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[ 12 ] 08/31/2011

Charity Racing – Find Your Passion

  Tiffany Zook will be doing a series of guest posts on racing for charity. She was a very important and passionate member of Team Shrinking Jeans when we raced with Team In Training and raised money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Tiffany was a rockstar fundraiser and motivational team member!! She is passionate [...]

[ 12 ] 08/31/2011

Burst Into Summer Final Check-in

Hello shrinkers! Today is the FINAL check-in for the Burst Into Summer challenge. Did I just hear a huge sigh of relief, or was that a groan of disappointment?! Either way, it has been a long, hot, busy summer, and hopefully y’all are a little lighter on the scales and more fit than you were [...]

[ 0 ] 08/30/2011

Let’s Tworkout tonight!

Happy Tuesday! I’m excited for a couple of reasons today: 1. It’s Tuesday and I know you all are excited to Tworkout tonight! 2. Good TV is almost back! I can’t wait! Tworking out to new episodes of my favorite TV shows is just the best thing! But in the mean time, we can Tworkout [...]

[ 3 ] 08/30/2011

Bondi Band {Run the ‘Hood 2011 Sponsor!}

I came across my first Bondi Band last summer at the expo for the San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll 1/2 marathon I was participating in, and my running ‘do was forever-changed. There were literally hundreds of stretchy bands to choose from with so many different slogans and colors. I appropriately chose a headband adorned with [...]

[ 5 ] 08/30/2011

True Confessions

I know I’m probably preaching to the choir here, but my life is incredibly busy right now.  Even though I don’t have significant other or children like many of you, it just feels like my life is running in overdrive right now.  How so you might ask?  Well …. I worked nearly 60 hours at [...]

[ 41 ] 08/29/2011

Couch-to-5K {Checking In, Week 2}

Good morning, Couch-to-5K’ers! How’s it going? Did you survive Week 1? Or maybe you are just finding us and getting ready to lace up your shoes for the first time? Week 1 went excellent for me. I was surprised, really. Yesterday, I set out on my Week 2, Day 1 workout. The runs increase to [...]

[ 3 ] 08/29/2011

Attune Foods {New Morning Organic Honey Grahams}

With the promise of Fall just around the corner, my family is gearing up for one of our favorite cool weather activities! Making S’mores! The foundation of our s’mores is New Morning Organic Honey Grahams, a product brought to us by Attune Foods. New Morning Graham Crackers were the first organic graham crackers on the [...]

[ 1 ] 08/28/2011

Simple Math: Football season + tailgate party = GREAT FOOD!

  Less than on week from today will be the opening of college football season. I will be headed to the wonderful town of Blacksburg, VA for a Virginia Tech Hokie football game and to the most awesome tailgate in the land. (No, really. Come on down and join us if you don’t believe me!) [...]

[ 7 ] 08/28/2011

Birthday Boy!

He has lost over 200 lbs. He completed a HALF IRONMAN this month. He is the testosterone behind The Sisterhood. We think he is pretty freakin’ awesome, so please wish Sean a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY as he celebrates his 13,513th day of living. We can’t wait to see what you do with yourself this year, [...]

[ 5 ] 08/28/2011

Sister Spotlight: Jill!

Name: Jilly Blog: I am a terrible blogger, haven’t updated my blog in a LONG time! Jauntily Jogging Jilly  I promise I will try harder to update it! :) Twitter: @ginny212 Age: 34 Hometown: Winnipeg, MB Tell us about your family.  I have been with my hubby for 15 years and married for 9.  I have [...]

[ 26 ] 08/27/2011

Change Your Chicken With Subway (Review & Giveaway)

I try really hard not to pick up ‘fast food’ very often, but as a mom of two young children, I have to be honest…there are days when the only way we’re all getting fed is if I grab something quick. Thankfully, for those days, I have Subway. Subway has been my go-to for fast, [...]

[ 25 ] 08/26/2011

Fuel to keep this mommy going! {giveaway}

Thank you to LUNA Protein for providing me a LUNA Protein sample pack to review. The opinions I’ve expressed here are solely my own and represent my honest viewpoint. School started on Monday. I think I could probably end this post here, and you’d totally get that it’s been a crazy week. Living in the [...]

[ 16 ] 08/26/2011

Would You Like A Little Cheese With That Whine?

Is it just me or is there an awful lot of whining going on over at Twitter? Day after day after day. It got so bad one day, I actually thought about deleting my Twitter account. Of course, I thought about the Tworkout and decided against that idea. I laid low for a couple of [...]

[ 1 ] 08/25/2011

Burst into Summer Leaderboard {august 25}

Hey, friends! Sorry I am so late today! Been crazy-busy with getting the kids back to school and volleyball and football and… Check the updated current team roster here! I’m going to keep this short and sweet because I can barely keep my eyes open! Here are the results! 6.01%    TEAM 20 5.94%    TEAM 4 [...]

[ 9 ] 08/25/2011

Try It: *New* Wish-Bone Salad Dressings (Giveaway)

Ya’ll know I love salad.  I eat it almost every day.  My kids have grown up eating it since they were old enough to eat salad.  In fact, a salad is one of the few veggie-type items that I can count on them eating.  It is awesome! Recently, we invited some friends over and all [...]