Holy Coconuts!

This weekend is my last CNA class before 2 weeks of clinicals! The CNA class is one more "thang" to check off my list of things to do for my ADN.

Dreams/ visions are powerful motivators. They make the seemingly impossible, possible. They give me emotional, physical, mental and spiritual muscle. They make taking vitals an exciting part of my day. To think I used to see nursing as an impossible feat... Maybe I kinda-sorta-maybe-sorta still do BUT I've resolved to throwing out the mindset that I am not studious and I am easily distracted. It's hard not to blame it on the Diabetes. Once my sugar goes just out of range I zone out. Plain and simple. My sister (also a type1) did it. She graduated from UCSD, deans list, with a degree in Biology and a minor and a focus. If Jessica can do it, I too will not allow my disability become a boundary. My husband got similar grades to me in high school and too had little to no experience with biology and chemistry until college where he graduated with a degree in Marine Biology, deans list. If He did it I can do it.

School Essentials

• I cannot eat carbs mornings when I have class or eat any kind of carb snack when I have studying to do. 
• I watch Greys Anatomy when I feel unmotivated. 

Holy cow (&coconut)! Once again, thank you Sam Talbot! 

Frozen Coconut Yogurt with Cinnamon

3 cups 2% plain organic Greek yogurt

Granulated Stevia extract inequivalent to 1/2 cups sugar

2 tablespoons coconut milk

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon coconut extract

1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

In large bowl combine yogurt, sweetener,  coconut milk, cinnamon, and coconut extract. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and let mixture chill in fridge for at least one hour or overnight. For the chilled mixture into ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturers instructions for frozen yogurt. In the last five minutes of the maker cycle add shredded coconut.

Per serving: 80 cal, 1G protein, 17 G carbohydrate, 6G total fat (5G saturated), 0 MG cholesterol,1 G fiber, 3MG sodium