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Hammer_Down    631

Hammer_Down
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Fun fact about chewing:

The act of chewing (or mastication, as it known when it pertains to food) releases seratonin in the brain. We should all be familiar with seratonin after the Prozac craze in the 90s when aunt Betty started attending 3 bingos a day.

MDMA, a powerful amphatemine and the active ingredient in the drug Ecstasy also stimulates seratonin. And the effects are euphoric, addictive and ultimately cause depression when you quit.

If you're just dying to chew on something, anything or everything it is very likely that you are coping with the withdrawal of seratonin. Your brain knows if you just start smacking away, you'll get that seeet, sweet hit.

This is part of the food-reward system that drives food and obesity. It is why goodnight companies spend billions researching sweetness saturation factors and textures that will promote desire for their product.

No doubt there is an evolutionary purpose for this function. Historically, humans have had to rely on absolutely putrid and rancid foods for survival at times. This makes eating festered, maggot covered finds more palatable.

In today's world, it has contributed to disordered eating. The food-reward system is incredibly strong and difficult to break. The first step is trying and. Or giving up when it gets hard.

As far as spitting food out after chewing - I watched an episode of Intervention on a girl who did that, and sorry but that is THE nastiest habit I ever saw in the whole run of the show.

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ShelterDog64    2,364

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Whatever you say @@LipstickLady you are always in the right

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You're learning fast!!
Goofball. :) xxoo

I'm joking around, but you are most always right. People can't see past the lack of 'oh, honey, eat that moon pie' to get to the truth of what you say.

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ShelterDog64    2,364

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@@kaydg ** No one changed overnight, no one has even 100% changed. All of us will make mistakes even at 1 year post. People assume you can't just do it once or a few times carefully, just because "ooo it's forbidden" it's not good. You know that, and have already overcome it- you are awesome. I couldnt, but didn't make it a habit.**

Chewing food and spitting it out isn't a mistake, it's a behavior that has to be addressed, especially when the person doing it seeks like-minded people to share the behavior with her. And here you are, validating it because you did it too, apparently. Or are still doing it, but it's not a habit?

As to the rest of your post, chewing and spitting out food is ABSOLUTELY gateway behavior to bulimia and/or anorexia, and can lead to rumination disorder as well. Particularly when paired with an event like WLS which is going to alter our ability to eat in a 'normal' way for a while, it's very dangerous.


I'm joking around, but you are most always right. People can't see past the lack of 'oh, honey, eat that moon pie' to get to the truth of what you say.

MOST always????

:mellow: :mellow: :mellow:

:angry: :angry: :angry:

:P :P :P

Hahahaha, I do love you <3

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LisaMergs    2,857

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No i have no need to block you. I actually like seeing people like you it just shows that in this community there are jerks too.

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Whoa there Nellie !!!!

The reason people who have been around a long time get frustrated is because of people like you.

How dare you call her a jerk? Do you know her???.... have you had other interactions with her???? Is she the next-door neighbor whose barking dog keeps you awake at night?

There is going to come a day when you have a real problem and a person such as her or myself or any other people who have followed the program the way it's supposed to be done and have been successful are going to be the people you need to direct the questions to.

What are you going to do when you have alienated every single one of us?

I'd suggest kindly at this point that you back off of name calling and vitriol, read and learn. You'd be much better for it.

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atzvsg    20

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Oh please I called her a her a jerk not a b***h get off your high horse. I thanked her the fist time, and I explained to her that I didn't appreciate her antagonizing nor her being condescending. I thanked everyone maybe you should read that first. It's not always what you say but how you say it. @@LisaMergs

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LisaMergs    2,857

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Dang, this beats fishgate.

LMMFAO.

<<<----me

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LisaMergs    2,857

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Oh please I called her a her not a b***h get off your high horse. I thanked her the fist time, and I explained to her that I didn't appreciate her antagonizing nor her being condescending. I thanked everyone maybe you should read that first. It's not always what you say but how you say it. @@LisaMergs

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I'm PRETTY certain you called her a jerk...

English being my first language and all...

And I read the entirety of the thread prior to posting.

Now, what we CAN discuss going forward is grammar and its proper usage.

Anyone? Anyone? Beuhler?

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Oh please I called her a her a jerk not a b***h get off your high horse. I thanked her the fist time, and I explained to her that I didn't appreciate her antagonizing nor her being condescending. I thanked everyone maybe you should read that first. It's not always what you say but how you say it. @@LisaMergs

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Good catch and edit on your part...

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kaydg    9

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@shelterdawg.. I'm sorry, I thought you heard the mic drop.. let me drop it again for you - a lil louder this time. I posted to the original poster and I think she can read. I do me, you do you. Worry about you and yours.

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LisaMergs    2,857

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Yeah I tried to edit it but I could not. I meant I called her a jerk not a b***h.

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And name calling is okay in what social situation????

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atzvsg    20

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well what would you prefer I call someone who's being condescending and antagonizing? People make mistakes clearly corrected. But no worries I'll mark you and lipstick as people I'll never ask advise from. Thank you.

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