opinions, it is clear that the ALJ’s decision to afford those records less weight is supported by substantial evidence. B. Credibility Evaluation Plaintiff argues that the ALJ erred in evaluating her credibility regarding the symptoms she experienced. She objects to his determination that her testimony was not entirely credible because she had not had surgery and the medical records reported her condition as “stable.” (#11 at 12-13.) Further, Plaintiff argues that the ALJ “put a significant gloss on... her activities of daily living.” (#11 at 9.) “[T]he ALJ was not required to credit [the claimant’s] testimony.” Del Rosario v. Colvin, No. 13-30017, 2014 WL 1338153, at *7 (D.Mass. Mar. 31, 2014) (citing Bianchi v. Sec’y of Health and Human Servs., 764 F.2d 44, 45 (1st Cir.1985) (<HOLDING>)); Tozier v. Astrue, No. 12-10359, 2013 WL
recognizing the established principle that the alj is not required to take the claimants assertions of pain at face value holding that evidence relied on by alj was insufficient to undermine pain allegations where medical records were replete with claimants reports of pain and of prescriptions holding that the alj did not err in discounting a claimants reports of pain where they were not supported by the medical record holding that alj may not base adverse credibility finding on his perceptions of claimants pain at the hearing where record shows objective evidence of claimants pain recognizing principle