eat up a storm or eat a storm

To eat up a storm or eat a storm -

it means to eat out of control . To eat wrong combination of food. To eat anything and everything . To lack control over eating. It could be probably as a result of large appetite, lost of blood due to excessive monthly flow in women, after intake of antibiotics or any lost of blood or due to bad eating habits that are difficult to control.

* I am an Attorney from Nigeria. From the oil rich City of Warri in Delta of Nigeria. Okra Soup and Garri is a popular local food among the Southern people of Nigeria. Okra is spelled Okro by most people in Nigeria. Garri is prepared from cassava flakes while Okro soup is prepared from the Vegetable crop Okro together with fish or meat etc.

Eat up a storm or eat a storm

Esther: I m not feeling well. My stomach is upset.

Sunshine: Sorry about that. Did you eat anything bad last night?

Esther: Just my dinner, Garri and Okra soup.
Sunshine: Okra soup can upset sometimes, depending on what you ate in the afternoon...or after dinner.

Sunshine: And you know you have been eating a storm for the past few days ...

Esther: Yes.

Esther: I ate beans, yam, watermelon in the afternoon.

Estherhome : I even ate cucumber and groundnut with biscuits after the meal because I was still hungry after dinner.

Sunshine: I said it. You have been eating up a storm lately
Sunshine: Cucumber and groundnut with biscuits after okra soup ? Jesus!!! You really do eat up a storm these days.