07/31/2010
You can barely stand the excitement, right?? It’s like the big announcement you have been waiting your whole life for! Today is the day we reveal the teams for our new, superfast, team challenge! You did remember to RSVP over at the ‘hood, right? Let’s hope so! The Master Team List can be found here, [...]
07/31/2010
Clean, simple eating. Sounds easy, right? And then you really start thinking about it. What is clean eating? How should you eat to best care for your body – to fuel it? To be healthy – all the while not completely denying yourself the foods you enjoy? It’s a toughie. A while back, I picked [...]
07/30/2010
So it’s Friday and it’s my turn to share with you something food-related. I could talk about fiber and how good it is for you or I could talk about the benefits of any host of fruits and veggies, BUT I would rather share with you a recipe, because I like to cook and I like [...]
07/29/2010
Once upon a time… Oops, wrong audience…(Too much toddler-influenced Shrek) Hello there, Sisters! Wait, wait before you start throwing your rotten tomatoes at me and chanting for your regular sisters, I am not a troll that has hijacked the Shrinking Jeans website. I am one of you, I am a tried and true real sister. [...]
07/29/2010
At the Sisterhood, we’ve been reviewing and sharing tips from Weight Watchers new book: Eat! Move! Play! Here are some quick tips: EAT! Instead of: Grabbing fast food or take-out when you’re rushed and don’t have time to cook dinner, Try: Picking up a rotisserie chicken and cooking frozen veggies you’ve been keeping on hand. [...]
07/28/2010
We are kick ass. Who would have guessed? I mean really, we’re just a bunch of girls (and hopefully another guy very soon) blogging about muffin-tops, thigh chafing, and trying to lose weight. We do it for our own benefit of course, but we do it because we want to have a fun place for [...]
07/28/2010
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Notice something different here? (Other than the purdy new look here at the Sisterhood?) If you’re a regular around here, you know that Wednesday is “weigh-in” day. It still is, but we here at the Sisterhood decided to change things up just a bit. After reading your suggestions, we asked ourselves, “Selves? [...]
07/27/2010
We are excited to announce that we are on the search for a new male contributor! Do you think you have what it takes to put up with oodles of women? (Every man’s dream, right? RIGHT??) Do you think you have something special to bring to the Shrinking Jeans table? Here is what we are [...]
07/27/2010
That’s RIGHT. It’s Tuesday! It’s Tworkout day! There is a TON of good TV on tonight, and, well, we may as well get a few good exercises in while we watch TV, right? Right. So, join us on Twitter at 8 p.m. Central. That’s an order. Tonight’s Tworkout: 1. 2 mins high knees, 1 min [...]
07/27/2010
Hmmmm…was it someone’s grand plan to have me host True Confessions the week of my birthday? : ) Anyhoo, I do have a list of my transgressions ready because, folks? There’s quite a few… That cheeseburger and french fries That BACON cheeseburger and french fries That huge stack of pancakes, butter, eggs, and bacon That [...]
07/27/2010
You may have noticed things look a little different around here! We’ve been busy making our site over! What do you think? I am sure it’s going to take some getting used to for us, but we hope you will find it much more easy to navigate! We have re-categorized everything… MOVE IT – Here [...]
07/26/2010
Today is a very special day here at the Sisterhood. It’s Thea’s birthday and she’s turning 40! Okay, not really, but I just want everyone to be older than me, okay? She’s really a spring chicken, and she JUST completed her first Triathlon YESTERDAY! Let’s all wish Thea a HAPPY BIRTHDAY and a huge CONGRATULATIONS [...]
07/26/2010
We’re excited to announce Coach Joe English, our Virtual Team in Training Coach for Team Shrinking Jeans, will now be a regular contributor here at the Sisterhood! You can send your questions about running to support@shrinkingjeans.net, we’ll pass them on to Coach Joe, and he’ll post his answers as part of Mailbag Monday every two [...]
07/25/2010
****Updated! The winner of the I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! gift pack is……….Mendie! Congrats girl! Have you ever used I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Spray? It’s awesome and has lived in my refrigerator since I started Weight Watchers 145 years ago. Seriously, I cannot live without it. I use it on steamed veggies, [...]
07/25/2010
Each and every week, one of our Sisters is chosen by another Sister to be highlighted in the Sisterhood Spotlight. Last week, Beki was our featured Sister and that means she gets to pass the torch on to another deserving woman this week! I must add that I wholeheartedly agree with her choice, as this [...]