The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans

It’s hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.  ~Sally Kempton, Esquire, 1970
“You think too much.”
That’s what I heard from my husband last night while I was talking to him about my fitness woes.  I was telling him that I have all these lofty fitness goals but I condemn myself to failure [...]

Here we are on the cusp of a new decade.  Can you believe it?  A NEW DECADE!  It seems like only yesterday that we were all heading for our underground bunkers convinced the world was going to end once we hit 2000.
Personally, I’ve seen a lot of changes in the last ten years.  Marriage, kids, [...]

Here we are!!! Calling all sisters in the spirit of weight-loss and fitness! It’s day one of the first challenge of the new decade!! It’s the day we’ve all been waiting for since the cheese cube reared its ugly head during that holiday cocktail party this year! (Perhaps even longer!)
Yes ladies, it’s time to “Rethink [...]

****Edited to announce that the fundraising total has been lowered from $3500 to $2900!!!****
It’s officially official! Starting January 30th, 2010, the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans will be training for the San Diego Rock ‘n Roll 1/2  Marathon on June 6, 2010!
We’ve decided to go the Virtual Team In Training (VTNT) route for so many reasons. [...]

Here we are, at the start of flu season.
And wouldn’t you know it, I’ve already gone and gotten sick. Yup, I’m in the middle of my first ever round of Tamiflu.  I still feel pretty awful – so I’m glad I got the Tamiflu. Not sure what shape I’d be in without it.
The last day [...]

Wednesday night I went to my very first meeting for a triathlon group I just joined. It has taken me literally months to get the cajones to go join this club, I’ve been stalking their messageboard the entire summer. They’re real athletes with real purpose, it’s all very intimidating because here I am, the biggest [...]

Another week down in the Shrink For Good Challenge!
Are you keeping up with the goals you’ve set for yourself?  Are you seeing the results you hoped for? If you are doing the EA Sports Active Challenge, are you keeping up with your workouts?  Is the scale headed in the right direction?
Go jump on the scale, [...]

When we put our our call for new contributors here at the Sisterhood, Jennette was one of the first to respond. She had stumbled on our EA Sports review and was excited by what she found here. She really wanted to share her story with us, and I am excited to bring it to you!
Meet [...]

“A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn.”
O.K.  So we’ve probably all been there at one time or another in our lives…you are doing everything right. You’re eating the right foods, drinking your water, exercising, but it seems like no matter what [...]

I set a goal to walk 5 times this week on the treadmill and I am failing miserably. Yesterday I read so many blogs that were talking about shredding and how they felt good afterwards. Just reading them pumped me up. Thinking to myself  “this is exactly what I need to read, I need motivation”.
Well [...]

How many of us have had little or no motivation recently?  Come on, raise your hands.  Hey, you back there!  Go ahead, raise your hand!  It’s okay, we can all be honest here.  That is just one of the things that I absolutely love about the Sisterhood.  We can all be completely honest with each [...]

What’s up ladies (and one lonely man)?!!!!
Warm weather is popping up here, and there and everywhere. Before you know it, bathing suit season will be upon us! Don’t you just love wearing a bathing suit in a public place? I need a suit that brings the “girls” to attention, minimizes my tummy [...]

On September 4, 2008, I weighed 166 pounds! Today I’m at 148 pounds and I hit my 10% weightloss goal on WW! I’m so excited. I didn’t even realize it when I posted this morning! So, WOOOHOOOOO for me! I’m down 18 pounds since restarting WW in 09.08!
Since starting the Sisterhood in November, I’m down [...]

Although I tried really hard for the first few weeks, I found myself getting too comfortable around the holidays. A little too comfortable. Like gaining a lot back comfortable.
All my dieting plans went out the window and floated around like the little snow flurries we had. They were out there, they just didn’t amount to [...]

How did everyone do with the mini-challenge this week? I got wrapped up in the Christmas hustle and bustle and only got 3 workouts in. I don’t have any excuses, I COULD have found a few minutes here and there to do some crunches, I just didn’t. How did you do?
This week, as things [...]