Eating Disorders

The other night I was talking to my mom on the phone when she told me that a good friend of hers had to take her daughter to get help for an eating disorder. She had to take her to a clinic that can help her, but that means that her daughter has to stay there until she gets well. I can't imagine what that is like for a parent.
My mom and talked about it for a while. She said she was glad that I never had server issues that I need to be medicated or hospitalized for. I think I do suffer from poor body image at time (who can't help feeling like they don't like a part of them sometimes...). I think our society has trained us to think that the only way to look is how girls look in magazines or in the movies.
I am not a coat hanger. I do eat cheese burgers and I LIKE them! No, I don't eat right all the time. I had had popcorn for dinner before and I know its not good for me. This summer I have been working hard on eating better the nights that I have to cook for myself. I've been eating the leftovers, and making food that I can eat for dinner.
I know that going to the gym has made me start to think about a healthier lifestyle. I know when I lived in Japan that they eat so healthy there. It was great when I eat with friends, but again, when I was alone to eat, not so healthy.
I worry about my mom's friend. I know that she has visited her daughter, but this is something that she will have to struggle with everyday for the rest of her life. Its not like an addiction to drugs where you can avoid it to keep clean, You have to deal with food everyday, several times I day. Please keep her in your prayers.