Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
i am amazed at the dedication one would need to 'chew and spit'
you know, the eating disorder where you chew and enjoy delicious food, but spit it out before you end up swallowing anything.
[i was just reading a blind item about this subject, which is what got me thinking. if you are interested: http://blindgossip.com/?p=43013)
anyway. i am eating a delish salad right now and when i get to the moment of about to swallow...it's like i HAVE to swallow it. so, basically, i would fail at this type of restrictive eating disorder.
know anyone who does this? did you ever see the intervention episode with the chew and spitter? she had garbage bags and rubbermaid containers full of spit-out food. she had them hidden in her room and whenver she had an opportunity, she would sneak some of it to her car and go dump it in a dumpster.
sad
Re: i am amazed at the dedication one would need to 'chew and spit'
Never heard of this, but it sounds really awful.
I could not ever do something like this - I love food way too much.
I find it weird that you are saying that a mental illness is someone having a lot of "dedication."
Then again, I had a roommate who did this. She was very sick. It was very sad.
uh, you are reading into my words a little too much.
obviously, dedication has a positive connotation - i get that. i'm not praising anyone with an illness like this. does that clarify it for you?
I did this sometimes when I had an ED. When I would actually cave and put something in my mouth a lot of the time I would realize that I shouldn't be eating it, and just spit it out. I never put anything in my mouth planning to spit it out. It was just a reflex, like I needed it out of my body because if I ate it I would get fat and be a failure.
People with EDs are seriously fvcked up. It's an ugly disorder.
71 workouts completed in 2012
I had a touch of the Ana during my Senior year in highschool/first year college.
I did the chew and spit thing when I was HAD to have something sugary. I would chew a snickers and spit it out.
I feel like I'm a million miles away from that person I used to be at 18. I do remember thinking "this is SO dumb, why am I doing this?" lol.