A bit about me. A Fresh Start to the Cyber World.

Well Hello,

My name is Sandy Saad, I am a 25 year old female. I have finally completed my Nutrition and Family Studies degree at Brescia (University of Western Ontario), and could not be more thrilled about the next chapters in my life.

I have an incredible passion for health and wellness in all physical, mental and emotional aspects.  I think all need to be addressed individually, yet simultaneously.  You can have the strength to pull a car, but aside from your physical strength, you need your mental strength and emotional stamina.  You get what I am saying?  They all exist independently as a part of our existence, but they all work collectively to make us the wonderful individuals we are.

So here goes.  Over the past number of years of my life, I have had a pretty wide range of experiences, just like everyone else in the world.  The biggest thing for me was getting in touch with me.  And believe it or not, that has been the most challenging of them all.  I have dealt with family stuff, friend stuff, boyfriend stuff, health stuff, school stuff, work stuff.... just stuff... but the hardest thing of all to deal with was... Sandy stuff.

My journey to health started with a lot of confused thoughts, feelings, and expectations of what health looked like.  I need to be skinny, I need to be strong, I need to eat this, I can’t eat that.  Then it dawned on me that that was the most unhealthy vision of health there is.  Today it is about how I feel in my skin.  Am I hungry? No, really, am I? Am I full?  How do I feel?  That’s one aspect of it all.

Then the social side of it all:  I have to be there for this person.  I also have to be there for that person.  Oh and I have to make sure that I am there for that complete stranger.  Woops.  Then another ah-ha moment happened.  No I don’t.  I have to be there for myself first.  Then, I can be there for others.
Ultimately, my goal in life is to help people, but how on earth am I supposed to be there for others when the one person to provide that is being neglected.  Me.

And then emotional stuff came along.  Growing up, it was a hell of a lot easier to deal with my childhood if I simply suppressed my feelings.  I could feel all of the feelings that I wanted, but showing them, or expressing anything but excitement was a no-go.  Then.... I got a  little older, and I dated a boy.  Within that relationship, I started to come out of my emotional shell and began to express when things didn’t sit so well with me.  Then I was told that I had too many thoughts and emotions.  Then bam.  Back to age 5.  I’m working on it.  Today I am much more capable at making an attempt to express my feelings, and believe it or not... it’s pretty awesome.  People are not mind readers, they won’t know what’s going on unless I tell them, and nothing will ever change if the action to create the change isn’t there.    Communication.

Now, you have a much better idea of ME.  Alongside all of these experiences, my passion for nutrition over the past almost 5-6 years has flourished.  I have an incredible appreciation for healthy food and fueling our bodies with Real, Good, Healthy, and Tasty Foods.

I would like to take you along on this journey of overall health.

I will be exploring nutrition, exercise, and life-thoughts.  My brain tends to be a bit sporadic, so you will likely be subject to some sporadic posts about everything and nothing..:)

Through my blog, you will find more lifey-stuff, and through my Instagram Page you will find more sparse foodie-fitness related stuff.


My Instagram page can be found at http://instagram.com/operation_awesome/

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