Your eyes were bigger than your stomach–which is saying something, as your stomach is quite big these days. You’ve been making an absolute PIG out of yourself lately, and every bite is showing.

You sure feel like a pig right now. You’re sitting there in nothing but your underwear, which is digging into the soft flesh of your belly. You shift the elastic band beneath your belly, resigned to the fact that it’s probably time to buy a larger size. There are crumbs caught in your chest hairs, which you brush away absently. You feel lethargic and like you might be sick if you eat too much more.

But the rest of the meal is taunting you. Leaving any of it feels like a real shame. You want the satisfaction of knowing that you were able to finish all of it, that you were able to defeat the meal you set out to eat. You want the knowledge that every bite is sitting heavy inside you.

With that thought as fuel, you feel renewed motivation and take another bite. It feels like lead in your stomach when you swallow, but you take yet another bite before you think about the discomfort too much. You’re determined to make the most of this second wind!

After a few minutes, you sit back again. You’ve done it. Every bite is gone. You’ve never been this stuffed in your life. It’s a new record. If you felt like a pig before, now you feel like a whale–a beached whale stranded in your recliner. You cradle your distended stomach in both hands, groaning and taking shallow panting breaths.

Some part of your brain knows you should feel regret for stuffing so much food into yourself, but right now the only regret you have is that your stomach isn’t bigger and can’t hold another bite.

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