Fitness – 3/25 – The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans LLC

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Athletes and non-athletes alike need proper fuel when it comes to improving the intensity and results of their workouts. Foods that require lots of digestion weigh you down, sap your energy, and leave you feeling sluggish and fatigued. Fresh, clean foods provide your body with the essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals needed to get fit […]

I have discovered something wonderful lately. It’s called the great outdoors. It’s become my latest workout venue and I am hooked. HOOKED!  As in as soon as I wake up in the morning,  I am thinking about when and how the great outdoors and I can meet up again. Take it outside has become my […]

  Most of y’all know that I am a Susan G. Komen 3-Day walker. Some of y’all know that I just finished walking my third Komen 3-Day 60 mile yes, 60 miles is a LOT of miles walk in beautiful San Diego, California. Today I wanted to talk a bit about my adventures this past weekend […]

Congratulations!!! Many of you ran your first 5k as part of the Shrinking Jeans Ghostly Gallop.  You made a commitment, found a training plan, moved up from running only a minute to running for over 30 minutes.  That’s a HUGE accomplishement and you should be very proud of yourself. Now that you finished your first 5k, […]

If you’ve read some of my previous posts here at Shrinking Jeans or on my personal blog, you know I’m big on runner safety.  When I was given the opportunity to review a pair of Knuckle Lights for our upcoming Holiday Gift Guide post, I jumped at the chance.  Here in the midwest, the majority […]

The frost on the grass and snowflakes I saw a couple weeks ago are telling me that winter is beginning to make its appearance here in Michigan.  I’ve had friends a bit farther north and west posting pictures of even MORE snow – so I think it’s time to start talking about dressing for winter […]

It’s fall here in northwest Indiana and for the life of me, I don’t see how people live where you don’t get to see these beautiful color changes. I’m sure many of you will say you don’t see how I can live where we have the extreme winters that we can have. I guess it’s […]

Bless me Shrinkers, for I have sinned, and it is Tuesday, which means it is time for True Confessions. Time to lay thine transgressions on the floor and sweep said transgressions under thy rug, never to be seen or heard from again.  Can I get an amen? Can I get a witness? It has been […]

Congratulations!!!! You’ve just completed your first 5k or 10k – very likely the Ghostly Gallop – and you are basking in the post-run glow.  What you do in the minutes, hours and days post race can make a huge difference in how you will feel.  Race recovery is as important to your training and the […]

Ghostly Gallop 2013 Virtual Race Results- How Did It Go? It’s race weekend- woot woot! Many of us runners (and walkers too!) write up race reports after finishing our races.  It’s a great way to capture the moment in writing because Lord knows I forget so much soon after it happens.  The more races I […]

Approximately 9-10 weeks ago, many brave women (and a few men) started on a journey to become runners. One of the runners in our Facebook group finished her first 5k a couple weeks ago & I couldn’t be more proud. Ann Turner is a 50 year old Communications Officer for Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia. […]

So, you’ve made it through the Couch to 5k program and you are gearing up for this weekend’s Shrinking Jeans Ghostly Gallop 5k/10k.  AWESOME!!!! You’ve put in the work and now it’s time to get paid.  There isn’t really anything you can do from a training standpoint in the final week or weekend leading up […]

The agent enters her small, windowless office. A manilla folder awaits, placed neatly on her desk. CLASSIFIED the label reads. Instinctively, she quickly looks left, then right, to see if anyone is watching. She moves her breakfast of Greek yogurt and a banana off to the side, takes a sip out of her ever-present water […]

It’s hard to believe, but we started the latest virtual Couch to 5k training program almost 7 weeks ago!  I’ve been a resource on Facebook to a group of runners going through this program and I thought it would be fun to get their perspective on how they felt it was going. I asked how […]

I like to think of myself as a guinea pig. Being a nutrition counselor in the world of holistic health means that the majority of my personal and professional time is spent in area’s involving food, fitness, clean eating clean, balance, and alternative healing. With so much information, differing opinions, and limitless approaches to health, […]