To think that at a buffet you can take as much as you want

[Edenviolet]

Went out today with dsis. We were starving by lunchtime and there was a huge buffet where we went (hotel), it was included in the price so we took loads as were hungry.
Noticed a couple of women really staring as we loaded our plates up and also when we took lots of the mini desserts and as we walked past one loudly said " I can't believe they are actually going to eat all that"
They kept staring at us and giving us funny looks.

Made me wonder if we really did take too much, surely as we had paid and were hungry it was ok ? I felt a bit judged as they clearly thought we were greedy

You clearly aren't overweight, wanted to eat out of hunger- not greed (as would be true of a larger person)

Fucking hell...you're a bit rude aren't you?

Please, fellow MNers, tailor your buffet approach to the occasion, which may require a discreet enquiry of the staff.
Private parties in a venue are often catered for a certain number, and when it's gone, it's gone. It is seriously off-pissing to stand in the queue, seeing people piling plates high and walking away, and knowing there will be nothing except the garnish left for you. Personally I think such buffets should be attended, or even served, by staff, to remind the guests to 'share nicely'.
Magic porridge pot buffets - just eat what you take, is all.

They were wrong to comment, but I must say I can understand why they couldn't resist staring. I think if I saw someone ploughing through all that lot in one go, I'd find it difficult to resist a sort of appalled fascination.

I probably will stay this size

Not according to medical trials they have been done, only a tiny proportion stay very slim all throughout their lives. Most pile weight on.

Things in your family are already changing with your dd being diabetic. Higher chance of weight issues later in her life

I wouldn't have both either in that situation. I'm not really a big fan of roast potatoes. Yorkshire puddings I can take or leave. But pasta salad and potato salad I would do.

What type of bread was it? 6 slices of a baguette is different to 6 slices of a massive bloomer.

I think this thread is missing the point. They weren't saying "OMG what a dreadful breach of etiquette!" Or "How dreadfully greedy!" They were saying "Fuck me that's a lot of food, I can't believe that anyone that size [and they don't know she's bf] is going to eat all that!"

And judging from the comments on the thread, most of us would say the same (though not out loud) if we happened to notice, because it's a long way out of the normal. Not necessarily judgy, just "Gosh that's unusual"

I have no idea what the hell I'm rambling on about now.

How did you carry 3 plates? Were you a waitress in a former life?

My dd is diabetic because she caught a virus which triggered type 1 diabetes. Just bad luck and nothing to do with diet or things 'changing' in our family.

Milk, my DH and teens love roasties, I do not, I prefer mash and making mash for one isn't always worthwhile, so they get roasties most of the time and we all have mash once in a blue moon.

Milk

The way if eat at buffets doesn't bear any relation to how I eat the rest of the time. I get all nervous they will run out of food and pile up and eat quickly and go back! I don't think OP has done anything wrong but I personally wouldn't be able to stomach looking at pudding and dinner food on the same plate.

There are some real food issues on mumsnet, it's like eating disorder high sometimes.

I like food. My inane,incoherenr,multi page ramblings summed up in three words.

And now I want creme brûlée.

They were probably watching to see if half of it ended up in your handbags to take home for later....

And rather than take into account medical trials on people not related to me I will look to great grandparents, grandparents and close family to see that there is a high probability I will remain a similar size as it is just how we are. Dgm weighs less than 10 stone and is 5'9 and she is in her 80s, DM still slim (9 stone something).

And choosing 9 puddings at a buffet is a v good example of that!

You could get a virus too - that could change you

Anything can happen, you can't assume because things have been one way that they will stay that way. You could get type 2 diabetes and pile the weight on

It happens, have seen it happen (worked in a hospital for years)

There are some real food issues on mumsnet, it's like eating disorder high sometimes

I was just thinking the same thing.

I give up.

I took my uncle to a buffet once. He'd never been to one before,and put his profiteroles on the same plate as his chicken chow mein.

Oh for goodness sake, and maybe if she does start to pile weight on she'll follow a incredible calorie restricted diet, lose it and make sure it never goes back on?

Having type 1 diabetes does not mean you will be overweight???

Goldenyellow- what on earth? Yes, things could change. This is true for anyone. I could accidentally cut my feet off with a lawnmower. What's your weird weight fatalism about?

Family history is NOT everything

Diets have changed radically. You would be a fool to say things will stay the same just because people in your family have remained slim