American appetite

[Farmer17]

My wife and I got a badly needed rest this Memorial Day weekend by going to Grand Lake in Eastern Oklahoma and staying in a cabin at resort overlooking the lake. The water was clear and beautiful and we were on a cliff about 80 feet above the lake and the deck of our cabin overhung the edge of the cliff and it had a hot tub on it. We sat in the hot tub and sipped cold drinks while watching all the activity on the water and the cabin package also included a ski boat and we motored around while my wife enjoyed looking at the mansions and yachts. In the morning we went to the dining room where the resort included a free buffet breakfast. I stood in line for a long time waiting on one guy to fill his plate and when he finally finished I couldn't believe what I saw. He had at least 12-15 pieces of bacon, 7 or 8 sausage patties, about 8 scrambled eggs, a huge pile of hash browns, a couple of biscuits, and then he covered the whole pile with white gravy. As he walked away I was chuckeling about it to my wife and then I noticed many other men and women eating about that much food also, and one young chubby boy said he needed two plates. All these people were quite overweight but it got me to thinking about how many will develop health problems or diabetes and not be able to work and need free public health care to treat their problems. I've had several family members with severe diabetes and it costs hundreds of thousands a year in healthcare so I just shake my head that people would do that to themselves on purpose.

On top of that, if I ever open a restaurant it definitely won't have an all-you-can-eat buffet!

 

[snubbyfan]

There's a Chinese restaurant that my wife and I go to when we come down out of the mountains to stock up. They have a buffet and there are a lot of gigantic people there with plates piled high with food.
My wife gets a little beef and broccoli, chicken and broccoli, some rice and spinach. I go for the sushi.
We're usually in, out and done while these people are still gorging themselves.
It kinda blows my mind sometimes that here I am struggling and working to retain the ability to walk and these people are bloating themselves to immobility. I feel like saying, "hey I'll take your peripheral motor nerves, you're not using them."

 

[Kanewpadle]

That's what some people are like where free food is involved. They won't change until they have significant health problems. And even then they may not care to make changes.

 

[Double B]

Farmer, yer makin me hungry.

 

[Faulkner]

I went to a seafood buffet with a coworker not long ago who just piled on the food to the point that hush-puppies were rolling off his plate onto the floor.

I said, "dude, it's a buffet, you can go back for seconds."

"Yeah, I know, but I'm always embarrassed to go back," he replied.

"Your piled so high now you got hush-puppies rolling off your plate, it's already embarrassing!" I told him

 

[snubbyfan]

I couldn't play the video because it has some dirty words but I'm sure a few people recognize this guy.

 

[Jessie]

Sounds like a nice resort and a fantastic breakfast!
What is that " free health care" you mentioned?

 

[1morethan8]

Where do the most chubby people live?

During the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States and rates remain high. More than one-third of U.S. adults (35.7%) and approximately 17% (or 12.5 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese.

Obesity is associated with nearly 1 in 5 US deaths, according to a study published online August 15 in the American Journal of Public Health. The new data suggest obesity's toll on Americans is more than 3 times previous estimates.

 

[LVSteve]

Clark County Nevada should have its own red marker. Casino buffets, what more can I say.

 

[Mark090852]

I couldn't play the video because it has some dirty words but I'm sure a few people recognize this guy.

Yep, he had one wafer thin mint too many!

 

[Kanewpadle]

American Appetite. Sounds like the name for another reality show.

 

[BaldEagle1313]

American Appetite. Sounds like the name for another reality show.

Did you see how much weight Adam Richman lost after he stopped doing that "Man v. Food" show? Dropped 60 pounds when he was no longer trying to eat a plate of food so large it could feed a family of four.

 

[arjay]

I live in the skinniest state in the country and I'm seeing a lot more heavyset people than I used too.I blame the campaign that's been waged against smoking over the last 20 years.While the number of smokers is going down,the number of over eaters and heavy drinkers goes up.

 

[1morethan8]

We were at the mall last week.. I waited in the Jeep while Pat picked up a few things.

As I watched the people come and go, I noticed most people I saw was over-weight!

I believe the percent is much higher than 30-35% in my part of TN!?

 

[old bear]

The two things that are guaranteed to bring out the worst in people, are free food and free liquor. It a rather sad commentary on our society.

 

[Jinglebob]

I have a friend we call Big Mike. Big Mike stands 6 foot and at one time weighed in at 400 pounds. One day, he and I and a couple of other guys went to an all you can eat Mexican buffet restaurant. Mike ate so much food that when we left, the owner told him to never come back.

Mike eventually lost most of the excess weight after his doctor told him that he would be dead in five years if he continued on as he was.

 

[snubbyfan]

 

[timn8er]

There was a buffet in Tulsa that established a time limit(one hour?)because people would come in & eat & then sit around till they got hungry again.

I used to gorge myself at buffets;I felt like I had to get my moneys worth, your moneys worth, & on & on. I just can't do it anymore. I still eat a substantial meal, but I don't eat till it hurts . Especially at Chinese buffets. I think that the MSG has an effect on me. I know it used to bother my Mother. Mostly I stay away from buffets anymore, maybe once every couple of months.

 

[truckemup97]

With the current state of health care, we may soon be told what and how much we can eat, so eat up while you can!

 

[kozmic]

I spent the week on the road in hotels with my eldest son. Every place had a breakfast buffet. They were all good and made it real easy to over indulge. I watched some plates come out heaped several inches high with food and many people heading back for 2nd and even 3rd plates.

I tried to be good, but it was difficult. I'm happy to be home. Back to fruit, a glass of OJ and the occasional bagel for breakfast.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Here's a timely article.
US obesity rate reaches new high | Fox News

 

[UncleEd]

I think sometimes the all you can eat places trigger the gluttony.

The price is often just enough or more over having a sandwich and an iced tea that people feel they have to eat more to make up for the higher price.

In an ordinary place, you may settle for burger, perhaps fries, and a drink or a salad but at the all you can eat buffet, the temptation is to try the sirloin beef, the fried chicken, the shrimp, the meatballs, the BBQ ribs, the three kinds of pasta, and a couple desserts. And oh yeah, those hot rolls look good too.

 

[vigil617]

All I was going to say is that the folks who own the resort could leave out of the brochure the buffet gluttony part, and still have a pretty attractive package to encourage folks to visit and enjoy themselves. I'd love to have a cliffside view and my own powerboat for the weekend, just to enjoy as I saw fit. Sounds like a little slice of heaven, if you ask me.

I know I'd like to go there. Food or no.

 

[boatme99]

Like Faulkner said, you can go back for more.
It's disgusting to see people with those heaping plates.
By the looks of it though, it seems that the people who do that are so fat, they don't want to walk up to the buffet twice.

Yes, I said fat, not obese. Call the pc police on me if you want.

 

[rwsmith]

I'm overweight.....

I'm overweight but I never get my money's worth at buffets.

There was an all you can eat place here that I stopped going to when I realized that everybody in there was HUGE. One time a guy sat down at the table in front of me and his butt crack showed so much I could see daylight on the other side. You also saw women filling up their purses with fried chicken.

 

[1morethan8]

I weigh the same now as when I joined the Navy 46 years ago...
170 pounds.

I've always been a slow eater and only eat until I'm contented.

 

[Rastoff]

I couldn't play the video because it has some dirty words but I'm sure a few people recognize this guy.

"Bring me a bucket!" It's not the language that is bad about that clip.

I've always been a slow eater and only eat until I'm contented.

This is something I'm slowly learning. The mechanism that tells us we're full is connected to time. Eat slowly, and you'll eat less. Eat fast and you can cram a lot in there. Even so, it's not just about how much, but the content. Let's face it, living on pizza will make anyone fat even if they only eat a couple of slices at each meal.


I want the name of that resort. It sounds fantastic.

 

[RobertJ.]

I live in the skinniest state in the country and I'm seeing a lot more heavyset people than I used too.I blame the campaign that's been waged against smoking over the last 20 years.While the number of smokers is going down,the number of over eaters and heavy drinkers goes up.

Maybe more people in Colorado are getting "the munchies" nowadays!

 

[islamoradamark]

we stay away from buffet s the food isnt that good remind me of the cone heads consume mass quanites

 

[Brian41]

I stay away from buffets most times as they're lost on me as I eat only normal portions at one. I also like to have my food brought to the table and as ordered and not kept warm in a steam table.
We went to a nice restaurant the other day and ordered the all you can eat ribs. They were good and a generous portion on a platter with veggies and baked potato. It was all I could do to finish them and declined more. I was full enough as was my wife who had a dessert with the room she saved by not quite finishing the ribs.
I've been to a Chinese buffet with a couple large co-workers. It was embarrassing the number of times they went back and the portions they took. It was boring too to wait on them to finish and good thing we weren't punching the clock. Both too have health problems from their excess weight too and don't get how people can cause themselves those problems so easily prevented.