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What a gorgeous weekend it was in Portland! Sunny! Warm (ish)! Such a delightful change from the pouring rain. I’m sure it won’t last and I definitely didn’t take good advantage of it. I ended up spending Saturday inside–in the gym, then cleaning the house. I really, really wanted to run on Saturday. I especially wanted to run outside but I knew it wouldn’t be a good idea since I hadn’t hit the pavement in over a month. My knees were feeling a bit touchy so to the gym I went and the elliptical was where I ended up. I also spent about 40 minutes lifting weights–shoulders, chest, back.<\/p>\n

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Then to the orthopedic massage clinic! This time he focused on my IT bands because they were a bit on the tight side. He also did some cupping<\/a>. If you’ve never tried it before, it’s a very odd thing. It’s based on Chinese medicine and I’ve tried it before on my back where it left huge round, purple “bruises” on my skin. The massage therapist did a different technique in that he used the cupping on my IT Bands<\/a> and slid it down my leg. It was very odd feeling, but strangely made me feel a lot better afterward. The hope is that it will increase blood flow to that area and quicken the healing. Crossing my fingers.<\/p>\n

I will be sharing a post this week with my first update on the “diet” but I wanted to share a few of the things I’ve purchased for February.<\/p>\n

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The Trader Joe’s soups aren’t new to me, I’ve had them before and they are great and also low in calories. I found that a lot of things had what I think is a disclaimer to prevent lawsuits:<\/p>\n

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A lot of things I bought said “made on equipment shared with wheat, milk, tree nuts, soy and fish.” I still consider these items to be gluten and dairy free. I’m not going to get so picky that I won’t buy something that is gluten and dairy free but made in a warehouse where those items are. Silly! I’m not doing this for an allergy reason, so I don’t think it’s that big of a deal.<\/p>\n

The soup I had on Saturday was the Creamy Corn and Roast Red Pepper (vegan and gluten free). It was delicious! I also had some steamed broccoli with vegan TJ’s Goddess dressing and two light rye Wasa crackers. It was a delicious and fairly filling lunch but I’ll admit I had the munchies about two hours later. I had some random snacks but I tried not to go too crazy because I was looking forward to dinner. For a snack I had the “nut and rice” crackers seen above and half an avocado. The crackers were really good! Tasty, salty, crunchy. A pretty good alternative to Wheat Thins.<\/p>\n

Dinner!<\/p>\n

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CURRIED QUINOA WITH CHICKEN AND PEAS<\/span><\/p>\n

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