spitting out foods - to Eating Disorders

I have been reading these posts, very interesting. I discovered this form of eating disorder about 9 months ago. I eat, low calorie but about 1200-1300 a day and healthily but i struggle not to eat sweet foods so that's why i do it. I found it and still am finding it a battle. I am a christian so some of you might laugh but I ask God to help me and he does not to do it, I really couldn't manage on my own! My counsellor said give it up gradually, so eat healthy, like on a diet and like do it less, so gradually chew and spit less food and then start only doing it when you're really craving sugary foods. Tonight is the first time in ages when i've decided not to do it and it feels so good! Ill try and get through tomorrow as well and then after that I only chew and spit a limited amount rather than binge eat. However, my goal is to give it up completely. I know how it feels to dislike you're weight, and coming from a family who have told me when I've been overweight and nagging me hasn't helped. I havent suffered any health problems but its been less than a year for me. Another tip, find something you enjoy doing instead of chewing and spitting, for example I ring a friend, listen to music and go for a walk, go on the interent, watch a tv program you enjoy, read a book, whatever you enjoy doing! I also find having a cup of tea of a diet soda drink really helps cravings! If you feel hungry often its just thirst, so drinking a litre of water fills you up! Hope this is of help guys!

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I'm thirteen years old, and about five months ago i stopped eating.
I stopped feeling hungary and soon dropped three stone.
Recently i have started to c+s.
And it's driving me crazy, i will admit i need help, however my family think that i am now bulimic and the chewed up food they have seen, they think is sick!
They are trying to get help for me (for my 'bulimia')
I have no idea what to do, i haven't made my self purge for months, and that was only a one off!
It just makes my skin crawl when they accuse me of doing things that i don't do !

I know i need to tell my family whats really going on, but i have no idea what to do!
Please can somebody help me?!

I'm not going to put my email due to privacy, but i have been dealing with this for about 9 years....after anorexia, bulimia, laxatives...needless to say my digestive system is all messed up. I finally confessed this to a close friend a few weeks ago. I have never had a cavity in my life til this past year. After seeing all this i am making the decision to stop. It is a decision, habits can be broken; it is all in the mind....Not to mention all the money we waste on this! i did some calculations and averaged $150 a month!!!! Ridiculous!

I dont think this is a problem. Somebody asked me, does C&S bother you? i said NO, she said its not a problem them.

I do feel the below risks though.

1. Serious dental problems.
2.The stomach juices being ready for food thats actually not reaching the stomach. This causes the juices to eat the stomach lining as some said above.

I balanced eating and exercising but whenever i put on few pounds..i practice C&S for sometime and then stop.

I anyways suggest seeing a Doctor.

omg i thought i was the only one. well im not a thick or anorexic. im 5 ft 8 in and weigh 120. i go to gym 15hours a week. i love my body but i dont want to get fat. everything i eat is real healthy.soymilk, oatmeal, tuna, salad (no dressing), and veggies. i still get the cravings but i rather chew and spit instead of adding the weight. im 16years old, i actually had one one my friends recently buy like 40 dollars of food like cookies poptarts and donuts and i chew and spit them out. i dont ever want to get fat cuz i no i would hate it.i like being thin and trim with the muscles but have an obsession of eating real healthy exercising drinking lots of water and chewing the sweets while spitting them out. to me i have no problem cuz i do eat. i eat healthy cuz i care bout my muscles and dont want to lose them at all. i love keeping active. gym 5-6days a week. the dYays off i ususallly dance alot bball and work. and i dont chew like everyday. only wen i find the food that someone will get. ive been doing this for a year, and my family has no idea. but they do no i like toexercise and eat relly healthhy and drink water....

I too have been chewing and spitting food for the last 5 years, before than I suffered from anorexia and then bulimia!   It is overtaking my life and I absolutely hate it, but I cant seem to stop.  I can eat a certain amount of food, but if I eat something that 'tips me over the edge' or a food which is not a 'good food', back it comes!

I have severe financial problems since the recession and a confidence problem and assume it is related to this!

I have suffered from anorexia, then bulimia and now for the last few years, food spitting.  I can eat a 'good food' meal.  But if something extra tips me over the edge that I dont feel comfortable with, I will vomit. 

Chewing and spitting is taking over my life and I dont know how to stop. 

I am 18 years old and have been chewing and spitting for years. I had no idea that it was considered and eating disorder. I want to stop but I cant. ive tried a lot of times and i always relapse. I know i need to stop. Itd be great if there were some kind of help for this disorder.

I'm in my 40's. Never had a clinical eating disorder, never been overweight. For the last couple years. I've been in an office environment where sweet pastries and candies are often served. I have a hard time ignoring the temptation, so I eat some, and then spit it out in private. Sure, I should have more will-power and avoid munching that c**p in the first place, but I can't seem to find the will-power.

I guess it's borderline "disorder" and it's certainly gross. Then again, there are a lot of fat people here in the office who eat and swallow all the garbage. I stay in shape, and work at it. Oh well, maybe I should see a therapist to help me work on will-power strategies. Bottom line, I don't think mine is a "serious" issue, and I never spit foods that are healthy and nutritious -- only the garbage (sugars, white flours, etc). That c**p simply does not belong in one's stomach.

Oh, another thing. This habit of tasting and spitting started a year or two after I started to make wine. Winemaking, especially blending trials, requires a tremendous amount of "tasting and spitting" -- perhaps over 100 tastes and spits in one session. The mechanics of T&S are ingrained into my psyche at this point.

I am in my late 40's and went on an amazing diet this year. For anyone who would like to try it it's called the 17 Day Diet. It worked so well for me. I was losing weight and of course like anyone I get sweet and salty cravings. Once or twice a week when I get them I do exactly what everyone is talking about here. I chew some chips or cookies or whatever I crave, even bread and I spit it out, I am so satisfied. It's been working for me and don't gain any weight from doing it. It is satisfying for me. Although, I don't have a problem as I've read many of you have. I don't do it everyday and not with just any food. I do it once in a while. I sometimes forget that I can do that actually lol. But, for those of you who are doing it all day, it definately sounds like a terrible habit. Go see a doctor and all the best to all of you. :-D

Well I am glad to hear someone say what I would say about c/s. I was recently diagnosed with diabetes and Lupus and a few other autoimmune disorders and put on such a strict diet that I don't know if anyone could bear it. However, I am able to stay on the diet only if I chew and spit out any sweets or carbs that could cause my sugar to go up. So far, it is working out really well for me and I have lost 10 pounds in two weeks. I can enjoy the taste of the foods I love and not gain the negative results of swallowing them. I practice c/s several times a day but limit it to only one or two bites of forbidden food in order to get the taste in my mouth that satisfies me. Please don't think that the c/s is the reason that I have lost weight, it is actually the restricted diet, but the way c/s helps is by not adding my sweet tooth problem to the situation. Have a great and prosperous day.

I don't know what caused this chewing and spitting thing in my life.  The first time I started doing it was after I had anorexia for several months after my sophomore year of high school.  I wanted to be pretty and slim but still enjoy the foods I loved and this became a normal activity in my daily life.  There were days where I was having a real craving and I would go to Walmart and buy a package or Oreos, package of king size candy bars, poptarts, more bags of candy and spit and chew these items for the next three days.  I felt disgusting and I thought to myself that I was wasting money and wasting food when poor children in other countries did not have any.  

I am 22 (2012) and have been dealing with this issue since 2007.  It has decreased since then but I still perform at least one act of s/c everyday.  I eat healthy and exercise but this issue is probably the only thing keeping me from being at my goal weight and feeling the best I can be.  I never knew it was an eating disorder until I searched it on google tonight, and it is nice to know that I am not the only one that struggles with this issue.  I would really like to quite but sugar is so addicting to me.  Are there suggestions in how to quit?  

I could help?

I'm testing chewing and spiting process  out for a month. has to be better than over eating.1. three healthy meals a day for my nutrition needs2. psyllicium fiber and trader joe super green drink with water for filling the belly; before step 3 3. all the food I want to taste than spitReport back in a month