The other morning I was at a breakfast buffet, and the first thing I noticed on the sign promoting this contained, very prominently, the words "ALL YOU CAN EAT". Hmmmm... that sounds like a challenge! Pay one price no matter whether you eat a small amount of food or stuff your belly so full that you have to unbutton your pants before you leave.
Well, true to form, I observed the eating behaviors of most people who were in the restaurant. Heaping plates of eggs, pancakes, bacon, french toast, toasted bagels, etc... (oh, yeah, I did overhear some of the people ordering a diet soda as their beverage.) It wasn't over at that point...another food station contained pastries, cakes and donuts, and wouldn't you know it, most people were attacking that table too!
My point here is this: If you are trying to lose weight, never put yourself in the position of testing the very foundations of human nature. "ALL YOU CAN EAT" is what our ancestors did when the kill occurred, because the primitives probably didn't know when the next "kill" would be. Observing people's behaviors on the buffet lines made me think that an "all you can eat" scenario will mentally push us to "eat all you can, even if you are not hungry anymore."
If you are in a weight losing mode, I suggest you stay away from buffet restaurants and instead, pay al a carte...you may find yourself eating less amounts of higher caliber foods.
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