30 minutes to eat?

hey everyone, i'm curious it barely takes me 20 minutes to eat. how can it possibly suppose to take us 30 minutes?- amanda

I don't know what the "full" feeling is yet so I'm scared to eat too much. I am taking only a bite every 5 minutes. It is really hard to eat slow. There have been times that I get so tired to waiting that I just put my food up and quit eating. I am more thirsty than hungry. I can't get enough to drink. By the way, there is no more getting up in the middle of the night to get a glass of water to drink ( gulp) and go back to bed. My sip just didn't work but I was sleepy so I just put it up. Patience is definitely not a virtue of mine right now.

Girl it was taking my less than 30 min. also. But I noticed I could only eat about 3/4 of an ounce and I hurt so bad. because of the full feeling. My full feeling is a trumendace pressure under my Left rib. So I called Doc. baker and he told me to take at least 30min. to eat and make sure no fluid 30 min. before and none during and none for at least 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours after. well I've noticed if I have someone to talk to or if I'm on the computer while I'm eating It takes me a lot longer to eat. About 40 min. to be exact. And I feel so much better and I can actually eat about 1 1/2 ounces. when before I couldn't even eat 3/4 of an ounce. and my body feels better. Hugs Debbie

hey it also takes me 15 to 20 minutes to eat. im only eating one medicine cup full at a time and its not all the way to the top it is to the 2 tblspoon line. im tolerating everything i have tried. i even just eat peanut butter for a meal sometimes. i just got on my instant carnation drink and drank half and am really full so i put it in the fridge. to drink later. i wasnt drinking enough. and with these i will even be lucky to eat...... so i dont know it takes me a long time to drink these drinks though i do know that and they are very fullfillling. try those if you havent. just make sure they are sugar free.