Monday, March 9, 2009

Back Away from the Buffet

Card club is just killer for me. I have a food hangover today - woke up still full from the night before. That's no good. There were loaded potato skins, meatballs, and a variety of dips and crackers and veggies and chips. Then there were snickerdoodles and I made chocolate chip bars, and there was cheesecake (which Amber left at my house, dang it) and snicker salad. I should have backed away from the buffet about two trips before I finished (there were four trips through the line for me - first one a full plate, second one to the desserts, third for a little more of that parmesan and artichoke dip on cracked pepper and olive oil crackers, fourth for snickerdoodles).

Some people say that you should eat a sensible dinner before you go to those kinds of functions so that you are kinda full and don't overeat. That would not work for me. I would eat all of the good stuff anyways and just be miserable full. It's like telling an alcoholic to have a few drinks before they go to the bar. Just back away from the buffet!!!

2 comments:

SarahDee said...

I'm the same way. If i ate before i went, i'd still overeat at the buffet! All sounds delicious to me. I was hungry for choc cake yesterday, so i made one. Now there's something you don't want laying around your house! (so i keep eating it so it will go away, which isn't a great plan either)

R G Swans said...

I agree totally. I made some brownies yesterday and keep telling myself that if I just take a bite when I walk by (everytime) that I am burning calories in between. And little by little it goes away. But I physically can't walk by and smell the chocolate without taking a bite. It is a sickness.