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Day 41

Yesterday in yoga we did deer pose.  Doesn't that sound nice?  And sweet?  And like Bambi?


Awwwww.
WELL IT ISN'T.  Try doing this, and then bending all the way forward over your front knee until your head touches the floor, and then holding it for four minutes.


Nope.
So that was 120 calories burned, bringing the total up to 520, with 2980 to go.  Actually, I'm going to give myself 5 calories burned for getting in and out of my coworker's car, even though there were two child seats in the back.  Plus, I totally stuck the landing.


I excel at Car Gymnastics.
Lunch was weirdness, also known as "what happens when you go to Whole Foods without a plan." Soooo... watermelon, sushi, and cheesecake.  (Yesterday was National Cheesecake Day, so I bought one for everyone to share.)  Dinner was healthy nachos (baked tortilla chips, fat free bean dip, fat free cheese), followed by a tablespoon of chocolate chips.  I also drank a lot of water.


Today I am thankful for my coworkers, who do everything from diagnosing broken toes (more on that tomorrow), to acting as my advisory panel, to making me laugh, to supplying me with extra salt/soy sauce/polynesian sauce, to helping me with Excel pivot tables.  Since I couldn't take a picture of all of them, I took a picture of Paul, the Monkey Butler, who belongs to my coworker/officemate Kathy.  He's holding flowers Chris sent me this week.


Thank you, Monkey Butler.


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