For the love of ALL THINGS HOLY, chew your food SLOOOOOWLY!!!!!!

[SleeveToBypass2023 1,596]

OMG, ok here's what happened. So last night, for the first time in a year and a half, I was finally in the mood for some ham (lost my liking of pork for a long time). So hubby made a hickory smoked, spiral cut ham. OMG it was AMAZING. I took a tentative bite and it was like a FLAVOR EXPLOSION in my mouth. So delicious!!! I was so excited to actually like it again that I scarfed it down. Like, I ate all 3 ounces of ham in under a minute. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT do that. Ever. Once you have your surgery (especially if it's the bypass) DO NOT EVER EVER EVER scarf your food. Even if you want to. Even if it's the greatest food in the history of all food ever. Do NOT eat it quickly. Go slow and chew it. Pretend you're a train and CHEW CHEW it. About 5 minutes after I finished eating, I was in hell. OMG. The pain, the stuck feeling, the "omg my stomach is gonna burst" feeling, the nausea, the praying to ALL the deities and making bargains and deals and swearing to never do it again...it all started. I was MISERABLE all night. And I DO mean all night. So learn from me, people. NOTHING tastes good enough to make that TERRIBLE behavior even remotely worth it. Be very mindful about what you eat, how fast you eat it, and how much of it you eat. This concludes my TED talk.

[Sigh 165]

Thank you for that timely PSA. I recently had similar experience- like omg, I am hungry for X and im gonna enjoy this dinner. Eating it quickly— then, oh no, what have i done feeling descends… so not fun throwing that back up.

SLOW and well chewed … no joke.

Glad to have this tool to remind me to slow down and watch what im doing.

[BigSue 1,260]

I used to get that stuck-on-the-way-down experience fairly often when I first reintroduced meat after surgery, but I have learned to chew my food really well to the point that it has become automatic and I rarely have that problem anymore. But last week, I went to a restaurant and got some really delicious snapper, and it was so good that I ate too much, too fast and regretted it. Fortunately, the feeling passed after about an hour, but it was not a pleasant hour and like your ham experience, it was a good reminder that I still have to eat slowly and chew well.

[Arabesque 5,890]

Oh yeah, we have to remember not to strain our tiny tummies though it is easy to forget sometimes … until our tummy reminds us quite strongly.

I’ll add to also keep to small bites. Less likely to have side effects if you are chewing large mouthfuls & swallow too much or too quickly. Plus it means you taking longer to eat.

Hope you are feeling better today.

[NCL04321 133]

Sorry you were so sick!! Even with the sleeve, we have to remember not to eat too fast! Ive done this and regretted it for about an hour as someone else mentioned above. No matter what surgery, when we eat something so delicious, we all have to remember to eat slooooowwwwllllly! I suppose we should look at it with the idea that we should savor that food that tastes so good rather than scarf it down.

[NettyD 90]

Wow thanks for the heads up this illustration actually scared me. I go in for my surgery tomorrow 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[SleeveToBypass2023 1,596]

30 minutes ago, NettyD said:

Wow thanks for the heads up this illustration actually scared me. I go in for my surgery tomorrow 🙏🏾🙏🏾

Congratulations and good luck!!! See you on the other side