's motd Friday November 11, 2011

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Friday, 11 November 2011

I can't tell you how many people write and

tell me they've just been to one of

those all-you-can-eat buffets. Years ago, Chinese

buffets were just about the only place you could go

for one of those kinds of feasts. And, oh yes, I've

been to many of them myself. And let's just say, they

were calorie heaven or, more correctly put,

high-calorie...hell! (Sorry for

being so blunt.)

Lined up on one side of the

restaurant was the biggest buffet you'd ever laid eyes

on.

Lined up on one side of the restaurant was the biggest

buffet you'd ever laid eyes on. And for the bargain

price of only $8.95, you could graze until you just

about fainted! This one buffet I went to started out

with appetizers like egg rolls, fried won tons stuffed

with crab, mini spare bibs and rumaki. (That's a dish

where they take chicken liver and water chestnuts,

wrap it in bacon then deep fry their little creation.

Have you ever had it?)

But the food choices at this, (or any), Chinese buffet

didn't end there. Let's see, they'd have kung

pao chicken, sweet & sour pork, fried shrimp, two

kinds of fried rice, a noodle dish and almond cookies

for dessert. I remember standing there with my plate.

grabbing one of those big serving spoons and filling

my plate to the brim! And yes, you guessed it...when

my plate was clean, I'd head back to the buffet line

and start all over again!

That was years ago but, these days, Chinese food

buffets aren't the only act in town. In fact, it

seems that everybody has

gotten into the act. There're a number of restaurants

all over the country that offer...all-you-can-eat!

There're family-style country buffets, pizza buffets,

oh...you name it, all-you-can-eat restaurants now

offer an endless list of foods to choose from. And I

don't have to name any names...you know who they

are! As

you might imagine, all-you-can-eat restaurants do a

very good business.

On our Cruise To Lose ship,

the Carnival

Splendor, their Lido Deck had a buffet you

simply would not believe.

On our Cruise To Lose ship, the Carnival

Splendor, their Lido Deck had a buffet you

simply would not believe. Honestly, name a food

and...they had it! From Chinese to Italian

to home-style cooking, it was all there! I never even

went up to see but I heard all about it. Of course, I

was so proud of my cruisers. They went, they looked

but they conquered by not giving

in to

all of those food temptations. They made wise

choices. And I'm told the Lido Deck's salad bar was

filled with choices for making great-tasting, healthy salads!

Are you trying to lose weight? (The fact that you're

here today reading my message is a pretty good

indication that you are.) Well, if you are working to

lose weight, going to an all-you-can-eat buffet is not

going to help you reach your goal. Do I even need to

tell you? Those buffets don't have just one or two

dishes to tempt you, they have dozens! Hey, who needs

that kind of temptation when weight-loss is your goal,

huh? Those buffet dishes are usually loaded with

salt, sugar, fat and, oh yes, lots of...calories!So

please, be careful when choosing a restaurant to dine

in.

But okay, I have to end this message by telling you

this. If I were dying and had only a little time left

to live, I'd have someone take me to every

all-you-can-eat buffet in town...before I went to that

great buffet line in the sky!

Love,