DOES ANYONE ELSE EAT FAST?!?!!!!

secretgirl4611

Ok so, I have recently noticed since on my new plan which I am loving. that when I eat I eat to like DEVOUR my food, Be it snack or full meal. and I dont know why I do this...Before I started eating healthy I would eat pure junk foods like: Hot cheetos, candy bars, ice cream, chips with dip, burritos, pizza u name it! if it was greasy I loved it. and even then, I ate fast. I live right next to a little store and after I would buy one candy bar. I would make several trips back to buy like 3more or one bag of hot cheetos for 2 more. u get it. well anyways. I WAS wondering if other ppl out there might be the same way? I am tryin now to take time to distract myself from just DEVOURING DOWN whatever it is I am eating. u know so you can allow your body to feel full.

FOR EXAMPLE: ITS LUNCH TIME RIGHT NOW
I AM EATING: 1 kellogs meal bar
1 tuna fish sandwich: which is half gone. AND WOULD BE GONE IF I WASNT TYPING THIS POST
and yea so thanks to this post I am taking my time instead of just SHOVELING IT ALL IN

arkansascountrygirl

Yes I do! when I was little my dad was so impatient he would tell me and my sister no hurry on your eating I will just be waiting with the car running. so we had to eat fast. well living that way from 4 years old to 15 years old it was ingrained I still eat to fast. that is a lot of my problem too. I don't slow down when I eat and let it digest but do as you do devour it. glad to know I am not alone. maybe we can help each other on slowing down on the eating. we are so much alike it seems. you are probably my fitness twin.

secretgirl4611

Yes I do! when I was little my dad was so impatient he would tell me and my sister no hurry on your eating I will just be waiting with the car running. so we had to eat fast. well living that way from 4 years old to 15 years old it was ingrained I still eat to fast. that is a lot of my problem too. I don't slow down when I eat and let it digest but do as you do devour it. glad to know I am not alone. maybe we can help each other on slowing down on the eating. we are so much alike it seems. you are probably my fitness twin.

thank goodness i am not alone on this one!! fitness twin it is then
Um, well everytime I eat, I think I will just be on MFP so that way it def. will slow it down for a lil bit. Infact almost done eating but I didnt devour it this time, Tho I sure would have if I wasnt reading threads or posting...NOTE TO SELF: NEW TIP EAT WHILE ON MFP IT HELPS sloooow things down

gldnlark

Guilty! Most of my life I've always been in a hurry and my eating habits reflected it. While it had no noticeable effect on my weight, I think it aggravated my digestive problems and probably still does.

quietHiker

Oh yes! I'm a fast eater...I pretty much inhale my food...but I'm working on trying to chew more, and sip water in between bites so I slow down...I don't want to over stuff my stomach!

olyrose

So bad about that too! It's almost embarrassing how fast I eat my food, especially when I am done with my meal way before the guys I'm eating with. I never think about it until the food is almost gone, too, which is super annoying. The only thing that slows me down a little is jumping on the computer or app to record my food. But even then, it's eat fast, pause, eat fast, pause...haha can never actually slow the eating part down

burg1801

Definitely. It's really bad when I'm in a restaurant with friends and family. I'm usually the first one finished because I don't chit-chat between bites.

cassieko

I do this too and I don't know why! I'm sure if I slowed down and enjoyed my food more, I would be ultra-skinny.

I'm self-conscious about it so usually when someone makes a comment about how I'm done already, I say "Prison will do that to you!"

Felidae_1981

So bad about that too! It's almost embarrassing how fast I eat my food, especially when I am done with my meal way before the guys I'm eating with. I never think about it until the food is almost gone, too, which is super annoying. The only thing that slows me down a little is jumping on the computer or app to record my food. But even then, it's eat fast, pause, eat fast, pause...haha can never actually slow the eating part down

OMG I was at a friend's house yesterday and there were 4 of us eating - of course I was the first one done (depsite the ...shovel shovel-pause- shovelshovel-pause..)

I don't think anyone noticed, but I did and was slightly embarrassed

mellyexoh

Im usually good if I am out with someone eating. But if Im alone or at home eating dinner Ill at way too fast! Im usually finished before my boyfriend!! But he's naturally a slow eater. Im trying to start distracting myself, but watching a bit of tv betwen bites (I know it ot good to watch tv whil eating dinner) but its helping a bit. We arent allowed to talk at dinner cause my mums show is usually on haha! Im trying to wait until ive chewed all my food before starting to cut my eat r scoops up something.

chicpeach

I used to eat quite fast, but I've learned to pace it out. I always enter my food in my diary before I eat so I see how many calories are involved and then start eating slowly enough to ration it out, 100 calories per 5 minutes. Yes, you do have to be a clock watcher for a while, and some foods/meals will take longer to adjust to the new speed, but I'm definitely getting that full feeling signal at 20 minutes, and for a 500 calorie meal, that's coming before it's finished. Definitely helps with weight loss. Also notice I'm snacking less.

PunkRockDad

Definitely. It's really bad when I'm in a restaurant with friends and family. I'm usually the first one finished because I don't chit-chat between bites.

hahaha, I hear ya. I used to order the biggest meal out of everyone and then be the first one done. I wouldn't even notice I was doing that until a few bites were left.

chicpeach

Chew slowly and completely. Savor the flavor. Take a sip of water between bites. Put your fork down between bites. Count to 10 between bites. Do what you need to do to space out those bites and you will learn to eat more slowly which will definitely improve both your health and your enjoyment of food.

UponThisRock

Yep. I don't even try not to anymore.

CoryIda

Yep. I don't even try not to anymore.

This. (sorry for chasing you around the boards, but you're always right... grr!)

chipaddict

Definitely. It's really bad when I'm in a restaurant with friends and family. I'm usually the first one finished because I don't chit-chat between bites.

^This. When I'm eating I'm all about the food!

PunkRockDad

My wife eats much faster than me. Especially an ice cream cone or something like that. She will be done with the whole thing when I am just getting to the cone part of the ice cream cone.

....don't tell her I said that.:laugh:

ishallnotwant

I'm just the opposite. I eat really slowly and enjoy my food most of the time. My dad was very strict with manners at the dinner table when I was a kid and he used to make me chew my food 20 times before I swallowed it. I couldn't stand him for it back then, but as i've gotten older i've really been grateful that he made it second nature for me to slow down and enjoy my food. My family has been known to linger over dinner for two hours or more, just slowly eating, enjoying ourselves and chatting. I think in some other countries they really savor their meals and the company they have during mealtimes, it is a beautiful thing. I think in Italy they call it, 'Mangia bene'-literally translated to "eat well".

ensoleille

I do but I've been trying to eat slower by counting to twenty whilst chewing each mouthful.
It makes the food last longer and also make you feel more full

ralombard

I used to do the exact same thing! Before MFP, that is. I had so much trouble stopping!

PunkRockDad

Chew slowly and completely. Savor the flavor. Take a sip of water between bites. Put your fork down between bites. Count to 10 between bites. Do what you need to do to space out those bites and you will learn to eat more slowly which will definitely improve both your health and your enjoyment of food.

Heck with that, you put a slice of pizza infront of me, and it is gone. No counting to 10 here....lol. I see what your saying though.

SwannySez

I was the 6th of 7 kids and 4 of the 5 ahead of me were boys. If you didn't eat fast at that dinner table you didn't eat.

memcd911

Totally. I used to worry about it... Now, not so much. Although sometimes I find myself counting, just because I'm curious- do I chew less or just chew faster?

BrettPGH

OH yeah! I really like my meals to be hot and fresh, so I kind of just shovel it into my face. If I'm with people I TRY to do better, doesn't always work.

Kevin James from King of Queens said he was such a fast eater that he would go to restaurants and order one meal to come out first and a second one to come out with the rest of the table's dinners. He'd pound the first one and eat the second with everyone else. But I met him once and he wasn't as big as you'd expect him to be...

Heaven71

I do and always have. I love eating sushi with chopsticks though, it makes me slow down but yeah, it almost always looks like I'm racing.

I always said it was because I have wayyy better things to be doing than eating, I feel the same about sleeping as well though I do make sure to get 6-7 hours most of the time.

muddyventures

I have four children, I either devour my food or its cold, or someone sneezes in it, or someone spills milk on it, or someone wants it... I have lots of great exuces for eating fast.

j4nash

I am usually done within a minute or two. And we're talking a full plate.

soaps54

Always the first one finished at the table whether it's at home or out. I'm trying to be better about it by drinking water, pausing between bites, and chewing more. It is true though, you do feel fuller when you take it slow. I used to devour my lunch at work in less than 5 minutes but now I try to make it last at least 20 minutes.

DeeJayTJ

lol glad im not alone on this. i eat like theres no tomorrow.

shoveling food in like its going to be taken away from me LOL

its like its a race!!

alix1105

I had this problem for sure..and I read an article that kind of helped me slow down... I drink a lot more water during my meal.. and chew slower. But another thing that helped was trying to use utensils with the opposite hand. it definitely slows you down instead of shoveling. and I put my food down after each bite. Then I can fully chew, and swallow without inhaling. it sounds crazy but it worked for me. I stop when I get full now instead of downing a bunch of food, and being super full once it hits my stomach. Now my food hits my stomach during my meal so I become too full to finish what's even on my plate. The only thing that sucks about it, is i take about 20 minutes to eat now rather than five. lol anyways, hope that helps a little

harrietlg

I used to be, I moved away and ate on my own a lot so I didn't feel the need to rush it, but when i'm home i'm now the last at the table! I think it was more because I wanted to watch tv and now i watch tv while i eat which is probably why i'm slow! concentrating on the tv!