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True Confession Tuesday!
[ 7 ] 07/12/2011

True Confession Tuesday!

Pin it Sooooo, can we just pretend last week didn’t happen? If you want to pretend that last week didn’t happen, please raise your hand. (Patiently waiting to see if anyone else raised their hand) Last week, my whole family took a little road trip to visit my husband’s family in Illinois. That’s about a [...]

Shrinking Bootcamp, W4D1&2&3
[ 2 ] 07/11/2011

Shrinking Bootcamp, W4D1&2&3

Pin it This Shrinking Bootcamp workout will be the one you do for Wednesday and Friday this week as well. There won’t be any other posts this week, so be sure to refer back here, or print it out! Good morning Shrinking Bootcampers! How was your weekend? Are you ready for some hard work? It [...]

Help! I’m having a chocolate attack!
[ 3 ] 07/10/2011

Help! I’m having a chocolate attack!

Pin itThere comes a time in every girl’s month when all hell breaks loose. Yes. I’m talking about that time of the month. During that time of the month, I crave sweets like no other. Cake, chocolate, ice cream, cookies! It’s a terrible sickness. I’m just going to admit it; I’m not very good in [...]

Sister Spotlight:: Laura!
[ 6 ] 07/10/2011

Sister Spotlight:: Laura!

Pin itName: Laura Pankratz Blog: http://faithfamilylovejoy.wordpress.com Twitter: @LauraPankratz Age: 33 Hometown: Suburbs of Minneapolis, MN Tell us about your family. Kevin and I met at work and have been married for 5 years. We have a great little boy who is turned 4 in April and I am fortunate enough to stay home with him. [...]

What’s A Guy To Review?
[ 0 ] 07/09/2011

What’s A Guy To Review?

Pin itSo today is supposed to be review it Saturday and I don’t have anything to review, at least not with any authority. I have some new things I’ve purchased recently like a pair of Aqua Sphere Vista swim goggles but I’ve only used them once. I have a new cycling helmet I’ve had a [...]

Remember when….
[ 4 ] 07/08/2011

Remember when….

Pin itMy niece gave me her wedding videos to transfer to dvd for her. I had to watch them. The wedding was in September 1996. How could I not watch them? All four of my girls were in the wedding. My oldest was two years younger than my youngest is now. I was very curious [...]

Shrinking Bootcamp, W3D3
[ 1 ] 07/08/2011

Shrinking Bootcamp, W3D3

Pin itGood morning Shrinking Bootcampers! I hope you’ve had a wonderfully sore week, and I also hope you’re feeling stronger than you ever have! You have officially made it half-way through our amazing program. What do you think so far? Are you sticking with it? Are you seeing results? Feeling them? Today’s workout will be [...]

Burst into Summer Leaderboard {july 7}
[ 2 ] 07/07/2011

Burst into Summer Leaderboard {july 7}

Pin itWe made it through the holiday weekend and still managed to have some amazing losses! Give yourselves a pat on the back! {pat} We have a new leading team this week! Remember, these percentages are cumulative throughout the entire challenge! Our team in the shrinking lead is… TEAM 15 with 2.77% of their total [...]

Healthy Portable Snacks
[ 2 ] 07/07/2011

Healthy Portable Snacks

Pin itI had grand plans to write this great post in regards to Try It Thursday.  You see, today is Thursday and normally on Thursdays we post about *trying* new things.  I was going to write about trying a *tri* (tri= triathlon).   However, I haven’t *tri’d* yet nor have I even registered for a triathlon.  [...]

Girlz N Gear Winner and Twitter Party TONIGHT!
[ 0 ] 07/06/2011

Girlz N Gear Winner and Twitter Party TONIGHT!

Pin it The winner of last week’s Girlz N Gear Giveaway is Tish!! Tish, email me your tshirt, size and style preference along with your snail mail address: christieo@shrinkingjeans.net mkay?? For everyone who didn’t win, Girlz N Gear is sponsoring  a Twitter party tonight at 8pm ET! Follow the hashtag #girlzngear for all the chit-chat, fun and [...]

Couch to 5K Success Story: Erin!
[ 14 ] 07/06/2011

Couch to 5K Success Story: Erin!

Pin itErin C. is a mother of two and teacher to many. I already knew she was made of awesome because, HELLO, she delivered one of her own kids. At home. On the stairs. I have watched on Facebook each week as her C25K workouts were posted and have been impressed by her dedication! Not [...]

Burst into Summer Challenge Check-in, July 6
[ 31 ] 07/06/2011

Burst into Summer Challenge Check-in, July 6

Pin it Good morning bursting into summer-ers! How are we feeling today? Have we hopped onto that scale this morning? (Was he/she your friend?) I have to say my scale was pretty good to me but only because of ills that hath befallen our house, and though it’s definitely not my favorite way to lose 3 pounds,  it’s [...]

Shrinking Bootcamp W3D2
[ 0 ] 07/06/2011

Shrinking Bootcamp W3D2

Pin itSooo, how are you doing with bootcamp? Did Monday kick your ass? Or did you skip Monday because it was a holiday, and you thought ‘surely we don’t have to do bootcamp on a holiday, right?’ WRONG. If you skipped bootcamp on Monday, you have to do it twice today. Only kidding!! But you [...]

Tworkout!
[ 0 ] 07/05/2011

Tworkout!

Pin it How are my lovely Tworkouters doing today? Are you excited that it’s Tuesday and you get to sweat your tails off while having a good time? Of course you are! So hop onto Twitter at 8 p.m. Central and join in the fun! Tonight’s Tworkout: 1. 2 min high knees (w/weights); 1 min [...]

True Confessions
[ 4 ] 07/05/2011

True Confessions

Pin it So my dear sisters and brothers, here we are at the point of the week that many of us dread. I haven’t had many True Confessions lately that I was embarrassed to post. Today, I’m not real proud of myself. I had a pretty good week. I kept up with my boot camp [...]