The speed at which we eat....

[DaveK]

Maybe better suited for the health & diet section, not sure. (feel free to move)

 

I've got to change.  In my industry... you got 15 minutes (standing in the office) to suck down a meal.  I've tried to break the habit... not successfully. I know it's healthier to eat slowly, digest, conversate, and relax....but it's usually either order and wait an hour for it only to take 8 minutes to shove it down or cook all day to simply do the same. 

 

Any tips or tricks out there other than.... "fucking just slow down?"

 

 

[SwampNut]

I would like to move it, because it's a good discussion and things get buried here.  It deserves more attention.

 

I've been trained to eat everything, all at once, through a variety of life situations.  Literal three minute 2k calorie meals with a one and done opportunity.  I'm also working on it.  Easier if I'm doing something, say eating and watching TV.  Just eating?  Gone immediately.  In fact I actually find myself annoyed at the work of eating and want it done.

[SwampNut]

A corollary or connected challenge is that I've worked hard for years to remove food from the entertainment category and turn it into only fuel (except an occasional special meal).  This then leads to the "just get it over with" attitude.

 

Tirzepatide has forcibly slowed me down, because of the delayed gastric emptying.  Or, I pay for it if I don't.  Aren't you finding limits to quantity and speed, especially on max dose?

[DaveK]

It's my stomach fighting my brain and vice versa. I do find myself with big eyes and a limited sized stomach.  I have had VERY minimal side effects but I have also mastered not testing those limits too.  Smaller portions, smaller bites, longer dining time.... it what I am trying to accomplish.... so, I can actually eat a meal like a human. But like you... I am a "get it over" guy too.  Always have been.

[SwampNut]

1 minute ago, DaveK said:

I have had VERY minimal side effects

 

You know you're a 1% of 1% right?  I've talked to thousands of people about GLP-1s now, and yours is the lowest report ever.  Maybe Eli Lilly put you on a placebo, LOL.

 

[DaveK]

I am experiencing one side effect - it's not too bad but it's making me very moody and a bit of a feeling of depression.  I think it's more related to not consuming enough food to maintain a level of energy but planning on talking to the doc about it. 

[DaveK]

1 minute ago, SwampNut said:

 

You know you're a 1% of 1% right?  I've talked to thousands of people about GLP-1s now, and yours is the lowest report ever.  Maybe Eli Lilly put you on a placebo, LOL.

 

 

Seriously, I poop fine (I take 3 Metamucil pills a day 3 in the AM and 3 in the PM) not much nausea... but it's hard to get nauseous when you don't eat that much anymore. Other than "very slight nausea" - absolutely nothing. 

[DaveK]

I went to get a refill this past weekend and the pharmacist told me she has tried it 4 times in 5 years and it's made her so sick she has not been able to stay on it for more than a few months or so.  

[SwampNut]

20 minutes ago, DaveK said:

but it's hard to get nauseous when you don't eat that much anymore. Other than "very slight nausea" - absolutely nothing. 

 

For most of us, the nausea is related to not eating.  Seriously, thousands of people, maybe tens of thousands, you're like .01%.

 

19 minutes ago, DaveK said:

I went to get a refill this past weekend and the pharmacist told me she has tried it 4 times in 5 years and it's made her so sick she has not been able to stay on it for more than a few months or so.  

 

This is why I caution people to stick with the Eli Lilly schedule of only moving up if you absolutely must.  My friend made the mistake of moving up to ten on a schedule instead of waiting for the lower dose to lose effect, is paying dearly for it now.  

[Zero Knievel]

49 minutes ago, DaveK said:

I've got to change.  In my industry... you got 15 minutes (standing in the office) to suck down a meal. 

 

Better question is WHY you only get 15 minutes for a meal?  You have the pull...change it.

 

Practically speaking, just have a snack.  You at least won't gorge yourself and in 15 minutes your stomach will catch up with you.

[DaveK]

This was back in the late 80’s through the 90’s and early 2000’s. You got 2 15 minute breaks and a 30. The 30 never fell during a meal period. I’ve got no pull to change it. 

[Biometrix]

I have some advice...and I mean this in the nicest way. You're a high level executive. If you can manage your business and all the people who report to you effectively, you should be able to manage yourself and your meal-time better. If you had someone reporting to you who was doing something wrong and their excuse was, "sorry, bad habit I can't seem to break". would you accept that? 

[Zero Knievel]

3 hours ago, DaveK said:

This was back in the late 80’s through the 90’s and early 2000’s. You got 2 15 minute breaks and a 30. The 30 never fell during a meal period. I’ve got no pull to change it. 

I thought you meant today.  Still, small snacks and eat something more substantial at your 30.  Frankly, I never had an issue eating on my lunch break, but when you eat when you want to, shifting times isn’t an issue.

[SwampNut]

47 minutes ago, Zero Knievel said:

I thought you meant today.

 

The problem from that time still makes him (and me) behave a certain way.  I believe that TODAY it's likely that Dave owns his time, as I do.  But when you're busting ass for minimum wage you do what the man tells you.

 

An additional problem for me was that when I was a cocktail waiter I burned insane calories, and fed them constantly, in high volumes, with short time.  Then I got a desk career...and blimped.

 

[azxr]

I am reading this as I wolf down a breakfast sandwich in less than a minute.  Interested in the discussion.  Eating fast never seemed to bother me but notice that now some foods such as chicken or potatoes seem to get stuck going down if I eat fast.  I also have a bad habit of not taking a lunch and getting away from the desk to eat.

[SwampNut]

There are a number of health implications from fast eating, so it's a great topic.  I just don't really know great solutions, other than to always think about it and be conscious.  So I welcome Dave's reminder.  Maybe we just remind each other every couple days.

 

[jon haney]

12 hours ago, azxr said:

I am reading this as I wolf down a breakfast sandwich in less than a minute.  Interested in the discussion.  Eating fast never seemed to bother me but notice that now some foods such as chicken or potatoes seem to get stuck going down if I eat fast.  I also have a bad habit of not taking a lunch and getting away from the desk to eat.

My doctor said that could be a sign of acid reflux disease.  I started taking an over-the-counter Prilasec, and the problem almost disappeared.

[superhawk996]

I used to be a fast eater, now I'm usually the last one done in any group.  I very rarely have any digestive problems, possibly related.  The change was so long ago I don't know how/what I did.  I remember reading or hearing something that said you should chew your food XX number of times and it's likely that I started counting or at least paying attention to it.

 

I hate wasting time so I'll often eat while I work; take a bite, wrench for a bit, swing by for another bite.  Nobody's stealing the burrito/sandwich covered in black fingerprints.