Hannah

Hannah, food, and packing for college

I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. Psalm 119:14

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Hi everyone! Thanks for the kind words about the doctors visit post. I forgot to mention that I may be put on a prescription for lactose intolerance (though I would rather just avoid dairy..) Also, my knee has felt pretty good the past two days-but i’m still not running!

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My little sister, Hannah, turned 13 on August 10th!!

Hannah (on the left) looks so grown up!! We went out for Chinese for her b-day dinner.

Other foodie pictures:
Zucchini! I got a free HUGE zucchini from a fellow church member….

My baby.

Hannah wanted banana bread for her b-day instead of cake. RANDOM!

You know it… sweet potato fries!

Sweet potato-lentil soup + rice cake w/ SSB + green beans

My personal favorite as of late… Pizzadilla (pizza + quesedilla)

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That’s all for today… I have been packing and hanging out with friends before I leave. I may do a post tomorrow on all of the stuff I have packed for the big move!

What should I not forget to bring to college?!

The doctor visit

Yesterday was my doctors appointment. I was a little nervous.

I asked my doctor a few questions

1. Ever since I have become a vegetarian I feel as if I have been getting many injuries and feeling run down at times. Do my injuries have anything to do with being a vegetarian? Her answer: No. As long as you are getting enough calcium and vital nutrients you are doing great as a vegetarian and can stay that way. (Yay!) She had me get blood drawn to see how I’m doing with vitamins/minerals- just in case.

That made me happy!

2. I ate ice cream the other night. I don’t usually eat dairy and I felt pretty awful for a full day. Is it possible that I am lactose intolerant? Her answer: Yes. About 70% of the population has some sort of intolerance to lactose and it is especially possible to develop it if you don’t consume dairy for a long period of time and then try to go back to it. She had me get blood drawn to check for a lactose allergy.

3. Why do I keep getting injuries? Her answer: You probably aren’t letting yourself heal fully. I want you to take 2 months off of running.

So I got a ton of blood drawn, left the doctors office, and got an iced latte to cheer me up! [P.S.: I’ll find out the blood work results in a few days]

(This post has WAY too many pictures of me hahah)

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Anyways, I suppose what you are all wondering is am I going to take 2 months off of running?

My answer: I don’t know. My knee has been bugging me again lately and I have cross country training camp on Sunday. Since the doctor offered to write me an excuse from cross country I am still able to get the scholarship and go to my school (praise God for his blessings!!). But if I use the excuse I won’t be able to run until October 9th. That kind of sucks.

I guess what I am going to do is see how I feel. I’m probably going to cross train until Sunday and see how my knee feels then. I’ll go from there.

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I’m really glad the doctor said it is possible (as long as the blood results come back good) for me to continue to be a vegetarian. I’m interested to find out if I’m lactose intolerant and I’m just going to go with the flow with how my knee feels for running.