Pin itSince I was a little kid, I’ve always been negative realistic. In some ways, it serves me well, but largely it sets me up for failure. After all, it’s a defense mechanism. Expect the worst, but hope for the best – and by anticipating bad things, I may not try as hard to meet [...]
Pin it**Winners are announced below! Congrats! Please send an email to: melissa@shrinkingjeans.net with your contact info within 48 hours or a new winner will be selected!** Are you a snacker like me? Like the crunch of something yummy? How about the combination of sweet and spicy? These simple pretzels will satisfy any snack craving, especially [...]
Pin it***Winners have been picked! Check the comments below to see if you’re one of the lucky girls :)*** Have you ever heard of Salba? I know that I hadn’t until a few weeks ago. Salba is an amazing little grain, when added to your everyday foods, can boost your intake of Omega-3s and so many [...]
Pin itIt’s hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head. ~Sally Kempton, Esquire, 1970 “You think too much.” That’s what I heard from my husband last night while I was talking to him about my fitness woes. I was telling him that I have all these lofty fitness goals but I condemn [...]
Pin itIt’s here! It’s here! (And yes, I’ve heard you all calling it “Homework” behind my back! ) OK, fine, I guess it is. But I really want us to think of this as yet another tool to arm ourselves in our constant battle with “Can I?” Because yes we can! I love punctuation because [...]
Pin itWe’re having some fun on this sort of potpourri Thursday Three . (Look at that, I rhymed!) Today I give you three fun facts/slash/embarrassing moments. 1. I would like to state for the record that for week one of our Rethink Your Shrink challenge, we as a group lost about 75 pounds! Wait. I’m [...]
Pin it Rethink Your Shrink is about changing from the inside. It’s about looking back so that you can move forward by changing the present. We will re-evaluate our eating habits, our patterns, our obstacles and our activity levels. We will take with us what worked in 2009 and dispose of what didn’t. Good morning SISTERHOOD! It’s [...]
Pin itSo, better late than never… Thanks to the lovely Nancy, we realized we FORGOT to announce the winners of the Globetrotter AND the Shrink-a-Versary Challenges. Yipes. I’m blaming the holidays. Yup. That’s it. So, without further ado, your winners: Shrink-a-Versary Biggest Shrinker: Renee a.k.a. CutieBootyCakes! She lost a grand total of 11 pounds – [...]
Pin itIt’s Tuesday, and ya’ll know what that means! It’s time to confess! How’d you do over this New Year’s weekend? Did you party hard? Did you stick to the veggie tray? It’s time to get it all out, so let’s hear it! 1. I did really good, food-wise at my friend’s New Year’s Eve [...]
Pin itWelcome to the first Monday Project of the Rethink Your Shrink challenge: Project “Me”! This week, we’re going to take a look back and ask ourselves some questions, about ourselves. On account of the whole rethinking our shrinking and all. We’re going to dive right on in and figure out why we’re here right [...]
Pin itOur NEW posting schedule for 2010, just in case you haven’t seen it yet. The schedule will go like this: Motivation Monday, True Confessions Tuesday, Weigh-in Wednesday, Thursday’s 3’s, Fitness, Friday, The Saturday Review, and Recipe Sunday. We’re so innovative, aren’t we?! So yeah. I’m supposed to talk about motivation or something like that. [...]
Pin it I LOVE Thai Food. Unfortunately, it does not love my muffin top (or maybe loves it too much, it likes to hang out there, set up camp, chill). Thai food can be SUPER unhealthy. Lots of high fat ingredients, lots of frying. Lots of rice. One of my very favorite dishes is green [...]
Pin itWinners are posted below! Please contact me (melissa@shrinkingjeans.net) with you addresses! Congrats! Happy New Year! download Prime Evil We are all about new hopes and goals and starting fresh right now. What better time for another giveaway from The Healthy Pantry? At The Healthy Pantry, you can find meal kits for everything from Whole [...]
Pin it Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a safe, fun, and healthy holiday, and that no one is hungover today (right?!). Our new challenge, Rethink Your Shrink, is all about joining the revolution by stepping outside of your comfort zone. Well, we at the Sisterhood are stepping WAY outside of our comfort zones [...]
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