Thursday, March 29, 2012

human plunge

I want to talk about my new discovery...the importance of One Single Bite.  For the most part, I am doing good with food.  Not sure what my weight loss is this week but I am drinking water and trying to stay healthy.  A new development has appeared however and I do not like it...spitting, sliming, PB'ing...whatever you want to call it..it has now made its home with me. 

I have not had any dramatic episodes and while it does hurt, I can quietly and calmly take care of it within a few hours of eating each time it happens.  At first, I thought it was an issue with the food I was eating...so I changed it up...it kept happening.  So what is the deal.

It just dawned on me....its not chewing one stupid little bite enough at some point during the meal.  This is ridiculous.  I feel like crap for hours because I forgot to chew enough on one bite...and it comes back to haunt me.

Of course to get to feel better and get that pesky large item up, I am spitting and sliming the remnants of what I have ate that has me all clogged up.  Its like I have become a human plunge.

I have got to remember to chew chew chew...but in the heat of the moment when I am eating..I don't always remember 100% of the time.  I need to tattoo it on my hand or something so I see it ever time I pick up a dang fork.

Does this happen to anyone else?  Should I be concerned? 

2 comments:

  1. Oh, yes. I have had that. I learned pretty early. I was eating a banana...of all things! I was talking to my husband and I swallowed without chewing fully. OMG. The pain! It took a while but finally came back up! Now I chew well, but sometimes I still eat to fast and then these God awful hiccups start! Its so much fun..........NOT!

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  2. Hi. I've been getting stuck a lot but I find it also happens when I eat to fast it seems to happen with purée too so I figured out it was not the chewing but the speed. I don't even have my 1st fill yet. It really is a learning curve and I'm so afraid of stretching my pouch that I panic. I got great advice - DO NOT DRINK ANYTHING when you are stuck. I have not brought up what I ate yet but I have brought up a lot of thick spit which is gross too. I guess we just need to be mindful of what were doing until we create a new habit. Good luck.

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