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Anxiety Surrounding Eating

Day two of pureed foods and I started to become sick about eating. What do I do what do and how do I make it easier at meal time? I can barley get down an ounce of food. Help?

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  • Eat slooooooww. one teeny tiny bite. wait 2 minutes. Yes 2 whole minutes. all is well take another tiny bite. Wait 2 minutes. That first meal may take an hour. Also remember to leave a 30 minute windo

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    This!!!! Take it slow is super good advice and works wonders! Keep plugging away and one day you will notice, hey I just ate xx amount and be amazed. Supplement your purees with Protein shakes to

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Hmm maybe you could talk to a therapist or a counselor about what your anxieties about eating are? I've found from personal experience it's great to have a non judgmental bouncing board to talk to about my anxieties.

Eat slooooooww. one teeny tiny bite. wait 2 minutes. Yes 2 whole minutes. all is well take another tiny bite. Wait 2 minutes. That first meal may take an hour. Also remember to leave a 30 minute window of eating and drinking on both sides of your meal. If you stop drinking at 8 am. You do not eat until 8:30. If you finish eating at 9:30, you do not drink until 10am.

Here is what helped me: I ate 2 teaspoons every 2 hours. I am still unable to even eat 2-3 oz of food at a sitting and I had my surgery in November.

Take your time, it is a new BABY tummy. They don't eat much when they are first trying foods either. :)

Eat slooooooww. one teeny tiny bite. wait 2 minutes. Yes 2 whole minutes. all is well take another tiny bite. Wait 2 minutes. That first meal may take an hour. Also remember to leave a 30 minute window of eating and drinking on both sides of your meal. If you stop drinking at 8 am. You do not eat until 8:30. If you finish eating at 9:30, you do not drink until 10am.

This!!!!

Take it slow is super good advice and works wonders! Keep plugging away and one day you will notice, hey I just ate xx amount and be amazed. Supplement your purees with Protein shakes to make sure you are getting in all your protein.

Hang in there , it does get better. I read that all the time on here and guess what it did!! Before you know it you will be telling people the same thing!! I am 11 weeks out and I do not know where the time has gone!!!

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