Big Weekend

So near the beginning of the season my dear ol' coach Jay Callahan gave us a lecture (about hazing) and then gave us a speech about soccer that my teammates and i are still quoting. so here is the edited version of Jay-C's speech.

"We got China (Covenant College) Saturday, and I don't know anything about them except they're good as s***. Then we have Jamaica (Warren Wilson) on Sunday and they aren't as good and might show up high or something. And then we have have Agnes Scott I think of as Germany because their coach reminds me of Hitler."

This is just a bit of Jay-C's speech but he's kind of a fruitcake. As for our big weekend, we played Piedmont College on Saturday night and we won 1-0 Sunday afternoon we played Warren Wilson we won 7-0 and on Tuesday we played Averett University we won again 2-0. A little about my team, we have two seniors, Kim and Courtney, who play because they are seniors Kim is not even five feet tall, and Court is an alcoholic (no i'm not kidding though i wish i was). As for Juniors we don't have any that start. though next year we will have Tatum back from her ACL tear. Sophomores there are 5 or 6 of us that start (Megan, Celeste, Sabrina, Jazmin, Me, and occasionally Erica). Freshmen are STUDS there are 4 that are excellent (Mackenzi, Lexi, Stefanie, and Anna). However, are offense is LOADED and our defense is SOLID. Our bench is better than most teams starters.

Well this is what i've been up to besides playing that socialist sport soccer. This is me and Kellie making a cake for Patricks birthday. and the other is Me Christopher McDougal (yes the author) at his book signing.

NATIONALLY RANKED

Dear family check out our website (salem.edu) and go to the athletics page. :) Salem College Soccer is Ranked NUMERO UNO for goals scored on offense. Check it out its kind of awesome.

April you'll hate this

the article which a talked about in the post before this, caught a lot of your attention. Now let me tell you WHY the general public would agree. mostly because in his article he brings to the floor the words of professionals, and its published in TIME magazine he makes it sound believable. However, exercise IS vital to losing weight however he makes it seem like it's the ONLY important factor that is where he is wrong. Exercise will not make you thin if you are not watching what you put into your system. True exercise does make you hungry, obviously you just burned tons of calories and your body is fatigued. The author indeed uses the words of professionals but in what context were those words said? he gives no background to those said professionals. BOTTOM LINE Exercise won't make you thin, and neither will fad-diets because those are two things that rely on a bigger issue what we eat.
To truly lose weight it consists of a few factors 1-30 MINUTES of moderate/vigorous exercise everyday (if you can talk while you are exercising its not vigorous)2- Intake of foods which are HEALTHY (avoiding products with the first ingredients listed as corn syrup/starch) 3-WATER the average person should consume ATLEAST 8 8-ounces of water, and 4- SLEEP our bodies need time to rest and reset for the next day. A healthy amount of weight to lose is TWO POUNDS.
APRIL- the biggest thing these liberal, outspoken, orange-haired professors have burned into my brain is there are no short cuts. and to challenge questions. We can't cut out something and not expect a consequence later. Nor can we expect one thing we should have done and didn't to be compensated for by something else. BASICALLY these wiry, saucy professors focus on LIFE LONG CHANGES, we can't expect to lose weight if we only sporadically exercise, or if we only change our diets for a little while. These changes we make must be for life.

TIME Magazine

Recently i read an article written by John Cloud posted in the TIME magazine. Now i know this isn't unusual for me, but this particular article struck my medulla oblongata quite forcefully. The article title is Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin. ??? Yes this blew my mind also for i thought exercising helped us lose weight? (are you sitting down?) Newsflash it does not. Exercise is great for our bodies it helps our immune system, lowers the risk of heart disease, and diabetes, increases endorphins and... stimulates hunger? Thinking about it now it makes sense. On a day when we do not have morning conditioning i wake up about 8 stroll down to the Rat aka the Rafactory and eat a bowl of cereal and some fruit usually occasionally a bagel instead of cereal. Now on days we do have conditioning i'm up and at practice at 7 -8:30 then i head up to the Rat and without a doubt eat an omlet, a bowl of fruit, pancakes, and possibly a bagel. Though guarenteed i did just work out for 90 minutes but i just consumed a few thousand or so calories. which basically washes out my workout from that morning. If we look at calories and exercise on a balance scale (like the one they use in church for the Justice v Mercy lesson.) Our exercise is supposed to be heavier than our caloric intake. HOWEVER exercise stimulates our caloric intake. Ergo studies and (i'm sure this will be advertised at some point) magazines will now make the push not towards joining a gym but towards eating healthy.

side note the book Born to Run (the reason i have those funny toe shoes) author Christopher McDougal will be in Winston-Salem on Saturday.

Weekend :)

Normally my weekends are uneventful but since it is soccer season... Tonight was the opening games for the Meridith Tournament Salem played Peace. It was a fun game at first we opened up and scored early (3 goals in the opening ten minutes) and often. But once we pulled ahead Jay pulled his starters. So i rolled the pine for most of the game. However, i don't think Jay knew what to do when even with his starteres out we were still scoring!! It was an awesome game tomorrow however... we play Merdith. Kellie (aka the roomie) says HEY!!! Ho!!!

In Memory of my Little Sister

So i would just like to say that i don't have to specify which sister i'm talking about because i only have one. :) During one of our many random discussions we have at the lunch table todays was most interesting. Khadija (kaw-dee-jaw) in one of her classes had to write an obituary for someone close to her. Naturally she wrote one for the Professor who was teaching the class. NOT thinking they would have to read them... but they did. You may be thinking man this is hilarious which it was, but Khadi wasn't about to say her professors name so she said mine instead. Later i was in the Athletic lobby for work just sitting minding my own business. When i heard Khadi's name being said so naturally i tuned right in. Long story short Khadi's professor was talking to Fierke (aka my boss) and was talking about how Khadi had written a decent obituary. Fierke knowing Khadi asked who she had written it for and all the Profesor could remember was my last name... Fierke then called me into her office and introduced me to the professor it was possibly the most awkward moment of my life.

As for me here are things THAT I MISS
I miss running at the pace i want to run at.
I miss having perfectly functioning hamstrings.
I miss saying something about anatomy and getting weird looks. (you say it now and people now think i'm an expert or something)
I miss DRY HEAT, humidity today was 93%.
I miss my curls.
I miss being able to eat when ever i want.
I miss attending church every Sunday.
I miss Kellie (my roommates) mom's cinammin rolls...
I miss having a reason to actually do my hair and NOT wear gym shorts and a t-shirt.
I miss Ty's sarcasm and his opinion on males, Kate's awesomeness, Erica's stories, Scarlet's singing and her locking Tyler in the basement, Chase's bipolar funny moments, and Midge's eating habits.
I miss Dad. and I miss Mom.
BUT i love you. :)