1. I tried a smoothie again this morning. I used: 1 container of yogurt, 1 scoop of protein powder, 1 overripe banana, half a bag of frozen peaches. It turned into brown ooge that mostly tastes like overripe banana, but I think I like it and at least my blender didn't catch fire this time . GAK. And it just gave me brain freeze. 2. I had an outstanding PT appointment yesterday called "I stopped doing everything you told me do to and suddenly I feel better." Not really, but in essence, my coach told me I was doing strength work too often, so with a "hrrrmph," I listened to him and cut it all way back. But suddenly last Friday, after a session with a baseball and an ice pack, my back started feeling about 80% better than it has in 2 months and I haven't been out of alignment once since then. So I talked about it with my PT and he kind of agreed that I was doing it all too often (this makes me a rarity in physical therapy patient land, I am sure), and