Getting in shape rant/rave

[thrill]

10 lbs of chicken wings?!? Jesus H. Christ. You may have eaten your total calorie intake for a week w/ that binge!!

That's like 5000 times the daily recommended Sodium intake.

[cards2468]

You realize all you can eat doesn't mean eat until you explode.

I view "all you can eat" as a challenge

[IMADreamer]

The problem with all you can eat is people see it as a "I have to get my moneys worth" situation so they never eat light. Not to mention they are rarely inexpensive. Several weeks ago we stopped at a Pondarosa with the future inlaws and I paid in an effort to show my adultness I guess and it was over 50$. Which I realize you can pay much more but hopefully for better food.

I made an interesting observation there which was most people there look like cows. Myself and future father inlaw included may I add. I almost felt bad for my gf and future mother in law because they are both thin and I was thinking they had to feel out of place. ha

[Leroy]

I have what people call a bird appetite. They actually make fun of me. I don't know why people would make fun of me for not eating as much as them, but they have my whole life. There is just something with me that when I am full, I can't eat another bite. Others I know can be full, but just keep eating. A complete foreign concept to me, when I'm done, I'm done. There are certain times when I order something expecting to eat about half of a meal and I throw down the whole thing, but that doesn't happen often. It seems like I eat less when I feel like I am starving. I am a tad overweight, but in the last few months I have lost around 20 pounds. Not really sure how though. Not that I don't love losing weight, but I'm thinking about seeing a doctor about it.

[cards2468]

The problem with all you can eat is people see it as a "I have to get my moneys worth" situation so they never eat light. Not to mention they are rarely inexpensive. Several weeks ago we stopped at a Pondarosa with the future inlaws and I paid in an effort to show my adultness I guess and it was over 50$. Which I realize you can pay much more but hopefully for better food.

I made an interesting observation there which was most people there look like cows. Myself and future father inlaw included may I add. I almost felt bad for my gf and future mother in law because they are both thin and I was thinking they had to feel out of place. ha

That's why I don't do all you can eat anymore. Also why I don't order soda at restaurants. As long as there's free refills, I'll likely drink 5 cups. My friend tried to convince me to just switch to diet and I won't have to worry about that, but diet soda sucks balls, and I'd much rather drink water, which is actually good for you.

[jim]

I'm not crazy with it, but I do think you have to watch your diet. Fast food is almost non-existent for me. I'll eat good portions, but leaner meat and pasta. I was about 230 last August, I'm down to right at 200 right now and maintaining it by regular exercise and a reasaonble diet. That reasonable diet means reasonable in both directions - I'm not starving and I'm not omitting everything bad for me - just moderation. I used to eat pizza 3x per week, 2 for lunch and a Friday night. Now it's just the Friday night. I also have not cut out beer - I won't drink lite and I would guess that I'm probably close to but not quite at a case of beer a week.

[Leroy]

I don't do all you can eat, because I really get screwed on them. I can make one trip, and probably not even finish the plate. People like me are how buffets make money.

[IMADreamer]

I definitely don't do all you can eat very much. I feel wrong for being there, I know I'm doing myself harm. Leroy you sound like my gf. She eats whatever she wants but she eats not much of it. As a result she's thin, but she explained to me that she just can't eat much. Her family is all about the huge sunday dinner together and I know I've been there many times when her grandmother is telling her she can't be full she has to eat more but she can't do it.

[Schlich]

Watch the documentary Fat Head if you have netflix instant. It totally reinvented the way I look at dieting.

[Leroy]

Yep that's me exactly. People look at me like I'm nuts or lying, but that's just the way it is. A lot of times, I'd love to eat more because I love good food, but when I'm there I'm there.

I've had several people rib me about my eating in public, but in private they tell me that they wish they could stop eating when they are full. I have no idea how one could keep eating, I really think I would throw up if I ate after feeling full. At best I'd feel like total crap for several hours.