Eating slower on a GLP-1 or after bariatric surgery
Small bites, time between them, and a pause to notice how you feel: it's advice many people hear on a GLP-1 medication and before or after bariatric surgery. Choo turns it into a gentle rhythm you can follow at every meal.
A baby tortoise eats across the table from you. It takes a bite, you take yours, and you both chew. Eating more slowly may help you notice when you're comfortably full.
How Choo adjusts for you
When you set up Choo, you choose what brings you here. Your answer sets the pace, the meal targets and the check-ins. You can change it later in Settings.
On a GLP-1 medication
- One bite every 15 seconds to start, growing to about 28 by week 6
- Meal targets from 10 minutes, growing to 22
- A belly check halfway through every meal
- “Any nausea?” after meals, next to how full you feel
Bariatric surgery, before or after
- One bite every 20 seconds to start, growing to 30 by week 6
- Meal targets from 15 minutes, growing to 27
- A belly check halfway through, and a chew guide in Bite Timer
- “Any nausea?” after meals, next to how full you feel
The pace only moves up after a week of practice, so it never runs ahead of you. You can choose a different target before any meal.
General guidance, not medical advice. If your doctor, dietitian or surgeon gave you different instructions, follow theirs.
A belly check, halfway through
Halfway through the meal, your tortoise puts its food down and asks how your belly feels. Tap how full you are, then choose Keep going or I'm satisfied. Both buttons look the same, and stopping is always one tap, with no warning.
A chew guide
On the bariatric track, Bite Timer shows an easy chewing beat between bites, as a visual cue or with a gentle haptic tick. Anyone can turn it on from the meal menu in Bite Timer.
See how pace and comfort line up
After a meal, Choo asks how full you are and whether you have any nausea. With Choo Plus, the pace and feel view compares meals that reached their target with meals that didn't, shows the number of meals behind every average, and only appears once each group has at least 5 meals.
Private by design
Your track and your health answers are saved only if you agree, and you can erase them anytime with Forget my health answers in Settings. They're never sent to analytics or to advertisers. Read the Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy and the Privacy Policy.
A note on care
Choo is about pace, not restriction. It never counts or judges what you eat, and it isn't a medical device or a replacement for your care team. If you're in recovery from an eating disorder, check with your care team before using pacing tools.
Support is available from NEDA (US) and findahelpline.com (worldwide).