It depends...

If I am at home alone, then in front of the computer or in front of the TV. If Tina is there, then at the table or in front of the TV. If the girls are also there, then we eat at the table.

When we all move into the house, Tina wants to make sure we always eat at the table. Food will be banned from in front of the TV - fine by me, although crisps etc. when watching an evening film might still be allowed...

People who eat slowly are less likely to be fat/obese. IIRC it takes a while for the stomach to tell the brain that it's full so if you wolf down your food you can beat the trigger that says you're full and hence eat more. If you eat slowly then the body registers that it's eaten enough and you can stop before you consume more than you need. At least I think that's right.

In summary, eating slowly is probably better for you in the long run (unless you eat so slowly that you starve to death but that seems somewhat unlikely. You're not a sloth are you?).

On my lap or we eat at the table in the kitchen. We'd eat in the dining room if we had one.

I am pretty much.

I'm six foot and 18 1/2 stone if that helps.

I previously lived alone and ate at the dining room table. Strangely since I've moved back home I will only eat at the table if other family members are. Otherwise I will head up to my room and sit on the bed and eat (too much crap on the desk plus my TV is on the desk too).

I was brought up eating dinner around the dining table. We didn't actually have a dedicated dining room for most of that time, so it was usually in the kitchen-diner and later on in the lounge-diner. Even when I visit now, we eat tea at the table. I should point out, these rooms have usually been equipped with a TV although it's not usually on.

However, when Doctor Who was on we'd eat on our laps in front of the TV. I remember my mum did pork sausage in a roll with home made tomato chutney, and I absolutely loved it. Best night of the week!

These days if I'm by myself, often I'll eat directly from the stove in the kitchen. If it's definitely "plate food" then I'll sit at the dining table, just because it's easiest. I do have a sofa and a TV but I never use them during the week because there's just nothing interesting I can do there by myself with thirteen channels of sh!t.

If I have friends around, then it depends how many people, what I'm cooking and if there's anything on TV:

1. Me, one mate, pizza and a good show = sofa + TV
2. Four people, wine and a proper meal = dining table
3. Ten people = buffet and sit or stand wherever you can

If I had a proper family, then I'd like to sit down to tea most nights and have a proper family chat with no TV. Once a week, I'd also do the piggy burgers + Doctor Who thing

I was also bought up eating around the table with family. We had a big enough lounge that there was table in there so we could eat from the table and watch TV if we wanted to have something on.

These days I don't have a dining table or anywhere other than the sofa to sit down and eat so I mostly eat on the sofa with a plate on my lap or sit on the floor and put the plate on the coffee table if it's too hot.

Just found myself an apartment locally though, however viewings are available until next week so wish me luck on that front..

*giggles*

Well I'm quite disappointed that on lap in front of the TV is the most popular choice and it's a shame that so many people don't even have room for a dining table. Sign of the time I guess.

We have a dining table but it's home to the tank of a Bearded Dragon named Ripley when she visits, and home to a load of junk when she's not visiting.
I don't really mind not using a table really as we never had one when I was a child and I'm just not used to one.
Anyone that's ever seen me eat (at MUMUs for example) will know that I have appalling table manners and I need a bib, so all in all a table's not really a necessity for me.

Mark

I didn't notice anything wrong with your eating habits. Mind you, I was probably too busy spilling food down my own front…

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I've never ever eaten on the sofa at home, always either at kitchen or dining table. In Bath i eat wherever there is space so on a corner of my desk usually

It takes about 10 minutes for the stomach to pass on the message to the brain, if I recall correctly.

I do believe it's 20 min At least that's what i was told at school