anyone chew and spit forbidden foods?

 OK OK - I stand corrected.  We haven't all done it - bad generality.  The point was though that its not uncommon, and I am sure we all understand the desire to have a taste of something we are not supposed to eat.  

thank you for the correction. I also have not done it and IMHO,the common or uncommoness or the practice is also a generality that shouldn't be made. just sayin...

YUP, GUILTY HERE! But like Jete says, it just isn't the same. For a while I beat myself up and over thought over process, but the bottom line is that i still crave the sweet /salty / crunchy- I don't swallow it cz it makes me a bit sick and its empty calories that my body doesn't need. Just try not to make it a habit of it

 I haven't chewed and spit, but I have chewed and swallowed.  If there was something that I really, really wanted, I tried a bite of it.  In most cases, it was not what my brain had built it up to be.

I never did it post op.. just didn't have the desire for it I guess.. or I was too afraid of what it might do.. if the saliva from it could affect the lining of my healing stomach. However I did do that in  my pre op optifast stage a few times.

I have never done it.  I either eat something or I don't.  For me, it's a little too close to bulimic behavior and I'm already messed up enough around food to be playing around with another disordered behavior.

Besides, a taste or two does not satisfy my cravings.  It makes them MUCH worse.  The urge to eat something will pass, but only if I don't act on it.

 Happy! 

You have a new slimmer faced avatar! Looking great. 

 You are awesome, took the words right out of my mouth. 

And look at that avi, you look fantastic! 

Something I've learned through the process post-VSG, it ALWAYS smells better than it tastes. I remind myself of that everytime I get a craving or smell something devine that is a no-no. Just that simple phrase has saved me from a ton of bad choices.

No I have not done that.  I emptied my house of all candy, chips, cookies etc before my surgery.  I want my surgery to work and I want to work this tool to the best.  Every person has to do what works for them. I personally know that if I have those things in my house I will eat them, I might start out chewing and spitting but eventually I will swallow them.  I am the type that if I cheat even a little it starts an entire downhill slide.  I ask my dr about each and everything thing I am "thinking about" putting in my mouth.  This is not to say I will never eat a sweet again, I am sure I will have a bite of something when I get to a maintenance situation and want to quit the weight loss and stablize it but not until that point.  I know myself too well!