The pace at which you eat.....

lildarlin · December 21, 2005

I'm not banded yet, I've just started the process. I know you have to take your time and chew very well. I'm worried about this. I know that I eat too fast. I eat 2 meals a day at work, dinner at home.

I'll give you an example why I'm worried about this. Today, I'm off work. First thing, I take my thyroid meds, I have to wait 2 hours before I can eat. This was at 6:30 am when I got up. I needed to leave the house at 8:20 to take my kids to school (which I don't normally do, they usually are run to daycare) and then I had a bunch of errands to run. By 8:20 my stomach is screaming hungry. I grab a pouch of oatmeal and make it up. Put plastic wrap over it and head to the car.

Have you ever tried to eat oatmeal while driving a car??? There I am, trying to steer and holding a bowl and spoon! This is how days are sometimes for me and I don't have the time to sit down to the table and eat slowly for 20 minutes! I would if I didn't have to wait 2 hours for the thyroid meds to absorb!

I am not quite sure how to manage this, I'm really going to need to make some changes in that respect, somehow! <sigh>

Jachut · December 21, 2005

This is going to be my biggest problem too - being insanely busy and eating on the run. I'd probably eat a banana and some nuts instead of the oatmeal, easier to eat whilst doing other things.