The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans

Fitness Friday is upon us, and this week I’m going to give you my top fitness picks, and in turn I want you to share yours! There are so many Sisters (and hopefully some brothers lurking out there), with different experiences we can all learn from. So check mine out and then share your top [...]

We are getting ready to embark on another odyssey of the 30 Day Shred here at the Sisterhood. I do love me some Shred, but I will be sitting this one out, since it’s not really compatible with my herniated disc problems! I thought it would be fun to write about some of my other [...]

I don’t know about you, but every time the Olympics roll around, I get this huge swell of emotion and inspiration – watching all the absolutely amazing, determined athletes push themselves to the limit to acheive a dream. Seeing what the human body is capable 0f – witnessing the tears, sometimes of joy, sometimes of [...]

The winner of Galloway’s Book on Running is Audrey and the winner of Marathon: You Can Do It is  ”Gmstep”.  Ladies, please email lisa@shrinkingjeans.net with your home addresses so that I may get those books in the mail to you.  Congrats!
Are you a beginner runner?  Expert runner?  Never ran before but thinking about it?
I started [...]

So, show of hands…who’s been joining us for our Last Chance Tworkouts on Twitter every Tuesday during the Biggest Loser??  Come on, I want to see those hands!!!
Now, who has seen our tworkouts and doesn’t watch the Biggest Loser, but wishes they could join in anyway?  Raise those hands high people!!
Here’s the thing…every Tuesday we [...]

When you first start trying to lose weight, it feels like no one really believes that you’re going to stick it out. Ya know, based on past histories if you have them, like me.
At first there’s resistance. You get a lot of questions. A lot of tests. “Mom, can we buy those cookies? Honey, do you [...]

Winners have been chosen! See the comments below to see if you’re one of the lucky 5!!

Ahhhhh. Bob Greene. I can see why Oprah loves him so much. He’s cute, has a nice, encouraging voice, doesn’t cuss or yell at you, he’s thorough in his instructions, AND he looks good in a tight t-shirt. Plus, [...]

It’s hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.  ~Sally Kempton, Esquire, 1970
“You think too much.”
That’s what I heard from my husband last night while I was talking to him about my fitness woes.  I was telling him that I have all these lofty fitness goals but I condemn myself to failure [...]

Merry Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate!
So wow. We’re about to say goodbye to 2009. Sure went fast, didn’t it?
We want to know, how did it treat you?
Was it like every other year? Did you gain weight or lose weight? Did you yo-yo? Did you plateau? Did you finally break through? Have you been [...]

Fitness?
Me??
Ha, I laugh at those two word together. HA.
As most parents know or remember, having a newborn in the house leaves little to no time for any “mommy” time. I’m lucky to get a shower these days, let alone go to a gym or workout with a planned routine.  My flabby post-baby body is screaming [...]

Can you remember when exercise became a job? Another box to check off (or ignore)?
I can pretty much pinpoint that moment for me – when I started playing competitive sports in high school.  Something about two hours of practice daily, plus games or meets on weekends, and an hour long weight training class during the [...]

Seriously, if you would have asked me a year ago what I was going to do on Thanksgiving Day 2009, my plans would not have included getting up at 6:30am to run a 5k even though it was only 49 degrees outside after being diagnosed with a sinus infection less than 24 hours before.
But I’m [...]

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As some of you may know, back in August, I started the crazy, insane Beachbody.com program called Chalean Extreme.  During the third week of the first phase, I was doing a bicep work out.  All of a sudden, I felt something in my elbow feel weird.
When working out, soreness can be a good thing.  If [...]

I have been poring over article after article, looking for something to jump out at me to share with you guys in regards to fitness.  I am so tired- it is midnight and I just want to crawl into bed.  Nothing I read appealed to me or those things that did had already been written [...]

Did you ever see that Seinfeld episode where Jerry was waiting for the rental car and the lady at the rental car counter said there weren’t any cars left?
It’s one of my favorite episodes not just because it’s happened to me before but because I love it when Jerry gets on a rant about something [...]