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	<title>Reconstructing 30 &#187; Thirty</title>
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		<title>Weekly Weigh-In: An Amazing Weekend!</title>
		<link>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/05/23/weekly-weigh-in-an-amazing-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/05/23/weekly-weigh-in-an-amazing-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 23:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[250 pounds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[banana republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big and tall]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lose weight]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pants]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[record]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[size]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thirtieth Birthday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thirty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been an amazing weekend on the Reconstructing 30 front!  And I&#8217;ve been enjoying it too much to take time out to blog until now.  First of all, the weather is spectacular here in the Atlanta area this weekend.  It&#8217;s hot (90+ degrees today), but it&#8217;s not yet humid, so it&#8217;s been an amazing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Help Me Eradicate Driving While Dining &#8211; DWD</title>
		<link>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/05/13/help-me-eradicate-driving-while-dining-dwd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/05/13/help-me-eradicate-driving-while-dining-dwd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 02:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[250 pounds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[activia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breakfast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[car]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commute]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ibs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lose weight]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[today show]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I saw two people doing something that really chaps my hide.  Eating.  In their cars.  While driving!  I won&#8217;t say that I&#8217;ve never been guilty of this, but it irritates me now for a few different reasons.  First, I&#8217;ve always been really turned off by sloppy eaters.  You know, the ones who slurp their [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nutrition Monday: I&#8217;m a Chobani Convert</title>
		<link>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/05/10/nutrition-monday-im-a-chobani-convert/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/05/10/nutrition-monday-im-a-chobani-convert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 03:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[250 pounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[300 pounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blueberry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chobani]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek yogurt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lose weight]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tart]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thirtieth Birthday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thirty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turning Thirty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/?p=507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No, I haven&#8217;t joined an obscure Eastern religion &#8211; I&#8217;m still a Methodist.  For those of you uninitiated in the Greek yogurt craze that&#8217;s sweeping foodies and health nuts across the nation, Chobani is a brand of Greek yogurt, usually with fruit on the bottom.  My nutritionist recommended Chobani to me way back at our [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Weekly Weigh-In: Going Bananas</title>
		<link>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/05/08/weekly-weigh-in-going-bananas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/05/08/weekly-weigh-in-going-bananas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 23:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[5K]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atlanta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bananas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caribou Coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cereal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diet]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lose weight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[margaritas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexican food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reconstructing thirty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Save Our Skin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thirtieth Birthday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thirty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turning Thirty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weigh in]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weight loss]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/?p=500</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First, a little fun.  Nearly every morning, I have cereal with either half a banana, dried cherries, or blueberries for breakfast.  This morning when I had my cereal, I couldn&#8217;t get the Ba nah-nah-nah song out of my mind.  (Yes &#8211; if you read last week&#8217;s weigh in post, I apparently go around on Saturday [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Blogging and Balance</title>
		<link>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/05/06/blogging-and-balance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/05/06/blogging-and-balance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 02:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[experiences]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lose weight]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/?p=494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a full week.  My dad had knee replacement surgery yesterday, and I spent 13+ hours at the hospital with him (he&#8217;s doing great &#8211; going home tomorrow), I had my own little medical test Tuesday night (a sleep study &#8211; more to come in a future post&#8230;), and a lot going on with [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Weekly Weigh-In: Are you Down, Down, Down, Down, Down?</title>
		<link>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/05/01/weekly-weigh-in-are-you-down-down-down-down-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/05/01/weekly-weigh-in-are-you-down-down-down-down-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[jay sean]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pink glove dance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[strength]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thirtieth Birthday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thirty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turning Thirty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, a video to put a smile on your face and brighten up your weekend.  The Pink Glove Dance from the good folks at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon (more below on why I&#8217;m sharing this):

This morning was my first weekly weigh-in after my first 5K, and I was a little [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Staying Accountable with Exercise</title>
		<link>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/04/29/staying-accountable-with-exercise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/04/29/staying-accountable-with-exercise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/?p=482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay &#8211; so since my 5K on Saturday, I&#8217;ve been slack with my cardio/running.  I don&#8217;t know if it was the idea that I&#8217;d achieved the goal I&#8217;d put before myself, and felt like I was finished, or if it&#8217;s just the craziness that is my life of late keeping me busy and not planning [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nutrition Monday: My New Favorite Place, Trader Joe&#8217;s!</title>
		<link>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/04/26/nutrition-monday-my-new-favorite-place-trader-joes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/04/26/nutrition-monday-my-new-favorite-place-trader-joes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/?p=475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally on this blog, I&#8217;ll mention products or services, and I should make pretty clear that the makers of those products haven&#8217;t provided me with compensation of any sort.  Unless you count the enjoyment or benefit I&#8217;ve gotten from discovering the product or store itself!  And that&#8217;s definitely case with my new favorite place, Trader [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>My First 5K: Been There, Done That, Got the T-Shirt!</title>
		<link>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/04/24/my-first-5k-been-there-done-that-got-the-t-shirt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/04/24/my-first-5k-been-there-done-that-got-the-t-shirt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I DID IT!!!  This morning I ran my first real 5K race, and I posted my best time for 5K yet!
The race: the 5K Water for The World Run in Johns Creek, Georgia &#8211; just north of Atlanta.  The contender: me, Chad, a thirty year old who weighed in this morning at 248.5 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>My First 5K: The Night Before</title>
		<link>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/04/23/my-first-5k-the-night-before/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reconstructingthirty.com/2010/04/23/my-first-5k-the-night-before/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is spectacularly beautiful here in Atlanta today.  I mean perfect.  I wish my 5K were this evening, because tomorrow has a bit of a crazy weather forecast with spring storms.  Hopefully they&#8217;ll hold off until after about 9:30 tomorrow morning.  Anyhow, I am remarkably calm.  I picked up my race number (left), time chip, [...]]]></description>
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