Sunday, I had an urge for some steak.

We had recently discovered that Golden Corral, a large all-you-can-eat buffet chain restaurant, serves steak. All you can eat steak, and it was actually very good. So, for the second Sunday in a row, we went to Golden Corral for steak.

Also on Golden Corral's buffet is almost every "illegal" food that exists. Mac and cheese. Corn and butter. Fried chicken, fried zucchini, fried fish, fried okra. Cookies, cakes of chocolate and lemon and carrot. Banana pudding. Ice cream, with various toppings. At the far end of the restaurant, an isolated no-man's land of salad, soup and baked potatoes. All for about $10.

Both times we've visited Golden Corral, I've fully intended to get only the steak and perhaps a piece of fried chicken, and stop when no longer hungry. But I haven't. After all, that wouldn't be worth a whole $10. So both times, I've eaten past full.

Some people have opinions of those who frequent buffets. I read a Las Vegas message board, and of course Las Vegas is the buffet capital of the world. There were many comments on buffet etiquette (or lack thereof), that buffets were for gluttons. On another board, Texas based, someone said that they hated buffets because all the fat people were depressing.

I never feel financially comfortable. There's something inside me that doesn't want to pay too much for things - be it a buffet or a house. Do. Not. Get. Taken.

When we were in Las Vegas at the end of last year, we ate at a buffet restaurant every morning. I didn't overeat like I did at Golden Corral, though. The only difference that I can see is that in Las Vegas, I knew my next breakfast was going to be at a buffet. I didn't have to eat it all now because I could get whatever it was I wanted on the next visit.

I've applied that logic to so many other foods since starting Overcoming Overeating, and those foods now cause me very little concern. Ice cream, once an obsession, is no longer a demon. Same with cheese. Two of my favorite foods, now "legalized" and I don't have to give them up. I even buy some pricey habanero cheese at Costco just for me!

Believe it or not, I think the answer is to eat at Golden Corral a little more often. I need to know that I can go back whenever I want for more steak. I have to take the thrill out of it. It's got to be okay to have a little piece of steak and a little piece of fried chicken for $10 if that is what makes me happy.