Do you eat fast?

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    My brother is a very fast eater and my mother is a slow eater, plus she is generally doing stuff in the kitchen before she sits down to eat. My brother is often finished before she barely starts.
  • deputy_randolph
    deputy_randolph Posts: 940 Member
    Used to be a faster eater...for a couple of reasons. I would either wait too long before eating (b/c I was super engrossed in whatever I was doing) and be super hungry by the time I started eating...and end up overeating (ADHD issues). My dad also modeled fast eating. He worked in construction and would come home a scarf down everything insight. You had to be faster than him to get 2nds.

    I've slowed down significantly, take intentional breaks, and drink more water between breaks. I know I eat a more appropriate amounts of food if I slow down.
  • LeanButNotMean44
    LeanButNotMean44 Posts: 852 Member
    Came from a family of four. I don’t know if we were fast eaters because I had nobody to compare to. After meeting my ex’s family was when I figured out I’m a REALLY fast eater. My husband and I are both fast eaters, I want to say that 10 minutes for dinner (incl. serving/clean up) is about average.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    I eat slowly so it lasts longer lol. Also an only child.
  • SwtHedgehog
    SwtHedgehog Posts: 175 Member
    I'm a really fast eater as well. My boyfriend can always tell when I'm getting full because I start slowing down, so the speed apparently decreases as I go along. Whe. eating with friends, I'll finish my food, and will knowingly be full, but I than start to take more bites; out of boredom and/or, it still looks good. I do also get i tk the tendency of "just one more....". At least that same mind frame goes for exercising as well.

    For a while, I did use an app to help me slow my bites. It's a timer, so after taking a bite, you have to wait x amount of seconds. You get to set the number of seconds. It helped,but then slowly I stopped using it and fell into old habits. I should start that up again; I found that small amounts of ice cream could be way more enjoyable than scarring down a huge bowl of it.
  • PAPYRUS3
    PAPYRUS3 Posts: 13,259 Member
    I was always a slow eater...usually the last person to finish.

    That all changed when I became a teacher. A teacher is lucky to cram 'something' into their mouths during the day! If you are actually gifted with a few minutes for a break, you just 'get it all in there' lol!😆
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    I think that’s just one more reason I don’t like fries. By the time I get to the 3rd fry, they’re cold and limp.
  • KNoceros
    KNoceros Posts: 326 Member
    I’m not really sure whether I’m slow or fast.
    BUT my husband eats considerably faster than I do. And then, as soon as he’s done, he gets up and starts clearing the table.

    I have often wondered if that is meant to be a signal, like the Queen putting her fork down, that the meal is “over”.... he says not, he doesn’t like sitting and watching me eat, and the table needs clearing. But it makes me uncomfortable nonetheless.
  • nossmf
    nossmf Posts: 12,057 Member
    MsCzar wrote: »
    I'll wolf down popcorn and buffalo chicken salad before they can go cold.

    I will admit to eating popcorn quickly. It's rare for a bag of popcorn at a movie theater to actually make it past the previews and into the main show!

    I'm much better at pacing myself drinking, but that's more a product of not wanting to have to make a bathroom run during the movie, especially at the exciting parts.
  • ggeise14
    ggeise14 Posts: 387 Member
    Slow eater here. My husband is super fast so supper time is relaxing and chatting.
    Popcorn (when we used to go to movies) - my daughter and I had the habit of waiting until the movie started to eat the popcorn. If we went as a family, my husband and sons would get the XL popcorn, polish it off in time for a free refill when the movie started which is when my daughter and I were ready for popcorn.
  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,451 Member
    I am the fastest eater of my family and I sometimes feel embarrassed by how fast I eat. I don't know why I eat so fast. At work I only have 20 min to eat lunch so I have to wolf it down, but otherwise I am just naturally a fast eater.
  • zebasschick
    zebasschick Posts: 1,071 Member
    fast eater with 1 sibling. we always had plenty of food in our family, and i hated my mom's cooking, so i can't recall ever wanting seconds of anything at everyday meals. i don't slow down when i start to feel full - i just stop eating.

    my husband is a very slow eater
  • Kupla71
    Kupla71 Posts: 1,564 Member
    I’m a fast eater. Every time I eat with my mum she says. Wow you must have been hungry! That’s not it. I just eat fast regardless. By contrast my brother is a very slow eater. He always says. You always finish way before me! So I have 2 family members reminding me how fast I eat! I find I don’t end up eating more than them. I just scarf down what I have! 😆

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