August has always been seemingly the change of seasons for me. Growing up in the North, the leaves would start changing and the addition of a cool evening breeze would be classic signs starting as early as August. In the South, it seems as though the weather just gets steamier through September! Despite the heat, Fall semester has begun, which signals to me that Autumn will soon be here. And, a very busy Fall it will be for this lady!
Body:
I haven’t been able to do much of anything except rest and recover from my wisdom teeth extraction. Even with yoga, the pressure of my head being upside down would not have been possible with this chipmunk cheeks! However, since starting classes I have had to walk way more in the past two days than in the past ten!
Mind:
Fall Courses:
Medical Nutrition Therapy- nutrition therapy related to obesity, celiac’s, other autoimmune disorders, and many other conditions. The course also teaches nutrition assessments and medical terminology.
Food Service Management- food safety and meal preparation for crowds! We will have a Top Chef face off at the end of the course where each half of class prepares 3 different courses to compete against each other.
Lifecycle Nutrition – we start with the adults & elderly care this semester, next is childhood!!
Food and Society- we try to solve the nutrition problems of the world
- Thesis -potentially, I could have hours for this as well!
I think it will be an interesting semester, especially with my part-time hours hostessing , blogging, articles for the examiner, and wedding planning!
Soul:
Jeff is back again from his business trip- he has been traveling non-stop so it feels really nice to have him back home.
Resting has been just what I needed to prepare for this upcoming schedule! (“The calm before the storm” right?)
Eats:
I struggled with taking photos for this past week because honestly, I was barely eating! I knew what would happen as far as losing my teeth and being swollen in pain. However, I didn’t realize I would be unable to chew at all or open my mouth much more than to exhale. In addition to that, I had no appetite whatsoever so I was not miserably hungry!… The medicine required me to have something in my stomach, so that included lots of smoothies, made with protein powder, frozen fruits and milk 
Applesauce, which has the first ingredient of high fructose corn syrup… not too healthy 
So I also had ( thanks to my mom!) some pomegranate applesauce with no added sugar and antioxidants along side lots of yogurt!
I didn’t eat the fruit on the bottom yogurts but I did eat all the others!
I also ate melted ice cream but didn’t manage a photo of that! Thank you to everyone that left me comments and tips for getting wisdom teeth out, I appreciated your thoughts so much! For anyone that needs to get theirs out, I didn’t realize that it would be so difficult to get in vegetable servings! I should have stocked up on more SuperFood smoothies or green smoothies like the Naked company makes! As always, drinking tons of water was very helpful too!
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Best of luck with classes and all the busyness – I know you’ll get through it all!!
I’ve been away too long- LOVE the new blog look!
Your classes sound great!
I had my wisdom teeth out a few years ago and pretty much lived off soup, before ‘graduating’ onto mashed potato… I don’t think I’ve eaten soup since! Lol. I love the fruit on the bottom yogurts
Good luck with the new semester. All the classes sound great. Hope you get into solid foods this week.
interesting courses!
I am glad to read you are beginning to get better. Now that school is starting you will soon forget about much of this. It looks like an interesting semester ahead.
Good luck girl! I’m sure you’ll get through it all
I’ve taken many of those classes; foodservice management was relatively time consuming, but the rest weren’t too bad. You’ll do great!
Your classes sound SO interesting! Esp, Medical Nutrition Therapy and Lifestyle Nutrition. I am so excited to hear about what you learn
Good luck with school. Sounds like you have some fun classes that will keep you busy.
That food service class sounds REALLY interesting! I am so excited for you, you’re gonna have a great year!
Great courses this semester! I can’t wait to hear about them!
Sounds like you have some fantastic courses in store for you. I would love to hear more about them
I got my wisdom teeth pulled out last winter, but for some reason, I was able to eat normally a couple days later. However, when I wasn’t able to eat I got my veggies through pureed soups (onions, sweet potatoes, broccoli, etc.), carrot juice, tomato juice, and pureed soups from a carton. I wish I knew about green monsters then, because it would have been fabulous!