It is impossible for me to eat slowly!!! Years of work, work, run and then eat fast have trained my brain wrong. I have tried timing, insane chewing, and super small portions. Every time I am getting ready to eat I hear a voice in my head that says "you have healed great! Go ahead, now you can eat like you did before." It makes me crazy! Whyyyyyyy can't I learn to slow down?!!

Sleeve eating takes concentration. I like the Micheal Jordon approach. Visualize it before you do it. He saw his free throw before he did it. Sometimes he closed his eyes and threw it in.

Pause before you eat. Think about what you have to do. Put that fork down between bites. If you are talking during your meals or watching TV or at the movies you must break concentration on them for a bit and concentrate on your eating.

The sleeve only provides discomfort. Starting smoking was unpleasant as well. Millions of people overcame the discomfort and became addicted. People overcome the unpleasant feeling of over eating or eating too fast and neutralize the effectiveness of the sleeve.

You have come to far to wreck your tool. Don't let it happen to you.

(The preceeding was self-talk that Gman gives himself)

I have a really hard time eating slow too. :-(

Same problem here. I still eat my meals in 15 minutes. They say I'm doing great and I feel good so it is extra hard to slow down when I feel so good.