Ouch.  Ooh!  Ughghghggh...
So I overdid it with the exercise yesterday.  I was feeling so good about having completed some very major projects in my life that I let loose all my energy...and today I'm paying the price for overindulgence in the energy expenditure department.

Really, 43 minutes on the exercise bike (one episode of "Mad Men" via Netflix on my iPad) would have been enough. 
But when Don Draper's teenage daughter caught him in bed with the neighbor lady....well, I just had to watch a little more of the next episode.   Pretty soon I'd been recumbent peddling for 60 minutes nonstop.  By then it was 8am and time to walk the dogs.  So the four of us (three dogs and me) stampeded outside to do about five loops of our driveway.  Again, I was feeling good and got carried away...

• Jog 50 steps
• Grapevine 50 steps
• Jog 75 steps
• Sidestep 50 steps one side, 50 steps the other side
• High knees 50 steps
• Jog 50 steps
• Etc.

It was the "etc." that did me in. By mid-afternoon I realized I'd inflamed both knees.

  I meant to take some Excedrin (my drug of choice) but never got around to it.  So by 11pm I needed a crane to lift me into bed.  Lessons learned:

• EVERYTHING IN MODERATION
• STAY AHEAD OF MUSCLE PAIN with anti-inflammatories when necessary
• DO NOT JOG IN SNOW BOOTS! (Not even my wonderful Keens)

The good news:  I was back down to 158 pounds this morning.  Hoping for a "whoosh" some time this week.

Drink your water and keep moving, even if it's just one little muscle at a time.  And while you're sitting there wiggling your toes, order a copy of Bucket List Weight Loss for a friend or relative.  At about $10, it's a great stocking stuffer that could change their lives.

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