X post-16 months out and finally....

had the nerve to enter a buffet restaurant! While in Vegas for Christmas, many of the places to eat have the word "buffet" in the title. I am not saying all, but many. One evening we went to one in our hotel. I can only eat approx 1/2 cup of food and thought what a waste of money! We used a 5.00 off coupon for my food, that made me feel a little bit better LOL.

I checked out all the foods. Settled for 1 chicken thigh,1 piece of baked salmon,4 raw shrimp,spoonful of broccoli,spoonful of scallop potatoes.
That was round ONE.
Round2- a slice of pizza
Round 3- dessert= small sugar cookie,chocolate pudding and a cool chocolate "shell" with cream chesse fluff and fresh berries on top (about the size of a half cupcake paper)

A lot of food huh?

Out of all that I ate=
  4 raw shrimp,dipped in ****tail sauce.
   2 bites of chicken-to dry.
   1 bite of salmon-to dry
  Ate the tops of the broccoli.
   1 bite of taters.
Tried to eat the toppings off the pizza- to rubbery.
Dessert was the best winner, ate the shell thingy and a few bites of the pudding and a couple bites of cookie.

This was dipping my toes into the buffet life. We went to one more during our vacation. I ate a lil lettuce salad,a chicken thigh (tender), 1 BBQ rib, and I don't remember if it was anything else. Dessert was ice cream cone- with ice cream only to top of cone.

I have made it pass the "scared to enter the doors" now and know that it is ok, if you watch what your doing/eating. I still think it is a waste of money tho LOL
Note: This far I have not dumped on sugars. My only reaction to foods has been rice,pasta and taters that give me carb coma's.
Kelly/tink

Buffets do not work for me! The food sits and gets too dry and it gets stuck. I can NEVER keep the food down, no matter how healthy I think I'm being. And if it is not too dry then there is usually too much fat and I feel gross.I still occasionally go to them...don't want to be anti-social. So I drink mostly...soup and a small salad and sometimes the shrimp.

Life is too short to be afraid. Glad you overcame this demon!

LOL thanks, I am not sure if I really over came this demon, but I am trying!
Brought up in a don't waste world really takes it toll on a person. I love soups and salads!
Just need to get past the "why am I paying so much money on food I throw away demon" LOL
Kelly/tink

Yay!  I"m glad that worked for you.  I actually might prefer a buffet because then I can take only little amounts of things.  At restaurants I struggle with continuing to graze after I'm done because it's just sitting there.  *shrugs*  It sounds like you had fun - that's great!

Yes, It was ok in my world to try foods and leave them on the plate, if they were not a working item for me, I feared doing this-but I came out of the meal with out any scars LOL. I usually ask for a to-go box right away when out to eat at a sit down place. I have asked for them to even package half my meal right in the kitchen. When I have done this, to my surprise it comes out in a pretty fashion, they deck it all out like they would on a plate.
Kelly/tink