eating disorder

I could probably sit here and post all day long about intelligent, funny, and fun subjects and they still would not get ratings, reads or any comments.

I get that people may feel jittery around those in an eating disorder center. They may be scared of acting the wrong way or of eating the wrong thing. I get that. It's a sensitive issue. However, some things are just common sense.

Two things happened/occurred to me that I never, EVER thought would happen.

Unbelievable thing numero uno: I scrambled an egg. My very first one. And I ate it...and it was edible! And tasted semi-okay!

Am I the only one who finds it ironic that I'm learning how to cook in a center for eating disorders?? Ah, life's little surprises. They never fail to....um, surprise me.

One learns many pieces of vital information while living in a rehabilitation facility. Let's begin, shall we?

1. Vanilla soy milk= DELICIOUSNESS IN A GLASS

What do you think of when you hear the word yoga? I'll tell you what I thought of, before 8:30 this morning:

1. Relaxation
2. Stress reliever
3. Being one with one's self

...and a lot more hippie like qualities. Do you want the truth?

Day 1 at Harmony Grove.

I'll get to the point, I'm scared to death of vomiting. It's true, no one likes to vomit. But it scares me so much that I'll do ANYTHING to avoid it. Strange as it may sound, this fear that I have is common and even has a name - Emetophobia. Very few "normal" people understand what it's like to contend with this.

I didn't think that counting calories could become an eating disorder until someone told me that I had an eating disorder. I was in denial for a long time. I mean, counting calories isn't bad, lots of people do it! Of course, lots of people were doing it, but it doesn't mean that the way I was doing it was healthy.