Eating slower

lovetowrite73

You know how we hear that when you eat at a slower rate you eat less? Well, I've always had an issue with slowing down. When the food is good, I want to gobble it down. Well, I have come up with a way to slow myself down & decided to share. I eat with chopsticks. I have found that I don't nearly eat as much anymore. My S.O. thinks I'm crazy for doing this but it's working. :laugh:

jen0619

Wow. I really might take that idea. I am like you I basically inhale my food!

Leannek74

Did that too! It works quite well and I've gotten to be quite good with the chopsticks!

v1k1n95

nice tip. I used to do the same thing but have since slowed things down. It's crazy now because my family (like I used to) will be on second servings and I'll only be a third of the way done with my meal.

Also, another tip, drink three glasses of water with each meal. 1) Fills you up quick. 2) Forces you to eat slower.

Barelmy

I'd get so frustrated that way. Forcing myself to put the fork down and take a sip of water between each bite works well for me.

jmwolffyy

If i could handle chopsticks, I would try this! But I would not only lose all my weight, I would starve to death before I got them figured out! LOL! Great idea though! Thanks for sharing. :drinker:

catcrazy

I saw a TV programme that showed eating slower works as it takes 10-20 minutes for your brain to get the message from your stomach that you are full.

There were a few others things they tried that worked too....

Eat off blue plates, blue is a natural appetite suppressant apparently.

We're programmed from young babies to finish a meal and that is a hard habit to break so switch to a side plate, if you are genuinely hungry 20 minutes after eating have a second helping but do wait the FULL 20 minutes.

Eat in a dimmed room. Experiments where people ate in a darkened room showed 40-60% reduction in the amount they ate.

I can't for the life of me remember what the programme was but it was very interesting

lovetowrite73

I saw a TV programme that showed eating slower works as it takes 10-20 minutes for your brain to get the message from your stomach that you are full.

There were a few others things they tried that worked too....

Eat off blue plates, blue is a natural appetite suppressant apparently.

We're programmed from young babies to finish a meal and that is a hard habit to break so switch to a side plate, if you are genuinely hungry 20 minutes after eating have a second helping but do wait the FULL 20 minutes.

Eat in a dimmed room. Experiments where people ate in a darkened room showed 40-60% reduction in the amount they ate.

I can't for the life of me remember what the programme was but it was very interesting

I have definitely switched from a large plate to a smaller plate. That helps tons. I still eat fast though. :laugh: I am going to try the blue plate thing!

wolfchild59

I switched to making sure to take at least 20 minutes to each my luch and my dinner (my breakfasts are typically too small to get stretched out that long). But I just do it by taking smaller bites, drinking lots of water while I eat and, if I'm with the hubby or friends, taking the time to chat in between bites, or, if I'm alone, working on recipes or playing on my phone.

But I learned how to eat with chopsticks when I was a lil kid, so after a lifetime of eating with them, I don't eat any slower with them than I do a fork. lol