About Me...Here we go again!
Hello!
Well, the post I slaved away typing on my phone never appeared...;( Not sure what happened to it, so I'll try again.
Thanks for the invite over here and the warm welcome!
I just turned 29 (I'm a Gemini too!) and have been happily married for 8.5 years! The second love of my life is my 4 year old Bichapoo (toy poodle and bichon frise hybrid) named Lola. I was born and raised on Long Island, NY and lived in Boulder, CO for 11 years until my husband and I moved to WA state so that I could pursue my dreams and attend Bastyr University, a leading University in the Natural Health Arts and Sciences.
I have my bachelor's of Science in Nutrition and Culinary Arts from Bastyr and am in my second year of grad school (Masters of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics). Bastyr is amazing because they are one of the only schools out there that emphasize Whole Foods and they have a crazy intense rigorous science curriculum (So glad I took the Summer off!). I just completed my first year of grad school and have a year left before I am a nutritionist and then a year internship to also become a Registered Dietician.
I am a Whole Foods Chef and Nutrition Educator and love to teach about Whole Foods Cooking and Nutrition!!! I work at several places teaching Whole Food Cooking and Nutrition classes and specialize in Pantry Makeovers, Food Shopping Tours, Private Cooking Classes, Group Cooking Classes, Cooking Demo's for Businesses, Seaweed Harvesting, etc. I LOVE Whole Foods!!! And my philosophy that I teach is that Food Is Our Best Medicine, but it also has to be a Source of Enjoyment!!!!! This is the key to success and eating as a lifestlye and in order to be fully nourished. So I basically teach clients all of the tips and tricks for getting more whole foods into the diet and how to make them tasty. So enjoy that ice cream when you decide to eat it and savor each bite, guiltlessly.
Oh, I also have a Food, Cooking and Nutrition blog that you are welcome to check out and follow along (I'd love to have you
) called Thyme to Spice It Up over at blogspot. I also am a meditation teacher.
I've taken a couple of Sports Nutrition classes at the grad level and am SUPER excited to apply this knowledge to the STS program!!! Yippee!!! I believe that in the past I struggled to gain muscle and sculpt well defined muscles because I lacked this knowledge (even though I had a great nutrition foundation, ate a superb diet and all and was well versed on books and magazines such as Clean Eating). I also had some major health issues a couple of years back that were fighting against my ability to build lean muscle mass, yet I have COMPLETELY recovered by using food, meditation, positive thinking, etc and hence why I am out in this field now helping others. It's super fulfilling and I love it. Ok, I feel like I went on a tangent about all of this. I hope you all were serious about wanting to know more about me, lol.
To answer a few questions (let's see if I remember...) I do not have a Turbo Tower. I had STS on my computer and phone and have a gym membership. I take my workout with me and it's pretty freaking awesome. I also found that some of the weights I was told to use after completing 1RM weren't accurate for me: some were too heavy, some were too light and some were just right. I recorded the adjustments on my paper print out. Meredith! So glad that we are starting this together and have some experts on this program behind us.
I am doing the 6.5 month program and I am doing Abs 2x's a week after cardio, also doing the extended stretch after each STS and yoga video once a week to round it out. For cardio I am currently doing some of the STS Shock series workouts. I have one of the Hit (double wave pyramid) and then the cardio core one. I'll probably throw in kick punch and crunch and some treadmill into the mix to change it up too. I don't have a step currently...would LOVE to add step to my routine as I used to be a dancer and love the rhythm and challenge of the moves. Keeps me on my toes. So, hopefully eventually I'll add that too.
Ok, I think that's it for now! That was alot. Enjoy the read and hope you all had a great workout unless you were resting and if you'd like to connect with me on my blog, FB or twitter at Thyme to Spice It Up, feel free and I'd love to have you.
Looking forward to learning lots from your STS experience. And I'd love to hear more about what cardio you did while doing STS and what your results with the program were as far as building and sculpting muscles.
