need to learn to slow dow

[bevewhite 25]

Yesterday, I received the green light to be about to eat al regular food. I was on a puree diets for 6 weeks. i concern,when I am eating I do not feel full right away,. i keep eating what i think will be ok, but at time later i am over filled with food. Does anyone else have delay in feeling full. How do you slow down with eating?

[Lisa_85 118]

I'm 3 months out still on 1/4 of a cup an still can't slow down. It's gone within 5 mins.

[KristenLe 5,980]

My NUT said you need about 20 mins for your brain to register you are full. She recommended not eating in front of TV or computer, chew slowly and be conscious of how the food tastes, take a break between bites (put spoon/fork down). Eat the recommended amount and wait to see if you get full. Use small bowls and plates and utensils.

[JT1230 36]

It's so hard! I know part of what got me to 305lbs was eating way too fast so to eat even slower than the average human is a huge adjustment. Try putting down your fork between bites.

[BarrySue 602]

I know the "20 minutes to feel full" thing works for most people, but at 9 months out I still wolf down my meals, and that isn't going to change. It hasn't inhibited my progress in any way, and unless it is cheating slider foods (which I avoid), I feel full at the same rate regardless of how fast or slow I eat.

[Christinamo7 4,042]

sometimes in those early days when I was relearning my body's signals I would hand my plate to my husband after a few bites. he would put it on the other side of him until I asked for it back. It helped me to slow down. We do not normally eat in front of the TV, but back then it took me so long to get through my meal, with breaks of eating of 5 minutes or so that we did eat with the TV back then.

It won't always be this way.

[ocgirl15 667]

4 months out and I still really struggle to eat slow.

[2goldengirl 2,076]

I've got the opposite problem, because I get super uncomfortable if I eat too fast. I use a mug warmer to keep my food warm, cause I like hot foods hot. I'm in the middle of dinner, which means it takes me nearly 30" to get in 2.5 oz of fish. I'm 5 weeks out.

[LipstickLady 25,682]

4 months out and I still really struggle to eat slow.

Use baby spoons and use a smaller plate. Eat a bite, walk for a minute. Eat a bite, walk for a minute. Repeat unti you've eaten your measured 2-3 ounces. Stop.

[PaulaB72 49]

I've got the opposite problem, because I get super uncomfortable if I eat too fast. I use a mug warmer to keep my food warm, cause I like hot foods hot. I'm in the middle of dinner, which means it takes me nearly 30" to get in 2.5 oz of fish. I'm 5 weeks out.

I need to get one of those mug warmers too!

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[2goldengirl 2,076]

I need to get one of those mug warmers too!

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I have one next to my recliner, one in my home office, and one at work. Because my portions are still so small, I eat most of my meals ut of those little pyrex custard cups. The pyrex works great on the warmer.

[Shell ???? 224]

Wow 6 weeks on purée that must of been hard I'm struggling after two weeks

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[Barry W 336]

I gradually get better at my awareness and reactions, but yes, I will realize I am beginning to feel full, and think, "okay, just a few more bites", but if I actually take a few more bites, then later I will feel like crap. So I am trying to just stop the first moment that I notice fullness, and just throw the rest away... there is always a lag between eating and feeling it, so I wind up feeling full a few minutes later anyway, even if I stop immediately, but I avoid the discomfort if I stop on a dime.

Edited April 14, 2016 by Barry W

[johnedward 3]

I have always wolfed my food, and I'm really having problems slowing down and eating the prescribed smaller portions. Therefore, I'm not focusing on the initial "full" feeling I should be getting. I also hate cold food; the mug warmer idea is brilliant!

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

To those of you who "wolf" your food and think you can't change that ...

I was in your shoes two years ago. I've since conquered that terrible habit -- and it really is a very bad one. Pre-op, I ate my meals in half the time my husband did.

Then I started using all the hacks to eat slower: small spoons, smaller plates, counting my chews (30 - 50 chews -- I am NOT kidding), counting to 50 between bites, watching the clock, using a timer -- whatever it took, I just cultivated a different way to eat.

I swear to God -- eating slower will make a huge difference in your ability to eat mindfully and to maintain your weight, once the weight is gone.

There will come a day sooner than you think when your capacity is larger than it is now, and you could wind up eating a lot more than you can now if you don't learn to recognize *satisfied* and *stop now* before you've gone too far.

And please honor that "don't drink with meals" rule -- it also makes a big difference in how much less you will wind up eating. These habits you build now are lifetime ones.