Question:
If one suffers from

Perhaps I missed it in the TOPICS Section, but I am unclear how (and when) this surgery impacts on behavior (e.g., I have been trying to chew food, now (prior to surgery} slowly and thoroughly, and it's down my throat before I know it!!    — [Anonymous] (posted on November 22, 1999)

November 22, 1999
Not all of us really HAVE food disorders. We are so labeled (by whome?), but often, once the mechanical disease has been handled, the so-called eating disorders quite often just vanish. Sometimes, they never WERE.
   — vitalady

November 23, 1999
Prior to my surgery, I tried chewing slowly, too. I tried chewing to a puree consistency, and I could do that, but taking tiny bites, AND chewing to a puree just didn't happen. I wondered how it would change, but it did. I chew carefully, and slowly, little bites. I eat my soup very slowly, savoring each spoonful, and stop before I feel full. I have only expreienced overeating once, and one other time, I didn't take small enough bites, and the physical feeling is enough to make you re-think how you eat. You can do this, and you WILL change. I still want some of the old favorite foods, honestly, but I want my health so much that I underwent major surgery. I will not let a stupid Hershey bar get the best of me after that! Best of luck to you. You can do this!
   — Alice G.