Stomach-Bug Love (Graphic)

An eating disorder took another life. I didn't know her personally, but my friend Melissa did. Her name was Katie. Thats all I know about her. And that her stupid, selfish eating disorder took her life. It's just not fair. More people die from eating disorders than any other mental illness.

Please keep her and her family in your prayers.

On a much lighter note, today and yesterday has been really mentally and physically draining for me. I woke up yesterday and went to my history class, then directly to my science class. With my new schedule, I'm done with both of my classes by 12:50pm every Tuesday and Thursday. Anyway, after classes, I developed a killer headache so I decided to lay down. I didn't freakin wake up until like 7pm, where I had a little something to eat. I still had that headache so I went back to bed (yes it was an extremely unproductive day). Then around 12am I got up with a major stomach ache and started throwing up! Ughhh, great. I tried going back to bed but my headache, tummy ache, and extreme night sweats were making it impossible to sleep. Then, until morning, I was waking up about every 2 hours and throwing up. The throwing up bug.....NICE!

There is nothing fun about the throwing up bug...NOTHING! Then why on Earth does the eating disorder love it so much? I tell you why: it was a great excuse to restrict today. Who can argue with that? No ones going to tell you to eat when the past day you were puking everything you ate. The hardest part about the throwing up bug is getting out of the "throwing up bug rut". You know what I mean: When your stomach shrinks up because you have no appetite at all, but then everyone expects you to get right back on your regular meal plan, without easing your way into it or anything. When you get used to eating the BRAT diet, its hard to resort back to regular eating.