All you can eat doesn't mean all you should eat

[mrodgers]

25 miles bicycled today. 25 miles bicycled yesterday. 32 miles bicycled Sunday. Started training again to see if I can walk WDW Marathon Weekend Marathon next year. Been almost 6 months of non-activities due to recovery from being hit by a wild hog while bicycling resulting in a Fractured Left Tibia from the headbutt. If I didn't exercise when eating big I'd be in trouble.

It's 12° out, heck with bicycling, LOL.

 

[kdonnel]

It's 12° out, heck with bicycling, LOL.

I run 4-5 days a week.

It is really not uncomfortable until below 20. I find it somewhat harder when it is colder, I think my body is using more energy to stay warm, energy I normally use to run. I imagine bicycling is similar.

50 or above is shorts and t shirt weather.
40-49 is shorts and t shirt with lightweight running gloves weather.
39 and below I put on lightweight running pants but still a t shirt and the same lightweight running gloves.
The coldest it has been when going for a run is single digits, it doesn't get that cold that often where I live.

Rain however is a no go. It does not matter what the temperature.

 

[mrodgers]

I run 4-5 days a week.

It is really not uncomfortable until below 20. I find it somewhat harder when it is colder, I think my body is using more energy to stay warm, energy I normally use to run. I imagine bicycling is similar.

50 or above is shorts and t shirt weather.
40-49 is shorts and t shirt with lightweight running gloves weather.
39 and below I put on lightweight running pants but still a t shirt and the same lightweight running gloves.
The coldest it has been when going for a run is single digits, it doesn't get that cold that often where I live.

Rain however is a no go. It does not matter what the temperature.

You're thoughts here are similar to mine. Infact, it is indeed 12° right now and I am in shorts and a t-shirt as I always am going to work.

The difference between running and bicycling is the speed. Moving 15 mph through the freezing air is much different than running speed.

My coldest was 18° on the bike, but that was because I had nothing else I could do but ride the bike or sit in the car at the lake. I had no where else to go at that time. I was on the bike every day from after work until I was ready to go to sleep unless it snowed, then I walked around aimlessly for hours.

I am always hot and it's not from the environment. Anytime I am working, my body is massively overheating no matter what the environment is. So at 18°, I was burning up sweating but yet on the skin surface freezing cold because I am soaked in sweat from the working. It definitely was very unpleasant.

It was neat though being out late at night when it just starts snowing. Very peaceful bicycle rides.

 

[BroadwayHermione5]

As someone currently in a weight management program (lss my physical and everything with it came back the best it’s been in years but I still gained weight so it’s becoming a weird elimination/changes type situation), portion size is always the problem.


Also always try and eat protein first, and learn to recognize healthier fats and carbs (yes your body needs carbs-even my dietician and friend on keto stress your body does need something and going full low to no carb is bad).

The other thing is my dietician tries to stress eating a big breakfast, medium sized lunch (which is easy to do if you have leftovers you can portion well the night before which I’ve been doing long before starting the program), and a smaller, less carb heavy dinner. Now while I can’t always do that (and truly no one can for any of the meals), making some of the changes I’ve made-especially at breakfast-my stomach knows when I get too full now AND when I still feel hungry.

Any all you can eat promo or even a buffet will inevitably cause issues (yes even the beloved soup, salad and breadsticks at Olive Garden-and salad is something they recommend having with every dinner and eating first because it helps fill you up with a better nutritional factor prior to your meal).

Basically listen to your body. If you are full, you are full, point blank. Don’t overeat-and if you are someone who suffers from acid reflux issues like me where buffets and snacking can be your friend, know your limits and always try and eat something healthier first.

 

[kdonnel]

You're thoughts here are similar to mine. Infact, it is indeed 12° right now and I am in shorts and a t-shirt as I always am going to work.

The difference between running and bicycling is the speed. Moving 15 mph through the freezing air is much different than running speed.

My coldest was 18° on the bike, but that was because I had nothing else I could do but ride the bike or sit in the car at the lake. I had no where else to go at that time. I was on the bike every day from after work until I was ready to go to sleep unless it snowed, then I walked around aimlessly for hours.

I am always hot and it's not from the environment. Anytime I am working, my body is massively overheating no matter what the environment is. So at 18°, I was burning up sweating but yet on the skin surface freezing cold because I am soaked in sweat from the working. It definitely was very unpleasant.

It was neat though being out late at night when it just starts snowing. Very peaceful bicycle rides.

Windchill does come into play even with running, real wind and the wind generated from running.

I would think that it would be really unsafe out in the snow on a bike.

I got a pre dawn phone call from my neighbor a few years back. He had taken up cycling a few months prior and was taking a different route. He missed a turn and figured he would find his way back to the planned route without needing to lose momentum by turning around.

As he was coming down a hill towards a bridge he said it look different. Turned out it was a wooden bridge with slightly elevated places for the car tires. It was foggy and damp that morning. He hit the bridge with his tires right in the middle of the area for car tires. About half way across the bridge his bike just slide out from under him. The tires just didn't grip at all on the wet slick wood.

He ended up just off the bridge, barely in the road. He rolled the best he could until he was in the tall grass beside the road.

He laid there in pain and hoped someone would stop. It was pre dawn and a very lightly traveled road but two cars did pass. Neither stopped, they probably didn't see him in the tall grass. He finally drug himself to where his bike was about 5 feet away and luckily his cell phone was still attached to the bike.

He had to call me multiple times before my phone rang to wake me up. He sent me a map pin to his location and I went to pick him up.

If I did not know where to look I would not have seen him lying there in the grass. By the time I arrived he had been laying in the grass for 45 minutes, multiple cars had passed, none seeing him. I ended up taking him to the ER and his bike home.

Luckily his injuries were all muscle and bruise related and no broken bones or head injuries.

 

[mrodgers]

Windchill does come into play even with running, real wind and the wind generated from running.

I would think that it would be really unsafe out in the snow on a bike.

I got a pre dawn phone call from my neighbor a few years back. He had taken up cycling a few months prior and was taking a different route. He missed a turn and figured he would find his way back to the planned route without needing to lose momentum by turning around.

As he was coming down a hill towards a bridge he said it look different. Turned out it was a wooden bridge with slightly elevated places for the car tires. It was foggy and damp that morning. He hit the bridge with his tires right in the middle of the area for car tires. About half way across the bridge his bike just slide out from under him. The tires just didn't grip at all on the wet slick wood.

He ended up just off the bridge, barely in the road. He rolled the best he could until he was in the tall grass beside the road.

He laid there in pain and hoped someone would stop. It was pre dawn and a very lightly traveled road but two cars did pass. Neither stopped, they probably didn't see him in the tall grass. He finally drug himself to where his bike was about 5 feet away and luckily his cell phone was still attached to the bike.

He had to call me multiple times before my phone rang to wake me up. He sent me a map pin to his location and I went to pick him up.

If I did not know where to look I would not have seen him lying there in the grass. By the time I arrived he had been laying in the grass for 45 minutes, multiple cars had passed, none seeing him. I ended up taking him to the ER and his bike home.

Luckily his injuries were all muscle and bruise related and no broken bones or head injuries.

Well, for me, I did say "start to snow" as it it starts and I'm only tooling around the neighborhood and am close to where I need to go to if I want to stop riding from it snowing. I was just talking the snow falling down and the hushed silence it creates. It's incredibly peaceful riding during this (or walking or running or any other outdoor activity.)

There are lots of ways to set up to ride in the winter with fat tire bikes or studded tires. Lots of folk are out riding in snow, lot of snow.

Those wooden bridges are dangerous more than they aren't. A recent rain and dried up, the bridges will still be wet and like ice (I have 1st hand experience with that.) If it's humid, which most wooden bridges I come across are on bike trails and over water, the bridge can be damp and like ice. They are usually more slippery than not slippery.

What typically happens is, you're not slipping and the bike is sliding out from under you. What happens is you are pedaling and putting force down on the drivetrain and you spin the tire on the wet wood which then rockets your bike out from under you because you are putting force into it. When you come across a wooden bridge, or metal for that matter as well, don't pedal. It's perfectly fine to travel across said bridge coasting and you won't have a problem.

Like most things, it's really just as dangerous as you make it to be. Take precautions and the danger goes away. Just like paying attention and seeing that last car running the redlight when your light turned green. If you just look up from your phone and blast on the throttle because your light is green, that's dangerous even though you have the right of way. But if you pay attention and see the car still traveling at 70 mph when your light turns green, it's not dangerous because you took the necessary precautions and you don't move until that car has passed. 99% of dangerous situations are because you've put yourself in said dangerous situation, not because of the situation itself.

 

[Moliphino]

I know a lot of Europeans. They call the large portions they see in the US "American portions". It's not considered impolite to leave food on one's plate. It's frankly a far more sensible attitude towards food.

In my experience, the portion sizes in Europe are still plenty of food. I'm not looking to take leftovers home when I'm on vacation, though, so that could be why I don't really notice much difference. At home I will totally eat half and take the other half for another meal.

 

[wenrob]

My DH is 5’10 and was about 145lbs up until the last ten years or so and could eat an amazing amount of food. It became my dad’s mission to put more and more on his plate to see how if he could reach his threshold. Never did. He can’t eat that way anymore but my 17 year old son, 5’10” *maybe* 120lbs if that, has taken up the torch. I made beef stroganoff the other day and DH was moaning in pain after a modest plate while DS had two huge plates and then desert afterwards. DS says to DH, “The student has now become the master.” He would have made short work of those plates and readily gone back for more.

The incident I will always remember is an occasion eating at the Garden Grove at the Swan on a Friday, which is their seafood buffet night. Now, many people do like to grab a few extra snow crab legs, and I can't blame them when it's a single price, but I will never forget the guy who waited until the staff brought out a fresh pan of crab legs, and then proceeded to pick up the entire double warming pan and bring it back to his table. It was at least 15 lbs of crab legs.
The staff just stood there kind of frozen in shock.

The kicker is that he finished it off and attempted to do it again, but this time they were onto him. The manager stopped him and pointed out that health regulations required him to use the provided plates. He still loaded his plate about a foot high, but at least there were some left for other diners.

My dad was the chef of the Circus Circus seafood buffet years ago and they had a big guy who did the same thing with lobster tails. Dad said he was pretty much swallowing them whole. He tried everything to get the guy to slow down, offering him his money back, offering comps etc. They finally had to escort him out after two hours because they had a whole dining room of pissed off people who weren’t getting what they paid for. (contrary to popular belief, there *is* a limit on “all you can eat”)

Me, I just don’t get eating that much. The last bite tastes the same as the first. I’d rather savor a nice, modest meal and take home the leftovers for tomorrow. We had friends visit from Australia and they were stunned at the portion sizes offered. They ended up ordering mostly appetizers while they were here even though it cost them more.

 

[BrianL]

I know a lot of Europeans. They call the large portions they see in the US "American portions". It's not considered impolite to leave food on one's plate. It's frankly a far more sensible attitude towards food.

I'll tell you one thing, I was recently in Quebec, and, man, not only do they serve super-rich French style food with tons of butter, but they serve it at American sized portions! Even the fancy restaurants were quite generous with the plate size. I guess Canadians aren't immune to that either. I'm pretty sure my blood was made of butter by the end of the trip!

 

[shh]

I run 4-5 days a week.

It is really not uncomfortable until below 20. I find it somewhat harder when it is colder, I think my body is using more energy to stay warm, energy I normally use to run. I imagine bicycling is similar.

50 or above is shorts and t shirt weather.
40-49 is shorts and t shirt with lightweight running gloves weather.
39 and below I put on lightweight running pants but still a t shirt and the same lightweight running gloves.
The coldest it has been when going for a run is single digits, it doesn't get that cold that often where I live.

Rain however is a no go. It does not matter what the temperature.

try running in disgusting fl humidity. I'd take cold any day.

 

[bcla]

In my experience, the portion sizes in Europe are still plenty of food. I'm not looking to take leftovers home when I'm on vacation, though, so that could be why I don't really notice much difference. At home I will totally eat half and take the other half for another meal.

There’s also a certain Asian sensibility to eating. The tendency is towards family style meals, even in restaurants and everyone shares. If something isn’t finished, it just becomes a leftover. But the tendency to not use serving utensils does gross me out. I’ve dined with the parents of a friend from China, and even as doctors they kind of looked at me funny when I said I’d rather have serving utensils rather than everyone just using what they put in their mouthes to pick up food that others would eat. It was considered rude to be concerned about anyone else’s germs at the dinner table.

https://www.shine.cn/feature/lifestyle/2004256895/​

While separating serving and eating utensils may be commonplace to people in Western countries, they go against long-held etiquette at Chinese tables. We Chinese are used to eating communally. That has long meant sharing dishes and using chopsticks to both serve and eat food. It was habit of social bonding that expressed humility and intimacy. A bit like fish and chicken, cooked whole to express completeness.​

It didn't jibe with the attitude about communicable diseases. They’ve been wearing masks in public for over a decade because of different diseases spreading through the air.

 

[mrodgers]

try running in disgusting fl humidity. I'd take cold any day.

Yeah, I don't run or exercise in Florida, but I do spend 8-10 hours in Florida like conditions (minus the sun beating down since I'm inside) standing and hanging off ladders and climbing on equipment and dragging 200 lb. sacks of material around on the floor.

107 record breaking temps and the humidity and my kids looked like they were dying, "Dad, how can you just sit there so calm it's soooooo hot?" on the bus. Well, it's still cooler than work and instead of working on equipment, I was just watching my children's' faces light up when you saw the Castle.

Fast forward 10 years when my oldest came to my workplace for summer help and I'm seeing texts in the morning from 2 am, "It's soooo hot in here! It's worse than Florida was!" LOL

 

[kdonnel]

try running in disgusting fl humidity. I'd take cold any day.

I don't think Metro Atlanta is that different than central FL.

 

[John VN]

It's 12° out, heck with bicycling, LOL.

I bet it's 76°F to 80°F inside so hop on an exerciser and RIDE!!!

 

[shh]

I don't think Metro Atlanta is that different than central FL.

I think you guys do get more of a "winter" season than we do though, right? We get maybe 1 or two cool days and bam - right back to 85 degrees, 75% humidity. Great for tourists. But I would love 4 seasons - or maybe even just 2 seasons. lol

 

[kdonnel]

I think you guys do get more of a "winter" season than we do though, right? We get maybe 1 or two cool days and bam - right back to 85 degrees, 75% humidity. Great for tourists. But I would love 4 seasons - or maybe even just 2 seasons. lol

We get more winter but our summers are very similar.

 

[JLTraveling]

I think you guys do get more of a "winter" season than we do though, right? We get maybe 1 or two cool days and bam - right back to 85 degrees, 75% humidity. Great for tourists. But I would love 4 seasons - or maybe even just 2 seasons. lol

I haven't lived in Atlanta, but having lived in both Central FL and New Orleans, I can relate to this. My biggest surprise when first moving to NOLA was how much "winter" we get by comparison. It sounds crazy to anybody who's lived up north, but it really is different. Still very few days at or near freezing, but a good bit more than one or two in a season. And lots and lots of days that feel like winter to this FL girl, with highs not making it out of the 50s or maaaaybe very low 60s. And the potential for those days lasts a lot longer, from late October through early April. I remember once right after I moved here that we got sleet on Easter! Absolutely unthinkable in Orlando lol.

 

[White Cat]

try running in disgusting fl humidity. I'd take cold any day.

Doesn’t bother me. It is what it is.

 

[TLSnell1981]

I cant justify the price of an all you can eat buffet. Two small plates fill me up!

 

[sasywtch]

35+ years ago my wife and I would occasionally go up to Harvey's at South Lake Tahoe on a Friday night for their all you can eat seafood buffet. I have only been to Red Hawk once and thought their food prices were very high for a casino. But my mom was the Queen of the Reno/Tahoe gamblers special busses. She said Indian Casino food was always way more expensive than Nevada casinos.
I did look at the menus at Sky River Casino in Elk Grove. Their prices seemed high for a casino restaurant.

FYI Sky River has a very good food court. All indy and no chains (except Gunthers). I did not try their cafe or steakhouse though.