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Hey friends! HAPPY Monday

How was your weekend?

Mine was stellar. With a capital S.

Weekend Recap

Ya all saw my Friday and Friday evening date night, right?

If not, here it is. You?ll want to check it out. YUMMY food pics and a book review to boot!

Saturday was pretty darn good too.

After sleeping in a bit, I hit the gym for 3.33 miles of HIIT running on the treadmill, and some weights action (full body). It was okay. The gym was crowded so that was kind of annoying.

But then again, my fault for going after 9 a.m. (it?s SO quiet at like 6 a.m. on a Saturday).

After showering, I ate this:

Mmmm. So good. And still going strong. By the way, the cream cheese must be just right-not too thick, not too thin.

The other day my husband spread my bagel for me (I was running late. Surprise, surprise), and although it was super kind of him, he totally spread the cream cheese wayyyyy too thin. So naturally I had to add extra.

Anyways.

After my breakfast, I headed to my Birthday MASSAGE appointment!

WAHOO.

{My birthday is in 9 days, so feel free to send gifts now.}

It was great! (more on that below)

Hit the grocery stores.

Showered again.

Ate my Cafe Rio leftovers from yesterday?s date night:

They made it look wayyyy better. Ahh well. It still tasted AWESOME.

Did laundry. Cleaned. Read.

And then went with the hubs to see a movie in the dollar theatre.

It was pretty good! I actually kinda like action-packed movies that keep me hanging. (Half the time I had no idea what was going on, which kept me interested and on the edge of my seat.)

I ate this during it:

Yah. I have no idea what it is either.

Kidding. It was dark chocolate toffee almonds, dark choc almonds, and milk choc cashews.

We never really ate dinner, so after the movie I made myself a snack:

Sunday we slept in (I slept for 11 hours!).

We also went to church, read, baked, cooked, went on a walk, and had a blast just chillin.?

It was such a good weekend!

Massage Benefits

Did you know that there are physiological as well as psychological benefits to getting a massage?

I am pretty sure you did. Especially if you?ve had one before.

{Note: A massage is definitely a luxury, and why I do not pay money very often for it. I got this as a gift for my birthday. In a dream world I would get one every week.}

I actually enjoy a deep tissue massage because that is the only thing that can really break up the soreness & the ?knots? that I?ve got going on.

{source}

Here are some of the massage benefits:

• enhances muscle function
• aids in the healing process
• promotes relaxation
• decreases muscle-reflex activity
• reduces tension

There are over 80 different type of massages with target tissues such as muscle, ligaments, joints, fascia, and even lymphatic vessels. (source)

Massage has been used to help enhance athletes? performance, aid patients in falling asleep, and relax business persons before important meetings.

Pretty much a massage not only feels good, there are actual, real benefits going on.

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Well, I am off to go teach some BP, work, and then teach BP again.

CHEERS!

How was YOUR weekend?? How do YOU like YOUR cream cheese?? Have YOU ever had a massage?? If so, which kind??

Source: http://www.enjoyyourhealthylife.com/2012/11/05/massage-benefits-weekend-recap/

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