The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans

Did you know that in addition to February being Heart Health Month, it’s also National Chocolate Month? When Hershey’s contacted us about doing a review for their Hershey®’s Dark products, I actually paused before I shouted YES, and then I decided to take one for the team.
You’re welcome.
Are you familiar with Bob Greene and his Best Life [...]

**UPDATED! WINNER of the GU giveaway is: LadyG8r!!  Congrats!! Please send me your snail mail address at christieo@shrinkingjeans.net!**
 
I love GU. Pronounced “goo.”

GU is an energy gel. What is this energy gel I speak of? And who should be eating these? And why? Do we really need these in our lives?
Yes. But not all the time. And [...]

It’s Wednesday, folks!  What are you waiting for??  Go jump on the scale!
How did Week 2 go for you?? Did you get what you expected? Do your results match what you put into this week?  Tell us all about how it went!! Leave your results and/or blog post link in our comments.
If you are just [...]

**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 mine.

Spiced Honey [...]

Your breakfast will be delicious tomorrow (or later today), I promise. You just have to make these muffins.
This recipe is a staple in my home and my children love it. I found this recipe for Applesauce Oatmeal Muffins on Spark People when I was diligently logging my calories (which I shall begin doing again as [...]

Usually, I do really well at controlling my sweet tooth.  I can go weeks without touching sweets.  And then there are certain times (of the month) when I crave sweets.  Specifically, ice cream.
So this last certain time when I was craving ice cream I happened to be in Target. (Not Super Target, just regular Target.  [...]

UPDATED: The winner of the Simply Salads Cookbook is lucky #11-  Mel, themelodramatic!  Congrats Mel, please email your contact info to to lisa@shrinkingjeans.net.

Most of ya’ll know that I love to cook.  I also love to eat.  This appears to be a win-win situation.  Well, except for the fact that now I need Shrinking Jeans in [...]

Drumroll please…
The winner of the first giveaway of our Shrink-A-Versary is…
Audrey over at The Lewis 4!!
Congratulations, Audrey! Please contact me (heather@shrinkingjeans.net) with your info and I will put you in contact with Kristen to craft your custom yoga skirt. Whoopee!
Thanks to everyone for participating and keep checking back every day this month for a new [...]

After Baby #2, I joined a gym and for the first time in my life, actually USED my membership.  You guys KNOW what I am talking about.  I invested some serious cash in hiring a personal trainer to teach me the proper form of strength training.  I met with her once a week for 10 [...]

I hail from a moderately sized city, nestled between Vancouver, B.C. and Seattle – Bellingham, Washington.
I lived there most of my life until my recent move to the Seattle area, and while I was in Bellingham, I became familiar with a fabulous company called Baker’s Breakfast Cookies – now known as Erin Baker’s Wholesome Baked [...]

This is one of my new favorite beers! I am usually a BudLight Lime type of girl, or my other fave -Michelob Ultra Orange Tuscan Grapefruit. I saw an advertisement for MGD Light 64 and was like, NO WAY! Only 64 calories and 2.4 carbs? For that, I will give it a try. And guess [...]

Worst Candy
TWIX (1 pckg)
280 calories, 27 g sugars, 14 g fat (11 g sat.)
Saturated Fat Equivalent: 11 strips of bacon
Eat This Instead:
100 GRAND (1 pckg)
190 calories, 22 g sugars, 8 g fat ( 5 g saturated)
Source:  Eat This, Not That!

Helllloooo? Echo… Echo…
Is this thing on? Tap, tap.
Things seem to be awfully… vacant… around here today. Liven’ up people! It’s Friday!
TRAIL MIX, DRIED FRUIT, AND MIXED NUTS
Eat This!
Sunsweet Pitted Prunes – 100 cal, 0 g fat, 12 g sugar, 3 g fiber – Per gram, prunes provide ewer calories, more fiber, and less sugar than [...]

This is more like an FYI… and a disgusting one at that. After reading this, you can thank me for helping you keep your caloric intake down for today. ;o)
The FDA allows certain amounts of *bonus* ingredients in our food, lucky us…
Canned Pineapple – Can contain up to 20 percent moldy fruit
Canned Tomatoes – Can [...]

Do y’all remember when Crooked Eyebrow posted a review on Eat This Not That, The Supermarket Survival Guide? I picked up the book while we were on vacation, and let me just say it is SO VERY INTERESTING. There are some complete shockers in there!
I thought I would share some of the information to help [...]