The only time I've ever spit something out is if I realize it is that "one bite too many" and swallowing it will make me sick, sick, sick.  

I have never done it just to taste something.  I hope your sharing your story will wake some people up.

I hope so, too. I feel like I over-share on here sometimes, but there are reasons for it :)

Thanks for sharing Jackie. I appreciate any knowledge about the other side of the eating disorder coin.

Hey, no problem Herc!

Thank you for putting your story out there Jackie, I agree that it is not a healthy thing and can be a slippery slope indeed.

When I was 17, I went on a liquid diet for almost six months. Anyone who has been on a liquid diet for a few weeks can imagine how much I was craving real, solid food. I felt like I was completely INSANE, no exaggeration. I couldn't think about anything but food, and I would stand over the sink and eat whatever I could get my hands on when my parents weren't home - cheese sandwiches were my favorite, chewing and spitting out the whole thing over the sink, fighting the urge to swallow, disgusted with myself and lack of self-control and really angry that I, unlike all my friends, could not eat like a normal person and not be fat. I was fortunate that I did not develop builimia from this, but there was NOTHING normal about this behavior, which went on for about a month. I never ever want to experience that temporary insanity that came over me in that phase.

Now, if I want something, I'll build it into my daily intake. Or find a substitute that I can eat that gives me whatever feeling it is that I'm craving.

Sending you the biggest

Well, I have only done this a few times. Naturally, I hope no problems rise up. This makes me wonder though, what about our remnant stomach? Is it getting ready for food and creating a problem? I never thought about that.

I don't even know where to begin to even explain this.

You still have the same enzymes that digest food, so those are still being produced.

Thank you for putting this out there.  It's important people understand what it means.

I really hope it helps someone.