I generally try to avoid buffets because they encourage you to overeat – first, by the vast display and variety of foods and second, by the feeling that you need to eat enough to ‘get your money’s worth.’ It is the very strong person who can do portion control at a buffet and eat just one meal. It’s not impossible to eat healthy at a buffet though.
Tonight a family member and I went to the local Polytech school for dinner. Students serve a number of meals throughout their semester; this was their ‘final exam’ – a buffet. They do a nice job at these dinners; I had been to one last year and enjoyed it. The day of the buffet was the only day I could go this spring. I started off strong for the appetizers – picking salad greens, roasted vegies and mushrooms (skipped the bread) but slid ‘downhill’ from there into favorites like pasta. It’s not so much what you eat as exercising portion control on your choices.
The funny thing is, there are as many websites promoting how to exploit an all-you-can-eat buffet as those with helpful tips to not lose total control. I think the former must be directed at the college kid audience. Or the homeless and hungry who have internet access. The latter websites are the ones I should be studying.
Tonight a family member and I went to the local Polytech school for dinner. Students serve a number of meals throughout their semester; this was their ‘final exam’ – a buffet. They do a nice job at these dinners; I had been to one last year and enjoyed it. The day of the buffet was the only day I could go this spring. I started off strong for the appetizers – picking salad greens, roasted vegies and mushrooms (skipped the bread) but slid ‘downhill’ from there into favorites like pasta. It’s not so much what you eat as exercising portion control on your choices.
The funny thing is, there are as many websites promoting how to exploit an all-you-can-eat buffet as those with helpful tips to not lose total control. I think the former must be directed at the college kid audience. Or the homeless and hungry who have internet access. The latter websites are the ones I should be studying.