How fast do you eat?

[milesy]

I eat like Homer Simpson I try not to, and sometimes succeed, especially in company, but usually it's just the wolfing-it-down-as-fast-as-poss method for me

i'm the same, and often feel a bit bloated afterwards because of it. i really do need to start chewing properly.

 

[trashpony]

I can't eat and walk or drink and walk, but I have no problem with smoking and walking.

I always feel guilty if I smoke and walk - my mum told me that only prostitutes do that

 

[Orang Utan]

I can't eat and walk or drink and walk, but I have no problem with smoking and walking.

I have a problem with drinking and walking too, especially alcohol

 

[May Kasahara]

People who eat fast are better lovers. I read it in the New Scientist.

They obviously never met my ex.

 

[Skim]

I can walk and smoke and drink all at once, but I'm not so keen on eating while I'm walking or smoking. Eating and drinking works together quite well, though

 

[Biddlybee]

I always feel guilty if I smoke and walk - my mum told me that only prostitutes do that

My nan says that about smoking outside full stop, no matter if you're walking or not

 

[wtfftw]

Once I worked out you taste more the longer it's in your mouth my eating slowed down. I don't wolf but I'm not the last to finish (well, I could be out of two).

 

[sojourner]

i'm the same, and often feel a bit bloated afterwards because of it. i really do need to start chewing properly.

Oh I chew properly - I just chew really fast...so fast in fact, that you can't see my jaws moving

I get bloated too, but that's mainly because I cook too much food and hate wasting it! Without FAIL, I pour rice/pasta/couscous into the pan and think 'that's never enough' so put more in, only to serve up a humungous pile of the stuff once its cooked. Then I think 'I'll never eat that lot', but I do

 

[sojourner]

Once I worked out you taste more the longer it's in your mouth my eating slowed down. .

See, I've done that, and enjoyed it, but I wolf without even thinking about it most of the time.

Does anyone else actually speed up during the meal?

 

[Nixon]

I can eat fast wherever.I can demolish a big place of food in about 10-15 minutes and im worse with drinks.

A pint will not last me 20 minutes at all,regardless of how long im meant to be making it last

 

[SubZeroCat]

I'm a very slow eater. Only one person eats slower than me, and that's my brother. The funny thing is, I always think I'm eating at a normal speed - sometimes if I'm in a hurry I will choke my food down in double-quick time and still find that I finish 15 minutes after everyone else.

Exactly the same as me!

 

[soulman]

Used to eat really fast, like my life depended on it, but found I've been slowing down and enjoying food recently.

 

[electrogirl]

I always feel guilty if I smoke and walk - my mum told me that only prostitutes do that

Really? I do it all the time. whoops.

On topic, I eat superfast, I try and stop during meals with other people sometimes to let them catch up but I'm too impatient.

Also, it's only recently that I've started leaving things on my plate if I'm full. I used to have to eat every single bit, I'm sure because my mum ingarained this habit on me.

 

[Herbsman.]

Most of the time I eat food too bloody fast. And that's because I hate cold food, I hate cool food and I hate warm food. Even if I eat hot food off a hot plate in a hot room, it still cools too quickly for me to eat it as slowly as I would like to.

 

[Skim]

I get bloated too, but that's mainly because I cook too much food and hate wasting it! Without FAIL, I pour rice/pasta/couscous into the pan and think 'that's never enough' so put more in, only to serve up a humungous pile of the stuff once its cooked. Then I think 'I'll never eat that lot', but I do

I'm totally incapable of making the right amount of rice or pasta – I always make a huge mountain of the stuff, forgetting that it expands during cooking

 

[EastEnder]

I have a glacial eating pace. It's very rare I find anyone finishes after me. When in company, I'll sometimes give up and leave food because I'm getting self conscious of the others who finished a while ago.

Eating should be like making love - slow, steady and with plenty of ketchup.

 

[Herbsman.]

I'm totally incapable of making the right amount of rice or pasta – I always make a huge mountain of the stuff, forgetting that it expands during cooking

Me too. You'd think we'd learn after the first few times

 

[EastEnder]

I'm totally incapable

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