Tips for Eating at a Buffet, Part II

I had a great time this weekend and although I'm sure I took in more sodium than usual, I think I did really well and we'll see how this next week looks on the scale. I'm feeling pretty good though either way- the rest rejuvenated me and I'm looking forward to seeing my baby tomorrow!

I also had a non scale victory this weekend that made me SO excited. A couple years ago I bought a beautiful Anne Klein wool coat on clearance at Macy's. It was slightly too small but I bought it with the intention of losing weight. Of course, I actually started gaining so it's been sitting in my closet since I bought it and I've never been able to wear it. Well, I was wearing dressy clothes to the casino so I didn't want to wear my usual fleece jacket so I decided to try on the wool coat. Well, wouldn't you know- it fit perfectly. I'm ecstatic. Hopefully I'll get to wear it this fall and next spring before it gets so big that I'll have to make someone else happy with a nearly new beautiful coat!

I have a few more tips to add to my last post about eating at a buffet so check that out first if you haven't read it yet.

I meant to follow my own advice and bring a pouch of fat free dressing with me, but in the rush of packing up the baby I completely forgot. When I found myself at the buffet, I was at first going to just use a squeeze of lemon juice when I had a great idea- since I was having shrimp on my salad, why not use cocktail sauce? It's low calorie and very flavourful- it gave the salad a great kick. If you don't have fat free dressing this is a great alternative!

While not all buffets are quite this service oriented, it never hurts to ask for what you want. I was in the line and asked one of the employees how the squash was prepared. She told me it was steamed and then butter and sugar were added. I looked disappointed and said I couldn't eat butter but thanks. She offered to fix me a plate of plain steamed veggies! They tasted great and I was really happy that I didn't have to go off program even a little at lunch time. I wasn't expecting a buffet to be that accommodating but it never hurts to ask!