How Long To Take Eating?

[Kimba46 1]

Curious to know how long others are taking to eat. I am really struggling with this currently. I am almost two months out, which isn;t long at all but am having trouble. My NUT says each meal should take 30-45 minutes. I find when I am eating something like scrambled eggs, oatmeal, etc I am not taking nearly that long. Occasionally I will eat too fast and then feel it in my esophagus. Is anyone else out there struggling with this?

[ThurstT4life 9]

I too find it very hard to take more than 10 minutes to eat so little no matter how hard i try and no matter how good i chew. I also get that same feeling in my throat. I dont see how I can stretch the time out when i am eating so little. I am a month out.

[VSGJean 68]

I will be 2 months tomorrow. What I do when I eat is I take a bite and I will push my plate away and/or push myself away from the table. I will chew and chewwwww..... I try to wait a few minutes between bites. Now, with that being said, if I eat some oatmeal or an egg, there is no way it will take me 30 minutes.

I am getting better about not overeating. I haven't thrown up in over 3 weeks!!

[Alljoy123 3]

Veg- how do you over eat? Because you eat too fast? I have a real hard time rating slow and more often than not feel it in my esophagus - but why do we need to eat do slowly?

[Happy Camper 266]

Hi friends,

Just a couple tips 1) set an egg timer, 2) use chop sticks (my favorite) and 3) make yourself get a little distracted while eating.

These things helped me.....

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

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Just a couple tips 1) set an egg timer, 2) use chop sticks (my favorite) and 3) make yourself get a little distracted while eating.

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4) Take very small bites

5) set your utensil down after taking a bite, & don't pick it up again till after swallowing.

6) Try to wait 2minutes between bites.

7) Try using smaller utensils. Many have even used baby utensils.

[OneWritersSoul 353]

Hi friends' date='

Just a couple tips 1) set an egg timer, 2) use chop sticks (my favorite) and 3) make yourself get a little distracted while eating.

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Chopsticks- what a perfect idea! I'm going to try this, even though I'm not having issues-thank goodness!

[delta_girl 931]

If we eat 3 meals and two Snacks a day, and there really isn't much difference between the size of the meal or snack, and we are supposed to spend 30-45 minutes eating each, then that would be up to 4 hours a day just eating.

Not practical.

[Bella86 82]

No way it ever takes me 30 mins to eat, I've never thrown up from eating too fast or eaten too much. I make sure I only dish up about 1/2 to 3/4 a cup of food and I take the same time to eat that amount as others who are eating a normal amount of food around me.

Have felt bloated and had to lie down a few times

[ozeedonkee 145]

It depends what I'm eating - something like cottage cheese or egg only takes 15 minutes, meat can take 30 minutes.