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From:	Sarah McLellan (dhcp128036039079.central.yale.edu)
Subject:	Re: chewing and spitting out of food
Date:	November 30, 2006 at 9:33 am PST

In Reply to: Re: chewing and spitting out of food posted by vanishing on November 13, 2006 at 1:34 pm:

I had the same problem with C&S and a saw a nutritionist who recommended a few things that worked:
1. For one whole day, just one day, everything that goes in your mouth stays in, and swallow it. You can't gain actual weight in a day, so just do it for one.
Then try again the next day. Really use your willpower and make yourself swallow whatever you put in your mouth.

2. This helps too- take smaller bites- it's harder to spit things if there's not much there to begin with, and you don't feel so bad about swallowing it.

3. Before I ate, I would say to myself: "I want to take good care of myself" 5 times. Just 5, and it takes 10 seconds. This helped me calm down, choose better foods, and then really eat them.

Best of luck! I hope this helps.

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