Domestic goddesses

Whew! I apologize for going MIA for a little bit there. The second half of last week was a killer! I only just finished the second week of classes, and already I've had a few exams and projects. Guess that's what happens once you're past the Gen Eds. I have actually been keeping track of my food intake for a Sports Nutrition project, but I'm not going to share. Too long. 

I will share about the sports nutrition project though because it's sweet! For a grade, I get to keep track of everything I consume (including drinks) and every calorie I expend through movement and normal body functioning and compare my numbers with the numbers I should have as an active 19-year-old female of my stature. I have to keep track of literally EVERYTHING... quantities of vitamins, minerals, carbs, fat, protein, etc. This is a dietician wannabe's dream!! (Not that I know for sure I want to be an RD, but it's one of the possibilities!!)

Enough about that and on to the eats plus (surprise!!) a few pics! I remembered :)

Breakfast was 1 packet Quaker cinnamon flavored weight control instant oatmeal. There is nothing like filling your stomach with warm, filling oats first thing in the morning during the winter. Nothing. I also had about a cup of Bolthouse Farms' Green Goodness smoothie. Sounds gross, looks gross- appearance is somewhat akin to that of pond scum. Tastes divine. 

This baby is a nutritional powerhouse. Somehow Bolthouse managed to cover up the taste of pureed spinach and algae with dragonfruit, kiwi, and other tropical delights. 

For a snack I had a small Gala apple with about a TBSP of dark chocolate blended PB. 

Lunch was Amy's Brown Rice and Veggie bowl and a Yoplait Light Thick N Creamy peach yogurt.

Before dinner, I snacked on 2 dried peach slices and for dinner my roomie and I made a spinach, asparagus, and parmesan frittata using a recipe from Fitness magazine. 

We felt like such domestic goddesses. Even though we lit a paper towel on fire in the cooking process. It all worked out in the end; the frittata tasted good! We had it with some vanilla soymilk and butternut squash on the side. It beat eating in the dining hall, that's for sure ;)

I'll be back again. No telling when... the blog is at the mercy of my schedule. I hope to at least shoot for one or two posts a week to start. Thanks for reading!

Getting the hang of it?

Hello!

Less than one week later and here is another post... that counts as an improvement, no?

I am happy to report that week one of classes is officially OVER! It was exhausting as an all-nighter (though I didn't have one) and not even a full week long with MLK Day. Perhaps the three 8 AMs had something do do with it. Anyhow, here's the lineup:

Research Design and Analysis I

Bio 195 lecture and lab

Psychology of Personality

Public Policy Analysis

Sports Nutrition

Symphonic Band

The verdict? Hard work so far, but the kind that leaves you feeling fulfilled and accomplished. The highlights of this semester will include designing my own survey project, learning whether or not I can deal with the sciences enough to pursue a career in dietetics, getting an internship, comparing my current food intake with what it should be for my personal needs by logging every morsel of food I eat and movement I make for a few days, and figuring myself out by doing a semester-long identity journal that will be shared with my psych teacher, a resident therapist at the local hospital. 

Because I should be doing my homework right now, I'm going to get right to it and log my food today. No pictures yet, mainly because I forgot, but also because it's nerve-racking to take pictures of your food in front of people. How do you get over that? Make like Nike and just do it, I suppose. That might have been the cheesiest thing I've ever said. Wow.

Moving on, for breakfast I had about a cup of Fiber one and finished off the Silk vanilla soymilk (maybe 3/4 of a cup? it was milky cereal). I also had a cup of my fav. Bolthouse Farms Berry Boost smoothie. Lunch was a scrumtrilescent salad made of spring mix, walnuts, avocado, some dried fruit, and balsamic viniagrette (was it really necessary to put in that second "i"?) with some vegetarian chili and, of course, a cup of Mate Vana herbal tea. I hope I finish the canister so I can try a new kind soon. So good.

Dinner and snack(s) forthcoming!