1. Presence: it's difficult to show up to or engage in class with all your mental energy honed in on the caloric content of the unlabeled English muffins from the dining hall.

2. Enjoying Starbucks runs with your best friend.

3. Setting an example of self-love for younger siblings.

4. Stirring spoons of sugar into your tea.

5. Cheering for your friends from treatment.

6. For the energy to walk your dog without getting dizzy.

7. Because you want to remember more about college than the location of every bathroom on campus.

8. Fewer frenzied hospital forays.

9. Showering without shame.

10. Moshing to your favorite music alone in a locked room without getting lightheaded.

11. Dinner dates.

13. Sharing your story.

14. For your friends crying behind closed doors, using every 11:11 to wish you well.

15. So classroom chairs don't bruise your backside.

16. To walk in the rain without shivering.

17. Losing weight is not a valid vision; "five more pounds" is not your purpose.

18. Handing out candy to kids on Halloween.

19. Cupcakes.

20. To secure the knowledge that there is life after an eating disorder, but not during one.

21. Recover, because food cannot kill you, but your eating disorder could.