Special projects

My First 5k

by Rick February 21, 2009

Cross Posted at Losing Inspiration Well it has arrived and past. What seemed so long to get here was over in 33 minutes and 50 seconds. I had been training since december and worried about how I would perform in front of the real runners and along side my wife. We started the race a [...]

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Clothing X-change: The Charles Edition

by Charles April 8, 2008

Yes, I decided to punish myself for today’s gain by putting on all the clothes I plan on giving away and getting pictures taken.  I love cameras with self-timers. You’ll find the link to the photo album here: http://picasaweb.google.com/webcudgel/ClothingXChange Here are the rules: You must email me at webcudgel (at) gmail (dot) com with your [...]

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FatBloggers Clothing Exchange

by John T February 13, 2008

Jeff brings up an awesome problem, what to do with the clothes that are too big? I have a proposal… How about we start the FatBloggers.net Clothing Exchange? When you have clothes that you are willing to share, post what you have. A description, maybe a picture and terms of the offer. Are you willing [...]

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Step Up and Claim Your Prize!

by John T February 10, 2008

I got an email from a representative of an organization that is seeking to cut down on the number of water bottles that are piling up in our nations’ landfills. They have already partnered with NBC’s The Biggest Loser to cut down on the bottles that the folks in that competition were using. The author [...]

Another Competition

by John T January 25, 2008

I’ve been reticent to post until I knew more, but I’m not sure that time will ever come, so here it goes… I attended an interesting meeting last night at my gym to get a number of us on the same page for a competition that will be both a means to help 6 (3 [...]

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Q&A with former Biggest Loser Wolff

by Rick October 15, 2007

Note: As promised earlier, we have an exclusive interview with Marty Wolff, a contestant in season 3 of The Biggest Loser. This is actually a promotional event from Wrigley’s gum, who is a sponsor of the show. Hopefully I haven’t sold our independent soul too much for this, but it’s been fun putting it together. [...]

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You Can Do It!

by John T June 2, 2007

I ran across this guys website this morning named appropriately: BEAST SKILLS Now that is pretty darn impressive and I’m sure with drive, determination AND plenty of physical therapy I could do that. But then I read that he’s 25 and a former competitive gymnast. Not only that, but a gymnast that was in one [...]

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