Those Anoyomous Meetings!

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(This is NOT meant to offend)

Did you ever wonder what it would be like to be in Over-eaters Anonymous? I'm not trying to make fun, I'm serious, because after the meal I just ate I have been thinking long and hard about these anonymous groups and how they run their show.

I've been wondering what the 12-Step process would look like for OA, because let's be honest, clearly you're not hurting anyone with your eating habits so you couldn't follow the normal 12-Steps and apologize to those who you have wronged. So what do you do? Confront those who have wronged you and subsequently maybe added to your eating?

If so, sign me up! I don't care how many steps were before that step I would race through them just to get to that one! Now, I'm sure that like AA, they tell you that no one caused you to give in to your addiction, that you have no one to blame but yourself. Bullshit! We all know there is a guy or really mean girl out there that has contributed to a late night Ben and Jerry's binge! I would love to walk up to the guy who once said to me, "But think about it, would you be comfortable putting on a bathing suit in front of people right now?" I want to go to his door, knock on it and shout "YES BITCH!" Maybe I would think about explaining myself, but then again, why bother, I mean someone who says something like that doesn't really deserve anymore breath wasted on them right? (Please take into account that they follow up sentence to the first mean sentence was "Because she can, she has a great body!" Meanwhile, I am pretty sure I weighed about 105 pounds at the time.

Thank you EDS Man (eating disorder starter) but guess what? You're powers didn't work on me, I STILL ate...and guess what? I LIKED IT! I should be the anti-hero to that superhero. Oh he isn't a superhero you say? Well, of course he is, he works for magazines that boast headlines like "Lose 20 Pounds Like Jen Aniston in 20 Days" or "How Ang Lost all of her Baby Weight" (I can answer that one, you have a 4 out of 6 chance that she adopted that time around!)

So I joined the gym, EDS kept telling me I should (what was he trying to do?). In all fairness, so did my mom, but that's only because I broke my foot and she was convinced it was because I had spent so much time playing sports my whole life and my 7 year hiatus was now beginning to catch up with me. (Truth be told, I just fell in a pothole. Although, I DID walk on it for seven days! So I sort of "played through the pain", which I feel should count as exercise!)

I joined the gym and I went for a long time, until work and grad school started to take over all of my time, then I quit. I promised myself that as soon as summer was over (I was, after all, able to run every morning (but I didn't) and I was going to a country where the average temperature would be about 100 degrees each day, I'd sweat it off. Surely I didn't need to go back until after summer) and I...didn't.

Instead I would follow the exercises on Fit TV on Demand. If you have a roommate/live in boyfriend/fiance/husband that could walk in and witness you doing this at any moment, I don't suggest it. It's almost as bad as getting caught watching Real World by the cool guy you just started dating who still hasn't figured out that you have a scary obsession with really bad reality TV. My friend just informed me of the most embarrassing workout of all on Fit TV, it's called Cardioke (Get it? Karaoke and cardio in one! Apparently singing while working out builds stamina). This one should come with a disclaimer: If someone can see you right now or any time soon, do not play. Otherwise enjoy this is the most awesome workout ever!

But alas, I have given into the gym once again. I just rejoined. Basically my reasoning is this: I need to fit into a bridesmaid dress, too bad I haven't gone yet and my first dress experience is this Saturday. I'm thinking....Divine intervention for this one...They don't teach you that in OA! (And I know why, but, I think God has got to have the upper hand in the weight loss area!)