Sunday Pot Roast
Body:
This week was quite balanced with running every other day. I ran 4 miles tuesday, 5 miles thursday and 3 miles Saturday. In between those running days was 3 days of strength training because as you may or may not know, resistance training builds muscle and lean muscle mass burns fat! Because of my work and school schedule, I missed out on yoga class but did do yoga on my own most mornings to help wake me up!
Mind:
Grade 5 Lesson 1 : Examing Food
I am excited for Grade 5 because they start to learn more reasons why we eat in addition to eating a variety of colorful foods from different food groups, the curriculum starts to ask why we eat for social reasons, convience etc.
I found a possible research topic for our 10 page paper due in Medical Nutrition Therapy! I am intrested in Necrotizing Enterocolitis because it is a huge concern for premature babies and would be great to learn more about enterocolitis, which would be a common problem I may run in the future. If NEC does not work, I might look into Maple Syrup Urine Disease- it is pretty fascinating and is named so because the branced chain amino acids are not metabolized properly, resulting in urine that smells like maple syrup! ( Is it weird that I am saying “Ew… and Cool!!” at the same time?)
Soul:
Social ties are so important. We need to feel like we belong, that we give and get support. There are all kinds of friends that I am so appreciative of having for many different reasons. I have close friends that I can share intimate details with and casual friends that might just be a friendly smile that brightens my day. I have work friends and online friends that I have never met in person, friends from childhood that I rarely ever see anymore. I appreciate these people for who they are, and for the warmth and color they bring to my life.
