Birthday Celebrations

Today was BFFMandy's birthday. I hope you had a fantabulous birthday, PIC.
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Tuesday: Weight Watchers Day

Last Week: 232.4
This Week: 228.0

Goodbye 230s! I lost 4.4 pounds this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know that's a ridiculous amount of exclamation points, but I'm so happy I could jump out of my skin. I felt a little disappointed when I gained last week, despite working out waaay more than usual, and then this week I didn't really work-out at all because of my knee. I wasn't really sure how my weigh-in would go, but I could not be happier. In other positive news, I am also down a dress size :0). And and and I made cupcakes tonight to celebrate BFFMandy's birthday tomorrow.
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Aches and Pains

My knee has been bothering me a lot lately (in case you missed the first 90,000 times I complained about it.) I finally went back to the running store where I got fitted for my shoes and asked them to check it out. They re-tested my gait in mt running shows and poked and prodded at my knee for a while. They finally surmised that it is an  issue with a muscle in my inner knee/upper thigh that is tight/bunching and causing the pain. The prescription: The Stick.

Source

This is an odd bendy little stick with what appear to be rubber shower curtain rings wrapped around it. The idea is to run it along the too tight/sore muscle to help massage it out. Also suggest were continued regular icing and ice massages. I'll try all of this and hopefully get back on track with C25K soon.

Relaxing Day

Today was another of those sort-of lazy Sundays. I went to the Central Florida Home Show with my family, it was very interesting...lots of interesting backyard and home decor ideas. Then I spent the afternoon napping and watching FoodTV with my Mom. Back to the daily grind tomorrow.
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Shopping Success!

The dress search has ended. I found a dress for my friend's upcoming wedding and a super cute fun girl's night party dress, at the mall today while shopping with my Mom and Aunt. I got shoes too; they're awesome and I have just enough time to break them in!
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About Today

I'm so glad it's officially the weekend! This week seemed super long and it was sort of a rough work week. I don't have anything earth-shattering to share (when do I ever), but I figured I'd just post a few of the things that got me through the day today:

I live near (as in located in the same city as) Busch Gardens. In the news today was this story of a cheetah cub abandoned by it's mother and a labrador puppy that are now BFFs. There were pictures in the paper today and my heart melted a little...ok a lot. It's a freaking adorable puppy and a baby cheetah! Check out the story at TBO.com

My first e-library book is in! Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, I've heard fabulous things about this book. Now I just have to figure out how to get it loaded on to my Nook and I'll be good to go.

I have totally punked out on my runs the past couple of nights. I pulled/stretch/seriously jacked up the muscles/tendons/ligaments in my knee during my non-running workout on Monday. So to avoid further injury, I've been being super zloth like. I am going to get up and run tomorrow morning though.

That's all I got for tonight. See y'all on the flip side.
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So frustrating.

I don't know why I'm so tired. ARGH! I want to have more energy damn it! I refuse to be one of those people who's always bitching about how tired they are. I refuse! And I'm not even sure what that problem is become I'm sleeping all the freaking time, like at least seven hours a night so I just don't get it...

Book Club: Water for Elephants

I had my monthly book club meeting tonight. We were discussing Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. This is the story of the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth; and one of the greatest circus tragedies of all time.The story is told by ninety (or possibly ninety-three, he can't remember) year old, Jacob Jankowski who begins to recount the tale of his time with the show when a circus shows up down the street from his nursing home. The story that follows is fun, adventurous, romantic, sad, and even frightening.
I really enjoyed this book. It's incredibly visual and descriptive. I felt drawn into the story by Gruen's beautiful, yet not overly lengthy, descriptions of life surrounding the circus, traveling on the trains, working with the animals, the show itself. The descriptions are so vivid that they pull you further into the fantasy of the story and make the whole thing more realistic at the same time. 
I'd definitely recommend reading this book. In fact I'll probably read it again.
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Tuesday: Weight Watchers Day

Last Week: 231.2
This Week: 232.4

I'm sort of a grumpy Weight Watcher. I had a bit of a gain this week despite going to the gym all the days I was supposed to and even trying a few new things. I'm icing my knee and going to bed early; I have to get up and run in the morning.

After the Gym

I had a super long workout at the gym today. I am sort of starting to really like that loose sleepy totally relaxed feeling that sets in after a run or a tough work out.
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