If you’ve been with The Sisterhood for a while, you know that we’re pretty big sticklers on what we put in our bodies – in moderation, of course. Hellooooooo weekend wine (or delicious treat of your choice). But what about what we put on the outside of our bodies? According to the Environmental … [Read more…]
It’s Tuesday and time to toot your horn! In case you are new around these parts and have not a clue what I mean when I say “toot your horn” let me take a minute to explain myself! We are here to encourage you and help you in your health and fitness journey and one way we do that is by letting you … [Read more…]
Welcome to another edition of Sisterhood Shots! For February we will be focusing on losing our love handles! Take the time to love yourself this month {psst….every month this year}! Love yourself with healthy eating, at least 30mins of exercise a day, plenty of sleep and lots of water! Every one … [Read more…]
Lately, I’ve been looking at the routines of my life and trying to fine tune the things that I do daily, so that I can get more things done in each day and yet still have some much needed down time at the end of the day. I’m finding that the older I get the more I crave the routine in my … [Read more…]
Hi there fellow shrinkers. Can you believe we are heading into our final week of our New Year New You Weight Loss Challenge? Whether you are participating in this DietBet challenge or doing it on your own, today is the day we hop on the scale and see how things are coming along, one … [Read more…]
Hello, friends. It’s been a busy week and so I dug out something from the SJVOA (Shrinking Jeans Vault of Archives) to share with you. We have so many new readers since I wrote this post in 2012 and since it’s a topic I suspect many can relate to, I thought it would be worthwhile to share … [Read more…]
Good morning shrinkers! It’s NYNY Wednesday weigh-in day and already week #3 of our NYNY Weight Loss Challenge. It’s time to weigh in and see what progress you have made over the past week. So go on and hop on the scale or in my case forget it exists for another fifteen days, since I’m doing … [Read more…]
Hello dear Shrinkers one and all! Today is Tuesday which means it’s a day where we do a little bragging around these parts. You are allowed to brag and in fact, encouraged to do so! Of course, we have to start out Toot Your Horn Tuesday with tooting our horn right here at the ‘Hood. … [Read more…]
What is Stitch Fix? Read this! Fill out your own style profile and schedule a Fix here! Stitch Fix continues to be on my list of Favorite Things! I still receive monthly fixes at my doorstep, I’ve just been very, very bad about blogging them. For this month’s fix, I requested pieces that I could … [Read more…]
This Girl Can! Talk about a powerful statement. I saw the most amazing video the other night on You Tube. It was 90 seconds of pure awesome. Here it is. I jiggle therefore I am. Didn’t you just want to jump up and cheer when that flashed on the screen? I know I did. I have jiggled for as long … [Read more…]
I feel like all I do is talk about running, think about running, and write about running. However, I went back through my posts here and I see the last time I shared an update was at week 12. I am in week 22 right now. A lot has happened. Many thoughts- good and bad- have crossed my mind. … [Read more…]
We hit a big milestone today! One-hundred thousand Facebook likes. WOW! We know we wouldn’t be as awesome as we are without our loyal readers and fans, so to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support over the years (or even over the past 2 weeks!)! To celebrate YOU, we are … [Read more…]
***I was sitting in front of my blank computer screen trying to come up with ideas on what to write about for this post and had NADA, NOTHING! Nothing was coming into my brain. I had originally thought I might do a Vlog but decided I didn’t feel like listening to my graveling, congested voice and I … [Read more…]
Hello dear Shrinkers. I think this is my first chance to wish you all a Happy New Year! Aren’t you glad the holidays are over and a new year is here? I sure am. I’ve been off to a good strong start so far in 2015 in terms of getting in regular exercise and cleaning up the diet. I’m doing a 21-day … [Read more…]
What do you need to start running? Way back in 2010, many of the writers at The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans were training for their first half and full marathons with Team Shrinking Jeans. They were celebrating Sisterhood Running Month with a “How To” series on running. You can catch Part 1 … [Read more…]