As you all know, I had a long day yesterday. I wasn’t tired waking up because I was excited, you know? It was 4:50 am and I was making my breakfast. Banana oatmeal with soymilk, walnuts, flaxseed, wheat germ, cinnamon, agave nectar, and spoonful of PB. I was hardly hungry at this hour of the morning, but this breakfast would sure keep me fueled through my long morning–or at least most of it. Breakfast was 483 calories, 16 g fat, 13 g fiber, and 16 g protein.
Clinical went well! Of course it wasn’t very exciting the first day because we basically got a tour of the hospital and our unit. We were introduced to the computers, which we will be using to enter pt’s info, etc. That’s what we did for five hours from 7-12…well, 11:40 (we finished a bit early). Lab is at 11, but since we finished clinical early, we met up again in the skills lab at 12:40, leaving me an hour to eat my lunch. I went about six hours without eating anything!! I started to get hungry at 10:00, but my growling stomach didn’t last long. I don’t think there is any way to get a snack in midmorning at the hospital, so this is how it’s going to be I suppose. So, my lunch consisted of a black bean hummus sandwich on sprouted wheat. (I made the hummus by mashing 1/4 cup black beans with 1 Tbsp tahini and about 1 Tbsp lemon juice–I was too lazy to use the blender, but this method worked quite well, and the result was tasty). I had my sandwich with some spinach as well. On the side, I had carrots, fruit (kiwi and frozen raspberries and blueberries), and plain soy yogurt with 1 Tbsp wheat germ and some more frozen blueberries and raspberries (because they wouldn’t all fit into my fruit container). My lunch was good except for the fact that everything got mixed up and my kiwi turned purple from the berries, so it wasn’t too pretty (good thing I took a picture the night before!) This filled me up with 606 calories, 14 g fat, 20 g protein, and 27 g protein.
haha! Sorry about the plastic wrap. It’s not very picture friendly. 
Don’t know what I was doing..
After lunch, I still had three hours to go until I could head home. Skills lab was fun. We demonstrated proper hand washing, preparation of a sterile field, and use of PPE (personal protective equipment). We also began vital signs. I have been practicing taking blood pressure on my family and Brian. haha! They’re going to be running away from me soon. Once it was all over and I went home, I wasn’t tired yet, but knew it would hit me at some point. I ate a perfectly delicious apple, and then by the time I took everyone’s blood pressure it was 6:00, and I was ready for dinner, so there wasn’t really time to make anything nor did I feel like it. I heated up the last of my snobby joes, and had that on the side with a caesar wrap (an Ezekiel tortilla with romaine lettuce and the rest of the caesar dressing from the night before). I also had some more carrots on the side. It hit the spot. Dinner + apple = 493 calories, 12 g fat, 24 g fiber, and 24 g protein!
Sorry for the poor quality-phone camera pics..
I had a snack shortly after dinner because I felt the need for peanut butter! I had 2 Tbsp PB and some strawberry preserves on sprouted grain bread (1 slice). This satisfied my craving. I just can’t get over how good the Trader Joe’s peanut butter is!!! It almost tastes like a reese’s peanut butter cup to me! My snack was 283 calories, 18 g fat, 6 g fiber, and 12 g protein.
I decided to not go to the gym because I was on my feet all day and would thank myself for giving myself a break later. I am glad I did because I fell asleep at 9:30 while watching For Love of the Game with Brian. I fell asleep within the first 15 minutes of it! I felt refreshed this morning and started my day off with another bowl of banana oatmeal. I wanted to make some french toast but didn’t feel like figuring it out since I was pretty hungry already. This time I used half rolled oats (1/4 cup) and half cracked wheat cereal (1/8 cup) though and upped the agave to a Tbsp instead of a half b/c I was feeling extra sweet this morning! haha. Everything else was the same. (cinnamon, flax, wheat germ, walnuts, soymilk, and PB) Together it was 483 calories, 15 g fat, 15 g fiber, and 14 g protein.
I’m headed to the gym now and then back here for some studying and the Pen’s game later!!!!! (Game 1 in the third series for the conference finals!!) YESSS! Enjoy your Friday everyone 
