Relax Babe

How is your body handling the food you eat? Pretty well if you're taking a multivitamin. Why's that? Because your grandma told you to? Or because your body works on the micro/atomic scale, breaking down foods into chains into atoms for energy, and needs magnesium, sodium, chloride, potassium, and calcium just to get you to breathe? And you can't breathe if you don't have oxygen, but making sure your lungs work is a whole other story. So, are you taking your multivitamin?

My diet was super strict so I wouldn’t suggest it. I lost friends and time trying to learn who I was while putting in the same time twice a week cooking the same food. But now that I’ve made a decision to be more flexible and really count macronutrients, not calories either, my life has been a huge rollercoaster that tumbles when school and work and family stress me out (Emotional Eating 101) and shines bright when I have a few extra hours to actually count macros before the day starts (I like routine). Surprises mess people up. But if you plan for surprises, then expectations are high and you will succeed. Even if you don’t like routine, there are things you do every day and you do them regardless. You wake up. I hope you pee and brush your teeth. At some point you put on “outside” clothes (even if you slept in them) and you do some work, any kind of work. Then you come back home and get on the social media or the TV or personal emails and you eat (sometimes more than once a day). It

    This year I attended the AORN International Surgical Conference and Expo for the second time. I had high expectations, as I was blown away last year by the friendships and knowledge I received. However, I was nervous because of the snow and rain, and I knew that I would be just as tired as last year. I most definitely suffer from FOMO, or fear of mission out. I want to attend every session, every party, every physical activity offered. Last year I was so focused on not missing out, that I missed out on talking to people.     So this year, I focused on just a few educational sessions, and still woke up at 0430 and stayed out until midnight, but I put down my phone and focused on the people who were in the room with me. It turned out to be a very good strategy. I was able to meet a lot more people in passing, and when we smiled or laughed my entire mood was lifted and I felt less tired.     I enjoyed my time immensely. I attended the Volunteer Summit which taught me a lot about how t