Last fall, The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans hosted our first virtual Couch to 5k training group. I’m very proud to introduce you to one of our many success stories, Katie G! She continues to be active in our current C25K group, encouraging and motivating our newest set of runners. Katie graciously agreed to an […]
Hello, friends. Here we are with the end of January just around the corner. It’s around this time into the new year that some of us may begin to get discouraged, burned out, pissed off and just frankly feel like packing it in on this journey we put ourselves on to become healthy and fit. […]
It’s the first Monday of Autumn!! Whooooohoooo!! I LOVE Autumn!! BUT….. I don’t know about y’all but I AM TIRED!! My weekends are getting busier than ever with training for the Susan G. Komen 3-Day which is only 53 days AWAY!! I’m training like crazy on the weekends (I walked 33 miles this weekend) and during the […]
It’s been 12 days since our Summer Blowout challenge started here at the ‘hood. How are you holding up? Are you staying on track? Staying motivated? Have you found your groove with exercise? What about food? Are you eating better, getting your veggies and fruits? And the biggie for most people, are you drinking […]
We are in the dog days of summer, folks. Are you lucky enough to be part of this heat wave that has been going on lately? If you are like me, it is sucking the life outta ya! Raise your hands if you could use a dose of motivation this Monday morning! Who doesn’t need […]
We used to have a regular feature here at the ‘Hood called Motivation Monday, with an aim to offer ways of picking ourselves up, dusting ourselves off and getting back on the horse again. After reading Melissa S.’s inspiring post on this topic, I thought I would share my list of things I turn to […]
It’s Monday, friends. I spent all weekend outside and have all the aches and pains to show for it. My back hurts. My ankle is bruised and swollen, due to one sneaky little garden gnome hiding out behind my feet and tripping me and forcing me to fall over the raised garden bed. Gracefully, of […]
You have probably heard that we are putting on a race in October– Run the ‘Hood Virtual 5K/10K & Kids’ Run. It’s for anyone, really, walkers/runners/woggers… any age, any ability. I’ve now finished 3 half-marathons and several smaller races, but I’ve never had a race where I am able to consistently run {slow jog?} for […]
I met Heidi from The Write Fit at Fitbloggin’ (she was the awesome chic with JumpSport Fitness Trampoline™!) and we just clicked. She told me she’d love to write for us about self-sabotage, and I’m thrilled to share her thoughts with all of you! We have all been there. We have all been on diets, […]
This past Sunday, I completed my third half-marathon. I am not a runner, nor do I really care if I ever am. Some may say it’s their legs that get them through long races, I say it’s my heart. I didn’t quite train as much as I had intended, funny how life gets in your […]
Today’s mantra is brought to you by our most awesome social sister, Colleen! Read more from Colleen here and make sure you join us on the ‘hood tonight for SisterChat! I cannot believe we are entering into our second week of May already! How did your first week of the May your way challenge go? […]
I love the times when you have no idea what you are going write about and something just presents itself to help you out. That’s just what happened when I was thinking about to do for this post. I was catching up on some blog reading a few weeks ago and came across this post […]
We are so excited to have an awesome post from Mary Phelan, a.k.a the Fiddler’s Bride, today. She’s funny, kind, and a huge supporter of the Sisterhood and all of our members, and did I mention she’s funny? Oh, I did? Well, she is! First, let me say I am OVERTHEMOONEXCITED and honored to be […]
Today Elaine from the Miss Elaine-ous Life is sharing her South Beach Success story! On May 16th of this year I was sitting in my bed and eating my THIRD cupcake for the day and probably my FIFTH for the weekend. See, the day before we’d had my son’s 3rd birthday party and there were […]
You ready for some quotes? Oh, I’ve got quotes… Supposing you have tried and failed again and again. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down. ~Mary Pickford As I read through several weigh in posts on Wednesday, […]