Old habits.

[Bishbosh 42]

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?

[2ndSpring 350]

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.

[rainyann 118]

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

[Nifty22 13]

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

[B.Annie 290]

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)