Ramadan Word #4 Kirsch

Kirsch is one of the side effects of Ramadan. It means "belly" or in German, a bit more accurate "Ranzen".

You should think that fasting for 12 hours everyday should make you loose weight. Not so for many people.

Why? People are extremely hungry in the evening when the can break the fast and therefore tend to eat too much. The fact that you usually get invited or invite others yourself, facilitates that process, since everyone wants to cook something delicious and if possible many different dishes.

Then night falls, and you go to sleep. It's commonly known that having a huge meal before you go to sleep is not the healthiest thing to do on earth.

In the middle of the night you get up and before you even feel hungry at 3 or 4 am you have again as big of a meal as possible, to stuff up for the day to come.

That's the deal. Loosing weight in Ramadan is a dream that only comes true for a few. Many find themselves actually growing a "Kirsch". Let's see how it will happen for me...