How long ( minutes) do you allow for a meal?

[AZBlackhawk 122]

My surgeons team says to eat for 20 minutes. I cannot always practice mindful eating, where I am ONLY eating and doing nothing else. I work and type or get up and down for my kids, while eating.

Taking dime size bites (sometimes I take a little larger bites without problem), if I only spent 20 minutes eating, I'd only eat an ounce of food. If I get distracted, I may go 25-30 minutes with a meal.

What is your ritual? How long are the meals where you are eating? And what size bites do you take?

I'm a little over a month out.

[scottiemagee 29]

I'm almost 6 weeks out still on soft foods. It can take anywhere from 20-45 min to have a meal depending on what I'm having and I'm lucky if I can get 2-3 Oz of food in average 750-850 cal per day

Hw 325 cw 259 Sw 292 gw 190

[Meryline 546]

Eat slow and maximum 20 min. If I can't finish in 20 min, I stop. I used to eat longer, but was told not to by nutritionist and surgeon.

[Myaiku_Kuraitani 245]

I don't eat for 20 minutes. I get full before the time is up. Especially if the meat is dense/heavy. After a few bites of fish and maybe one Broccoli floret, I'm full.

I'm strictly on a seafood diet, so it's either shrimp or Scallops, sometimes fish of some sort for me.


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HW- 273
Pre-op Wt- 230
SW- 226
CW- 176
GW- 130
Ht- 5'2.5"
DOS- April 26th, 2017

"Only those who try will become." ~FFX

[MFM008 44]

I'm 10 months out. I eat as slowly as possible. Sometime my food goes cold. I'd rather do that rather than have an episode of dumping...

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[Berry78 4,261]

Uhh.. right after surgery I took my time, but now I just measure out my portion and it's gone in like 5 minutes.

[Phoenix40 66]

I am 5 months out and I eat in about 10-15 minutes. I wait 5 mins to see how I'm feeling and then if I'm not full eat for another 5-10 minutes. Usually I'm full though.

[mjfx2 31]

I was told if I am not finished in 45 minutes, I should stop ... currently on 1/4 cup of puréed, usually done in 20 to 30 minutes.