What's your soft stop?

[str1349 37]

Jus curious. What is your soft stop signals? For me, it's a easy burp. I learned the hard way that was my signal to stop eating!!

[Lapbandster 496]

Wish I had one!

Maybe next fill...

[lellow 1,713]

My nose drips. But I usually 'feel' it before then. I actually think my nose dripping means I've gone too far.

[CathyGash 12]

i burp and that tells me I had enough

[Rojasanoll 920]

I feel it by the band. Enough is enough!

[donna12 742]

I feel a hiccup coming on then I know to stop and yes my nose will run.

[B-52 7,113]

I simply cannot eat anymore....If I go beyond that I will start to get hic-cups.....if I go beyond that, which I cannot do and would have to be stupid to even try, or try to drink any liquids with a full pouch, then it will be coming back up......

But I have learned to "Listen" to my band and have not slimed or got stuck in well over a year now.

The band does control my food intake.......and because it also takes away my hunger...it's all good!

[☠carolinagirl☠ 18,722]

Jus curious. What is your soft stop signals? For me, it's a easy burp. I learned the hard way that was my signal to stop eating!!

because of my plication, at about a cup of food, i feel (very full) and i also had had a baby burb that has been with me since i have been banded...it also lets me know.....(i feel the signs are there, people just need to look/listen for them).

[Toddy 758]

Several very hard sneezes in a row.

[Missmia9 33]

Several very hard sneezes in a row.

I sneeze too!! it's a funny feeling!!

[jessicawinston 58]

I get a weird little pain in my chest and then burp. Then I know!

[CHEZNOEL 4,061]

Runny nose or single hiccup.

[Jona8698 12]

I sneeze and get a runny nose. I'm glad it isn't just me:)

[Mary Johnson 5]

crazy question...why does your nose run and you sneeze?

[running_scared 125]

I'm still struggling to find my 'soft stop'. I am (usually) meticulous with measuring out my portions, so I never have more than a cup in front of me to eat, but I almost always finish the cup. I've got pretty good hunger control, and now that I'm refilled after my recent orthopaedic surgery, I'm back on top of things again.

I was just doing dishes, and I noticed that I measure so much stuff, that I actually have 4 full sets of measuring cups, and I use them often enough to not have the 1/2 cup ones clean, when I need them. I also really prefer a scale for the harder to measure things, like cheese, dry Pasta, yoghurt (the only thing I can eat in the mornings) and nuts.

Anyone else in my boat? I am losing with my method (a hybrid of skills learned from weight watchers, and a myriad of other diets), but I wonder if I might be slowing myself down, by always finishing my cup of food at each serving?

And I don't think I am eating too quickly, as my husband usually has his meal eaten, and is back for seconds, before I finish my portion.

I do notice that I often push the dish away, or put my fork down, half way through. However, the times that I have stopped eating then, I seem to be hungry again within a few hours.