Five weeks tomorrow. Wow. It feels like the time has just flown by.

The scary part? I am still not entirely sure if I want recovery. That will have to be seen when I get back into the "real world". That's when I'll truly decide, I think, whether recovery will be a permanent part of my life, or if I will have other priorities.

In the meantime, here is something interesting which we were given in the program by the dietician as a description of healthy eating. Feel free to comment about it, if you wish.

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Ellyn Satter, a specialist on childhood feeding and eating disorders, offers the following definition on normal eating:

"Normal eating is going to the table hungry and eating until you are satisfied. It is being able to choose food you like and eat it and truly get enough of it -- not just stop eating because you think you should. Normal eating is being able to give some thought to your food selection so you get nutritious food, but not being so wary and restrictive that you miss out on enjoyable food. Normal eating is giving yourself permission to eat sometimes because you are happy, sad, or bored, or just because it feels good. Normal eating is three meals a day, or four or five, or it can be choosing to munch along the way. It is leaving some cookies on the plate because you know you can have some again tomorrow, or it is eating more now because they taste so wonderful. Normal eating is overeating at times; feeling stuffed and uncomfortable. And it can be undereating at times and wishing you had more. Normal eating is trusting your body to make up for mistakes in eating. Normal eating takes up some of your time and attention, but keeps its place as only one important area of your life. In short, normal eating is flexible. It varies in response to your hunger, your schedule, your proximity to food, and your feelings."