In a post last week, I wrote about some easy New Year’s resolutions for runners can take — baby steps, if you will — that will help make them better runners. This week, I wanted to take another look another problem that runners often have with their New Year’s Resolutions: making resolutions that aren’t specific [...]
Have you guys found that losing weight or being healthy or being faster or stronger or flexibler or WHATEVER your goal is very much resembles a puzzle? You have all the pieces laying out there in front of you, it’s just a matter of putting it all together so that you can see the big [...]
UPDATED:: The winner of the gift pack is MEEYEEHERE!! Congratulations! Be sure to email me at thea@shrinkingjeans.net! Hi there! We’ve talked several times about the importance of goal setting. It’s hard to stay motivated to get where you’re going if you don’t even KNOW where you’re going, right? Well, to help himself stay motivated, SUBWAY® [...]
Psssst…can I tell you a secret? I’m not a big fan of working out. (ducks the rotten tomatoes) I’ve never really been a big fan of working out. I know that I have to. And I know that it’s good for me. But I don’t usually get that sense that endorphins are rushing through my body [...]
What’s white and black and AWESOME ALL OVER? My Bondi Bands. And yes, I say that in plural. Because I have 4. Here’s my collection (so far): But only one of those was given to me by the wonderful people at Bondi Band, as well as the rest of Team Shrinking Jeans, when we met Bondi [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
****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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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! [...]
“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 we [...]
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”. [...]
