We’ve discussed before the phenomenon of adding “-orexia” to everything under the sun to create jazzy-sounding new “disorders” — manorexia, drunkorexia, humorexia.  (Okay, that last one is my own invention.)
Now, there’s pregorexia.  According to Marijke at Womb Within, pregorexics exercise fiercely during pregnancy so they can shed the “baby weight” as quickly as possible.
Personally, I worked out hard during my pregnancy, but only to keep my body in shape.  I gained an acceptable amount of weight and always kept my “tenant” in mind when eating and working out.  I also lost weight rapidly after my son was born, mainly because …read more

DISCLAIMER:  If you’ve never had an ED, these pranks might sound particularly cruel to you.  However, let me assure you that we former and current anorexics, bulimics and binge eaters DO have senses of humor, though they are usually of a “black” variety! 
SECOND DISCLAIMER:  I’m in a particularly feisty mood today; consequently, it’s important to remember that the following list has been written in a tongue-in-cheek manner by an exhausted, stressed-out blogger on a rainy Monday…
The following are The Top 5 Worst April Fool’s Pranks to play on disordered eaters.  Don’t try these at home or the office… I beg of you!
5.  Mess with the scale and make it …read more

For those of you not given to weight preoccupation, please disregard this message.
For those of you who can even somewhat understand, know that I am now at the highest weight I’ve been in over three years. 
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Please tell me I’m not crazy.  (Or at least tell me that it’s okay to be this wacky.)

8.  Eat an octopus.  Alive.  Feisty.  Angry.  (The octopus, I mean.)
7.  Watch a 24-hour marathon of “The Lawrence Welk Show”’s most polyester, white bread moments.
6.  Enter a hip-hop dancing contest.  (I cannot, repeat CANNOT, dance worth a p’tooty.)
5.  Give eighteen smelly apes gynecological exams… without sedation for any of us.
4.  Spend a day with any of the political candidates.  (Sorry, folks.  This presidential election is a “write in” just for spite and out of disgust.)
3.  Work in a box factory for 72-hours straight just making sure that the corregated cardboard fits nicely.
2.  Chew on tin foil in a lightning storm while sitting under …read more

All these strange ”-orexias” have gotten my creative juices going.  Consequently, I started thinking about the possibilities for new “conditions”, and I just had to share them with you…
Exorexia – When you lose weight to spite your “ex” (husband, boyfriend, lover, whatever.)
Gownorexia – Usually suffered by brides looking to fit into their wedding outfits. 
Firstdateorexia – When women order food on a first date but just pick at it.  Usually followed later by BenandJerryorexia, where pints of ice cream are consumed while chatting on the phone with friends about the new beau.
Itsbeenyearsorexia – This is a phenomenon that happens around the time of …read more