Question; only for serious people. No judging.

So much for not judging people. LOL way to go MFP.

Think about this for a minute, are the habits of a girl who needed an intervention because of an eating disorder the habits that you want to copy? That doesn't sound like a good idea.

if you're not planning to swallow then don't put it in your mouth.

Sharing will make the friends happy and it will make them like u more. u will lose weight over time by sharing method. and everyone will be happier in the long run.

OK I'm going to read through the responses in a second, but I couldn't not reply.

Firstly, sorry... You 'saw', you didn't 'seen'.

Secondly, this really is the wrong site if you're asking these questions. It's not healthy (which I suspect you already know), and the clue is in the title of the show, sweetheart. If it was a good idea, the show would be called Thinspirations. Please don't ask these kinds of things on a website designed for healthy eating and fitness. That's not what we do round here.

I don't think that there are any calories in chewing something but not swallowing it. A lot of creamy and sugary things probably dissolve on the tongue, but it's not enough to care about.

Although chewing and spitting is associated with eating disorders, I think it's pretty tame. There's no stomach acid destroying the lining of the esophagus or dissolving the enamel of the teeth as with bulimics. As a habit it's unpleasant.

But if you spit something out to interrupt a binge, I think it's fine. I've been known to dive into a piece of cake and then come to my senses after the second or third bite, and spit the last bite out before tossing. My thought process is "this doesn't taste as good as I thought, so why waste the calories?" If it's really good though, then I'll eat the slice. The act of spitting out the last bite (not the whole thing) grosses me out a little, which reduces the craving. I have prevented some mistakes this way. If you don't have the calories to waste and put something random in your mouth just to spit it out, that sounds kind of unpleasant and restrictive. Better to eat a couple bites of it and save the rest for later. Or don't eat it in the first place.

My best advice is this: don't feel pressure to eat if you don't want to. When losing weight one has to get used to wasting food. If I put too much food on my plate at a buffet, or a relative forces a heaping desert at the table, something is going in the trash or in a rubber maid. But you don't want to be too restrictive either. Eat whatever you want once every few days as long as it doesn't blow your calories.

A few years ago I was watching a show; Intervention, and it was about eating disorders.

Now; I would rather drink any day than eat. Rather it's water, juice, milk anything... I would rather drink than eat. Well I'm finally off soda and onto water and 0 to low calorie drinks.

My issue is;
I sometime's get this horrid craving for something salty and/or crunchy. Or even just something sweet that I know I shouldn't eat. Well on Intervention I seen a girl who was anorexic and she would chew it and then spit it out into a cup... Just for the taste, to help with the craving so she wasn't getting all the calories.

My question is wouldn't she still be getting the calories?
If not, if I'm maintaining my calories under what my DV should be, is it bad to use the Chew & Spit method to get rid of the cravings?

Please honest answers. No judging...

What would make anyone think it is a good and healthy idea to practice something that they saw someone with an eating disorder do is beyond me. That's like saying you saw someone starve themselves to lose weight and asking if its ok to do so. Of course its not. Then you have the whole people like me factor going on. People like me who are recovering from an eating disorder who see people post crap like this and might be triggered into a relapse. I'm incredibly triggered right now which means I probably won't be the only one. This post needs to be deleted.

If her post is going to trigger you then maybe you need to make a phone call because it makes no sense that someone you have never met or know nothing about can have such a deep impact on your mind and actions. Her post does not need to be deleted but maybe you just need to not read this thread anymore.

Maybe you should brush up on eating disorders before you tell me how I should and shouldn't deal with a mental illness I've had for 11 years. If you knew anything at all about ED's you would know the dumbest, littlest things can be triggering. A comment, a picture, a stupid post on a forum that is supposed to be for people seeking to be healthy. Whether I know the person or not is completely irrelevant, but once again, if you knew anything what so ever about eating disorders, you would know this.

What would make anyone think it is a good and healthy idea to practice something that they saw someone with an eating disorder do is beyond me. That's like saying you saw someone starve themselves to lose weight and asking if its ok to do so. Of course its not. Then you have the whole people like me factor going on. People like me who are recovering from an eating disorder who see people post crap like this and might be triggered into a relapse. I'm incredibly triggered right now which means I probably won't be the only one. This post needs to be deleted.