The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans

This weekend, I went for my long run for Team in Training. 
Most runs, I let my mind go blank, forgetting about stresses and troubles and to-do lists at home.  I let my mind go free from all of it, letting my iPod pound out good music in my ears.
And this weekend’s run was the same.
Miles [...]

I love Mexican food and I love enchiladas.  However, I don’t eat enchiladas very often because OMG, that fat and the cheese and the FAT.
Until now.
For a brief while, I had a free membership to Cook’s Illustrated.  During that time, I printed out as many recipes as I had time to.  This is one of [...]

****WINNERS HAVE BEEN PICKED! Check the comments section below to see if you’re one of the lucky ones! If you are, please email your mailing info to me ASAP so we can get your copies shipped today. If they ship today, you will have them by Monday (barring any issues with UPS/FedEx) so you can [...]

Yippee!  It’s Tuesday and I get to share with all of you, my friends, my internet peeps, my “confessions” for the week. 
For all it’s worth………………..
The Good

I exercised HARD last week- Monday (weights), Tuesday (running), Wednesday (elliptical), and Thursday (mini-triathlon).
Say what?!  A mini-triathlon?  As in, swim 500m, bike 12 miles, AND run 3.1 miles?  Yes, yes, [...]

What is that you say?  The answer is no, we aren’t skipping a weigh-in just because we are in between challenges! Go ahead, head over to your scale, step on it, peek at your weight, and then come back here and tell us all about it. 
Yes, really.
Today really is a weigh-in day.
How did you do?  Fantabulous or craptastic?! I was [...]

I am so excited to write this Food Edition of Thursday Threes!
I love food- what “free” time I have is spent scouring websites, cookbooks, cooking magazines, looking for those recipes that sound interesting to me.  I love to cook and I love to eat.  These two simple phrases makes it imperative for me to find [...]

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 [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!
I am so excited!
Remember that “little” group called Team Shrinking Jeans?  You know, our 15 members strong coalition of women who have committed to running a half marathon in San Diego in June while also raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society?  The team that LLS has announced as their largest Virtual Team in [...]

All I could think about today (Sun) is my new toy get your mind out of the gutter.
I finally bit the bullet and bought a Nike+Ipod Sports Kit. (Christy wrote a review about it if you want to know more about it).  She has been raving about it ever since she got it and so [...]

I am trying to eat more fruits and veggies.  Really, I am.  I love eating my veggies raw but sometimes, I like to mix it up and gasp! cook my veggies in a variety of ways.  Here is but one of those ways!
Oh yeah, they are quick and easy to make and taste so fresh [...]

I mostly live under a rock and ignore the news but when the news is of the magnitude of the earthquake in Haiti, I can no longer ignore it. If you have been watching the news, then you know that Port Au Prince and surrounding areas have been decimated by a 7.0  earthquake.
My heart hurts [...]

**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 [...]

Our NEW posting schedule for 2010, just in case you haven’t seen it yet.
The schedule will go like this: Motivation Monday, True Confessions Tuesday, Weigh-in Wednesday, Thursday’s 3’s, Fitness, Friday, The Saturday Review, and Recipe Sunday.
We’re so innovative, aren’t we?!
So yeah. I’m supposed to talk about motivation or something like that.
Motivation is the [...]

New Year’s Eve is quickly approaching and for some of us party animals- HA! that means attending parties or hosting a party.
Every party I host, I have to have homemade salsa on the table.  It is kind of expected by my friends and family by now.  I love salsa and have several “go-to” recipes, but [...]

Ya’ll come here for motivation, inspiration, support, and encouragement.
I hope we give you all of that.
What I also want each and everyone of you to know is that we, ALL of us sisters and brother, face temptation. Each and every day.
Apparently, last night (that would be Monday night), temptation won over most of us, [...]