance. You get a lot of questions. A lot of tests. “Mom, can we buy those cookies? Honey, do [...]
01/22/2010
Good morning!! Time for another Monday Project linkup and this one’s fun because it’s all about YOU! Well, they all are, really, but this one’s really about how freakin’ cool you are and how much you rock. The task: List 5 ways (or more) that you rock. So go ahead. Tell us how you’re awesome. [...]
01/21/2010
Well good morning to you, and you and you over there in the cubicle at work. Welcome back to another Thursday Three here at Shrinking Jeans where we list three things to chat about. Yes, we want you to join in on the list of three too! After all, it is all about sharing, right? This [...]