Reams

MEMORANDUM **

Patricia Reams appeals the denial of her application for Social Security disability *882 insurance benefits. Because the ALJ’s decision to discredit Reams’s testimony and to reject the opinion of Reams’s treating physician is supported by substantial evidence in the record, we affirm the ALJ’s decision.

The ALJ did not err in discrediting Reams’s testimony regarding the severity of her symptoms. An ALJ may reject the claimant’s subjective symptom testimony “only if he makes specific findings stating clear and convincing reasons for doing so.” Smolen v. Chater, 80 F.3d 1273, 1284 (9th Cir.1996).

The ALJ properly considered the inconsistency between Reams’s activities and her claimed degree of disability. See Fair v. Bowen, 885 F.2d 597, 603 (9th Cir.1989). Citing to specific facts in the record, the ALJ explained that the “sum-total of the claimant’s admitted activities, including voluntary activities such as teaching[,] reading, dining out, or doing craft work, exceeds what would be expected of an individual impaired to the extent which she otherwise alleges.” Because the ALJ’s interpretation is reasonable and supported by substantial evidence in the record, we…