25 Memorable Moments Being 25 Years Old!

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After 8 Days of Hanukkah Gifts…it is my Birthday today too! Unfortunately, turning 26 years old is VERY anticlimactic in my mind! I just feel older and farther away from being able to act like college student! However, I loved being 25 years old! I became wiser and accomplished many goals! I can truly say that I am a better person today than I was a year ago!

Ugly Sweater Party for the December B-days! We even got santa hats with tiaras!

I decided to take a moment to reflect on the past year today and make a quick list of 25 memorable moments that occurred in the past year….it wasn’t hard, which means it was a great year that I will always remember!

25 Memorable Moments Being 25 Years Old:

Graduated my Dietetic Internship and passed the Registered Dietitian Exam = Alyson Heller, RD, LD
Owner of my first road bike and conquered my fear of biking with clips
Road trip to Nashville with my BFF to attend my first CMA Music Fest
PR in the Chicago Marathon making the Boston Qualifying Time
Family trip to Jackson Hole, WY and Yellowstone! My first trip to a National Park! A crazy adventurous trip I will always remember, including mountain biking down the Jackson Hole ski slopes!
First float trip down the Meramec River
Lion King and Beauty and the Beast on Broadway at the Fox Theater
PR in the STL Rock N Roll Half Marathon
On 12/10/12, both Olivia Jane Gagnon, my first niece, & Nora Emery Hartman, baby girl of my good friend Caity, were born
Spring break trip to Miami where I enjoyed being a kid again at Disney World and Universal Studios!
Joined Crossfit STL
Started USA Masters Swimming
Launched Simply Nutricising becoming a fitness and foodie blogger and blog member of Nutrition Blog Network, Around the Plate’s Nutrition Experts, Healthy Living Blogs, and Fitfluential!
Became a graduate assistant for the CREG Study where I was fortunate to counsel 20 subjects to reach a weight goal through diet and exercise.
Applied for my first dietitian job
Completed my last Master’s class
Ran my first and second relay-marathons with awesome relay teams, “We Run for Food” & “The Nutricisers”
Made homemade sushi
Became an Elf for Health
My second nephew, Zac Elliot, was born in July! Max became a big brother!
Did my first pull-up!
Two of my good Gettysburg College friends got engaged in the month of August!
Competed in my first triathlon
Bought my first ugly sweater
Purchased a crockpot and made at least 10 meals in 10 weeks!

My list of memories could continue! I will add to these memories when I open my 2012 Jar on New Year’s Eve,, which is filled with memorable moments since January 1st 2012!

I will never forget being 25 years old! I can’t wait for the memories I will make being 26 years old! A new job, new apartment, new car, more races, and so much more are in store for me the next 12 months! It is a bit scary that I have no idea where I will be in 12 months let alone 1 month, but I know I have an eventful journey ahead of me and I am looking forward to what lies ahead!