This may be a stupid question but surely crab cakes are not slider foods are they? Or are they? Seems to me like Protein esp since these have lump crab meat and very little breading holding them together. But I ask because I ate an entire one and could have had the second one. In contrast I was only able to eat 1.5 oz of cheese for lunch on the plane.

Okay I know what happened. I'm posting my learning to share with you guys. I ordered a crab cake again tonight and felt the restriction after 2 oz. You want to know the difference? Two words.

Mindful eating.

It was driving me nuts so I thought about what happened yesterday. How could I feel the restriction with everything except crab cakes??

Yesterday I ate while on the phone, as I was presenting to 2 clients during a 2-hour meeting. I didn't think I was doing this, but I suspect I ate little bites and continued potentially for well over an hour in little bits and bobs. In retrospect, I could only eat while they were asking questions, so it had to have been spread out.

Tonight I went out for dinner, took small bits, chewed carefully, but paid attention to the food, even though we were chatting. And stopped 20 mins into it because I felt the restriction.

My doctor's orders were clear. Eat for 30 mins then stop. Do not graze. Everyone on this forum said, do not graze. Welp, apparently I grazed.

Who knew?

Yet another habit to change that I took for granted. Can not try to eat lunch while on a phone meeting where you are the lead presenter.

Gamer girl, I love your posts and insights!!

Crab cakes are not a slider for me, either! Do keep in mind that different foods "slide" for some and not for others.

Yes, mindful eating is important. I either take 15 minutes to eat or an hour. It's really hard to find that sweet spot. I, too, can eat a lot more over an hour. Unfortunately, it's the only way I can get to the halfway mark on my daily Protein. I am afraid of making this a habit so...

Ugh. Such a fine line!

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Aww thank you! I get so much from this forum it's ridiculous. Feel lucky to have found it.

Crab cakes are not a slider for me, either! Do keep in mind that different foods "slide" for some and not for others.

Yes, mindful eating is important. I either take 15 minutes to eat or an hour. It's really hard to find that sweet spot. I, too, can eat a lot more over an hour. Unfortunately, it's the only way I can get to the halfway mark on my daily Protein. I am afraid of making this a habit so...

Ugh. Such a fine line!

I'm feeling in the same boat. I'm uncomfortable with the idea of going too low in calories and protein for too long, so I've been breaking some of the rules, knowing that I need to think of it as a temporary action to address a difficulty until I can consume appropriate amounts. I tend to serve myself an appropriate serving size for a meal and it just takes however long it takes. I'm hoping not to feel like I need to do this for more than a few more weeks. We'll just have to see. I am doing it in a planned and conscious way, with the full understanding that it won't be appropriate behavior as I progress, so I'm not terribly concerned that it's going to turn into uncontrolled, unconscious eating. It is something I will have to carefully monitor, however.

I'm feeling in the same boat. I'm uncomfortable with the idea of going too low in calories and Protein for too long' date=' so I've been breaking some of the rules, knowing that I need to think of it as a temporary action to address a difficulty until I can consume appropriate amounts. I tend to serve myself an appropriate serving size for a meal and it just takes however long it takes. I'm hoping not to feel like I need to do this for more than a few more weeks. We'll just have to see. I am doing it in a planned and conscious way, with the full understanding that it won't be appropriate behavior as I progress, so I'm not terribly concerned that it's going to turn into uncontrolled, unconscious eating. It is something I will have to carefully monitor, however.[/quote']

Daydra could yours be because of your recent complication? I can see where you'd have to do that if you couldn't eat or drink much of anything.

Yep, totally possible, actually likely. So many others seem to feel that they don't seem to have problems getting in fluids. My recovery went so easy and well that I feel like I "should" expect to be more in that boat, save my scar tissue not playing fair. I expect that as my kink and twist (shouldn't there be a 50's dance move named after that???) resolves, my need to adjust to it should be eliminated.