Greeting Great Girth ( #AtoZChallenge & #BOTB Results )

 

Greeting great girth is not a prospect that appeals to me.  I do need to lose a few more pounds--maybe more than a few.  Another twenty maybe would be good.  And the way things have gone with food prices, maybe losing weight is the destiny of many of us.  Oh well, I'm not as hungry as I used to be anyway...

        Grand Buffet read the giant sign that blared across the face of the large structure that had lured us off of the interstate.  The parking lot was filled with the vehicles of other hungry travelers who had likely seen the advertising billboards that spoke to our collective hunger as we neared the exit that promised a great abundance of food to feed our bellies. Somehow an empty stomach can make the mind seem so full of ideas of what we are going to eat when confronted with an expanse of food choices.  

        Back in the seventies and eighties buffet restaurants seemed to become a big trend.  I loved them back then.  I was younger and I could put away more food.  And since I was working on the road most of the time back then, I was eating out most of the time.  Getting the most for my money was always a thing that interested me.  Also a wide selection of food was always something that attracted me. I would pile on the plates of food and savor it all.  Since I was relatively active in my lifestyle at the time, I didn't gain weight too rapidly.  However the weight did creep up on me over time.

      The prospect of greeting great girth into my life was not particularly appealing to me so I've tried to be careful.  I still don't eat properly, but I've actually lost weight in recent years and seem to be holding steady at 210.  Now to get below the two hundred mark.  It will likely happen, but I'm not overly exuberant about a dietary or exercise regimen.  Age will likely bring me there as well as not eating as much,

      Golden Corral Buffet is our choice for bounteous eating these days.  Not often, but when we want to eat a big meal. That's our usual choice.  Not that there are many other choices for buffet dining like we used to have.  There are a  number of Asian food buffets, but my wife is not fond of going to Asian restaurants.  I think it's something she heard once.  We all heard probably, but it doesn't bother me.  I love the flavors in Asian food.  But no Asian buffet for me I guess.  And it's probably for the better.  I can't eat big quantities anyway.  

       Oh, but Asian food!  Large quantities of buffet style servings of rice, noodles, meat dishes, and buffet sushi!  In my fantasy it sounds good, but I guess I'll stick to Panda Express.  On occasion.  Maybe once a month or so?  There's one across the street from where I live. It is an easy choice.

  

Do you enjoy buffet restaurants?  Do you have a favorite you'd like to tell us about?  How do you like Asian food?

Battle of the Bands Results

       My first Battle of April 2025 was two versions of a 1931 song that many of us know from the classic film Casablanca.  The song was "As Time Goes By" as interpreted by Rudy Vallee and Binnie Hale.  My preference was for Rudy and even without my vote he would have still won.

Final Vote Tally

Rudy Vallee       8 votes

Binnie Hale       6 votes