Once people with eating disorders start to get their heads on straight, they find out there’s lots of things they don’t know how to do. Rather than make decisions, they (read I) used to eat until the decision was no longer necessary.
Maggie Barnes (Julia Roberts) in Runaway Bride had the same problem. She’d fall in “love” with anyone who fell in love with her, and life was great until the wedding day. Then she’d run.
People with eating disorders are often pretending that everything’s fine, until a crisis comes up. Then they run to food.
When Maggie realizes she must find a new way to face her crises, she works through it bit by bit. Not only does she discover her career path in hardware (lamp) design, she also looks at other areas in her life. The story shows the example of Maggie finding out how she likes her eggs.
What have I been discovering lately? Sewing. Pride in cleaning up my own space. How to decorate. How to let go of the past. How to stop mindless internet surfing. That I like my fingernails 1-2 millimeters long. And how I like my eggs cooked.
I like my eggs cooked to fit the recipe. Not to fit my man, not to fit a chef’s definition. That means I like hard-boiled eggs in tuna salad, sliced omelet in fried rice, poached in Eggs Benedict, fried over medium to go with creamed spinach and boiled potatoes, and omelet in a breakfast McMuffin-style sandwich.
When I eat eggs with toast, I prefer scrambled, soft but not runny, and made with about a teaspoon of water per egg.
Maggie would be proud.
