BUFFETS! Love em or hate em?

CVALGAL
CVALGAL Posts: 108 Member
edited October 2 in Food and Nutrition
I have developed a hate for these things recently. My hubby loves them for the great value, but it's soooo hard to control myself when I go to them!!
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  • pittsblue99
    pittsblue99 Posts: 277 Member
    We go occasionally but not often. I have found that if I eat something small before we go (like a small salad or sandwich) I do not eat as much because I am not starving but it drives my hubby nuts because he says that it defeats the entire purpose in going :)
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
    I love buffets because I can have tiny portions of everything I want :) Usually when you order a meal in a non-buffet place you get a ginormous portion that I never eat, even with leftovers at home... I wish things came in smaller portions and buffets are great for that :)
  • dfborders
    dfborders Posts: 474 Member
    Yes - they are a love/hate relationship for me as well. Love the assortment of foods - - hate trying to control the portion. Usually if you don't overeat at a buffet you are not getting your moneys worth since the food is usually made cheaply.
  • lbeasey
    lbeasey Posts: 254 Member
    Hate them...who can eat that much food to equal the cost and stay at a healthy level. Mostly hate them because all of the other people have been over food I am going to eat.
  • ambermichon
    ambermichon Posts: 404 Member
    HATE. I can never eat enough to justify going there in the first place....plus why do that to myself?
  • MSDRIZZ
    MSDRIZZ Posts: 246
    I cannot go to them. I always over eat when I do. I want to try everything, and even if its a tablespoon of all that fattening its way too much.
  • Cowenlaw1
    Cowenlaw1 Posts: 105 Member
    I loved them enough to gain 110 pounds. I just don't have the willpower to go to one.
  • Zen_Master_B
    Zen_Master_B Posts: 78
    I have to say love, I just went to an asian buffet last week. I like to go when they first open though, you never know how long stuff sits out, that gives me anxiety.

    You don't have to pig out, I just drink water before hand and during and eat slow, it is great to get a little of each kind of sushi and what ever else you want.

    I think of it this way, nice restaurant 20 dollars or more a person, typical buffet like 8 bucks for lunch, even if I don't pig out I still feel i've got my moneys worth. Eww, except old country buffet that place is nasty!
  • UpEarly
    UpEarly Posts: 2,555 Member
    Hate! But for me, it's a food safety & other people's germs issue. LOL Buffets just kind of gross me out.
  • Kelly_Wilson1990
    Kelly_Wilson1990 Posts: 3,245 Member
    I stay way from buffets!!!
  • Jessicaruby
    Jessicaruby Posts: 881 Member
    i do not like alot of them for the simple fact that they dont really offer any good food. besides the ones at casinos. which i love. you can go out to eat and can choose healthy foods for yourself. i usually get a good salad, fruit, steamed veggies, and mashed potatoes. if they have grilled chicken i will get that or seafood
  • JediMaster_intraining
    JediMaster_intraining Posts: 903 Member
    i dislike them but used to love chinese buffets...then i realized that they contributed to my fatness lol
  • DawnOf1969
    DawnOf1969 Posts: 726 Member
    I hate them for a completely different reason. Last time I ate at a buffet, years ago, I watched a kid wipe snot on his hand, then pick up the mashed potato spoon, serve himself, then lay the spoon back in the pan, contaminating the whole pan. I sat my plate down and walked out, without even asking for a refund. Have not been back to a buffet since. I avoid potlucks too, for very similar reasons.
  • bevskiwolf
    bevskiwolf Posts: 296 Member
    NEVER again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Artemis_Acorn
    Artemis_Acorn Posts: 836 Member
    I like them - I stick with mostly items from the salad bar, the vegetables and some lean meat. I've only gone a couple of times since I started MFP, but when I did go, I allowed myself 1 small splurge item - I liked that because I can have a treat without worrying about having a whole box / container / batch of something in the house tempting me.

    Plan ahead with enough calories available to be able to relax though - I couldn't do it with only 400 - 500 calories left in the day. I would want at least 700 +. I did it once with 600, but it was hard.
  • megz85g
    megz85g Posts: 101 Member
    hate them as i feel i have to eat as much as i can as i have paid for it already. i can never stop at one plateful.
  • gunhed76
    gunhed76 Posts: 2 Member
    I found a half pair of dentures at sizzlers salad bar ...never again
  • Valechka
    Valechka Posts: 192
    For me, buffets are kind of depressing. All the food just sits there... many buffets have really low quality food, they want you to feel full right a way, so fat and sugar are added to everything. Except maybe in Vegas they have decent ones with $35 per person... but I much rather go to sit down place and spend my $35.
  • Iamfit4life
    Iamfit4life Posts: 3,095 Member
    Here is my theory....


    IF they are offering all the food I can eat for $9.99 it's probably horse crap I don't want to be eating anyway.
  • MissFe79
    MissFe79 Posts: 13
    I don't care for them at all...mainly, because I get grossed out everytime I think of all the people who have touched the serving spoons. Since, I am constantly using my antibacterial, I can't enjoy the meal. If I have to go, I usually get up one time for food and maybe dessert.
  • Faeriegirl74
    Faeriegirl74 Posts: 187 Member
    We typically don't go because they are "the devil" in my eyes with all that food! However, we made an exception and will be going this coming Sunday to a local hotel for brunch as a celebration for my husband's promotion... only one mimosa, only one mimosa...
  • jennyrider
    jennyrider Posts: 45
    Hate! But for me, it's a food safety & other people's germs issue. LOL Buffets just kind of gross me out.
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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,940 Member
    Depends on the buffet. Sushi buffet love. Old Country buffet hate. All you can eat LOBSTER, adore. I ate 7 whole lobsters at one sitting for $25
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    My love of buffets is half of my problem. I'd like to try going to one again some time just to have little tastes of everything. We'll see how it goes.
  • skinnyhopes
    skinnyhopes Posts: 402 Member
    I love them because you can eat how much you want and only pay like 20$.
    But you gotta admit most of the food is bad quality, especially in american buffets, BUT if your talking about Indain buffets, I'm in!
  • Russellb97
    Russellb97 Posts: 1,057 Member
    I love them!
    I have a dream to get myself kicked out of one sometime on a Spike Day.
  • aippolito1
    aippolito1 Posts: 4,894 Member
    Hate 'em! I've only been to a buffet a few times since calorie counting and for one, it's hard to estimate what calories are in what...two, everything ends up tasting a lot worse than I remember and then it's even HARDER to calculate, and three, I end up leaving hungry and eating SO many calories for that day.
  • Missmissy0003
    Missmissy0003 Posts: 250 Member
    I hate them!

    1. I don't like the idea of how many people have touched the serving spoons with their dirty hands (I really hate it when the handle is lying in the food).
    2. I don't like the idea of all kinds of people breathing around the food.
    3. The food often seems like its been out too long.
    4. I think the food is usually subpar - usually not good quality and usually not made very well.
    5. I don't eat much at them - just sample a few things - and the calories still add up way to quickly.

    I did go to a buffet/brunch at the Four Seasons in Houston, and I seem to remember that that one was actually quite good though.
  • juganaut
    juganaut Posts: 79 Member
    i'm fine with Buffets because if i know what i want, that's what i put on my plate and i tend to be pretty good.

    what i hate are banquets. you go to a restaurant and think that the banquet is such a great deal because you're starving but the food just keeps coming and you eat and it you get full and it hurts. =(
  • cervenec
    cervenec Posts: 64
    Hate hate hate buffets. No idea what's in the food, hard to estimate serving sizes, and the food is not being put into an environment I'm comfortable with all the time. I'd rather pay more (or less, usually) for exactly what I want.
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