Hi everyone!  This is my first blog… yes… 1st (seriously).  In 2018, I’m attempting my first blog.  Better late than never, right? 🙂

I haven’t completely worked out the details yet other than my tagline description that this will be: “A Blog about Nutrition & Wellness.” Food is my passion, to put it mildly. I’m a Registered Nutrition & Dietetic Technician.

What?

I get it… it’s a fairly long title for something most people haven’t even heard of.  But food…. Everyone knows what food is!  I’m a nutrition professional and I help educate about food.  As a diet tech, I find myself in a unique and fun position to be able to provide nutrition recommendations to the general public and improve health through food!

Currently I work full time in a hospital, and I’m also a per diem staff for long term care.  I love my jobs.  There are, as always, good & bad parts (just like any job!) My favorite part though, is when I’m talking to a patient and they’re interested & excited & they talk back!  I love the conversation, the questions, the suggestions, the motivation.  That absolutely JAZZES me right up!  I’m more alive and in love with my job at that moment than any other.

Hence… the blog was born!  I wanted a way to connect with more people one on one.  Nutrition can be SO DARN CONFUSING!  Believe me, I know!  My career path actually started about 10 years ago when a curious overweight girl started researching diets & weight loss.  OH MY GOODNESS… my head was spinning with all the craziness.  The fun part is… nutrition studies are always finding new information.  So just when you think you know what to do, it CHANGES!

What I’d like to do, once I make sense of this whole blogging thing, is to share my information & journey with others.  I’ll admit, I had this idea & I wanted to hurry up and start blogging when I probably should’ve waited and planned it a bit better!  But where’s the fun in that?  If I’m stuck behind a computer screen clicking & dragging & highlighting… I’m certainly not talking to anyone about food.  (Kind of defeats the purpose.) 🙂

So, without further ado… Here is the official launch of my blog: Cauliflower & Cupcakes!