Goooooooooood morning, Shrinkers! How is everyone doing this fine day? I’m trying my hand at being annoyingly happy because I just received some very tragic news. SNOW IS ON THE WAY! Ugh. I realize this in no way effects anything having to do with weight loss or healthy living other than the fact that it [...]
Hello there! If you are here on a Wednesday morning, it must be check in time. Go hop on those scales and see how Thanksgiving was to you. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Okay, now tell us how it went. Either write a post and leave your link or just tell us about it in the [...]
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 [...]
It’s Tuesday and time to confess it all. Have you been good? Bad? Eh? Did you fall off the wagon/get back on/pull the wagon? Here are my confessions: I am tired. My days begin at 6:30am and don’t stop until at least 8pm, sometimes later if I still have household stuff that needs to be [...]
UPDATE TO THE UPDATE! — Unfortunately, we never heard back from one of our winners, so I had to pick another one. The new winner is Deb! Congrats, Deb! UPDATED — Congratulations to our winners, Kirsten and Sahutske! I’ve left comments and I will try to contact you on Twitter! As I draw closer and [...]
I’m very excited to share with you another running/cycling/triathlon gear favorite of mine and a company I have been working with for a few weeks now: My Race Ragz! In fact, this is almost a post best told in pictures. Except that there are some pretty cool stories behind the pictures too. My Race Ragz [...]
UPDATE — I’d likely to congratulate Adah and Brookefor being the two winners. Congratulations, ladies!! If I could target any one part of my body to tone up overnight, it would definitely be my abs and core. But honestly, I cannot stand resistance work. I don’t do it nearly often enough, and the idea of [...]
The winner of last week’s Girlz N Gear Giveaway is Tish!! Tish, email me your tshirt, size and style preference along with your snail mail address: christieo@shrinkingjeans.net mkay?? For everyone who didn’t win, Girlz N Gear is sponsoring a Twitter party tonight at 8pm ET! Follow the hashtag #girlzngear for all the chit-chat, fun and more gear [...]
**THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!! ** The winner is: TISH!!! Please email me at christieo at shrinkingjeans.net with your snail mail and choice of shirt!! (I should get an award for longest post title ever!) Last year, I reviewed the wonderful company Girlz N Gear (you can read my Girlz N Gear Review here.) In [...]
Good morning, friends! We are getting down to the wire on this challenge! Just ONE! WEEK! LEFT! How are you doing? Have you been keeping up with our Mantras in May? And what about last week’s Sister Says? Did you do them? Last weekend, the lot of us (well most of the lot of us) [...]
Is it just me or the days just flying by? My days are so full of BUSY that I am having trouble keeping up with any of it what’s new?. Anyhoo, how are YOU doing? Is May going the way you want it to? Are you enjoying all the new stuff going on here at [...]
**UPDATED — We have a winner! Congratulations to Susan! I’ll contact you to let you know what to do next!** To celebrate her 2 Year Blogiversary, Ann gave away a copy of Jillian Michael’s Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism DVD. As it turns out, I was the winner! YAY!! Thank you so much, Ann, for this [...]
**Kranking, you ask? Well, first off, let me explain that when I first saw that word, I was immediately intrigued because “Krank” (pronounced kr-aw-nk) is my maiden name. Not overly common. And, get this. You use a Krankcycle. I’m dying here!! I must have a Krankcycle. Basically, you “pedal” the Krankcycle with your arms. A [...]
++This Giveaway is now closed++ The winners are: Ellen B. (@elliebunny24) Lainie Painie at Healthy Schmealthy Still Mary! Email your snail mail address to christieo at shrinkingjeans.net! * * * Why did the chicken cross the road? TO ESCAPE FROM MY MICROWAVE OF COURSE! I have become co-dependent on a very, very convenient chicken [...]
Happy Tworkout™ Tuesday, everyone! I’m so excited, I can’t hardly stand it. We have a special edition Tworkout for you guys today! Not only are we doing our regular Tworkout (over on Twitter) at 8 p.m. Central, but also, we’re doing a West Coast Edition at 8 p.m. Pacific! AND! We have Subway gift cards to [...]
