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Me time: Nutrition

You work hard. You take care of other people. You are always busy. What about yourself? Where's your ME time? Sometimes it is not even about making or finding time. It can be hard to even think about yourself when you are exhausted from everyday, life to-do's. Are you still carrying along the same excuses that you have been telling yourself week after week, month after month, year after year. Too busy to shop, too busy to cook, too busy to meal prep, too busy to eat.  I bet if you had more time, you would find a way to fill that time in with more stuff that would keep you "too busy". When it comes to your health, nothing could be more important than making time to nourish your body throughout the day. From the moment you get up to when you lay down to sleep, you should not find yourself pushing your meals and snacks to the side just because you are too busy, too tired, too exhausted or too ______ (insert your typical reason to not make you...

Me time: Exercise

I saw this quote and it instantly took me back to the two busiest times in my adult life: Graduate school (2004-2006) Dietetic internship (2011) When I was in graduate school, I was dipping my toes into the sport of triathlon but mostly because I was fresh out of college and missed competitive swimming. I thought of myself more of a runner during graduate school as it made the most sense as I didn't have a lot of time or money (and didn't know much about the sport of triathlons).  Throughout my 10-month dietetic internship, I found myself in the middle of two Ironmans - IMWI and Kona. Talk about time and stress management! Sometimes I failed miserably at both of these, often at the same time.  Thinking back to these two very busy, expensive, stressful and emotionally draining times in my life, I certainly had to make some extreme sacrifices with my lifestyle. It wasn't just that I didn't have flexible time to train due to 10+ hour school/interning...