Last week I saw Peggy Lauritzen, one of my patients, in the office and she told me of the unusual way she reminds herself to eat slowly. She carries chopsticks in her purse and uses them for all of her meals!
Think it is crazy? She has kept her weight off and is doing very well several years after her gastric bypass. It may be a little quirky but it works for her.
Once a friend of hers said "I would lose weight too if I used chop sticks." Peggy said, "so what's your point.
How do slow down your eating? Do you have a quirky way to remind yourself to slow down and chew slowly. Leave a comment and I will share it with the other 750 people that follow this blog each month.
Well my way of slowing down my eating is to do exactly what Doctor Myers told me to do and I do this faithfully and it makes all the difference in the world. After I swallow each bite I count...one thousand one one thousand two one thousand three..all the way to 30 then I take another bite and start it all over again. It gives me time to feel the fullness.
ReplyDeleteI went out and bought baby spoons to practice for the small bites. I now have neon blue and pink ones at work that I eat my yogurt with, and my friends think they are cool :-D
ReplyDeleteThese are great comments. Use what ever creative plan that works for you!
ReplyDeleteI also use baby spoons and occassionally put a dime in front of me to help remind me the size of my opening, which in turn reminds me to chew, chew, chew, which causes me to slow down eating!
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