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I've totally lost my voice and my throat hurts like hell! I am going to get some more soup. I wish I was home so I could have make myself some hot tea...

Tomorrow is the first day of school. I'm only taking one class this semester because I had such a terrible time last semester. I have a morning class on M,W, F. I was planning to start working out before my first class starts at 8:30. I don't think that will happen tomorrow...

Ooo I did a good thing today. I called the health center at school and made an appointment with the counselor I've seen off and on for the past two years. I want to start an eating disorder support group at our school (the biggest in the state and they don't have one, can you believe it??). It's also my personal belief that I'm suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome from being teased as a fat child. I'm really serious. I think this totally traumatized me and my entire outlook. Could this be what is preventing me from moving on and getting in shape? I also decided to start writing my "memoirs" to see what I can remember about this period.

I don't have strep throat because I'm coughing too much and don't have a fever. It's bronchitis for sure which means they can't do anything about it, g'dang it. I will buy more Nyquil and sleep nicely tonight.

We have two items in today's bulimia news, which I will call Regurgitated Headlines from now on (cuz I'm clever like that). The first one is that New Zealand school girls are throwing up in groups. Apparantly one school has become extremely strict about monitoring its students' eating habits:

Nelson College for Girls had the worst incidence of students with eating disorders in the South Island and last year developed a rigid programme to deal with the problem, he said.
Girls were allowed at school only if their parents signed a form saying their child had eaten breakfast, and students had to leave school if they did not eat lunch, he said.

The other item is a bit cheerier. Felicity Huffman won a "Best Actress" Golden Globe last night for her role in TransAmerica! Felicity, who is the wife of William H. Macy and the kickass Lynette on Desperate Housewives and she is a former ED sufferer, as she said in one interview:

I suffered from bulimia and eventually it turned into anorexia. I never thought anyone would want me or accept me the way I was.

However, she evidently got better and looked gorgeous last night accepting her award. You go girl!