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Today was a gym day, so this started with a weigh-in: 254lb. I was definitely excited to see that. This means a total of four pounds! Woot. I’ve ended up not snacking too terribly much which seems to help… Of course, I’m not eating as much junk in general. This is where I think it’s helpful. And when I do get the craving I’m trying to stick with things like dates and peanut/almond butter as well as air popped popcorn with a little bit of salt and nutritional yeast.

As I’ve neglected to mention, Ganesha posted that yesterday was Dr. Seuss’ birthday. She posted an homage to him. The cartoon posted is an amazing one, and as she said, it’s also a commentary on racism. I’ll bet you didn’t recognize that when you were young and watching it. I encourage you to watch it and consider it in this new light.

In other news, tomorrow is my birthday and I’ll be officially 28. I’m excited. I’m going to spend the entire day with David with a possible side of Ganesha and Meredith. My goodness. I’m so excited though my weekend is going to be officially booked. Friday I have my fun crafty night with friends. Saturday I have breakfast with two friends and my family comes in late morning/afternoon. Sunday doesn’t seem to be booked so solid but that’s a good thing. It’ll be nice to rest and recover. Woot.

If you’re vegan, I’m sure you’ve probably heard of Hannah Kaminsky. She’s known for her delicious book “My Sweet Vegan” as well as some ebooks that I’ve had my eye on for a while. But did you know she’s also a crafter? She really, really is and I feel the need to share this section of her blog with you. When they’re patterns of animals she weaves cute little stories to go with them. She’s honestly just all-around talented!

Lastly, because I said I was going to do it. I have a small but helpful list of Iphone apps for you:

1. C25K – This app allows you to have the Couch to 5k program on your iphone with YOUR music. The first time I started, there wasn’t an app until I was almost finished. The reason this is so nice is that you don’t have to drag around a stopwatch or rely on a podcast that has music you don’t even like (this can make a run seem much longer). This one, if you’re trying to get back into shape with running almost seems indispensable.
2. Hundred Pushups – This one really isn’t needed, BUT it’s nice to always know what day you’re supposed to do what than try to keep track of it on a printed out sheet or something of the like.
3. 200 Situps – Same reason as Hundred Pushups
4. 200 Squats – Same reason as Hundred Pushups

That’s my short list. No more, no less. If you passed all of them up except for one, I’d encourage you get the C25K app. It’s very, very nice and worth the small amount it costs. Skip a soda or two. Maybe skip your tall fancy mocha drink from Starbucks or whatever coffee shop you frequent. That would pay for it in one go easily.

Of course, if you don’t want to pay, you could do intervals (I don’t know as much about this but I hear it’s good) and use Pandora for the iphone (or whatever fancy phone you use) and pay nothing (at least with the iphone). If you want some interesting music that may not be mass produced though, I’d spring for the SomaFM app. It’s an internet radio that operates on donations. I also happen to be listening to them right at this moment.

Okay, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be going to try to make some birdy friends.