On April 8, 1993 at 8:15 p.m. with a temperature of 56°F (according to Google), the most grandeur baby was born–me. Everything stopped. Traffic. Sound. Television. Everyone, in that moment, looked to the direction of El Paso, TX with amazement and smiled. The World was forever changed.

Life, as a baby, was pretty normal. Somehow I ended up okay, despite not being fed colostrum or the milk from my mother’s breast. To this day, whenever there is an argument, I always bring this up–and I immediately win.

I was never into sports. I was forced into a life of T-Ball, soccer, and basketball from the start. This did not end well. On the eve of my T-Ball team’s championship, I went to slumber very early. When I arose, I had a nutritious breakfast and was on my way. The time was 2:42 p.m. on April 22, 1999. Our team was seconds away from a championship. I was the last guy to bat. I looked at the pitcher and smirked. The ball flew towards me and I swung–a home run. The crowd went into a roar. They started chanting and screaming. “RUN KYLE!” everyone screamed. I looked at everyone and was immediately dismayed. I would not be told what to do. I walked the bases and other team struck me out. This was the end of my childhood sports career.

In middle school, I was fairly normal. I was sarcastic, witty, and somehow graduated in 3rd place with a 99.92 GPA because I received a 90 in P.E. for refusing to run on the track. This is the start of the dark period for me. I gained over 50 lbs in less than 2 years and was infatuated with the musical group Owl City.

In high school, since we were surrounded by restaurants such as Burger King, McDonalds, Pizza, Arby’s and countless others–I gained an astounding 70 more pounds. I graduated as valedictorian of my high school at a weight of 296 pounds (yes, I looked like a cow in my graduation gown. No, I will not show pictures.) with a GPA of 102.08. Why not 102.14? Because (yes! you guessed it!) I failed my final exam which required me to run around a track. Like no. I was not going to do that. No thanks. Running is apparently not my thing.

At the of June 2011, my mother gave me an ultimatum–lose weight or I was being cut off financially. This changed everything. How was I supposed to afford my expensive facial soap? I took her up on her offer and succeeded.

BONUS PICTURES ANYBODY?!

“My Transformation”

I’m currently a student at TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Ŧ studying nutrition. Hence the title of this blog “The pseudo Nutritionist.” I have no aspirations of becoming a dietician but I like to think that it could be a fall back plan. Nutrition is the one thing in this world that I love studying. One day I hope to run a hospital and use nutrition as one of the main focuses of treatment–instead of immediately jumping into drugs. If obesity can be “cured” using food, then why not use it? It’s better than chemically altering the body in “unnatural” ways.

 
Mission Statement: Through my devotion and infatuation with nutrition, I hope that you learn at least 1 thing nutrition-related and a little about me. Food is required for survival and many do not know what they are eating. It’s important to be educated. Maybe at your Christmas party a conversation like the following will take place:

(Location: a typical American home owned by a biochemist named Joan who has 12 cats.)
Joan: Welcome to my lovely home. You can’t come inside until you name all the fat-soluble vitamins.
You: That’s easy. A, D, E and K
Joan: OH. We got a smart one here. What’s the chemical name of vitamin K?
You: Seriously? Phylloquinone
Joan: WHICH TRACE MINERAL RESULTS IN MYALGIA, MUSCLE TENDERNESS, CARDIAC MYOPATHY AND THE DEGENERATION OF THE PANCREAS IN TOXIC AMOUNTS?
You: Selenium, now let me in.
Joan then proceeds to break down because she’s no longer the smartest person at the party.

In my spare time, I’m usually looking up graduate progams and medical schools. When I have severe downtime, I like to visit my best friends back home and my beautiful cat Morris. My mother never liked him because he was a stray. However, I began to let him in the house and blamed him being in the house as “oh, you must’ve left the door open Mom” and my dad did the rest. My dad is a natural cat lover–and once he became attached to Morris there was no stopping him. Sometimes I have to pry Morris away from him and tell him to back off. Morris is declawed and because of that his nose is often attacked by other cats since he can’t defend himself. He loves dry cat food and will eat nothing else. He also loves laying down in bathrooms, so there are water cups in all of ours. If I’m not home to defend him, my parents and sister usually do weird things.

I also have another cat–LIGHTNING. He’s named because 4 months ago, I found him during a lightning storm. There was a huge flash of lightning nearby and he jumped on my friend Zach out of nowhere. I decided to hide him in our house while my parent’s were on vacation–and the rest is history. The Flash kitty is now a part of our family. He likes being held like a baby and he loves people. In fact, he usually follows people home and we have to go find him.

I have no idea where the future may take me–maybe politics (like pictured below). But one thing is for sure. I’ll be spending the holidays with my 4 identical twins.

Thanksgiving with my brothers.

Christmas with my brothers.

A political advertisement.

XMusic: Passion Pit, Matt & Kim, Grouplove, Vampire Weekend, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes, Imagine Dragons, Foster the People, Twenty One Pilots, Empire of the Sun, The Temper Trap, Santigold, Miike Snow, Phoenix, MGMT, Of Monsters and Men, Portugal. The Man, Cage the Elephant, Bombay Bicycle Club

XTV Shows: Arrow, The Flash, The Walking Dead, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, American Horror Story, Hot in Cleveland, Once Upon a Time, The Mindy Project, Revenge, Brooklyn 99, Criminal Minds, Stalker, NCIS, The Vampire Diaries, Hart of Dixie, 2 Broke Girls, Glee, Parks and Recreation, many others…

XMy vegan sister’s lovely chug, Jasper

XFood:If I could survive on 8 foods, they would be: Pizza, Taco Bell Doritos Locos Tacos, Pineapple, Brownies, Cookies, Broccoli, Chicken Cordon Bleu, and Baked French Fries. Basically–the most “nutritious” meal you could possibly think of.

XTraveling: I’m able to combine my love of music with traveling by going to music festivals. I’ve been to: Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Breakaway Music Festival and will finally accomplish my dream of going to Coachella in 2015

XSocial Networking: Including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and Vine. In fact, don’t ever add me on Snapchat. You’ll be bogged down with nutrition and pictures of me driving.

XFood: Watermelon, Cardamom, Melon, Lipton Green Tea, Sparkling Water, Anchovies, Quinoa, Couscous, Chocolate Cheesecake, Soufflé, Kale and Brussel Sprouts

Thanks for having a gander and fulfilling your 11:11 desires of knowing me.

Best Wishes,