This article on the Wall Street Journal caught my eye. According to the article, refined carbohydrates and foods with high sugar and fat content promote "fullness resistance." "They interfere with the complex hormonal messages the body usually sends to the brain to signal that it's time to stop eating. People feel hungrier instead."
This is interesting because I can releate to this from my experience last night. A friend of mine was celebrating her 21st birthday, and she did it with a bang. We started with supper at a local sports bar and she had a salad, a turkey club wrap, french fries, onion rings (shared with others) and a Coke. Then she had some shots, some hot wings, some more shots, a slice of pizza and a cookie, then more shots. When we finally drug her drunken self back home, she claimed she was starving. Now, I know alcohol is a factor, but it was amazing how much she was putting into her body within 6 hours. She typically doesn't eat that much. This article was just interesting, so for all of us out there that wonder why our waistbands expand as our tolerance level goes up (no matter how much we diet for bikini season) this may explain it more clearly.
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