Winner winner chicken dinner- Sabrina Flippin! Check your email Sabrina!!!! We could all use a little bit of sparkle in our lives right now, couldn’t we? Enter Team Sparkle, a company that produces sparkle running skirts in every sparkly color that you can imagine. Seriously ya’ll, this running skirt is the sparkliest one on the […]
Top 5 Fitness and Food Apps Pop Culture Quiz: What is the one thing you never leave home without? Your phone! We live in a constantly connected, smart-phone society, so why not turn technology into a powerful ‘get fit and eat healthy’ weight loss tool? The apps listed below are iPhone apps, though other smart […]
Winner winner- Tweetyscute- check your email inbox and CONGRATS! I’ve done 5K’s, 10K’s and half marathons. I’ve done a co-ed mud race. You know, a trail run with obstacles interspersed throughout. Once, I did a duathlon (run-bike-run). But I have never done the Shape Diva Dash. Have you? What’s that, you may be wondering. Forget barbed […]
Truth be told, I’m a snacker. I seldom have a ton of snacky food in my house because late at night, I have NO willpower. At all. Last month, I was contacted by Crunchmaster to sample their new line of crackers aimed at children – Grammy Crisps and Cheezy Crisps. Two of my favorite flavors! […]
WINNERS UPDATE The winner of our Extra Gum Simple Swaps Giveaway is Amy Lynn. Congratulations! Please email me ([email protected]) with your mailing info to send off to get your prize in the mail. Thank you to everyone for entering and for sharing all your great swaps. Did you know that 92 percent of Americans break […]
Talents. We all have them. Big and small. Normal and totally bizarre. I have a talent that I’m pretty sure is a univeral mom talent. A malent? Er. Like many of you, I do not have a dumbwaiter or a escalator or a husband or a manservant that is always around to bring my groceries […]
The holidays are over, Valentine’s Day has passed, and chances are there’s still a few holidays treats lurking around your home. If any of those delectable morsels happen to be dark chocolate, you’re in luck! Not only is dark chocolate good for the soul, it’s also scientifically proven to have all sorts of health benefits! […]
Where, oh where has the time gone? Seriously. My head just cannot wrap itself around the fact that it is almost March!!! Today is the final weigh in for our New Year’s Weight Loss Challenge! Hop on the scale and check in for the final time! Be sure to leave a comment letting us know […]
Not long ago, we posted an informative article about the benefits of consuming 30 grams of protein immediately after a workout or run. Research has found that 30 grams seems to be the *magic* number to give your muscles the tools they need to do the building and repairing that peaks in the 3 to 5 […]
This giveaway is now CLOSED! Congratulations to Deanna G. who is our winner! Please email me your mailing information (including phone number) to mel at shrinkingjeans dot net. Thanks! Award show season is here in full swing. Several of the big award shows have already taken place for this year, but the grandaddy […]
Who’s one? Well, it’s actually a WHAT. It’s our sister site, Shrinking Kitchen’s, first birthday today! Over at Shrinking Kitchen, we’re celebrating our ‘cookiversary’ with some fun giveaways – one for each week of February. If you’ve never visited Shrinking Kitchen before, you’re in for a treat – we’ve got over 250 healthy recipes and […]
Congratulations to Alexis {Diva on a Diet} who is the winner of the $25 Applebee’s gift card! Like me, I’m sure many of you have probably cut way back on the amount of times you eat out at a restaurant in the name of trying to save some calories and fat? C’mon, we’ve all […]
Moving Comfort has long been my go-to company for quality, stylish fitness apparel. Take a peek in my drawers and you will see a plethora of workout pants, tees, and sports bras from Moving Comfort. Year after year, they prove to be one of my favorites! With 2013 came the release the new collection of […]
Did you all see Christy’s recent post about her love of gadgets and how they motivate her to keep moving? Let me just say, I can relate, sisters! I feel the same way about health and fitness apps. In honor of my six month anniversary of being a proud owner of my very first smartphone, […]
If there’s one thing I love, it’s gadgets. I especially love geeking out with gadgets that help me with my weight loss and fitness goals. Give me something that beeps, charts, syncs, gives me feedback on my phone, and posts to Facebook, and I’m M-O-T-I-V-A-T-E-D! I’ve been using a BodyMedia FIT armband […]