The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans

If you’re new to the Sisterhood, you’re probably asking, what’s a Tworkout?
Well, a Tworkout is a kick ass workout that April and I like to yell at you through your computer, via Twitter. We tweet a last chance tworkout from @shrinkingjeans every Tuesday night, during the Biggest Loser. That’s 8 pm Central Time, and again [...]

It’s Tuesday and you know what that means!!  It’s our Last Chance Workout on Twitter while watching the Biggest Loser!!  Who’s ready for it?  We start at 8pm Central!  (West Coasters- Heather’s sorry she can’t make it tonight, so you can just follow along from below!  She’ll be doing it too later tonight.  She promises!)
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Hello, my peeps.
It’s Tuesday. That day. The day we divulge our deepest, darkest food and exercise (or whatever) secrets. On the internet.
Nothing like throwing our confessions out there to the universe to purge our consciences…
So, I have to admit that this week I’ve been quite irritable and faced a lot of, for lack of a [...]

Just a side note, I’m not sure how this is FIVE layers…I counted three. Maybe four, if cheese is a layer. Anyhow…
I wanted to make something snack-y, because the biggest snack day all year is coming up – SUPER BOWL!
Did you know the Super Bowl is the highest chip consumption day of the year? True [...]

*Updated! Check the end of the comments for the winner. Thanks to all who participated!
If you’ve been on the Weight Watchers forums, or read Hungry Girl, you’ve more than likely run across a lot of talk about VitaTops.  Personally, I’d heard a lot but had never tried Vita Tops or any of the Vitalicious. And [...]

Since I was a little kid, I’ve always been negative realistic.  In some ways, it serves me well, but largely it sets me up for failure.  After all, it’s a defense mechanism. Expect the worst, but hope for the best – and by anticipating bad things, I may not try as hard to meet my [...]

I LOVE Thai Food.
Unfortunately, it does not love my muffin top (or maybe loves it too much, it likes to hang out there, set up camp, chill). Thai food can be SUPER unhealthy. Lots of high fat ingredients, lots of frying. Lots of rice.
One of my very favorite dishes is green curry. Coconut milk, lime [...]

Right now, I’m sitting on our patio, overlooking the pool and the ocean. My son has finally passed out for naptime after fighting it for nearly an hour. It’s about 80 and there are about five books staring at me from the deck chair to my right.
So, I’m not going to write a whole lot [...]

And the winner is…Dawn at BabyBoy3! Congrats, Dawn! Email me at heather@shrinkingjeans.net with your mailing info so I can get your subscription started!
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For me, health is all encompassing. Meaning, for me to feel truly healthy, I have to be committed – body, mind and spirit. If my head’s not in it, I will fail. End [...]

The winner of the Hungry Girl giveaway is…
Crystal over at Bye-Bye Fat Pants! Congratulations, Crystal! Please email me at heather@shrinkingjeans.net with your mailing address.
Thanks to everyone for participating!
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For quite a while now, I’ve been clicking over to the Hungry Girl website looking for substitutions and fake-outs for some of my favorite recipes.
What/who is Hungry Girl, [...]

I first made this recipe during the summer. It is an adaptation of an Ellie Krieger recipe from her show on Food Network, Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger. The biggest draw for me? One pot. Easy clean-up.
That is a great thing.
There was one problem with the original recipe, for me at least. I’m not a [...]

Drumroll please…
The winner of the first giveaway of our Shrink-A-Versary is…
Audrey over at The Lewis 4!!
Congratulations, Audrey! Please contact me (heather@shrinkingjeans.net) with your info and I will put you in contact with Kristen to craft your custom yoga skirt. Whoopee!
Thanks to everyone for participating and keep checking back every day this month for a new [...]

Ah, Monday.
The day we gather to confess our sins.
Let’s see. Oh yes. Sunday I got my appetite back. There was much food carnage. Luckily, it was mostly snacking, no real meals. But, I ate pancakes with too much butter, grilled cheese and this crazy good apple cobbler thing that I will have to throw away [...]

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 [...]

I hail from a moderately sized city, nestled between Vancouver, B.C. and Seattle – Bellingham, Washington.
I lived there most of my life until my recent move to the Seattle area, and while I was in Bellingham, I became familiar with a fabulous company called Baker’s Breakfast Cookies – now known as Erin Baker’s Wholesome Baked [...]