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I use the Rundouble app to for the workouts and pull the calorie burn from my HRM. I created a custom cardio exercise called C25K and log it that way.

Finally got going today with a 43 minute interval run on the treadmill.

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Congrats on the race. I just ran my first race today too. The first one is the hardest one, it just get easier from here.

Feel free to add me as well.

My issue is that I have dislocated my right knee twice (both times bowling) so it tends to buckle a bit when I am pushing off on it, like during lunges. I am hoping as I take off weight, that will improve and I can ditch the braces.

I usually workout every morning (usually done by 8AM) and I like to have an protein bar about 20 minutes before I start (the bar of choice lately is a EAS Lean 15 bar). If I don't, I have found I get hungry mid workout and run out of steam. As a note, my workouts usually top 1000 calories burned. I always have a protein…

I wear a brace on each knee when I work out due to minor injuries with each of them. I feel better on the ellipitcal and in my boot camp class when I use them. I haven't had any problems with weakness when I take them off, although I do feel a little unsteady on the ellipitcal if I don't wear them, especially on my right…

When I take a rest day, I usually just do about 30 minutes of walking, sometimes around the neighborhood or on a treadmill if the weather is bad.

I use a Timex Run Trainer HRM and it does a good job for what I need. The chest strap is comfortable and the batteries are user replaceable. It tracks time, calories and max, min and avg. heart rate. It doesn't interface with the treadmill and ellipitcal I use but the display on the watch is easy to read while running.

I'm 36, feel free to add me as well.

I'm an IT guy. I got a BFA in Computer Animation but never could get a foot in the door. I've always been into computers and found an entry level IT guy job in the paper back in 2003 and now I'm in corporate IT. It can be fun but it has it's moments when you want to pull your hair out.

Agreed, I always wear cross trainers or running shoes when I'm at the gym. If I'm working out at home, I'm barefoot since I workout on carpet.

MFP generally just uses speeds (like 3.0, 3.5) for the settings. I've been using an HRM for all of my entries recently as I don't trust the treadmill readings.

Generally once a week right after I get up. I've been doing it on Saturday morning lately.

Sports radio on my IPod. Before that, it was a combination of news radio and Halestorm.

I went to a White Sox double header with the family. They got one game in before a rather massive rainstorm hit. It rained hard enough that a photo of the scoreboard looked like it was fog covered. My dad did by me my first legal beer at the game (not my first by a long shot) though.

I'll add you as well. I'm running my first 5K next weekend.

Pizza, and I used to work as a manager at a pizza place.

That would be a win for sure.

Non-creepy guy checking in. :)

Congrats on your first 5K. I'm running my first in 2 weeks.

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I use a combination of fat free pretzels and 100 calorie packs of almonds. For the pretzels, I put one serving worth in a dessert bowl and then put the bag away. That's been working well for me so far.

I usually drink a protein shake right after I hit the locker room post workout (I mix it the previous evening). Since I usually workout early in the morning, I have breakfast within an hour.

I tried it once and couldn't use it for more than a week. I was hungry all the time while using it and had some real bad junk food binges as a result. I wound up giving the rest of the bottle to a friend of mine.

I tend to drift off plan but I try not to go completely off track. For example this past Saturday, I stayed on plan all day but I snuck in a medium DQ Blizzard at the end of the day. I know if I go off track, I tend to go way off and then most of the following week playing catch up.

I've been mixing some Lean Pockets into my meals for a week or two. They're pretty good and go well with something like fat free pretzels. The breakfast Lean Pockets are good too, especially after a early morning trip to the gym.

Just finished Week 2 at level 2. 60 pushups today, 13, 12, 10, 10, and 15 with 2 minutes rest. I just about didn't make it through the final 15 because I wasn;t using all the rest time I was alloted. I should probably stop doing that as Week 3 starts off with 72 push ups. Of course being 300 lbs. + while doing this creates…