I agree with you on the treatment centers. I have only been in one and only one time but as i think back it really annoys me that had i been allowed to eat more while i was there in the initial stages i might be way farther along by now. I clearly remember begging the interventionist to stop at subway before taking me to the inpatient rehab place . I still remember thinking “thank goodness i had a footlong because these people are going to starve me!”. They fed me clear chicken broth, 2 crackers and i think some jello for dinner. I told them that i was very used to eating a lot of food and they ignored me and continued to treat me like someone who was living on apples and celery.. In my case i exercised a ton and so i did eat quite a bit…., just not enough. They did take away my exercise but had they allowed me to eat what i had been eating ….sans exercise….i believe i would have gained weight and learned how to eat normally all at once. As it was they took the exercise away but didn’t feed me enough and so my anorexic mind took over and decided this would be a good opportunity to say “screw you” to everyone and lose a little weight ….as long as they were going to keep me on this ridiculous diet and all. And i did…,i left rehab thinnner than when i entered even though when i walked in the doors of that place i was ready to submit to eating more.

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