[AceMineral]

A couple of years I was out with my folks at a restuarant that had an “all you can eat” area. One of the patrons was really going after it. It struck me that here was an example of “gluttony”. Food was smeared all over his face and clothes. He was very overweight. He kept shoveling it right on in.

It was quite something in a bad way.

[AppyPappy]

Our Kiwanis club meets at an AYCE place. Some really big people frequent that place.

[PrairieRoot]

Yep, I’ve seen some people at some of those places loading their plates four or five times over. And, every one of them will tell you to your face they have a metabolism problem or, the battle cry of the obese, “it’s my thyroid condition”.

[dfwgator]

[MEGoody]

I've done some observing at these "all you can eat" places. One interesting observation is that at least half of those who go back to the buffet three times or more are not overweight people (at least not from my perspective - not sure what the current "ideal weight" charts would say).

Not saying why that is the case. Just saying that's what I've observed.

I did have one friend - skinny as a rail. When we went to the all-you-can-eat place, we'd be there for hours. I don't know where he put it all, and I have no idea why he was so skinny. His work wasn't particularly physical, and his favorite sport was watching TV. Guess he was just one of those lucky ones with a raging metabolism.