I have an obsession, addiction even... And it's gum and mints. I chew so many packs each week it's crazy and an expensive habit. I just went to the store and bought 8 dollars worth of gum and tic tacs!!!! I'm ashamed. There are worse things I could buy by far!! But I'm not proud of all the gum I'm going through.
I want to cut back... It's just that chewing gum eases my anxiety and helps my food to stay in my stomach (otherwise I "huccup" what I've eaten, sorry for ugly images).
The problem is that gum chewing is part of my eating disorder. I used to chew and chew gum and not eat; and mint kind of suppresses appetite. I'm eating now! But still I should cut back.
So I want to make a plan. Here are some things I've thought of...
1. Buy only a couple packs and that's my ration for the whole week
2. Chew only one piece at a time. I have the habit of shoving two pieces in my mouth, sometimes even three. And then adding more pieces while I chew. So one piece at a time.
3. Chew eat piece for longer instead f throwing it away as soon as the flavor dies down.... I can chew for a lot longer than I have been.
4. With mints - sucking on them instead of chomping! I go through mints quite fast as well.
Do you have any suggestions??
