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Team Leaderboard – Spring Fling Week 3!

Another week has come and gone and it’s time to see which team kicked their shrinking up a notch! Last week, Team G4 jumped into the lead. Will they remain number one this week or will another team step up and kick them out?
Here are the cumulative results:

G4      2.43%

Weight Loss Warriors      1.97%
Team Incredible      1.86%
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Spring Fling Challenge Weigh in #3

HOLY COW! Sorry about that folks. Seems like we fell down on the job this morning and forgot to get the weigh in post up Really we were just giving you a few extra minutes to get your weigh in posts, written!
Go jump on your scales and tell us how you did this [...]

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Team Leaderboard – Spring Fling, Week #2

Another week has come and gone and it’s time to see which team kicked their shrinking up a notch! Last week, The Weight Loss Warriors took the early lead. Will they remain number one this week or will another team step up and steal the throne?
Here are the cumulative results:

G4      1.70%

Weight Loss Warriors      1.56%
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March 11th, 2010 | Comments | Posted in Melissa, Motivation, Sisterhood Spring Fling | by Lissa

Spring Fling Challenge Weigh-In #2

Calling all Teams of Shrinkers!!!! It’s time!! Weigh-in Day is upon us! How did you all do this week? Did you keep up the momentum?
Are you loving this group thing or what??!!
Well wait no longer, go on, hop on those scales, weigh-in, post about it, link up here in the comments below. Now make sure that you [...]

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The Monday Project: Catching Up

We’ve been playing along with the Monday Project since the first week of January here at the Sisterhood and that means we are in WEEK 10 of Monday Projects! Wow!! We’ve had a lot of awesomeness come out of them, too, with some pretty memorable projects and a lot of soul-searching along the way. There was [...]

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The Monday Project Link-Up: What Would Have Happened If I Waited?

This week’s Monday Project was to take a look at what things would be like if you postponed this little thing called a weightloss journey. If instead of being on it right now, what if you had waited? Stayed complacent? And instead, started in, say, two years from now, what would that be like for you? 
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Team Leaderboard!

It’s time! Time for our very first Spring Fling Team Challenge Leaderboard!
Which team will come out on top? We’ve been busy analyzing all your hard work, mixed in a bit of subtracting and a dose of dividing, and our calculations show…

Weight Loss Warriors      -1.09%
Hood Mamas      -1.08%
Team Fabulous      -0.92%
Completely Committed Chicks      -0.76%
The A-Team      -0.65%
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Thursday Three: Make-Ahead Breakfasts

Good morning!
Have you had your breakfast this morning??
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a million times. EAT YOUR BREAKFAST!  No, it’s not me yelling at you, it’s them. You know the ones. The ones we refer to when saying “They say you should eat your breakfast!”  Whoever “they” are. The really smart people who do all those studies who [...]

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Spring Fling Challenge Weigh-In #1

The first week of the Spring Fling Challenge has flown by! It’s time to see if all our hard work is paying off. Are you enjoying getting to know your teams? The ‘hood has been bustling with activity this week! Wow! We are up to FIFTEEN teams so far! I love seeing all the creative [...]

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It’s Tuesday – That Means Last Chance Tworkout!

If you’re new to the Sisterhood, you’re probably asking, what’s a Tworkout?
Well, a Tworkout is a kick ass workout that April and I like to yell at you through your computer, via Twitter. We tweet a last chance tworkout from @shrinkingjeans every Tuesday night, during the Biggest Loser. That’s 8 pm Central Time, and again [...]

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The Monday Project: What Would It Be Like If I Waited…

I see a lot of new faces around here (HURRAH!!!) so to recap what The Monday Project is, each week we have a “project” or a “question” that helps you renew your motivation and/or reflect upon yourself. You have the whole week to do it and we link up our “answers” or “projects” on Fridays. [...]

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New Challenge::The Sisterhood Spring Fling

Welcome to the Sisterhood Spring Fling Challenge! For the next 8 weeks, this challenge is going to be all about unearthing our inner winners. Not only do we want to see you Shrink, but we want to see you Fling yourself into fitness! Through Teams, Monday Projects, and Fitness Challenges, there will be plenty of [...]

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Shrinking Jeans Olympics Medals Ceremony

The 2010 Shrinking Jeans Olympics were a crazy fun success, and everyone had so much fun competing in 10 days worth of events! We were so excited to see how many people joined in and competed. THANK YOU!!!
Tonight, beginning at 8 p.m. Central time, we’ll announce the winners and award medals on Twitter. If you’re [...]

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February 23rd, 2010 | Comments | Posted in Challenges, Christy, Motivation, The Sisterhood | by christy

Motivation Monday: The Bank

When my husband was out of town last weekend, I missed a ride with my triathlon group because I didn’t have anyone to watch the kids. (I used the bike trainer in my living room instead.)
And that was just fine with me, it was freakin cold outside and after everyone got done with the ride, [...]

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New Challenge Reminder

This is just a little reminder that our new challenge starts this coming Wednesday, February 24th! We are in the process of organizing teams for the challenge, so if you’d like to be on a team, AND you haven’t already spoken up, please do so now! All of you who let us know on last [...]

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February 21st, 2010 | Comments | Posted in Challenges, Christy, Motivation, The Sisterhood | by christy

My New Birthday JeansDSC_0234DSC_0232Cooking BOCA BurgersChristy & AmandaLisa enjoying BOCA lettuce wrapsBOCA bleu cheese burgers!What's this BOCA stuff?Lettuce Wraps made with BOCA crumbles4 mile training run!

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