I studied for that??

**I wrote part of this blog last night, but couldn't upload it because seriously, our internet still sucks at life right now!!**
Anyone ever watch a scary movie while studying for a test? Well that is exactly what I'm doing right now while watching Friday the 13th Part 2. Ha! I have a weird obsession with scary movies even though I close my eyes through most of the gory parts. Definitely have seen this movie before though.

Anyway, lucky for me, my Biology test tomorrow will be based on the formative assessment questions we can do online as many times as we want. I’ve done all 3 test assessments about 20 times each and the questions are becoming repetitive so I think I’m pretty much all set for tomorrow!

Dinner a few nights ago..

I love sauteing peppers in just three ingredients: Delicious!

• olive oil
• salt
• pepper

We had some jambalaya, and oven baked salmon along with the peppers.

I can't seem to cook my salmon right. It always turns out a bit dry and tough even though I marinate it 30 minutes prior to cooking. The marinade I used was honey, soy sauce, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and a bit of sesame oil.

and my Korean lunch streak continues. On the plate are some spicy Korean noodles, leftover spicy bulgogi, kim chi, spinach, seasoned seaweed, and brown rice. My plan for this Christmas is to have my mom come teach me how to cook Korean food. Little does she know; her coming here has more purpose than just wanting to see her, although I am very excited to have her for the Holidays.

The plate looks huge but I swear it was just a little bit of everything :-)

I finally made it to the gym this morning after not going for a couple weeks. I tried out a different Virgin active gym near my school. It was nice since there weren't as many people there and I could move around freely in the weight room. There's also a ladies room only, so when or if I start to feel self conscious, I can always go in there. It felt SOOOOO good to be back, even though I couldn't lift as heavy, I still felt very accomplished. *pats myself on shoulder* Today's lifting session was back and biceps. 3 sets, 8-10 reps.

• lat pulldown
• barbell bicep curl
• barbell row
• hammer curl
• dumbbell one arm row
• incline bicep curl

My test this afternoon was a total bust, but in a good way. There were only 20 questions and I finished in 5 minutes!! What a joke!! I seriously studied my ass off for that?! Oh well, lesson learned. At least I think I got 100%!

Time for a nap!

Coulda Woulda Shoulda

Today was my course introduction at London Met, and if I learned one thing, it’s that it’s going to be a very long year.

I seriously would be more excited about it if I didn't miss 1/2 of my introduction. I thought my intro started at 11. That was what my welcome print out told me!  Apparently, that time can change from the day you print it out to the day you have to show up! Can someone please tell me how that happens without any sort of notification?? I was not a happy camper! The building is very complicated to navigate through and if it hadn't have been for the one (the first one told me to follow the wrong group that was leaving the building!!) helpful London Met guide, I would be travelling in circles fo sho!

I'm trying to stay positive here but it's sort of hard with no friends, and being surrounded by kids much much younger than I am!! Patience Hanna. PATIENCE! 

Well at least my morning started off on a good note with a lovely bowl of blueberry oats. For anyone that has a hard time getting in their 5 a day of fruits and veggies, I recommend sneaking in fruit whenever possible- for me, it has always been in smoothies and oats!

His and Her's oats. I topped mine with almond butter and topped his with speculoos crunchy!

I needed the extra protein in mine to get through my workout and to hussle straight afterwards to my course meeting.

in the mix:

• 1/2 cup oats
• 1/2 cup soy milk
• 1/2 cup water
• frozen blueberries (dethawed while cooking on stove)
• maple syrup
• dash of salt

In the gym: 3 sets, 8-10 reps, 3 minute quick warm up on treadmill

• lat pulldown (25kg)
• hammer curls (5kg)
• seated row (20 kg)
• bicep dumbbell curls (5kg)
• barbell row (15kg)
• barbell bicep curl (10kg)
• Stretch

I was starving by the time I got home from the meeting and it was only 12:30! I quickly made another Tiger Tiger noodle lunch.

veggies- red peppers, red onions, spinach, garlic

all combined in schezuan sauce and a squeeze of siracha

a delicious vegetarian AND GF lunch :)

Last night was a better representation of a good day. I got to see Crazy, Stupid, Love **Ryan Gosling- heart SWOON!!!** and play catch up with some lovely ladies. It's nice to be social every once and a while ;). The movie was super cute but dinner was L-A-M-E. We went to the Banana Tree that serves pan Asian cuisine. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda known a restaurant that’s trying to do too many things wouldn't be that great! I got the Pho and with the exception of me being super hungry, it was pretty lackluster in taste and quality. At least we tried!

Agenda: Hmm.. I got nothin!

Dietetics meeting

I was at a dietetics informational meeting yesterday that lasted from 1-5. I was out the door by 4:40 though because I knew I had to get across to the other side of town to teach Zumba. Still, I made it to class about 5 minutes late. Phew! What a day! Haven’t had one of those busy afternoons since…uhhhh…. I left my full-time J-O-B?

The meeting was very informative, with many volunteer RD’s coming out to speak to us. I found the acute specialist speaker to be the most intriguing of all. As a paediatrics R.D., he deals with children who have specific dietary needs. His job is to come up with a combination of the right fats, protein, carbs, vitamins, and trace minerals for an intravenous feeding that the doctor would then administer. I had no idea that RD's had this much responsibility. Of course, you can't get this type of job straight out of college; you need more years of in hospital experience before doing specialist practices.

Another R.D. had just finished her first year and described her typical day in a hospital. Her days revolved around meetings with her colleagues, visiting and consulting with numerous patients, and continuing educational sessions. I could really sense the passion she had for her job, which I really loved to see. Here are some pro's and con's I discovered yesterday

Pros:

• work with people as a team
• help patients become better(if ill) through food
• work centers around food and healthier living
• work 9-5
• can work in a variety of different settings (hospital, community, at home freelance, schools, etc!!)
• always doing different and varied things so your job doesn't become stagnate

Cons:

• around sick people in hospitals
• sometimes people don't get better through prescribed diets
• pay potential isn't the highest
• 5 years of school (for me at least!)
• science based schooling

After yesterday's meeting, I'm more confident that this is the right career choice for me, and that the pros definitely outweigh the cons. 

Dinner last night was prepared by T while I was happily Zumba-ing away!

I made us a side of greens: bok choy and courgettes sauteed in evoo, salt, pepper, sesame oil, siracha, and soya sauce.

We had ribs in Korean jochujang and red miso, its fast becoming this household's new favorite marinade. It's such a delicious creation!

the ribs were incredibly too fatty but the marinade was delicious. I think I spent more time licking the sauce off my fingers than eating any actual meat! So lady like let me tell ya.

dessert was a half a coffee frosted cupcake and another amazing double chocolate cookie.

Gym time: Back/Biceps, 3 sets, 8-10 reps

• Plank and row with 5kg dumbbells (get into plank position with two dumbbells on either side of body near hands, take dumbbell in right hand and row dumbbell up until elbow is parallel to body then return to starting position and repeat 10 times, switch sides)
• Hammer curl with 5kg
• Assisted pullups 
• Regular bicep curls with 6kg
• Barbell row with 12 kg (I wanted to use the 15kg but a girl was already using it!!)
• Barbell bicep curl with 10kg bar
• Dumbbell row with knee on bench, 7kg
• STRETCH

Lunch was Pret a Manger's tuna nicoise salad with lots of good things: tuna, string beans, potatoes, tomatoes, red onions, cucumbers, and lettuce.

 

Sea salt and Cider vinegar- yum! these are my favorite flavor. I figured I could treat myself since I was having a low calorie salad :)

Good lord, my dog is still moaning even though she's already been to the park to play with her friends! Brb.. I'm gonna knock some sense into this bitch (and yes, technically they do call female dogs that, and no, I'm not really going to hit her). Peace out!!

Agenda: read more of my book, farewell dinner at Wahaca w. the girls