Do you eat too fast?

I eat way too fast. It's annoying. I love eating, so I'd like to enjoy it, but I just tend to wolf it down. I usually finish a meal in less than five minutes.

So,

1). Do you eat too fast? Be honest. There's no shame here.

2). Any tips to help me slow down and enjoy my food? (other than not eating in front of the tv, chewing food x amount of times, counting to 30, putting the fork down, etc).

Ta! ^_^

I have this problem too.....always have. You would think someone was going to take my food off my plate if I don't eat it fast enough. I have tried to eat slower by engaging in conversation with the family more while I am eating, sometimes I read a book, etc. It is hard as hell sometimes.

I'm a fast eater but just in these past two weeks that I've been with MFP I've made a concious effort to take more time. What helps me is chatting with someone - it's more fun than eating alone anyways

Also, I used to be the one who set down a plate of food and went atter. Now, I put the plate down and actually take a minute to look and appreciate what I'm about to put into my body! It's great practice and ultimately gives you a new perspective on what you SHOULD be eating.

Less hiccups too! Haha!

Good luck!

1) I power through my food. I had to learn to portion food ahead of time, and if I'm still hungry after eating what I SHOULD be eating, I just drink water until I'm no longer hungry (generally 15-20 mins after I started eating). Over time I've found I have been eating less, even though I still eat just as fast.

2) These are things that work for me:
- Strike up an interesting conversation... I eat slowest when I'm engaged in a dialogue. If I'm staring at my plate I shovel food even faster.
- Cut things up into smaller pieces, works better when preparing food, but also when eating it. More pieces means more time shoveling.
- Another tip is eat more, lower calorie (but still healthy!) food... eating 2 cups of steamed broccoli will take me a lot longer than eating something that is smaller but more calorie dense - for example almonds.
- Eating with chopsticks CAN slow you down.... until/unless you pick up the plate and just use them as a tool to scrape the plate into your mouth. >.>

I eat really fast also.... Think some of it has to do with being in a rush all the time between work and kids activities going on. I find myself telling the kids to Hurry up and I remind myself to stop doing it! Or being so hungry by the time I get to eat. I to have been working on ways to slow down my eating.... So hard to remeber until the food is mostly gone

I am a fast eater. I have tried everything to stop also. Sometimes in the middle of a meal I get up and put dishes away or load the dishwasher or don't put out my drink so I have to get up during the meal to get it. This helps me slow down a little. I also cut my food as I go along (including pizza days) to help keep it slow. I also used chop sticks for everything for a while but all that did was improve my chop stick skills and I started eating fast again. If I keep my food in moderation I don't worry about the speed anymore. Good luck.

I eat way too fast....after having a baby it started and I have never changed.:sad:

Me too! When my kids were babies they would cry and want to be fed whenever I was trying to eat, it never failed. I learned to shovel my food fast if I wanted to finish it before it got cold sitting there for a half hour while I fed a baby.

I like eating fast though. I don't know why, it just feels more satisfying to me to take big bites and eat fast than to nibble at food. So I just put the portion on my plate I know I'm going to eat and have logged my calories for. So if I finish it in 5 minutes or 20, who cares? I would have eaten it anyway.

Guilty as charged !!!!

I only have a 30 minute lunch and eat at my desk. I hoover my lunch!!

LOL, I resemble that remark!!

I eat slowly. I don't have tips I just do it because I like to. I like to enjoy my food. My boyfriend takes the biggest ungodly bites and wolfs his food down so fast... it kind of grosses me out lol.

I eat so fast

I used to eat a quarter pounder loaded with salad in about 2 minutes

I still eat fast

I think its because when I was about 13 I would eat as much as my Dad. If he ate faster than me he would try to steal bits off my dinner plate... that's until he got my fork in the back of his hand.

We both used to race each other and the first to finish got the best pick of what my brother and sister didnt want.

I cant believe I used to eat like that and stayed so very skinny.

My hubby on the other hand is painfully slow- I've known him take 2 hours to eat half a dozed chicken wings that I'd have finished in 5 minutes!

Yes I eat like I am a prisoner lol. It's horrible but I can't help myself lol. A friend I know eats with her eyes closed. It has helped her lose weight and she eats slower now.

Yep I eat too fast, it is something I am midfull of & try to eat slower especially when eating with others. I find putting the cutlery down inbetween bites is the easiest way...

I used to be ridiculously slow... now I eat pretty fast... To try to slow down I try to match my boyfriend and only put my fork to my mouth when he does. I might chew and swallow faster, but the food goes in at the same rate. Sometimes when he gets distracted by the TV I'm staring at him screaming (in my head) OMG HURRY UP AND TAKE ANOTHER BITE!!! I wouldn't dare tell him that's what I do - he'd make it into some sort of game for sure and drag dinner out over two hours!!!