Eating slowly?

I am 13 months out and it takes me about 15 minutes because my meals are small. You are doing great for loosing 59 pounds. Keep up the good work.

Robin

It never took me 30 minutes to eat 2 oz. of meat and a couple bites of veggies.  If you're spreading that out over 15-20 minutes you're fine.  Just don't go faster than that.  

Congrats on the loss of 79 lbs!  You're doing great 

Thanks everyone,

Glad to know I am not the only one that eats a little quicker than the recommended.  I measure everything and stop if I feel full.  Only once in 4 1/2 months have I felt like I have eaten too much and that wasn't a speed thing, it was a "this tastes great and I can get a bit more in".  What a huge mistake.  Thanks to everyone for the support and input!!

I am allowed to eat 4 ounces in 30 minutes... I divide my plate into 3 sections. 10 minutes per section. 

I CAN eat faster than that, but I work at not doing that. It's a bad habit that can easily get worse. Remember being able to eat nearly 3000 calories in less than 10 minutes?

I don't want to go back to that. I'm very aware that I could.  

I found if I sit at a table to eat I eat much faster than I should. I have weighed out the food and will just eat what's on the dish, unless I get full. However I find if I eat while watching TV or on a computer I am able to slow my self down.

I still eat pretty quickly even though I know I'm not supposed to.  I wonder if the purpose of us eating slowly is so that our stomachs have time to signal our brains that we're satisfied and should stop eating (??).   I know that's the rationale for doing it for non-WLS folks.  I do measure my food out, though, and don't eat any more than what I've measured out even if I'm still hungry.  I know that if I wait 15 or 20 minutes, I won't be hungry anymore.  So I guess that accomplishes the same thing - as  long as you have enough control to wait it out and not cave to the hunger pangs.