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"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" wrote:
>> > I still say (and always will say) eat what you like in *moderation*. I
>> > cringe when I see ads for places with endless buffets (Golden Corral or
>> > Old Country Buffet comes to mind). Too many people seem to take the
>> > "all
>> > you can eat" thing to heart. They load up several plates for one
>> > person.
>> > Then go back for seconds. Sheesh.

>>
>> I don't get that at all. This is one reason why it puts me off to dine
>> there. People are just pigs in there! We always get one salad plate and
>> one dinner plate. The plates are small. Once in a while we will go back
>> for something. It's usually because we just took a small taste of
>> something
>> to see if we like it. We then take a little more. Never a full plate
>> when
>> we go back and never dessert.

>
> A buffet is a buffet and it's all you care to eat. That's my rare
> nights out and I like to at least sample everything that looks
> interesting. I always end up eating way too much and I rarely make it
> to the nice looking dessert bars.
>
> I have no food allegies or intollerences. I enjoy all food where ever
> I eat. Maybe I'm just lucky. I eat any thing that I want to, just not
> a lot of any one thing. Your food situation is inconceivable to me.
>
> It sounds like you eat a lot of junk food too and just suppliment it
> with vitamins/pills. Not a good way to go.


Nope. I don't eat a lot of junk food at all.