I'm sitting in my 2-d design class contemplating getting a veggie burger and onion rings. Beer battered and deep-fried onion rings. Smothered in fattening ranch dressing. And for dessert? An entire pint of Haagen-Dazs cookie dough ice cream. Estimated intake: 2,000 calories? Estimated outtake: ALL OF IT.

I sat and contemplated all of this. The binging, the purging. The act of moving my dainty flower ring from my right middle finger over to my left, so it's out of the way. I turn on the shower so my roommates don't hear me. I bring in my scale, a necessary item to the process. I remove my shirt, lift up the toilet seat, deep breath, and...begin.