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Best of luck to you as you do battle against the arches... I too have had to battle the McDonald's (and fast food) habit. I do hit McDonald's every three weeks or so, which is alot better than the 3+ times I used to hit it during a typical week. I don't crave it like I used to. I also make sure that if I hit it that I have…

in Pretty sure I cured my McDonald's habit.. Comment by chicagofats August 2011
SW - 182 lbs (Monday August 1) Week 1 - 179 lbs (Monday August 8) Week 2 - 180 lbs (Monday August 15) Week 3 - 179 lbs (Monday August 22) Week 4 - xxx lbs (Monday August 29) Total lost - xx lbs (Thursday September 1)

in MEN and WOMEN: Lose 10lbs in August 2011 Challenge Comment by chicagofats August 2011
SW - 182 lbs (Monday August 1) Week 1 - 179 lbs (Monday August 8) Week 2 - 180 lbs (Monday August 15) Week 3 - xxx lbs (Monday August 22) Week 4 - xxx lbs (Monday August 29) Total lost - xx lbs (Thursday September 1) I pulled my calf muscle running last week. Ugh. I know this will put a sever damper on my expectations for…

in MEN and WOMEN: Lose 10lbs in August 2011 Challenge Comment by chicagofats August 2011
SW - 182 lbs (Monday August 1) Week 1 - 179 lbs (Monday August 8) Week 2 - xxx lbs (Monday August 15) Week 3 - xxx lbs (Monday August 22) Week 4 - xxx lbs (Monday August 29) Total lost - xx lbs (Thursday September 1)

in MEN and WOMEN: Lose 10lbs in August 2011 Challenge Comment by chicagofats August 2011
SW - 182 lbs (Monday August 1) Week 1 - xxx lbs (Monday August 8) Week 2 - xxx lbs (Monday August 15) Week 3 - xxx lbs (Monday August 22) Week 4 - xxx lbs (Monday August 29) Total lost - xx lbs (Thursday September 1)

in MEN and WOMEN: Lose 10lbs in August 2011 Challenge Comment by chicagofats August 2011
SW - 182 lbs (Monday August 1) Week 1 - xxx lbs (Monday August 8) Week 2 - xxx lbs (Monday August 15) Week 3 - xxx lbs (Monday August 22) Week 4 - xxx lbs (Monday August 29) Total lost - xx lbs (Thursday September 1)

in MEN and WOMEN: Lose 10lbs in August 2011 Challenge Comment by chicagofats August 2011
JULY CHALLENGE SW - 188 lbs (FRIDAY JULY 1) Week 1 - 187 lbs (FRIDAY JULY 8) Week 2 - 186 lbs (FRIDAY JULY 15) Week 3 - xxx lbs (FRIDAY JULY 22) Week 4 - xxx lbs (FRIDAY JULY 29) last weigh in - xxx lbs (MONDAY AUGUST 1)

in MEN and WOMEN: Lose 10lbs in July 2011 Challenge Comment by chicagofats July 2011
I concur on the stretches. They've helped me tremendously. And when I run and I start to feel the slightest tinge of shin splints, I'll stop and do some more stretches.

in Pain when running, but I don't want to stop :D Comment by chicagofats July 2011
The weekend was good as was the start to this week. I'm happy to report that the impending shin splints of doom have not occurred. I took the weekend off of running and was fine today (other than the normal aches). I did get caught in a thunderstorm so that was fun (thought I could get in the run before it came). I did go…

in Lose 10lbs in July 2011 Challenge -->>Support Group Comment by chicagofats July 2011
That's awesome. Good work!

in I've lost 95lbs to date... Pic included Comment by chicagofats July 2011
JULY CHALLENGE SW - 188 lbs (FRIDAY JULY 1) Week 1 - 187 lbs (FRIDAY JULY 8) Week 2 - xxx lbs (FRIDAY JULY 15) Week 3 - xxx lbs (FRIDAY JULY 22) Week 4 - xxx lbs (FRIDAY JULY 29) last weigh in - xxx lbs (MONDAY AUGUST 1)

in MEN and WOMEN: Lose 10lbs in July 2011 Challenge Comment by chicagofats July 2011
I'm starting to get worried because my old nemesis is showing his face again - shin splints. I'm on week 6 of C210K. Everything was going fine, but at the end of yesterday's run I could start to feel tenderness on the shin area. I had been doing the shin splint prevention exercises/stretches suggested on other threads, but…

in Lose 10lbs in July 2011 Challenge -->>Support Group Comment by chicagofats July 2011
Did everyone give up? I just finished week 2. I redid a bunch of days and added some extra rest days. Sometimes I would catch myself cheating a bit with bad form, so I would repeat that day the next session. The good thing is that each time I did a session I would do more pushups than the previous time. As long as the…

in 100 push up challenge (start 5/30) Comment by chicagofats July 2011
It begins... JULY CHALLENGE SW - 188 lbs (FRIDAY JULY 1) Week 1 - xxx lbs (FRIDAY JULY 8) Week 2 - xxx lbs (FRIDAY JULY 15) Week 3 - xxx lbs (FRIDAY JULY 22) Week 4 - xxx lbs (FRIDAY JULY 29) last weigh in - xxx lbs (MONDAY AUGUST 1)

in MEN and WOMEN: Lose 10lbs in July 2011 Challenge Comment by chicagofats July 2011
Way to go! Congrats!

in Take a deep breath *pics* Comment by chicagofats June 2011
I'll play too, please!

in MEN and WOMEN: Lose 10lbs in July 2011 Challenge Comment by chicagofats June 2011
That's awesome! Congrats!

in Weird Car NSV Comment by chicagofats June 2011
Awesome!

in Kinda Unexected NSV Comment by chicagofats June 2011
I finished week 1 today. I had to repeat a couple days. But I finally made it through the "week" and it's nice to see a little progress. Onwards!

in 100 push up challenge (start 5/30) Comment by chicagofats June 2011
I did W3D2 today. I made a mistake on Monday where I decided to skip ahead a week. Bad move as it didn't go that well. I need to take my own advice and realize this isn't a race to finish. So I went back to the WD I was originally scheduled to do today and it went much better.

in Couch to 5K --May 30th Comment by chicagofats June 2011
I skipped today's run. My knee's been a little sore since the weekend. I did run on Monday when it was more nagging soreness than pure pain. I really don't want to have aches and pains sabotage this program (as they have in the past). I noticed the knee getting better yesterday and this morning, so I figured it would be…

in Couch to 5K --May 30th Comment by chicagofats June 2011
Yep, going to have to repeat W1D2...

in 100 push up challenge (start 5/30) Comment by chicagofats June 2011
Congrats to everyone who's keeping up with C25K! Finished week 1. Probably should have started with week 2, but I don't want to repeat past mistakes by overdoing it. Small steps, it's not a race... yet. I'm looking forward to longer running intervals. I always feel weird running for such a short amount of time on the path…

in Couch to 5K --May 30th Comment by chicagofats June 2011
Did my first day. Just barely did it. I have a feeling I'll be repeating the second day workout a couple times...

in 100 push up challenge (start 5/30) Comment by chicagofats June 2011
I did the first day yesterday. Felt good and, more importantly, looking forward to the next day.

in Couch to 5K --May 30th Comment by chicagofats May 2011
I'm in... but will start tomorrow. Thanks for starting this!!

in 100 push up challenge (start 5/30) Comment by chicagofats May 2011
I just downloaded C25K and was planning on starting it this week. I'm in.

in Couch to 5K --May 30th Comment by chicagofats May 2011
I used to "read" off a blank paper so it looked like I had a list of items from multiple people...

in Stuff Fat People Do Comment by chicagofats May 2011