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Thursday Three: We Want to Know!

[ 15 ] 04/29/2010 |

Here at the Sisterhood, we are all about changing and evaluating our actions and behaviors. This week, we want to switch it up a bit. We are in the process of rethinking some things around here and we want some feedback from the most important people, the elite… namely, YOU!

What are three things you really like about the Sisterhood?

  • Is it Heather’s hair?
  • The Tworkouts on Twitter?
  • Our endless ability to cuss?

We REALLY want to know. Be honest. Name some things you enjoy and want to stick around forever and ever. Maybe it’s the great support, the laughs, or Christie’s superhero abilities.

Along with the good, we want to know what you think we could improve on or subjects you would like to see more of! Never fear, this is all in the name of helping us get a clearer picture of how you feel, kind of a Sisterhood report card of sorts. Speak your mind, we promise not to come and egg your house. I can’t promise we won’t TP it, though.

Let’s hear it. What are three things that you think we need to work on around here?

  • Do you want more personal stories? Photos?
  • Think we need to take a different approach on challenges?
  • Think we are ignoring certain fitness activities, like fencing or bull-riding, and you find it offensive?

Anything goes, ladies and gentlemen. It’s all for the greater good of the Sisterhood!

So who’s going to go first?

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Category: Melissa, MIND IT, The Sisterhood, Thursday Three

About Lissa: Melissa is the Co-Founder of Shrinking Kitchen and the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans She has been married for a dozen years and is mother to four children (15,12, 8 and 8), with more soon coming her way through the foster care system. Melissa has a love/hate relationship with food (okay, mostly candy) and cooking. This isn't improved by the fact that her husband, the true family chef, works in another city half the year, leaving Melissa to figure out how to feed her growing family something other than Pop-Tarts. Melissa loves her camera, enjoys traveling, kickboxing, creating beautiful things she finds on Pinterest, and planning her dream home that will be built… someday. melissa@shrinkingjeans.net :: @lissajoy :: whereverimaywander.com :: pinning here View author profile.

  • BrookeF

    what i like:

    the camradery – the hood, twitter, blog comments
    the monday project – i love giving myself a new challenge. sometimes i feel like i'm the only one participating but i still think its fun to mix things up
    wednesdays – even the least active sisters come out of the wood works for our weekly weigh in

    what could be improved:

    more activity based challenges – i know of at least 3 of use (i'm sure there are more) that don't weigh in, so something fun for us to get involved in. (PS – loving the 21 day challenge)

    activity reviews? like pictures or a vlog from melissa with the rules of racket ball and how badass it is when she wins.

    how about more sister spotlights? i feel like i know most everyone best from twitter, but i know there are some girls out there that i don't get to interact with beyond Wednesday's congragulatory blog comment.

    i love you ladies!!! :)

  • http://www.whooosthatgirl.com Lissa_ShrinkingJeans

    Thanks so much for your honesty, Brooke.

    Now can I slap your ass for saying ME and VLOG in the same sentence?? ;p On racquetball, we don't really “know” the rules. We just have our own and play to win. But that is an awesome idea. I could actually RESEARCH the rules.

    Sister Spotlight – I am SO with you on that one and have already been planning to bring it back! Stay tuned!

    xoxo

  • http://christy.shrinkingjeans.net Christy_TheSistherhood

    Yes, I agree that Melissa should Vlog. ALL THE TIME :P

    Love activity reviews, too! WOOT!!! You're awesome, Brooke!!

  • http://spiffytiffy3.blogspot.com Tiffany

    What do I love?
    1. You guys.
    2. The fitness challenges (Wii hula hoop anyone?)
    3. Monday projects (when I remember to do them).

    What can you work on?
    1. Um, is anyone else overwhelmed trying to keep up with the number of posts? Including the personal blog sections on this blog? Or is it just me? 'Cause I can't even keep up with my own blog, ya know! :) IJS.
    2. More challenges based on getting healthy and not just weight loss.
    3. And I definitely think Heather's hair needs to be BIGGER – Texas style, baby!

  • mimi

    I love the group challenges, really all of the challenges.
    Also the confession days.

    To work on- I like the idea of activity reviews whether vlog or not.

  • http://www.ohlssons.be/karena Karena_Oh

    I wish I'd commented on this when I first saw it — all the good answers are taken now! I guess that shows group consensus!

    3 things I really like:

    1. The people. I love the family-like atmosphere here! Some days I feel like we're all sitting around, having a coffee (or a shot), and laughing like best friends.
    2. The Monday Project. I don't always participate, but I love that it encourages me to try new things, think about things in a different light, and pushes me out of my comfort zone.
    3. The challenges. I like having kind of a mini-goal — something to work on for a set period of time.

    3 things to work on?

    1. More challenges focusing on healthy changes (like the 21 day Challenge we're currently doing) as opposed to focusing on the scale. Or maybe concurrently, as I know there are a lot of people for whom the scale and accountability is why they are here.
    2. I like the idea of the Sister Spotlight. That must be before my days at the Sisterhood, but it sounds like a great way to get to know people better.
    3. The Tour de France starts July 3rd and runs til the 25th. It would be remiss of us NOT to do a biking challenge in honor of it. By the way, did you know that in 2004, the Tour de France route went right past our front door?? Amazing!!!! Hmmm, I could arrange to be in Paris on the 25th for the finale up and down the Champs-Élysées!

  • http://oppositelife.blogspot.com Pubsgal

    I'm more of a reader than participant here, but I do this community very inspiring!

    What I like:
    - Camaraderie/people
    - Focus on developing good habits/fitness
    - Physical fitness items. Just make sure I'm not on vacation next time y'all do a virtual triathlon, pretty-please? ;-)

    What could be improved: Pretty much what BrookeF said on these.
    - When there's a weight loss challenge, perhaps have an alternate activity for those who for whatever reason would prefer to not focus on the scale that time? (Love the 21 Day challenge for that very reason!)
    - Sister spotlights
    - Would love to know the origination and meaning of everyone calling each other “hooker.” Sounds like a juicy story! :-)

  • Lisa

    I like how there are posts often. Sometimes you just need to know there's a place you can go and read something that will help you when you're not feeling it. BUT, I would love it if the format was one so that we could read the entire post and not have to click on each one to read it. Just a personal pet peeve of mine.

    Love the site, love the comraderie, love people wll similiar needs coming together!

  • anng

    What I love?? I LOVE that everyone is sooooo inspiring! I love that no matter what we need our sisters are there for us….a kick in the booty or a hug! I LOVE that we are all at different fitness levels but with one goal in mind….healthy and whole!! LOVE the freindships that I have from here even though I haven't met anyone in real life, yet!
    What I want to see??? Um…love the mini-challenges, more personal stories.

  • Nancy

    It's hard to narrow it down to only three, but the three things I like are
    1. the Tworkouts
    2. The Monday Project
    3. the challenges

  • Nancy

    I'd love to see more sister spotlights. Being the lucky recipient of the first sister spotlight, I'd like to see more people featured for their accomplishments.

  • http://www.emeraldsunshine.org Jen (emeraldsunshine.org)

    I like:

    1) How people have made me feel at home.
    2) How inspiring some of the stories have been.
    3) How I feel like I'm surrounded by people like me.

    I don't like:

    1) How I never have enough time to read the MASS AMOUNTS OF BLOGS put out by the Sisterhood site itself, much less all of the sisters! Gah!

  • seemamarun

    Of course it's Heather's hair. I'm still waiting on a post on how she keeps it so amazing. *hint*. :p

    Actually there's lots I love about the Sisterhood. Will be back later to comment.

  • Bari_F

    I should have read this yesterday-like Karena said-all the good answers are gone!
    What I love:
    1. the amazing sisters who motivate and inspire
    2. love the group challenges-I was so said to see the last one end
    3. the Monday project-getting out of my comfort zone is something I need to do more of.

    What could be improved:

    1. I'm a recipe whore-so more recipes, please. I'd even be happy to contribute every now and then :)
    2. more fitness-specific challenges. I loved the shred and knowing others were in the same boat pushed me thru. Karena's idea for tour-de-france is awesome!
    3. the sister spotlight idea a few mentioned sounds very cool

    Even though I've never met any of you IRL, I feel like I've developed some life-long friendships here. Even though we are all at different points in our healthy living journeys, we share a common goal. That's pretty awesome.

  • seemamarun

    Love the networking, support and encouragement. Monday Projects are a favorite although I don't always participate.

    Definitely like the idea of activity based challenges and sister spotlights. And Karena's tour de france challenge idea sounds like a winner to me!