blood and tears down, onto the sweat!

I was in Atlanta for the last couple days. After a weekend of eating competition level excess with my old college friends, I was super motivated to get ready for my first day of detox. When I got off the plane, I was exhausted, but I went straight from the airport to the grocery store, stocking up on fruits and veggies for the week. Once I got home, I got to work: I put kale and spinach in the dehydrator (in order to grind them up so I'd be able to make green smoothies while at work), and then started chopping veggies to make chili. I had purchased a mandoline specifically for this purpose. I couldn't find the guard that came with it, so I figured it would be OK to use it without it. I was almost done slicing the zucchini when I glanced away for a second... And then I noticed blood pooling up on my thumb. I'd sliced a bit of it cleanly off! I stopped, got a band-aid, put pressure on it... But after an hour, it hadn't stopped bleeding. My fiance took me to the emergency room, where they told me they couldn't stitch it, because too much had been taken off. They stopped the bleeding, cleaned it off, and wrapped it up. They said it would take about 2 weeks to heal enough that I wouldn't have to keep it wrapped.





On top of that, I weighed myself this morning, and discovered that I'd gained 5 pounds over the weekend! Five pounds! I was getting really down on myself until I talked to my coach. She reassured me, and reminded me that I'm getting a fresh start. I'm not back up to my pre-accident motivation levels, but I'm working on it and I no longer feel like quitting before I even really began. I finished all my food prep, and my breakfast (green smoothie!) went well. I already poured a lot of blood and tears into this challenge, time to bring on the sweat!

As I told my Uncle:

Let the challenge begin!