Since my last post in September (sadly) I have been pretty busy trying to get a grip on what is all really going on in this life as a dietetic intern. It has turned into a lot of being flexible, doing things to get them done (and trying to learn something along the way), and letting things roll off of my back. For those of you who new me in my undergrad, most likely you would be wondering who this girl is! But in all honesty once I got the internship and got into it my focus switched from grades and GPA to learning the most I can and not necessarily needing to be a perfectionist or total schedule freak :). Its honestly a relief, but now as we are well into November I am realizing that the quest I went through to get an internship is now about to begin again but for something different, a J-O-B, a start to my ever anticipated career that I have been so desperately waiting for! So that's a catch up on how I am personally feeling in a nutshell but now onto the fun stuff.. what am I really doing in Milwaukee on a day to day basis??
I finished my rotation at UW-Extention in Waukesha about 4 weeks ago. Although there were things that I didn't necessarily like about it there were definitely things that I loved about it. My favorite part was all the nutrition education classes I was able to observe and participate in, my favorite group were the kids, every age from head start to elementary levels. They are just so darn cute! This is a population I thought I would like to work with before the internship but has now been confirmed and I will keep this in mind when it comes to my job search!
Now I have moved on to food service management at Greenfield School District. Heading into this rotation I wasn't necessarily sure that food service was my thing, and I am finding out that it probably isn't my thing. That doesn't mean that I hate it, I enjoy the things I get to do there and the days go super quick, its most likely just not for me. I have a long list of projects to do at this rotation and my preceptor has a very "let's get this done" attitude which is awesome. I am currently working on developing the menu for all the schools (6 total) for December. For those of you who aren't aware in July new regulations went into effect that all schools must follow who are on the National School Lunch Program, this means making this menu is kind of like solving a puzzle. The new regulations focus on fruits and vegetables as two separate components, whole grains, vegetable sub-groups, and min/max calorie levels. Each day for a meal to be considered reimbursable by the government a student must take 3 of the 5 components (fruit, vegetable, grains, dairy, protein) in addition one of the three components must be 1/2 c of fruits or vegetables. Vegetables this year are also broken up into subgroups with weekly requirements for each group. The vegetable subgroups are dark green, red/orange, beans/peas (legumes, starchy, and other. At least half of the grains offered must be whole grain (made with 50% or greater whole grains). Long story short this has created quite a few problems in schools, check the news if your interested! I have worked the register line at the middle school a few times and have seen the anger with the required 1/2 c of fruits or vegetables, but all in all I think they are a good thing, it will just take some getting used to! Tomorrow I am going to do my mock sanitation inspection at the high school before the state inspector comes on Friday! Hopefully it goes good!
Also, our DI open house is next Friday at Mount Mary, which I am looking forward to seeing some Stout students at! :)
Like I said the last time, I hope to keep up with my blogging better, but we will see how it goes!
No comments:
Post a Comment