New Experiences

Yesterday I attended a job shadow. I took away a lot of valuable advice and a better understanding of what I want from my future. The job shadow was exactly what I had expected in terms of what the job consisted of (I shadowed a registered dietician)
I wanted to share some things that were said to me and elaborate on what she said. The registered dietician that I spoke to was really kind. She didn't exactly have the experience I was looking for because she had only been a RD for 4 years (she had worked in communications for about 25 years before going back to school to get her degree in nutrition) I knew she was very knowledgeable but still had some things to learn herself.
 I asked a lot of questions about what her thoughts were on a variety of topics. I was really curious about what HER diet consisted of. She said she was constantly tweaking and experimenting with her diet, which I completely agreed with. I even gave advice in an early post about adjusting your diet until you find something that works for you. So, we were mainly on the same page about a lot of things. I also asked her about her thoughts on the cost of food and which foods she sacrifices cost for health. She likes to shop organically and believes that GMO's are very bad. I don't exactly agree with her, I have mixed feelings about GMO's but I wouldn't refuse to eat a bag of vegetables that didn't have the "No GMO" mark on it. It's not something of great concern for me as much as chemical additives are (MSG, dyes etc)  She said that if the difference in cost for chicken breast was $3 for organic vs. the average, she would buy the average and just clean the chicken really well. I agree with that, I just don't agree with paying $6 for a handful of blueberries just because the label said it was "organic".
I really really enjoyed my job shadow and can definitely see myself continuing with my current plans to become a registered dietician and athletic trainer. I plan to double major in both.


On a completely different note, I used this really amazing scale at the job shadow, I was given an assessment with a $1000 scale that measured just about everything you could ever want to know about your body composition. Water percentage, muscle mass, fat mass, visceral fat, metabolic age (Apparently I have the metabolism of a 12 year old according to the results. Not sure if that means it's fast or normal?) your basic metabolic rate, bone mass, BMI, literally EVERYTHING you could want to know about yourself. It's all measured by tiny waves that measure the resistance of muscle, fat, bone, water, etc. It was so amazing and I didn't even know that there was a piece of technology that would tell you all of that! (496)