The End of The "Summer of Nothing"

Wow. Where does the time go? Has it really been eight months since I've posted?

What happened? Well, the spring semester started, I met and started dating a wonderful man, the spring semester ended, and then I commenced my "Summer of Nothing."

It seems I took that a bit too literally...

I'm back though.

I now hold a Bachelors of Science with a concentration in Nutrition & Dietetics (Summa Cum Laude even!).

I have presented one "Lunch 'n Learn" session on Healthy Eating.

I've landed a gig writing for Examiner.com, which should be checked out and followed (http://www.examiner.com/x-55925-Jacksonville-Nutrition-Examiner). The thing is that for Examiner, my assignment is to write about nutrition as it relates to Jacksonville, Florida. This is a huge challenge for me. I want to write about energy balance, protein requirements, and supplements - about nutrition in general. I'm having a hard time relating the recommendations for protein intake to a city... so I've come back to this blog in order to write about what I really want to write about.

Oh, and as far as my training goes... well, right now I am not able to run due to a car accident three weeks ago. My neck/shoulders are tweaked so I am relegated to the realm of low impact activities. I am jonesin' to run but I can't. I did complete another 5k in June and ran a horrible race, 36:00. There are good days running and bad days running and this was a bad day. It was ridiculously hot and I just didn't have it in me. At least now I KNOW I can beat that time in my next race, which will not be until it cools down.

Wow. My "Summer of Nothing" actually had quite a bit of somethings in it... and now, it's a mere 2 1/2 weeks until I start graduate school and my dietetic internship. Soon, there will be no time in my life for doing nothing... at least, not for the 15 months that I am completing the program.

My goal is to post here once a week. There may still be some posts about my working out/running and my personal nutrition goals; but mostly I want to shift the focus of this blog to nutrition in general.

I hope, dear readers, that you find my posts interesting, entertaining, and most of all, that you take away some tidbit about a healthy lifestyle that you can apply in your daily life.