For those of you who unfortunately had to miss out on our Self-Care Saturday event this past weekend, I wanted to tell you about what we really did to keep you in the loop!

In case you didn’t read the other blog post, here is a summary of my tips:

1. Movement
2. Clean and Organize for the Week
3. Learning
4. Quietness
5. Sleep
6. Journaling
7. Menu Planning
8. Meal Prepping
9. Go on an Adventure
10. BE SELFISH

There are much more details on the original post, but this should work for now. Now these 10-Tips were solely what I have found that work for me as an individual, I realize that these 10-Tips may not be everyone’s cup of tea and that is OK.

During our morning session, after we introduced ourselves, we went really into what self-care meant to each individual. It is so amazing to me how different self-care can be for each individual. For instance, on my list I put getting enough sleep. Someone mentioned that that is important but it is also important to not get too much sleep, and that making herself wake up in the mornings is a form of self-care because she could sleep all day.

I mean… YAS, me too.

I had never thought about it that way, but now when I wake up I think to myself about what she said, and it really changes the outlook I have on my day.

We also talked about how self-care can change through the life-span if you really think about it. I am a single 25 year old, currently not fully adulting and still considered a college student. However, will my self-care strategies change when I am fully employed? When I start a serious relationship? When I have children?

Yes, yes and dare I say it again YAS. It totally will, why?

Because different aspects of my life will be changing, therefore how I take care of my life will change too.

Bringing neighborhood kids together one M&M Energy bite at a time.

We also had apple slices, peanut butter, and graham crackers for another snack option. We talked about how versatile that snack option is and different ways to pair other food items with it, to keep it interesting and balanced of course!

Menu planning and meal prepping.

Oh yes, finally getting to the good stuff. I, as a dietetic intern, made a “Menu Planning Guide” to help everyone with planning out their menus for the week.

It included sections for all meals and snacks, grocery lists, and even a menu planning cheat sheet. The menu planning cheat sheet was made to keep menu planning interesting and different. It provides a lot of different ideas, and everyone really seemed to enjoy it!

After a little snack attack and menu planning.. we got a lovely visit from our personal trainer Erik Anderson.

He went through some at home exercises we could do to get in movement. It was very interesting and even inspired me to buy some at home equipment for when I don’t want to go to the gym.

Lastly, we all went through what we were going to do for ourselves the upcoming week for self-care.

Meeting with these wonder people really was a great start to my Saturday, and I hope that you can join us next time!