Week 2 - Leos

Sorry this post is so late! The days are starting to blend together and by ten pm I'm ready to pass out! The first week of full time board study went well! Was still able to take breaks to see a few friends and get gym and yoga sessions in - gotta stay sane! Reviewing all this material has really come to show me how delicate the interplay is between all the systems in our body. A lot of diseases or mutations have a domino effect on other organs. Which leads me to this week's inspirational quote :

It is all connected - I think that is relevant even to my life outside of medicine. My attitudes are connected to everything from my interactions to how I feel physically. Choosing to embrace positivity will only lead to more positive in your life. You don't have to ignore negativity - I acknowledge those feelings but understand that they are a waste of energy and let them go. Redirecting my focus to positive thoughts is a constant effort but one that I find to be paying off.

In other news this week -

I wasn't able to run in my race this past Sunday, which was quite upsetting. I have been training for 3 months to be able to run 15k with a competitive time and all that got washed away by a single muscle and a ton of inflammation. The good news is that all I need to recover is time and a lot of stretching /foam rolling. But it was a bummer nonetheless. This week I made butternut squash risotto and spaghetti squash with turkey meatballs - needless to say my squash cravings were...squashed? Ok ok bad pun. I made a pitstop in to vitamin shoppe the other day... this was the result - 
 

Quest bars are the bomb.

Game of thrones is back!!! Just in time to be my Sunday night ritual! The season premiere was great aside from one small detail... They replaced hot Daario with a less hot version of daario!!!! Very upset about that. But still excited for the next ten weeks!

Left: new Daario --------- Right: Old Daario (much hotter)

Anyway no big news here aside from pushing forward in my studying and trying to not let my mind go to mush. Oh, then this happened...

Hasta Pronto!
L