is it just me?

Catsmokinpot

i had a lovely dinner on christmas day, wasnt the traditional christmas dinner, it was roast beef, roast spuds etc. etc. i made it myself for me and me mam and gran and it turned out perfectly, had mince pies after and crammed a load of apple and blackberry pie with custard in to me, was the most satisfying dinner ive had all year, sitting in the sitting room after eating it with the belt buckle undone, physically exhausted from all the eating, and boom! i was asleep!

i just wanted to know wether it was just me or what, but is christmas dinner just so tiring and satisfying to eat that you just conk out on the couch after eating it?

Piste

I ran away from my Christmas dinner of vegetables and vegetables to escape my family.

Needless to say, the internet was my refuge.

scuba steve

theres something with xmas day and eating, it just makes you tired

Creamy Goodness

yes, i fell asleep after christmas dinner, so so nice with turkey, ham, roasts, potatoes, garlic potatoes - this is why i look forward to christmas once a year these are - stuffing and lashings of gravy.

it's not uncommon to conk out, after all i bet you that you were rushing on your feet all day trying to get everything perfect and after all the work you put in you deserve to have a little quiet time.

Angels

I think everyone eats so much on xmas day that the evening time just envolves people sitting in front of the telly falling asleep. Maybe an hour or 2 after that family will play cards or something to keep them entertained

kc66

My dad usually falls asleep after eating dinner. He says the body is concentrating on digesting the food so its a drain on his energy! Thats his excuse anyway.

rubadub

Its the sprouts, they contain natural sedatives :v:

December Son

Piste wrote:

I ran away from my Christmas dinner of vegetables and vegetables to escape my family.

Needless to say, the internet was my refuge.

Thats...kinda sad.

Anyway, it is actually possible to eat yourself into a coma. I dont mean like in hospital asleep for 3 months type coma, but its an actual fact that after gorging yourself you can become comatose...thats usually why everyone passes out after horsing down christmas dinner.

Binomate

I didn't fall asleep and I had only 4 hours sleep the previous night.

OsamaBinLaden

i'm really tired right now and i've just drank 2 pints of coke.
possibly the side effects of the anti-anxiety pills.

Ruaidhri

kc66 wrote:

My dad usually falls asleep after eating dinner. He says the body is concentrating on digesting the food so its a drain on his energy! Thats his excuse anyway.

I'm nearly sure he's right. Your body's resources are concentrated on digesting the mass of food you just deposited on it :v: so less energy is directed to your brain,making you stupider (think the figures are about 15% less IQ points!) and sleepier.. now if only i could find a link to back me up...

Heyes

i spent a large chunk of stephens's day asleep instead :rolleyes:

elexes

i had a game of wow waiting for me so no sleep hear . but when i went to get a drink saw that everyone else was asleep or on the verge of it

the Guru

yes , I was fooked after mine , every year its the same thing

Scraggs

Piste wrote:

I ran away from my Christmas dinner of vegetables and vegetables to escape my family.

Needless to say, the internet was my refuge.

me too! xmas din dins is just so unsatisfying for veggies!! specially with turkey and other foods monopolising the oven...

garthv

Seems to be the norm in my house anyway,
After the big whopping Xmas dinner everyone either passes out in the sittingroom or goes to bed for an hour, I know i did!

johnny_rambo

I think it might be the turkey aswell that makes you sleepy...
http://home.howstuffworks.com/question519.htm

spiderlegs

My theory is that you resort to bein like a baby.Babies always got o sleep after their bottles.All the eatin' just wears them out. That and they're so happy and satisfied with the fullness they just pass out like someones whos had one too many pints.I think that on christmas day. This happens to everyone.That and you're so tired from the whole run up to christmas that you just pass out after it.Me? I ate so much I couldn't move.

Dave!

Yeah, my mam, dad, brother, and aunt had simultaneous naps after Christmas dinner, lol

I would have done the same -- but all the beds were taken! :eek:

LadyJ

I fell asleep during dinner ffs!

deisemum

kc66 wrote:

My dad usually falls asleep after eating dinner. He says the body is concentrating on digesting the food so its a drain on his energy! Thats his excuse anyway.

He's fairly right, at Unislim we've been told that when you've had a big meal your body has to work very hard to digest it and that's what makes people sleepy.

We had starter and main course at lunchtime and saved desert for the evening. We didn't have sprouts this year, had the turkey and ham (Nigella style in coca-cola) and had a lovely time.

I did go for a lie down in the afternoon but had to stay up very late doing the santa bit and then was woken at 7am.

garthv

LadyJ wrote:

I fell asleep during dinner ffs!

Lay off the vodka!

Piste

December Son wrote:

Thats...kinda sad.

You've never met my family....

The Mother, Father and Sister are grand but the extended family really get to me.

So it was either run or kill

I think I chose the right option.

tj-music.com

Catsmokinpot wrote:

physically exhausted from all the eating, and boom! i was asleep! i just wanted to know wether it was just me or what, but is christmas dinner just so tiring and satisfying to eat that you just conk out on the couch after eating it?

too much carbohydrate intake at once causes the body to having to fight with all the carbs that the system now has to break down and to change into sugar and all that hence you get tired from one minute to another and you will fall asleep. As a diabetic I know exactly what you´re talking about.

It is also the combination of too much food and too few walks outside because of the weather meaning not enough oxygen on top of that. I enjoyed x-mas but somehow I am glad it is over.

Gone West

Ruaidhri wrote:

less energy is directed to your brain,making you stupider (think the figures are about 15% less IQ points!)

lmao
whats this guy on?

Rb

I ate approximately 3 times what anyone else at our table ate, was absolutely knackered afterwards but kept myself awake. That night I slept for 16 hours