Today's weight: 166.0 pounds
So with my motivation renewed, here is how today went...
No exercise: bad
But eating wise, not too shabby:
2 cups of rice = 438 calories
3 sugar-free hard candies = 24 calories
3 packets of crystal light = 15 calories
1 zone perfect protein bar = 190 calories
1 medium orange = 60 calories
TOTAL = 727 Calories
It's not my best, but considering what I've been eating normally, I was happy with the start. I go home in 3 weeks from Wednesday, so I'm hoping I can be down at least 15 pounds by then. It's a high goal, but I think I can do it!
“It is not a sudden leap from sick to well. It is a slow, strange meander from sick to mostly well. The misconception that eating disorders are a medical disease in the traditional sense is not helpful here. There is no 'cure'. A pill will not fix it, though it may help. Ditto therapy, ditto food, ditto endless support from family and friends. You fix it yourself. It is the hardest thing that I have ever done, and I found myself stronger for doing it. Much stronger.”
- Marya Hornbacher, author of Wasted: A Memoir of an Anorexic and Bulimic
If you haven't read Wasted: A Memoir of an Anorexic and Bulimic, you definitely should. She is an incredible and beautiful writer, and I cannot help but see myself in her struggles. Anyone who has ever had an eating disorder would see themselves in it. Read it! Read it even if you don't have an eating disorder, it is engaging and highly informative.
So with my motivation renewed, here is how today went...
No exercise: bad
But eating wise, not too shabby:
2 cups of rice = 438 calories
3 sugar-free hard candies = 24 calories
3 packets of crystal light = 15 calories
1 zone perfect protein bar = 190 calories
1 medium orange = 60 calories
TOTAL = 727 Calories
It's not my best, but considering what I've been eating normally, I was happy with the start. I go home in 3 weeks from Wednesday, so I'm hoping I can be down at least 15 pounds by then. It's a high goal, but I think I can do it!
“It is not a sudden leap from sick to well. It is a slow, strange meander from sick to mostly well. The misconception that eating disorders are a medical disease in the traditional sense is not helpful here. There is no 'cure'. A pill will not fix it, though it may help. Ditto therapy, ditto food, ditto endless support from family and friends. You fix it yourself. It is the hardest thing that I have ever done, and I found myself stronger for doing it. Much stronger.”
- Marya Hornbacher, author of Wasted: A Memoir of an Anorexic and Bulimic
If you haven't read Wasted: A Memoir of an Anorexic and Bulimic, you definitely should. She is an incredible and beautiful writer, and I cannot help but see myself in her struggles. Anyone who has ever had an eating disorder would see themselves in it. Read it! Read it even if you don't have an eating disorder, it is engaging and highly informative.
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