Chewing and chewing and chewing...oh my gosh it's exhausting! I'm in my practicing preop mode and I swear I'd rather just have liquids forever.

Chewing and chewing and chewing.....

I'm reading this as I'm sitting down for lunch chewing, chewing, chewing my lone turkey meatball for lunch. Chewing until it's pretty much liquid. But it tastes delicious!!

I'm post op and I never was very good at the chewing thing. I tried and I just don't have the patience for it. So I pretty much eat like I always have, just a little too fast and I've never had any consequences for eating this way. But I do have the sleeve so I'm sure that helps.

@TinyTink.

Don't think of it as a tedious chore. If you pay attention to the food and not the action, you'll discover that its flavor goes deeper than you ever may have guessed. When people told me that, I say they were lying to themselves, but they were correct.

Just wait til u go through pre op diet and weeks of liquid and puréed stage. The only thing you think about and dream about is chewing something!LOL

Then when you finally can you are terrified that u will accidentally swallow something too big. When you finally do swallow something too big and the chest pain comes , you will chew, chew, chew til the cows come home.

@TinyTink.

Don't think of it as a tedious chore. If you pay attention to the food and not the action, you'll discover that its flavor goes deeper than you ever may have guessed. When people told me that, I say they were lying to themselves, but they were correct.

This was meant to be lighthearted. Truly. It's just funny to me that something so automatic is now so purposeful.

@@TinyTink -- The "lighthearted" came through. I goofed in thinking it was also sincere.

Edited November 25, 201510 yr by WLSResources/ClothingExch

Chewing and chewing and chewing...oh my gosh it's exhausting! I'm in my practicing preop mode and I swear I'd rather just have liquids forever.

Chewing and chewing and chewing.....

I have to say after seeing post from people vomiting from eating too fast, getting that stuck feeling or worse the foamies, I am glad I had to practice chewing and eating slowly pre-op. Just hang in there!

I'm 15+ months post-op, and I must say that I still enjoy eating so much more slowly and chewing food more than I did pre-op. Honestly, learning how to chew smaller bites more fully releases flavors I didn't even know were in there.

So I've become a big fan of the chew-chew-chew rule.

Seriously there should be some education pre op on eating after the band!!

I am always in a hurry when eating and it take all my self control to slow down. Problem is I forget after the first bite.

Had my second fill total 4.5 ml now and have had quite a few stuck moments with vomiting. It become so annoying that I can't even be bothered eating lately. Breakfast for me is a forget it, coffee is just enough. Lunch time isn't to bad I can eat and when i feel the first bit of pressure i stop, but the evening is where the problem is. I can't seem to be able to get to my third bite without it getting stuck and having to run the the bathroom. Its funny cause the evening was my problem pre band it was when Id make up 2 days of eating in 30 minutes, resulting to adding more and more pounds. Now its the opposite. And yes I chew chew chew but maybe not enough.

for me the 'nibble--nibble---nibble' habit worked far better than the 'chew-chew-chew'....as too often I end with 'chew-chew-CHOMP' then the problem begins....

'nibble-nibble' remains a behavior I have been able to adapt....'chew-chew-chew' continues to escape my Good Habits

By the time food gets back to my 'chewers' something shorts out in my brain & chomp/swallow too often.

Even now 12 years almost, and I can almost guarantee the entire PB/foam/drool/whatever you call it now, is lurking so close....