my hospital is so fancy.

18 hours of fasting, 1 blood draw, and 1 sonogram administered by an intern no less, equaling 3 hours of doctor time. $35 in copay and who knows how much in lab fees.

at least the hospital had free valet.

my results came back stat, thankfully, and it appears i am still as healthy as a horse. whew! it appears my pain is most likely just muscle strain. perhaps i shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions so quickly, but everyone kept telling to get it checked out sooner rather than later. so i did. once the lab bills come in, i’ll let you know the price of peace of mind.

once i found out i didn’t have to just eat rabbit food, i ate more than i should have but less than i thought i would. truthfully, my forced “cleanse” this past week has kinda done my body some good. and i honestly think if i had not had to fast for so effing long, i wouldn’t have felt the need to stuff my face. i mean i had really gotten it in my mind that i was going to have to change my eating habits drastically forever if i didn’t want to be cut open.

today, the amount i’ve eaten is definitely more moderate, but not necessarily healthy (ie: weight watchers breakfast sandwich and grapes for bfast, and a lean cuisine frozen meal for lunch, and a teeny tiny haagen-dazs).

so i’d like the lesson i’ve learned the last 5 days to actually stick. i think a big february goal will be to go vegetarian for one meal a day, most likely dinner. excuse me while i obsessively excitedly google “tasty vegetarian meals”.

i actually made a beet salad with tabbouleh and carrots. and i liked it.