I like eating. I’ve enjoyed it for most of my life. I’m picky about what I eat, but when I like something, I like to eat it. I also like to eat too much. I’m a bit more husky these days than I was a few years ago while surveying or in my youth when I was in sports all of the time.

Anyway, I hadn’t been to a Chinese buffet in quite some time. Maybe even since I lived in Montana. There was a place up in Havre, MT that Margaret and I used to go to all of the time when we surveyed there. Back in the day I could sometimes do three whole plates. There was a place in Bozeman that I’d go to every once in a while as well. So today for lunch my dad and I headed out to a buffet place called Lucky Inn Chinese Cuisine. I hadn’t been there before and there’s always a bit of nervousness when trying out a new place. Those fears were unfounded. First of all, they may have the best egg rolls I’ve ever eaten. Yowza! Plus, the sweet and sour chicken was excellent, which is pretty much all I need at a Chinese buffet. And then, they had these barbequed pieces of beef on a stick. I don’t know what kind of spices they used, but boy were they tasty. All in all a good lunch. And I only had two plates of food; I just can’t eat as much as I used to.

Now, I know I’m going to sound callous and cold here, but I have to say my piece. If you weigh upwards of 300 pounds, do you really need to be going to a Chinese (or any other kind) buffet for lunch? I’m not saying that a 300 pounder can’t enjoy some tasty Chinese food every once in a while. I’m just saying that maybe it’s not such a great idea to tempt yourself with the never ending buffet of food. When you are at a buffet there is always the thought in your mind: “I better get my money’s worth.” That thought just makes you want to go get one more place or put one more pile of stuff on your current plate. I’m not at what I would consider my ideal weight, but I try not to put myself in a situation where I feel like I have to eat more.

While eating our lunch a group of three ladies walked in. One with an average build and her two very large friends. Then not 10 minutes later another lady walked in with a large companion of her own. I just didn’t think it was the best idea for these ladies. But, for all I know, this one lunch was a reward for a month of being faithful to a difficult diet. So I try not to judge too much.

So that’s that.