mindless eating at games

[wedgeski]

OM NOM NOM NOM NOM

LOL.

Often when we play, we play mega all-weekend sessions. During those, food is off-limits at the table (drink, obviously, is not), forcing us to stop at regular intervals and have something decent to eat. By which I mean, get a takeaway.

 

[Asmor]

A sandwich.

Oh, and in case there was any doubt, a "nuke 'em" burger is one meant to be reheated in the microwave.

Ah, thanks for clarifying the burger too... I figured it was just slang for a big, greasy, nasty burger.

 

[comrade raoul]

Just FYI:

Number of years left in college + 2 = number of years until you get fat from pizza and beer.

Hah.

I found that I lost tons of weight pretty much as soon as I left college. I don't eat as much pizza, but I basically started living on burritos.

 

[EricNoah]

We really need to start an EN World Weight Loss Support Club thread in Off Topic. We did something similar with quitting smoking awhile back, and a few EN Worlders were able to quit for good, which is a great thing.

Good idea; there was something like this at Circvs Maximvs but it was part of the "groups" feature over there that never really did work quite right. I did enjoy the support.

My own situation is certainly that my eating habits at games have little to nothing to do with my current weight/fitness -- it's my eating and exercise habits all the rest of the days of my life that have a cumulative effect.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

In the group I get to game with when I go home, we rarely snack. We usually go out to eat at a fast food place. But during the game itself there is virtually no snacking, we found it distracts too much from the game. Drinks are fine though.

 

[DM_Jeff]

I find that if there is a ton of food, I'll just dig in and eat, barely stopping to consider what's goin' in my gut. If I'm DMing, though ... I'm so busy I don't have time to eat. I'm usually starving after the guys leave! So how 'bout you .... is gaming and food a deadly mix?

Wow. it's so funny you started this, I just realized it myself last week. I'm the guy who answeres "I DM 99% of the time" in polls and surveys, and lo and behold for 4 weks in 2007 I'm actually playing D&D rather than running it and I think I gained 5 pounds. As a DM I need to be reminded by my wife to eat. As a player I find myself reaching, stuffing, reaching, stuffing. All sorts of stuff. My group is very generous with their food sharing, and one fellow (the one now DMing) works in a special coffee house/luncheonette.

I need to get back to DMing to loose weight.

 

[Jason Kain]

We usually just snack on chips and soda. Every now and then, though, we do a big weekend. For example, I missed a friend's birthday, so I'm sponsoring food for gaming tomorrow. I work at the pizza joint he used to frequent, and his creation was nicknamed The Beast. BBQ sauce, kraut, and a lot of different stuff. I offered him my creation...nicknamed the Coronary Deluxe. Every meat we offered that wasn't fish. Totals out to 9 different meats, in very unhealthy amounts. Pre-bake, the thing weighs about 8-10 pounds, if I remember right.

That should keep my group satisfied for about an hour or so.

 

[Tumbler]

We usually eat separate meals before we start gaming while we chat and stuff. As a DM, I don't usually take time to eat a meal, but I'll snack through the night and drink tea to keep my voice comfortable.

We keep a fridge stocked with a variety of (mostly unhealthy) drinks, but we usually eat fruit, veggies, and various breads for snacks.

 

[Richards]

Some sessions we eat rather healthy foods: meats, cheeses, crackers, fruit. Other sessions are more along the lines of M&Ms, chocolate chip cookies or brownies, and popcorn. One constant, though, is the Mello Yello: it's the best DM appeasement drink ever (at least for this particular DM).

Johnathan

 

[Phlebas]

To paraphrase from Pulp Fiction, "English, good sir, do you speak it?" I know that crisps are chips and I can sort of guess what a nuke 'em burger is... but what the heck is a sarnie?

Technically chips are chips, normally served with deep fried fish or pie, and crisps are crisps

Sarnie = sandwich in a hurry

Actually the last few sessions (excluding the chocolate cake for the Centaurs Birthday) have been healthier - we've moved on to rice cakes as nibbles

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