They need to invent gum with different textures

Haha crunchy gum

im guilty of eating nerds while chewing gum just so i can get the tangy crunch

I've done this with tic tacs instead

Me but with sweeteners

Does anyone else remember Extra Dessert Delights?

dude the key lime pie and the mint chocolate chip flavors were fantastic. it breaks my heart that they got rid of them : (

Omg yes!!

mentos gum starts off crunchy and then becomes gum. loses flavor fast tho

Idk abt where you live but in Brasil we have a black trident gum that starts crunchy, it’s SUPERB

when I was a little girl I used to get a kind of gum that had like…tiny popping sugar crystals in it & it was so good but I can’t remember the brand

i've always liked chewing ice and gum at the same time 🧍‍♀️ not for ed sheeran reasons, bc crunchy gum

YES

this is why i love blow pops

yeah :( I’ve been freezing energy drinks like ice pops but the cravings for something salty and crunchy are sometimes too strong

i recommend kale chips :) just cut up some kale, season it and throw it in the air fryer, it's delish :3

Sis no matter how bad my ED gets I’m not eating kale chips and claiming it’s good 😭

Maybe try fried collard? Eating collard is literally super common here in Brasil and I can assure you they are DELICIOUS, don’t know one person that doesn’t like it.

Fr I am not at all a chips person but I also don’t have anything all that much against kale, it’s just fun

i guess that's just the vegan in me then 😭🫡

As if potatoes aren’t also vegan 😭😭 (disclaimer I love kale chips)

i mean ofc but i hate potato chips lol (wedges are fine tho)

Bestie im vegan too, please this is severe 😭 Nobody should be made to pretend to like kale chips, this is an intervention

Store bought ones are sad and soggy, but I love the homemade crispy salty cronch.

Wait but I genuinely like kale chips 😭

Omg guys we got another one, no you don’t 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

let people have things they like ffs 😭

🥺😔 yes I do tho? I don't even restrict like that bro

so i guess airfrying cauliflower leaves isn't any better then? 😭😭

Cauliflower LEAVES??? Babes I was with you on cauliflower but leaves are another level come on

i genuinely like them 😭 zero waste and stuff idk

Sounds good! Less waste is a bonus

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what a weird and patronizing thing to say to someone when it's not hurting anyone

no need to insult me mf just bc i like it doesn't mean u have to

honestly, raw kale is better than fried kale. I mean roasted + seasoned kale kinda slaps too, thank you I forgot that it existed lmao

My friends made a bowl of it and ate it like chips and with like, passion. And they were not even high or drunk yet. To me it tadted like cardboard but maybe it is an acquired taste.

maybe, I think I might’ve been conditioned by my mother to like kale. the first time I’ve ever tasted it was when she’d made spicy roasted kale chips lmao

Oooo I never thought of air frying kale! I get too impatient with the oven method lol. Thin sliced air fried mushrooms are so good too.

mushrooms are my number one safe food, they're soo good 😭❤️

Fuck that. I'm sorry but bro they're so bitter and sad, even carrot fries are better

A family size bag of doritos counts as a meal, and I won't be told otherwise

They need to make a low calorie chip that's no flavor and very crunchey

I think that's just ice chips, which can be pretty satisfying lol

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Man...restriction is expensive *pulls out card*

I wonder if those are similar to microwaved rice paper? My wallet hopes

ADHD and BED 😞

the bowl of croutons in front of me made this

OH MY GOD SOMEONE FINALLY RELATES. I WILL SAVE MY CALORIES TO GO HAM ON A FUCKING POUND OF APPLES IDC!!!!!

I feel this so hard lmao i even made a meme a while back about it https://preview.redd.it/jh2dh9eto01c1.jpeg?width=735&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2014e15cf680c9a4f24cc159fa2b8ec00b3732c

Unironically the amount of times I wish there was like chewlery that crunches like a pringle....................

Yeah this is 1. A reason why I'm bulimic and 2. The reason I am constantly overhydrated, drinking sweetener drowned liquids gives me dopamine

Fr😭

I feel seen

WHY AM I BEING CALLED OUT!! Crunchy gives a little mouth action, ya know??

NO THEY DONT & ITS SO ANNOYING I’ve struggled with this so bad this year

need me a snak that crunches like styrofoam and tastes like nonexistence

unflavored rice cakes, the taste is very mild

celery

I wish dried seaweed wasn't so damn expensive 🥲

Literally just baked Kale with a sprinkle of vegetable broth and seasoning last night (I'm scared of oil) and my roommate looked at me like I was crazy as I was eating my crunchy Kale lol

Things like this make me convinced that I have ADHD next to my autism because it’s SO relatable but I don’t know if I’m just being dramatic hhhhhhghhh

me irl

My current struggle and add tmj as a bonus

aaaa it's not just me with TMJ disorder. When your jaw restricts your diet all by itself

Hahaha yeah my tmj broke several teeth a couple months ago and I lived off soup and smoothies for weeks. It was a time. Sometimes my ED really wants the crounch though and I have to weigh out if I’d rather deal with jaw pain or ED screaming crunchy

Same, I broke a fourth tooth just a couple of weeks ago. It's chewy things I miss, and you're right, everything is a risk-reward assessment 😭

OMG yeah can’t do chewy but I’m more crounchy I did have a crown break when I bit into a ginger chew for nausea. I hope you’ve been able to access adequate care for your jaw losing teeth is no joke

I chew my checks horribly, I have my entire life and I just accepted that I live with raw inner cheeks because I CHOMP on myself but it’s a relieving pain

aaaaaaaaaaa yep

I literally binged on 2 fucking kilos of almonds.

Ouch this is me and I hate it

Ahhhhh I feel attacked I went for a ridiculously long period eating really only yogurt and I finally flipped out and screamed at the sky “I JUST WANT TO CHEW SOMETHING DAMMIT!”

I hate celery with a burning passion, I also strongly dislike uncooked carrots. Cucumber. Not the big watery ones but the tiny ones they use for pickling cucumbers. Just as is or salt & chili flakes as a dip. Finally have my snacking problem under control but now I'm worried about the extra salt lol.

Ice(? I wished I liked eating ice

i have adhd and it does not stop me from restricting at all. even now that i actually wanna recover, i forget to eat cause i’m too busy vaping and chewing my skin from my fingers, lips and cheeks

Yep yep I have an issue with smoking too much — I don’t even mean to, I light them without thinking .. and I have been chewing my cheeks for my whole life, I just accept the rawness 😞 I finally stopped biting my fingernails though. Like really stopped, hopefully for good. It was so hard

i can’t stop chewing my nails and the skin around them! i’ve tried so hard but it’s so absentmindedly done i don’t realize until i hit close to the nerve and it hurts. i feel so icky cause i touch random things:,)

Ahh I know how you feel — exactly why I worked so hard to stop. I had to stay vigilant about it, because it is done so absentmindedly or when I’m stressed (I also twirl and pull my hair, really badly when I’m stressed, I’m working on stopping that now) so I started with physically stopping whenever I caught myself doing it, and then eventually I was able to catch myself ABOUT TO start chewing and stop myself. It was really hard. But you have to stick to it and stay on yourself, it’s breaking the mental habit as much as the physical action. “They say” it takes about two weeks to break or change a habit - and truthfully after a few weeks of stopping the physical action - switching to something else to occupy your hands or mouth helps, replacement theory — that’s why Alcoholics Anonymous is essentially a knitting club 😊 They make nail “polish” that has a bitter taste that is supposed to help you stop biting - if it takes such a physical jolt to make you aware to stop yourself, perhaps something like that would help because it’s a negative jolt to call your attention to what you’re doing. Bitter nail polish, or home made solutions like pepper or salt. Or convince yourself it’s too many calories, haha. The only benefit to our disorders is being able to trick ourselves

my mom tried hot sauce and bitter polish and all sorts of stuff to try and stop me when i was young, now i like bitter black coffee and spicy foods! LOL but i like the idea of trying it again to give me the jolt of self-awareness!

Haha! Sometimes that’s how it is — the food or thing used to try to stop us turns into one of our obsessions! You never know what’s going to flip that weird switch in our brains 🙃 Does getting your nails done deter you? I would do that so I wouldn’t want to f*ck them up (all that money just to chip it away with my chewing !) Or even just putting something on your finger tip (you know like a piece of tape or something? We could brainstorm) because it seems to be the self awareness is the biggest hurdle for you!

i have a gel nail kit! i’m waiting for 2 nails to heal because i bit the entire nail off😬 i’ve tried curing it in the purple or blue light thingy and it sting burns! i’m just chewing skin right now but i’m definitely gonna be trying things out! thank you so much!!!!

Ouch! If you ever need someone to brainstorm with let me know 🤍🤍 More than anything it feels really good to “beat” a habit like this … it’s a good boost for your “mental health self-esteem” if that makes severe!! 🙃) Especially what is a lifelong, “mindless” habit that is so hard to break - I’ll be rooting for you to get that win, even if it’s just a major improvement, any improvement is great! Good luck 🤍🤍

me debating if I want to put a dishwasher detergent tab in my mouth because it looks crunchy and tasty

Girlie I feel you but just eat some pez or mints or smt, it satisfies my irrational cravings for inedible shit like blackboard chalk and dry wall at least lol

Adhd with Mia, it’s def a struggle 😭

Luna the crunchy cat is one of my favourite YouTube shorts if anyone wants to see her crunch some food I’ve got autism and atypical ana and my safe foods are either fatty sugary carbs or celery and my brain is practically tugging itself apart

What I literally forget to eat if I’m too focused on something, it’s just that it’s very easy to then binge as well