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.