JessianneHickson

Does anyone experience this? When I eat my meals with other people and carry on conversation over a meal, I have a lot of trouble digesting even a few tablespoons of food even though I eat very slow and chew chew chew. I hate social dinner events because of this. When I eat without talking there is absolutely no issues, but when I'm talking between bites I always need to go to the bathroom where I have to bring up a bunch of slime and some food as well ( even if i hardly had anything). Anyone else experience this?what do you do when your out for social dinners?

Does anyone experience this? When I eat my meals with other people and carry on conversation over a meal, I have a lot of trouble digesting even a few tablespoons of food even though I eat very slow and chew chew chew. I hate social dinner events because of this. When I eat without talking there is absolutely no issues, but when I'm talking between bites I always need to go to the bathroom where I have to bring up a bunch of slime and some food as well ( even if i hardly had anything). Anyone else experience this? If so, what do you do at social dinners?

I really do take my time and chew everything until its mush, but when I talk between mouthfuls I still slime, almost as though the food womt stay down. At home I always eat after my husband and children because I just can't sit there and socialize while I eat. Wow, I guess this is really uncommon. I thought there might be other people who experience the same issues.

I also am 2 1/2 years banded and gained back 15 pounds recently, despite being quite tight. I fell into a bit of a depressed state because of this and began to feel I was a failure at this, like it just didnt work like I had hoped. But I've been reading a lot of books on emotional eating and lap band surgery and I have hope that if I use my band the way it was intended, I can reach my goal of 150 lbs. I find the more frequently I eat (snacking on popcorn, crackers or cookies) the more food I can pass through the band at meal times on any given day. However, when I only eat 3 very small healthy meals a day, I have quite a bit of restriction. I know this doesn't make logical sense, but it has been my experience. Can anyone else relate?