I need help.:help:

I've always bolted down my food. I'm having a real problem slowing down my eating. I'm afraid of stretching my pouch, I'm so afriad I'm going to lose my band or cause esophagus problems. But even knowing that I eat too fast. It's like I get that food in front of me and can't slow it down.

I'm also scared because I can't control how fast I eat. I try to slow down, but sometimes I'm so hungry tha I can't. I don't have a fill yet, but I do have restriction.

Help.:help:

Awhile back someone posted about a discrete timer made for behavior modification with eating. Here is the link....I think it sounds pretty cool!

www.powerseed.com

"Ingestitorial assault".........perfect, Jack.

This is a problem that I am very concerned about for myself, as I have always wolfed and washed my food down.

I figure practice makes perfect (not banded yet, 44 days but who's counting), so every time I eat I try to take smaller bites, and I force myself to chew every bite 33 times. I usually don't make it past 16-20 chews, as the food has pretty much dissolved by then, but I find if I keep that 33 number in my mind, I am counting my chews and slowing down. And no beverages with food REALLY helps, as I can't wash it down.

Another plus side to this - I have discovered flavors I didn't know existed in the foods I eat! Never before did I realize that oatmeal had such depth... :grouphug:

I never realized how fast I ate untill I started trying to slow down and take smaller bites. I have always been a big drinker at meals (TEA) 2 or 3 large glasses at least. That was the first thing I tried to cut back on. At first I could only cut back, but eventually I got to where I don't drink with my meals. Gulping down my food was the next thing I worked on. I figured I would practice before I got banded. Good luck, I know you can do it!