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Ever have one of those days where you feel blue but you don't know why? That was me today!

I felt so out of it I wasn't even hungry until after 4pm. So, while I finished watching Julie and Julia, I had a protein bar.

Just like the bar, the movie was so-so. I read the book, based on Julie Powell's 2002-2003 blog before the holidays back when I first started thinking about food blogging. The basic premise of her blog/book is how she cooked all 524 recipes in The Art of French Cooking by Julia Child in only 1 year. The book is VERY light on Julia Child, and the movie has a lot more of Julia's life and development as a cook. Julie Powell, on the other hand, is well, not as impressive.

After the movie, I went to Target to grab a few things, including some weights!

These Reebok 3 lb weights were on sale for $4 each, so I got two of them. I have not yet started using the weight room at the UMD gym, mostly because I don't know how to use a lot of the machines very well, and even I know that is a dangerous activity if you don't know your limits or how they work!

Since I'm not sure when I'll figure that stuff out (probably not this semester!), I decided to get some small free weights to do some exercises at home. I did 2 sets of 25 each of bicep curls, lateral raises, and standing shoulder presses. I think I will try a few different exercises from this site. It has a lot of exercises with text descriptions as well as video tutorials.

I also like the idea of free weights because I don't want to get too toned; more like I want my arm to stop waving hello when my hand does. I want to get into the habit of doing 30-40 minutes of cardio 4-5 days a week along with 2-3 days of light upper-body toning. We all know that muscle burns fat, so I should pump it up!

For dinner tonight it was.... CHIPOTLE!

Uhg. I should just keep a stock photo of this. So long as we are oven-less, Chipotle will probably be frequent. Too frequent. I had my usual steak, black beans, corn, tomatoes, 1 tbsp sour cream blend. It kicked crappy Chipotle's butt from the other day!

And I had a yummy melted ~3.4 cup of creamy chocolate ice cream for dessert!

Now I'm off to relax a bit. I have a long, busy work day tomorrow. My first seminar paper meeting with my advisor and my first class are on Tuesday night, so I need to spend tomorrow and Tuesday finishing up some research and dotting my "i's" and crossing my "t's"!