Groan

Two body myths that I suspect are true:

1. Shaving makes hair grow back coarser
2. Eating little or not at all causes the stomach to shrink

Myth 1. I've experienced often back in my shaving days. I'm sure you have too, at some stage, skinned a boyfriend's palms with your sandpaper legs.

The stomach, on the other hand, I feel has actually decreased in capacity. It was only recently that Jez and I realised we could never eat nearly as much as we once did with ease. I'm amused that we're experiencing this simultaneously. It could be the couple-effect. Like Couvade syndrome.

Anyway, this is a list we compiled of amounts of food we once consumed (individually) on an usual basis.

One large pan-based pizza*
Two Hungry Jack's burger meals
A plateful of dumplings equivalent to roughly 1 kg
One seafood mix grill from George's Cafe plus iced chocolate and dessert*
One main and one serving of pancakes from Pancakes on the Rocks*
One bowl of Ramen Kan ramen**
One large Easy Way drink*

(* me, ** both, rest are just Jez)

Now ... I managed to force three slices (sans crust) of a crispy medium-sized pizza from The Mad Italian a few weeks ago; the Hungry Jack's meals Jez used to eat alone are shared between the two of us, as is the mix grill; half a bowl of ramen is more than enough for my appetite; Easy Way drinks are also always shared; it has now become impossible to eat both dinner and dessert (hence last night we skipped the former and went for the latter); not to mention we somehow both filled up on one can of soup.

Whereas belly-bulging satiety was satisfying in the past, I find now that overeating by even two bites results in groany-moany gastrointestinal discomfort. I hate the feeling of being full, which usually sits just fine with my little anorexic mindframe but at times when I'm ravenous enough to eat my own head, filling up on a sushi roll somehow fails to hit the spot.