Monday:
I started the day with making shakes again. I think this will be pretty routine. I don't mind! I enjoy experimenting with the recipes. I also helped Allison prepare mealtime educational materials. Football always eats lunch and dinner together and Allison really wants lots of educational materials around in the dining area. I'm becoming very familiar with Microsoft publisher and the laminating machine.
Tuesday:
Another day, another morning of making shakes! Remember how the old dietitian resigned? Today her temporary replacement started! Tara used to be the sports dietitian at UH and they brought her back to fill in part time until they hire a full time replacement. She's really cool! She has two cute little kids and she also works part time for the Houston Rockets. More than anything, I feel like my internship has been good for networking. Allison mostly just handles football and volleyball, so Tara will run the cafe and handle all of the other sports. Football is definitely the most demanding, and the most fun I think. If football likes what you do as a dietitian, you're pretty much guaranteed to keep your job for a while. I learned how to use the Bod Pod machine today. In Tara's words, "a monkey could run that machine." No pressure, right? The Bod Pod is a machine that is used to measure body composition. It tells you your percent body fat, how many pounds of fat, etc. It calculates this based on your height, weight, and how much air you displace in the machine (picture below). Running the bod pod machine is kind of hilarious. It really is super easy to use, thank goodness. I guess I am at least as smart as a monkey after all. What a relief! All of the athletes that were being measured today were from the baseball team. I have to calibrate the machine, weigh the athlete, and then they sit in the machine for 2-3 measurements. All they have to do is sit as still as possible while the machine takes the measurement. There's even a panic button in there if you get claustrophobic. Luckily no one had to use it while I was there. The machine uses your body surface area in its calculations so the goal is basically to be as close to being naked you can be while actually having clothes on. They even had to wear one of those spandex Under Armour skull cap things. Of course they look ridiculous while they're sitting in there. It kind of looks like they're preparing to blast off into space. Lots of snapchats and pictures were taken by their friends. What do you expect from a bunch of college age boys? Working the bod pod made me feel old. I had to get all of their information including their birth dates for the records. I'll say it again, time is so weird.
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| The Bod Pod Machine |
Wednesday:
Allison and I started the day by making a run to Sam's Club. She needed to buy more snacks to prepare for the football game this coming weekend. I love food shopping, so I was happy to come along with her. We also bought some new breakfast items for the weight gain football guys. Below is a picture of most of our cart while loading it into the cart. I had fun maneuvering it around the store and I only ran into Allison once! I did more bod pod tests today to try to finish up baseball and made some more weight gain shakes!
Thursday:
Besides smoothies, I also helped a student athlete with one of her projects. She and her group were assigned some kind of marketing project and their idea was to create healthy lunchable type items to sell in vending machines. I spent some time putting together a list of ideas. I honestly don't remember what else I did this day, but I'm sure it involved creating some educational materials and laminating them :)
Friday:
The end of another week! Crazy! It's been fun to be at UH while their football team is undefeated. They've had such a great season! Everyone around the athletic building just seems really happy and pumped. I wish BYU played UH in Houston again this year. I could definitely go to that game! Unfortunately I won't be able to go to a single game this season. Still depressed about it. I didn't stay as late I normally do today because I had to go help set up for the young single adult conference at church this weekend. I somehow got roped into planning the games for tonight. I'll be glad when it's over. Luckily they'll be playing the BYU vs Cincinnati game on a projector during the evening. That was the only reason I agreed to come/help. :)
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