1 week out and I dont think I am hungry its just my mind..but Its so hard with the kds and cooking for them and their snacks....i ate ziti and spit it all out just to get the taste...doritos.....ummma couple of other things didnt swallow and rinsed my mouth out well! Has anyone else gone through this?

OMG I totally do that .... just wanted to chew something about a week after surgery and it tasted so good but I was soooo scared to hurt my sleeve so I spit it out....... I also did it with a bite of pizza the other day. and I totally get you that its not hunger .....

OMG I totally do that .... just wanted to chew something about a week after surgery and it tasted so good but I was soooo scared to hurt my sleeve so I spit it out....... I also did it with a bite of pizza the other day. and I totally get you that its not hunger .....

I AM SO GLAD I AM NOT ALONE! I am a week out and just starting puree!

I have actually done this for a long time and see nothing wrong with it. I am not bolimic or anorexic. Sometimes need to feel the food in my mouth and get the taste to satisfiy the craving. I starting doing this years ago when I was on the many "diets" I had done over the years. I have keep this "tool" to help me with my journey and have not found it to be of any problem. It has helped me many times to control the desire to eat something I know I shouldn't.

I've done it with chips & pizza!!!

No u are not alone! I'm on regulator foods now and I still do this with foods I kno I shudnt have or foods that will make me to full. Just to get the taste and my craving away and it works well for me

I thought I was the only one who did this. I had a bad day and bought some sugar free red vines. My mouth was full and I felt really guilty. Out the car window they went ewww.

I used to do this when I was on a liquid diet about 20 years ago. When I mentioned I might do it now, she informed me that its called having an EATING DISORDER! Whatever...

I do it to curey cravings! I feel like a failure when I Do it...I make sure i don't swallow and spit it out ....I am thankful i am not alone...i don't feel so and anymore

I licked Doritos during my 2nd week post op but didn't chew them. I needed the taste of something that wasn't a Protein shake.

But I just read a book called "The First Twenty Minutes". In it, they talk about a study where 3 groups of test subjects rode exercise bikes for a while. One group was allowed to swish flavored Water but could not swallow. The flavored water had zero calories. One group swished unflavored plain water. The last group swished a sports drink containing dextrose and fructose...in other words, sugar, so it had calories. None of the riders swallowed anything. But the group that swished the sports drink with sugar rode farther with less effort. In other words, they were somehow ingesting some of the fuel (sugar) from the drink even though they didn't swallow. So be aware that "some" of what you're chewing is not being spit out, especially sugar.

It is an eating disorder. Someone else on the forum posted on it before. I believe she said it was call "cupping". You all might google it to see if that is right. However, it is an eating disorder. No judgment here, just a fact...K

I agree it would be a eating disorder if you made a habit of it. and I also agree you will get

"some" slight amount of sugars from the food in the mouth even if you don't swallow it, but if a person does it only rarely, I don't think you are going to do any real harm. Just don't make a habit of it. If you make a habit of it then you may have a problem. Like I said I've done it over the years on all kinds of diets but have never used it excessively. If I do it once every couple weeks that is a lot. I only do it when I have a really hard time with a craving. This is only my personal view and I am not advicating for anyone else to do it. I actually told my pcp doctor about it and he said as long as I didn't do it often he didn't see any real harm it in. Each person's situation is different so I would suggest you talk to your doctor or nut if you think it is a problem and get an opinion from the professional..

I did it about 10 days post-op with baked ziti. The only thing I can say is I felt really bad about putting it in my mouth in the first place, then I felt gross spitting it out, then I was relieved I didn't swallow. I feel like it was one step away from eating then purging, something I did in the past whenever I lost weight and ate something I shouldn't. It scared me because the guilt afterwards felt the same. Self control is sooooo hard! I can't say I won't do it again, however spitting it out, regardless of any oral sugar absorption is better than eating more than a bite and purging! Yes, I do have an eating disorder! How else did I get to almost 300 pounds? My sleeve is the tool I need to lose the weight once and for all. But it is just a tool and this is part of the journey too.

1 week out and I dont think I am hungry its just my mind..but Its so hard with the kds and cooking for them and their Snacks....i ate ziti and spit it all out just to get the taste...doritos.....ummma couple of other things didnt swallow and rinsed my mouth out well! Has anyone else gone through this?

I have done it. I think it is head hunger because i am not hungry at all. I have only done it a couple of times and feel like i am cheating after doing it. I know its an eating disorder if i do it on a regular basis. Goodness knows i am not perfect in this journey and really don't see anything wrong with it.

I'm amazed and relieved to know being two weeks post op that I'm not the only 1 that has done it!!! I did it with Doritos and I didn't feel bad after doing it either and for those who say its a disorder my response is....whatever...I had a moment and it happened only once I'm sure it will happen again but I see nothing wrong with it as long it's not something that's being done on the regular....I've lost a total of 40lbs so far and my surgery date was October 16 and emergency surgery October 19 and feeling really Good!!! Have a great day everybody!!!

I did this a few times during my second week, but I felt like I was inviting myself to go down a slippery slope. A few days after I chewed and spit out some crackers, I was eating some Cheetoes (chewing and chewing until they were basically liquified). Once you start giving yourself permission to do just a little, or almost (but not quite...), then where is the next fence or barrier to other things? These are just my thoughts for myself on it and not a judgement on someone else. I know that this is the type of thing that got me to the point where I sought out a surgical intervention.