Monday, August 23, 2010

Chew On This...


Part of this blog has been devoted to "re-programming my brain" as how to live successfully as a thin person.  I have mentioned that I used to think that many thin people just had "great" genetics and didn't have to work at it.  As I started to observe the habits of thin people, I noticed that many people work at it much more than I thought.  Yesterday, I had another revelation for me....

HH and I are eating a quick bite to eat before we headed to evening church.  I had my usual Moes, and HH had Wendys.  I noticed how slowly HH eats.  Part of my eating fast comes from being a teacher, and having four seconds (no, fifteen minutes though seriously) to eat.  I cannot eat fast anymore, so WLS has forced me to eat slower.  I think that HH actually gets to taste more of his food, and his brain has time to signal that he is full.  HH has lived his entire life in a normal weight range.  (He has recently had about a twenty pound weight gain.)  This is a new behavior that I am going to start looking for to see if it is a consistent pattern. 

1 comment:

ChiTown Girl said...

You are very observant, my dear!