My name is Emily, and welcome to my food blog.  I was born and raised in the Virgin Islands, went to college at the University of Miami, and lived in Brooklyn as a middle school teacher for 2 years.  I quickly discovered that teaching was not for me – I taught English Language Arts at a high needs school in East New York and it was the hardest two years of my life.  My exercise and eating habits got so out of whack that I started my first blog, Super Caloric Chalk Dust, to describe the ways teaching impacts your life.  While I loved parts of my job I was so busy, stressed, and sad that I ended up eating too much and sleeping and exercising too little.  Not everything was bad though, my teaching career gave me an opportunity to live in New York City and it helped me discover my true passion – getting proper nutrition education to low-income areas.  Plus, in December of 2007 I married my high school sweetheart.  A did a two-year stint in Teach For America before medical school; now that he will be a student for the next 8 years I’m using this time to do the same: I am heading back to school to pursue a new degree to become a Registered Dietitian.

This blog will not only show my efforts to get back to ‘fighting shape’ but will chronicle my return from teacher to student.  I’m using this blog as a food and exercise journal for myself, but hopefully to connect with others as well.  I hope to show that a happy and healthy lifestyle can include some splurges as well – I have pretty major popcorn and diet coke obsessions! 

My goals are –

1. keep a food/exercise record as part of eating healthy and staying active
2. post healthy and tasty recipes that others might enjoy
3. share my eating adventures, eatventures, with other foodies

I hope you enjoy it, please feel free to make any suggestions.