Thinking about taking my food scale to Golden Corral tonight

gothomson

At the end of the day its up to you. Personally I wouldn't for no other reason than you don't know the exact amount of fat, oil, sugar, salt etc. will be in any of the food so it seems to me like a waste of effort and any data you get will be a guess. So if its a guess when you weigh it it seems to be pointless as any figures you get will only marginally as good as guessing.

jofjltncb6

gothomson wrote: »

At the end of the day its up to you. Personally I wouldn't for no other reason than you don't know the exact amount of fat, oil, sugar, salt etc. will be in any of the food so it seems to me like a waste of effort and any data you get will be a guess. So if its a guess when you weigh it it seems to be pointless as any figures you get will only marginally as good as guessing.

Perfect is the enemy of good.

Francl27

gothomson wrote: »

At the end of the day its up to you. Personally I wouldn't for no other reason than you don't know the exact amount of fat, oil, sugar, salt etc. will be in any of the food so it seems to me like a waste of effort and any data you get will be a guess. So if its a guess when you weigh it it seems to be pointless as any figures you get will only marginally as good as guessing.

For most restaurants, yeah, but this one gives nutrition information on their website, so it will probably be more accurate than guessing.

WJS_jeepster

ummijaaz560 wrote: »

Good day! If anyone's interested in the update on my taking the food scale to Golden Corral.
I tried to update yesterday but there was some mechanical issues going on with the forum yesterday?

I did in fact use the scale in front of everyone. No one paid me any mind at first, most of us were starving and wanted to eat.

The group went from 8 to 11 people total.
I got the pot roast, mashed potatoes and broccoli. I didn't try and cheat myself because I was really hungry. didnt exactly know what size pot roast should be? I just took one of the pieces they had sliced. The mashed potatoes and broccoli were easy to portion I assumed .

We didn't have booth seating since it was so many we sat in the center of the restaurant.
I had an extra plate so I took out the scale and starting weighing my food. I wrote down the amounts for each and would look up the info later.

The guys started asking me was I weighing my food? I said yes, for an experiment. Well they wanted to see who could eat the most and how much it weighed! They were doing man vs food.

They started piling up the plates I would weigh them and they would eat! Well the winner was my friends 15 year old son, Almost 6 ft and barely 140lbs.

I finally looked up my food totals later on.
I had two and a half portions of the pot roast, two servings of mashed potatoes, and under a serving of broccoli. For dessert I ate a brownie and a fruit bowl.

I was over on every portion except the broccoli. My calories were over by nearly 1,200. What was the point of it? People asks why couldn't I just try this at home?

At home I don't have a bunch of HANGRY strangers behind me waiting for me to move my *kitten*.
At home I cook the same foods and know what the portions look like. I rarely buy beef at home let alone know what a portion of pot roast is.

I specifically put myself in the opposite situation of what goes on at home. I had endless amounts of food and desserts at my disposal so the temptation was there as well. I could have easily outdone my deficit for the week, but I didn't.

If it weren't for tracking calories and mfp, I would have been playing man vs food with my friends.

People don't like Golden Corral and that's OK, but please don't act like you've never eaten something debatable before.

Don't go all self righteous on us when most didn't get fat from cucumbers and celery salads.

What I want to know is what the winner boy ate? Did you try to estimate his calories?

ETA: I used to go there with my fellow impoverished grad students. We could eat a day or twos' worth of food in one sitting. Good times.

auddii

I love the accidental food eating competition that sprung from this. Glad everyone had a good time.