We have some very exciting news for you! Today marks the launch of our incredible new website, Shrinking Kitchen! What is Shrinking Kitchen, you ask? It’s a brand-spankin’ new website brought to you by the co-founders of The Sisterhood, and we’ve added Heather to the menu as our Editor-in-Chief! The site is devoted entirely to [...]
We’ve been having some conversations on Twitter lately about what else but chia!! And yes of the Chia Pet kind. You probably know them from this: But before chia becomes some clay-thingy’s hair, they are seeds. And chia seeds are super healthy and you can eat them. (I will sprinkle photos of Chia Pets throughout this post that [...]
SUNDAY: White Chicken Chili. Cooler weather and football calls for chili and sweatpants. MONDAY: Parmesan-Sage Pork Loin. TUESDAY: Easy Chicken-Mushroom Quesadillas. WEDNESDAY: Italian Vegetable Hoagies. THURSDAY: Spiced Chicken with Couscous Salad. FRIDAY: Margherita Pizza. SATURDAY: Salmon and grilled veggies. SNACKS: Low-Fat Pumpkin Chip Muffins, Apple Bites DESSERTS: Monkey Bars Grocery List Meat/Fish/Poultry 6 lbs boneless, [...]
So I’m watching my BFF’s kids this weekend (plus my own three) and have been oh so busy tending to them, taking them to birthday parties, taking them swimming, refereeing a disagreement here or there, cooking, cleaning, attempting to finish my defensive driving course (doh!), exercising, working with my husband on the design part of [...]
Welcome to True Confessions! If you’re new here, this is the post where we get everything off our chests from the past week, then we throw it out of the window and start fresh. If you aren’t new here, then you know the drill! I was all set to confess to you that I went [...]
I have a confession. I can’t even believe I’m going to say this. No, really. I don’t think you understand. I REALLY can’t believe I’m going to say this. Like at all. Are you ready? OK… *deep breaths* I really wanted to run yesterday. And when I didn’t get to. I was disappointed. I don’t [...]
When I first started reviewing the research on weight loss success, I found it extremely discouraging. You’ve heard the statistics, I’m sure: 95% of all those who lose weight gain the lost weight back, and often end up at a higher weight than when they started. What on earth is going on? Are we all [...]
Question: How many food decisions does the average person make in a day: 25, 80, 100, 200? According to Bonnie Taub-Dix RD, weight loss specialist in New York and author of Read it Before You Eat It: How to Decode Food Labels and Make the Healthiest Choice Every Time, the answer is 200 food decisions a [...]
OK. Let’s have a little chat, shall we? Today I want to talk about one of the basic food groups: NACHOS. (Stick with me here.) I have always, always given myself one meal of whatever I want per week. Even when I was being as strict as you can possibly imagine on calories, I set [...]
Some of you may or may not know this, but I love to cook and eat…hence the long time it’s taken me to lose the weight- HA!. Christy has been known to call me up all of the time, tell me what’s she got in the fridge and then I will give her dinner ideas. [...]
Okay, for the life of me, I can’t remember the last time I confessed. Naughty! Let’s see… this week: I baked. A lot. In the name of taking goodies to my sister-in-law, who just had a baby last week, and because my son keeps begging me for ‘birthday cake’. Birthday cake, to him, is anything [...]
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 [...]
It’s Tuesday, and ya’ll know what that means! It’s time to confess! How’d you do over this New Year’s weekend? Did you party hard? Did you stick to the veggie tray? It’s time to get it all out, so let’s hear it! 1. I did really good, food-wise at my friend’s New Year’s Eve party…except [...]
The eight winners have been randomly chosen and announced below! Congrats! Email me at melissa@shrinkingjeans.net with your contact info and your vouchers will be on their way! If you have one previous days and have already sent me your address, don’t worry about sending it again! Weight Watchers gave to you: 8 Cheddar Cheese Slices [...]
I would be willing to bet that if I sat down to dinner with almost any one of you, I’d be finished with my plate before you had a chance to cut your meat. I am a speed eater. I literally inhale my food. By the time I realize that I’ve almost cleaned my plate, [...]
