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How can people eat this much at Christmas

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Mokel · 26/12/2024 21:30

I had a large plate of my Christmas dinner with Christmas pudding then 5 cheese biscuits with cheese.

I was absolutely stuffed.

Yet hear people who have a large Xmas dinner then go or host a Christmas Day evening buffet. Wouldn’t be able to eat at all.

Think my appetite has reduced

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Createausername1970 · 26/12/2024 21:42

I used to be able to eat far more than I can now. I would have had a large Christmas dinner at lunch time then a buffet at tea time, as well as my bodyweight in chocolate and booze.

Nowadays I can manage Christmas dinner and some chocolates, but much more than that then I am awake all night with indigestion.

stargazerlil · 26/12/2024 21:43

You have to train. Be dedicated. Go to a lot of all you can eat buffets through out the year.
Neighbourhood progressive meals. That kind of thing.

LawrenceSMarlowforPresident · 26/12/2024 21:44

How could you possibly eat a large Christmas dinner + Christmas pudding + cheese + crackers? How, just how? What gluttony. The angels are weeping for you. 🙄

Seriously, though. Why do you care how other people celebrate Christmas? Some people eat more than you care for, others eat less. No need to be shocked by such a revelation.

Teenagequeenwithaloadedgun · 26/12/2024 21:45

MN baffles me at times. So many people want to tell internet strangers how slim they are and how little they eat.

BlondieDH · 26/12/2024 21:46

Mokel · 26/12/2024 21:30

I had a large plate of my Christmas dinner with Christmas pudding then 5 cheese biscuits with cheese.

I was absolutely stuffed.

Yet hear people who have a large Xmas dinner then go or host a Christmas Day evening buffet. Wouldn’t be able to eat at all.

Think my appetite has reduced

You absolute pig. I had a lettuce leaf and half a tomato with a single prawn and I was absolutely stuffed.
gluttonous. That’s what you are. Don’t know how you ate it all.

CandyCane457 · 26/12/2024 21:48

I’m also a big fatty!!!!

Ate my Christmas dinner at 1pm and around 8pm had a Turkey and stuffing sandwich, a bit of salad, handful of crisps and a slice of cheese.

Im a disgrace.

Crackingsugartits · 26/12/2024 21:49

You had FIVE crackers with cheese after a full roast?!

How could you eat so much, I couldn't manage anything after my roast.

BlondieDH · 26/12/2024 21:50

CandyCane457 · 26/12/2024 21:48

I’m also a big fatty!!!!

Ate my Christmas dinner at 1pm and around 8pm had a Turkey and stuffing sandwich, a bit of salad, handful of crisps and a slice of cheese.

Im a disgrace.

No, you’re normal.

IHopeYouStepOnALegPiece · 26/12/2024 21:52

Quit the judgy shit. It’s massively boring

Normallynumb · 26/12/2024 21:53

People are different.. Who knew?!
Personally I eat much less now I'm older, and normally only eat once a day
What I ate yesterday was sufficient for me

SabreIsMyFave · 26/12/2024 21:54

Createausername1970 · 26/12/2024 21:42

I used to be able to eat far more than I can now. I would have had a large Christmas dinner at lunch time then a buffet at tea time, as well as my bodyweight in chocolate and booze.

Nowadays I can manage Christmas dinner and some chocolates, but much more than that then I am awake all night with indigestion.

This. ^ I don't eat as much as I used to, and neither does DH. (Both late 50s.) We have one portion of fish, chips, and curry sauce between us from the chippy, as it's quite enough for us.

I do agree with you @Mokel However, you're not allowed to say as much on here though, lest you be accused of being a 'teeny tiny,' and 'smug,' and 'bragging,' and 'having a go at the fatties.'

I try and keep my food intake down as I have a tendency to gain weight easily and struggle to lose it. God forbid you say it on here though - that you don't eat a lot... 🙄

Fat shaming is frowned upon here. But thin-shaming is fine, and people who are slightly built with small frames, who don't eat much are Royally mocked, and it's OK for some reason!

Hypocrisy at its finest!

KneesUnder · 26/12/2024 21:58

I hung upside down on a yogurt pot filled with seeds and lard. After 4 seeds I was stuffed, had a berry later but could barely manage it.

Barney16 · 26/12/2024 21:58

Today I got up and thought oohhh, I'm really looking forward to a roast beef sandwich, we had beef for Xmas dinner. So my morning progresses, really busy as getting ready for family visit. Gets to lunchtime, got to fridge, bloody partner eaten the lot. No beef left. His reasoning for this gluttony? Oh you said the beef was tough so I ate it. Er?

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Mokel · 26/12/2024 21:58

I do normally eat loads of food without feeling stuffed.

Hotel buffet breakfast- a plate of cooked breakfast then continental meats, cheese abd bread. Followed by croissants etc.

Then evening meal buffet- a plate of salad, plate of the other foods and three puddings

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MistressoftheDarkSide · 26/12/2024 22:01

Maybe some people are vicars who don't want to offend their parishioners. Because they might cry.

Emanwenym · 26/12/2024 22:02

I had a big plate of salad on Christmas Day as a special treat. Normally I'd have had gruel.

BCBird · 26/12/2024 22:03

Christmas eating started in November for me. . On Christmas day my meal was quite restrained- thunk I had too much rich food in weeks before. Have learnt my lesson. Nxt year start week beginning 20th or even 24th.

tealandteal · 26/12/2024 22:04

Christmas dinner is a subjective term, varying sizes, different meats/sides etc. some have three courses. For us it’s a fairly normal roast dinner size with pudding and then cheese and biscuits with a few leftovers in the evening.

MistressoftheDarkSide · 26/12/2024 22:06

We went without. The grumpy old bugger at the end of our slum who's CEO of some company took a sleeping pill and missed the ghosts of Christmas past present and future who were supposed to visit in his dreams. No turkey for us this year. Bah humbug.

Next year I'm sending him a hamper if magic mushrooms and crossing my fingers.

Sossijiz · 26/12/2024 22:07

BlondieDH · 26/12/2024 21:46

You absolute pig. I had a lettuce leaf and half a tomato with a single prawn and I was absolutely stuffed.
gluttonous. That’s what you are. Don’t know how you ate it all.

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Please tell us it was a cherry tomato and not a full size tomato!

BCBird · 26/12/2024 22:07

Had salad today with smoked trout and mussels. Felt very virtuous. Had consumed 3 frangipane mince pies throughout day with custard though. Home made- first time- yummy. No.chocolate today. Would not be surprised if it running through my veins

StormingNorman · 26/12/2024 22:07

I had half a Brussels sprout and a small slice of turkey. Still stuffed.

Bakedpumpkin · 26/12/2024 22:08

If you keep drinking the hunger keeps coming!

UndeniablyGenXmasOfAWomblingMerryType · 26/12/2024 22:09

I can't eat as much as I could when I was younger - I wouldn't mind but at the same time I've got much fatter than in my youth - how is that fair? 😄

CorbyTrouserPress · 26/12/2024 22:10

I don’t eat Christmas dinner, I’m too stuffed after my massive salad