Oxymoron

Overeaters Anonymous. True, it is possible in some eating disorders for one's food consumption not to show. But unless one is into binging and purging, for the most part it's pretty hard to be an anonymous overeater. We overeaters wear our addiction around our waistline like big puffy scarlet letters. Hence, the concept of overeaters and anonymous would seem to qualify as an oxymoron. But I digress . . .

I took my granddaughter to a chiropractic appointment, following up on a sports injury. It's my chiropractor and I've seen her off and on for at least a decade. What I have never seen is a schedule for Overeaters Anonymous. I didn't even know they have such a thing in the rural area where I live. But there it was. Prominently displayed in the middle of a bulletin board. In addition to times and places, the schedule had a bunch of questions - Do you ever eat when you are not hungry? Do you ever eat so much your stomach hurts? Etc. Suffice it to say - Yes, yes, yes . . .

OMG I am an overeater anonymous! I almost wrote down the dates but didn't. It seemed silly and, well, weak. Who wants to sit around with a bunch of fat people and listen to them talk about being fat? We finished our appointment and went on our way. I didn't give it another thought until I was swimming. We'd been on a two week holiday break and I really missed swimming. I chatted with some other folks in the group who are diabetic. They mostly talked about over indulging - yes overeating. They ate too much, they ate til their stomach's hurt, etc. Got me thinking about the Anonymous thing again. I think I'll follow-up. 12 steps to slimness.

As that old Chinese proverb says, "even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" and I may have 12 to look forward to.