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12-20-2007, 01:12 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Weight Statistics October 25, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 0"
Height:
284 lb Start Weight:
195 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
89 lb Weight Loss:
35 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.338028169 % % Lost:
October 25, 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index55.4588888889 BMI Start:
38.0791666667 BMI Current:
31.2444444444 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
|  Slowing Down the eating
Hey Everyone- Ive been experiencing a big problem lately. I have always eaten WAY too fast. Sometimes, I do it without even realizing I am. Sometimes, I do it, realize, and cant stop.... Anyway, anyone have any tips on things they do to slow down their meal. I have to slow it down. I have had to throw up a few times because of how fast I have eaten. Any tips would be helpful. Thanks so much!
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12-20-2007, 01:13 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY
Posts: 10,174
Weight Statistics 4/19/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
260 lb Start Weight:
152 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
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41.5384615385 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index38.3910943079 BMI Start:
22.4440243646 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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you could try putting the fork down into between bites. counting while chewing works good too! 
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12-20-2007, 01:25 PM
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| | WLS Guru
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan
Posts: 395
Weight Statistics 07/25/07 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
288 lb Start Weight:
201 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
87 lb Weight Loss:
41 lb Lb Left to Lose:
30.2083333333 % % Lost:
08/2007 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index43.785467128 BMI Start:
30.5586072664 BMI Current:
24.3252595156 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I wish I could offer a suggestion, but I eat too fast too, I still haven't figured out how to make a half cup of food last a half hour!! And not drinking with meals is very hard for me too!
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12-20-2007, 01:32 PM
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Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 3,239
Weight Statistics April 11th 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
267 lb Start Weight:
142 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
125 lb Weight Loss:
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46.8164794007 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index45.8254394531 BMI Start:
24.3715820312 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I tend to get on the computer like this wonderful site and take bites in between every few posts or I also read a book or something. Its really hard when I sit at the dinner table with the family. Its alot of concius effort.
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12-20-2007, 01:54 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 9,445
Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 June 18,2012 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
363 lb Start Weight:
226 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
137 lb Weight Loss:
56 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.741046832 % % Lost:
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Body Mass Index52.0793877551 BMI Start:
32.4240816327 BMI Current:
24.3897959184 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Take a bite. Put down the fork, spoon or what ever and chew it several times. This is one thing i am very consisous of. Its a displine you have to get yourself into for sure. Other than that i have no other suggestions.
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12-20-2007, 02:08 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: WADING RIVER (Long Island), NY
Posts: 5,122
Weight Statistics 7/16/07 Start Date:
7/16/07 Surgery Date:
4' 11"
Height:
230 lb Start Weight:
130 lb Current Weight:
115 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
15 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.4782608696 % % Lost:
12/31/08 Goal Date:
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26.2539500144 BMI Current:
23.2246480896 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Ditto On What A New Me Said. That What I Do At Times
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12-20-2007, 02:20 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Smiths Station Alabama
Posts: 4,363
Weight Statistics 07/23/2007 Start Date:
July 23, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 2"
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230 lb Start Weight:
130 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.4782608696 % % Lost:
June 23 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.0629552549 BMI Start:
23.7747138398 BMI Current:
22.860301769 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I'm with Edie and A New Me I eat while reading posts that way I take longer
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12-20-2007, 02:39 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Dakota
Posts: 3,521
Weight Statistics June 11,2007, lost 36 Lb. before surgery Start Date:
September 10, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
373 lb Start Weight:
205 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
168 lb Weight Loss:
25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.0402144772 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index62.0636686391 BMI Start:
34.1100591716 BMI Current:
29.950295858 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I do the same thing as some other ladies do, I many times eat a meal when I am on the computor and I chew while I read and that works for me and I also was a very fast eater, well I learned to eat slow becasue I am terrified of throwing up. I have only thrown up only 3 times since my surgery and they where all three at the beginning of surgery. Once because I was determined to get two pills down one right after the other and I think one got stuck in the tube and once I got it out I was fine. The other two times is that i got sick on food that did not agree with me. Now i know the signs if something makes me sick and I stop immediately eating it. Those are the only times that I threw up and I hate throwing up, so I take my time eating and I am a person who needs a little water every once in a while to wash the food down because it feels like it sits in my throat and have to use water to get it into my stomch. I only try to drink a little to get it into my stomach. I called my nutrionist and she said it is fine as long as I do not drink alot of water only to wash the food down that is sitting in my throat. If i would not wash the food down with water I would only be able to eat very little. The minute I feel full I stop eating even if there is only a tablespoon left in my dish. I am so scared of stretching my stomach and I do not ever want to put on the weight that I lost.
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12-20-2007, 06:10 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: coarsegold california
Posts: 1,541
Weight Statistics 8/23/07 Start Date:
8/22/07 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
315 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
123 lb Weight Loss:
22 lb Lb Left to Lose:
39.0476190476 % % Lost:
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Body Mass Index49.3305858766 BMI Start:
30.0681666295 BMI Current:
26.6228558699 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I also do something else while I eat, sitting at the table is very hard, I almost always eat too fast.
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12-20-2007, 08:15 PM
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| | WLS Mentor
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota
Posts: 1,427
Weight Statistics On and off my whole life...Highest weight was 326 Start Date:
November 20, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
287 lb Start Weight:
210 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
77 lb Weight Loss:
40 lb Lb Left to Lose:
26.8292682927 % % Lost:
August 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.3778617937 BMI Start:
31.0081915564 BMI Current:
25.1018693552 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I as well have eaten fast my whole life, I have tried several times before surgery to slow cuz I knew I had to slow after I is very hard, but I just told myself that I have to do this or I may get food stuck and then get sick, so I have been putting down my fork down in between bites as well as counting how many times I chew my food, it is still not easy.
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