Living here, it's so easy to think "I've got this eating right thing down. I'm good. Good. To. Go!" but when you get out in the real world, you realize "Oh, shit. Um. Do I really need TWO starches? Nah. But I should. But I don't have to. So I won't. But I will. But I'll feel guilty." Read More »
eating disorders
"Make Sure There's Fat On That!" : Day 38
By acamp89 - Posted on April 19th, 2008
Tagged: eating disorders
• eating out
• fat
• on-campus dining
• recovery
• rehab
• Effective government
• Personal freedom
You're Torturing Me on My Birthday?! : Day 37
By acamp89 - Posted on April 18th, 2008
Tagged: birthday cake
• birthdays
• dessert
• eating disorders
• recovery
• rehab
• torture with food
• Personal freedom
Harmony Grove is the ONLY place where getting a piece of cake on your birthday is considered a form of torture. Read More »
Bumpers Are For Bitches: Day 34
By acamp89 - Posted on April 17th, 2008
Tagged: bowling
• Community_College
• eating disorders
• online courses
• recovery
• rehab
• Personal freedom
Yesterday my transition officially started. At like 2 pm. At 3 pm, I was out with Amelia and feeling anxious. Usually, when we're at Target or something, I'll look at people and think "I'm so jealous!! They're free!!" But yesterday, when I was "free", all I wanted was a staff member with me to make sure I didn't do anything rash.
But I didn't. Yay for me. Read More »
Physical Body and Self
By big_dreamer - Posted on April 16th, 2008
According to Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare in Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers “The body too has its rights; and it will have them: they cannot be trampled on without peril. The body ought to be the soul's best friend. Many good men however have neglected to make it such: so it has become a fiend and has plagued them. Read More »
It's Not My Fault You're a Dumbass: Day 32
By acamp89 - Posted on April 16th, 2008
This morning, I had a case of the birthdays.
What are the birthdays, you ask?
Well, it's the feeling you (or I, at least) have on my birthday: that happy, perky feeling that just kind of resonates with you during your day of birth.
I felt like "Yaaay!!! I can have my cell phone with me all day now! I can go to the bathroom right after meals! I can go get Starbucks WHENEVER I WANT!!!" Read More »
She Wants to Have Her Cake, Eat It Too, and Then Eat Mine: Day 31
By acamp89 - Posted on April 15th, 2008
Tagged: eating disorders
• getting kicked out of rehab
• new people
• recovery
• rehab
• scary people
• Personal freedom
WOW.
Drama was a-brewin' today here at the HG. I have come to believe that the new girl is SATAN in human form. LARGE human form, at that. I'm happy to report that her stay at HG lasted for less than 24 hours :-). But I'm getting ahead of myself. Read More »
How's This for a Math Equation? : Day 30
By acamp89 - Posted on April 13th, 2008
17 hours a day.
7 days a week.
52 weeks a year.
114 hours a week.
5, 928 hours a year.
$150 a day.
$21, 360 a year.
What do all these numbers represent?
The luxurious life of.....LIVING WITH AN EATING DISORDER!!!
The hours represent the amount of time spent thinking about Ed, strategizing, counting calories, etc. Read More »
Beauty: Good-looks In Society
By Hiroshikata - Posted on April 13th, 2008
Tagged: Beauty
• eating disorders
Every society has their own opinion on what a beautiful person is. The most famous women in history, whether fictional or not, are women of great beauty. If women who are an intregal part of our society are not at least mildy nice to look at, the media makes them so. Helen of Troy was the most beautiful woman, according to legend, that ever existed. She was the start of wars. Read More »
