Egg Thumb

This debilitating ailment, manifesting itself as dry and sore thumb ends, has been bothering me for quite some time now and I've finally plucked up the courage to blog about it.

I first noticed the discomfort around week 5, just when the egg white portion of my FIYL consumption started to rise. At first I thought I had just gnawed my nail a bit close or scraped the thumb somehow. I then noticed a similar discomfort in the other thumb and so decided to monitor it over the course of a few days while generously applying my daily regime of Neutrogena hand & nail cream to the affected areas.
Worryingly, no improvement was noted.
What could this ailment be?
A chapped thumb?
I'd never heard of such a condition and I always wore gloves when it was cold anyway.
Then one morning, as I peeled the scalding shell from the 4th egg of 5 that was to be packed away in tupperware for the day ahead, it struck me - the root cause of my incapacitating condition was the eggs themselves! The act of peeling off scalding shells was actually burning my thumb ends and the resulting dry skin and soreness was just part of the healing process. A healing process that was abruptly halted each and every morning as I hurriedly reached into my pot and plucked out another searing ovum to get to work on.
Having determined probable cause i'm glad to report a near full recovery, enabled by adopting a revolutionary new tactic of taking my boiled eggs to work still in their shells. Unfortunately even peeling cold shells presents problems for soft thumbs as the sharp edges can take their toll, but the resulting injury is considerably more manageable without heat thrown into the equation.

I'm battling through this last week. Really surprised how hard it is to stay focussed and particularly stay on-diet in the home stretch. I've put a couple of feet wrong but I'm damned if my day 90 picture is going to end up less impressive than my day 78 so trying hard to keep on the straight and narrow. That's the biggest motivation I can come up with right now. It was easier when I was fat! Maintaining is the next challenge ahead though and it’s a very different one that I haven't quite figured out how to approach yet.

That's all folks.

Look after those thumbs.