Hi friends! Yesterday was National Registered Dietitian Day. Did you know that we can also call ourselves Registered Dietitian Nutritionists? After I passed my RD exam, I was able to choose whether I wanted to be an RD or RDN. Some people choose the latter, but it sounds like too much of a mouthful to me. The RDN certification is relatively new, and it is completely interchangeable with the RD.
I hope that all of my fellow RDs (and RDNs!) enjoyed and celebrated in style, whether that be a kale salad or a giant brownie topped with vanilla ice cream. Whatever floats your boat! I made my own "ice cream" yesterday, but I'll cover that later in this post.
I didn't work as an RD on RD Day. I'm a registry/PRN/per diem employee at two hospitals, which means that I'm scheduled to work as needed. I get 24 hours, or three days, guaranteed per week at one of my jobs, and I get one to two days per week at the other. This means that I occasionally have days off of work. It's good and bad. On one side, I get a day off to do what I want. On the other side, I don't get paid when I'm not working. The advantage to not working yesterday is that I was able to assemble a fun day-in-the-life post of an RD on National RD Day. Because who cares what I'm doing when I at work?
In all seriousness, though, I will do something similar to a day-in-the-life work post since people ask me all the time what I do in hospitals. Trust me, we do more than pick out diets for patients.
Without further ado, here is my Day-in-the-Life (or photo vomit) from Wednesday, March 9th of 2016.
I hope that all of my fellow RDs (and RDNs!) enjoyed and celebrated in style, whether that be a kale salad or a giant brownie topped with vanilla ice cream. Whatever floats your boat! I made my own "ice cream" yesterday, but I'll cover that later in this post.
I didn't work as an RD on RD Day. I'm a registry/PRN/per diem employee at two hospitals, which means that I'm scheduled to work as needed. I get 24 hours, or three days, guaranteed per week at one of my jobs, and I get one to two days per week at the other. This means that I occasionally have days off of work. It's good and bad. On one side, I get a day off to do what I want. On the other side, I don't get paid when I'm not working. The advantage to not working yesterday is that I was able to assemble a fun day-in-the-life post of an RD on National RD Day. Because who cares what I'm doing when I at work?
In all seriousness, though, I will do something similar to a day-in-the-life work post since people ask me all the time what I do in hospitals. Trust me, we do more than pick out diets for patients.
Without further ado, here is my Day-in-the-Life (or photo vomit) from Wednesday, March 9th of 2016.
7:45 am: I sleep in much later than I would on a typical weekday. Al gets up to get ready for work. I check my e-mail, Facebook, and the weather in bed.
8:00 am: I roll out of bed, brush my teeth, and keep Al company while he gets ready for work. I open the door to let in fresh air. It's a beautiful March day.
8:00 am: I roll out of bed, brush my teeth, and keep Al company while he gets ready for work. I open the door to let in fresh air. It's a beautiful March day.
8:45 am: I walk over to the Medical Office Center next to Illinois Masonic Medical Center. I had my annual check up last week, and I need to get my fasted blood test. Interestingly, I am looking forward to this. I look at patients' lab results every day at work, and I want to know how mine compare since I know what all of these tests mean. The lab gets me in and out quickly.
9:30 am: I'm hungry for breakfast. I whip up two scrambled eggs with coconut oil, a chopped yellow pepper, and a shredded basil leaf. I'm loving the natural light in the back yard.
9:45 am: I multitask by eating breakfast and reviewing my friend's reactions to specific foods on her FODMAPS chart that she sent to me the previous night. I have more research that I need to do.
10:15 am: I walk to my gym and go to my Pilates class. I mostly go to Pilates on Saturday mornings, but it's a treat to go on a weekday. The classes are much less crowded, and we get more individual attention. Like any other type of exercise, proper form is important for the best results and decreasing injuries. With smaller classes, our instructors can be more helpful with checking our form.
10:15 am: I walk to my gym and go to my Pilates class. I mostly go to Pilates on Saturday mornings, but it's a treat to go on a weekday. The classes are much less crowded, and we get more individual attention. Like any other type of exercise, proper form is important for the best results and decreasing injuries. With smaller classes, our instructors can be more helpful with checking our form.
Our class is just small enough today that we all get foam rollers. My instructor usually charges extra money for foam rolling classes, so we're a lucky group to get to do it for free. We don't roll on them as others do to massage sore muscles. We use them as a balancing tool. If you're familiar with Pilates, imagine doing the Pilates abs series while you're lying on top of this thing (parallel to your spine). Your core that's already working is engaging harder to balance. All of the exercises are modified since many of them are nearly impossible if done normally, but I think that it's a nice change from a regular Pilates mat class.
11:00 am: I walk to Jan Dee Jewelry to pick up my bracelet that I dropped off months ago to get shortened (I kept forgetting to get it).
This bracelet was given to me by one of my oldest friends who asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding. All of our bracelets have the same bow but are customized with our initials.
12:15 pm: I arrive home and go through my physical and virtual mail.
12:45 pm: Lunch is served! I heat up a homemade mozzarella-stuffed broccoli turkey burger, spaghetti squash, and oven-baked french fries. I add tomato slices to my burger (doesn't it look like a heart?) and top my spaghetti squash with herb-infused olive oil, Parmesan cheese, and fresh basil. These are leftovers, so putting everything together only takes about five minutes.
12:45 pm: Lunch is served! I heat up a homemade mozzarella-stuffed broccoli turkey burger, spaghetti squash, and oven-baked french fries. I add tomato slices to my burger (doesn't it look like a heart?) and top my spaghetti squash with herb-infused olive oil, Parmesan cheese, and fresh basil. These are leftovers, so putting everything together only takes about five minutes.
1:30 pm: I open my new shipment from Fabletics. I get my workout clothes from many different places, but I've been ordering a lot from Fabletics lately. The Salar capri is one of my favorite workout pants. They're comfortable and are great for running, Pilates, and everything in between. I have the capris in pink and purple, and I wanted to try them in black.
I decide to keep the Mosa tank. It's a fun and flowy top that is also great for running. I'm drawn to the detail in the back. I have to decide about the pants, though. They don't look as flattering on me as the colorful capris that I already own.
2:00 pm: I make banana "ice cream". My cousin is a Beachbody coach and gave me this recipe from the Fixate 21 Day Fix book. It's called Chunky Money Ice Cream in the book. To make a small, personalized version, blend 1 frozen banana (broken into chunks) and 1 Tbsp of natural peanut butter. You can top with chopped almonds or semi-sweet chocolate chips. That's all you have to do. It looks and tastes like ice cream. You must try it.
2:30 pm-6:30 pm: I send e-mails back and forth for my friend's bachelorette party in Nashville in May, work on this blog post, and take a long shower. Al comes home.
6:30 pm: I make dinner. I marinade wild cod in a bowl with lemon juice, 2 cloves of garlic, and olive oil. I bake it for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. While that's cooking, I use my spiralizer to turn one zucchini into "pasta". I chop up the last of a tomato in the fridge and add that, along with leftover spaghetti squash, fresh basil, Parmesan cheese, and olive oil to the zucchini and mix. Once the fish is done, I plate it on top of the zucchini.
6:30 pm: I make dinner. I marinade wild cod in a bowl with lemon juice, 2 cloves of garlic, and olive oil. I bake it for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. While that's cooking, I use my spiralizer to turn one zucchini into "pasta". I chop up the last of a tomato in the fridge and add that, along with leftover spaghetti squash, fresh basil, Parmesan cheese, and olive oil to the zucchini and mix. Once the fish is done, I plate it on top of the zucchini.
The end result is phenomenal. Together, it reminds me of clam linguine at an Italian restaurant. Forget about the fact that the pasta is actually a green vegetable and that the fish is not shellfish. It just tastes that good.
7:30 pm: My hair has naturally dried into an afro. I blow it dry and straighten it.
8:00 pm: I work on my blog, play around on Instagram, do some more research on my Nashville trip and FODMAPS, and eat some frozen mango with Al.
10:00 pm: Bed time!
7:30 pm: My hair has naturally dried into an afro. I blow it dry and straighten it.
8:00 pm: I work on my blog, play around on Instagram, do some more research on my Nashville trip and FODMAPS, and eat some frozen mango with Al.
10:00 pm: Bed time!
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