I cannot break my old habit of eating too fast. I was really good in beginning and it would take me an hour to get through a meal. I don't feel hungry but when I eat I enjoy the food so much that I end up eating it way too fast. I've tried using timers and apps to help slow it down. It makes my acid reflux worse. Anyone got any tips?

what worked for me was putting the fork down between every bite. I don't pick up the fork again until I'm done chewing that mouthful. it took many months and I still screw up every so often.

I am three months out and still have this problem.. I am working on it

Are you using baby forks? Or the tiny shrimp forks? Tiny utensils and tiny plates. Maybe don't put your full serving all on one dish? That can be a loaded gun as you would technically be getting up for 'seconds' but it breaks up your allotted amount at least...?

Try eating with your non-dominant hand?

I'm not even off full liquids yet, but pre-op I put in some practice with the shrimp forks trying to set new habits. I cut up my food very small also before I sat down, literally couldn't get as much on the tiny fork, lol. Best of luck

My body punishes me nightly for this. After well over a decade of learning to "eat fast or eat last" (which is never a good motto for a food addict to learn because they will always choose "fast"), im desperately Trying to now learn how to eat properly. I qget what i call snot burps when i eat too fast or too much. After rating ill spend the next half hour minimum burping up what i can only call a raw egg white consistency. It literally fills my mouth with eat burp plus I get this horrible chest pain and generally feel like crap. It's been a few weeks on solid food and have I learned? Nope. I just curse myself every time and have begun to despise dinner time.

HW: 328 (02/21/17)

SW: 271 (05/24/17)

CW: 248 (06/24/17)