Buffet momentum is the lack of self-restraint one experiences after having started eating at a buffet. This phenomenon causes a person to consume above and beyond what comprises a regularly sized meal. This feeling usually occurs in the first fifteen minutes of the buffet and is further perpetuated by:

Buffet momentum指在自助餐厅开吃以后就难以自制，不停要吃东西的情形，即“自助餐动力”。这种动力会让人吃下远远超出常规饭量的食物。“自助餐动力”一般出现在自助餐开始的前15分钟，然后会通过以下的方式延续：

a) remembering something delicious that you saw earlier and didn't have room on your plate for

 记起来之前看到的某个好吃的，当时盘子太满没装下

b) wanting more of something you just tried

 刚尝过的东西，还想再吃

c) the desire to make the price you paid worthwhile

 想把付的钱都吃回来

d) the need to illustrate to your friends that your stomach is indeed a bottomless pit.

 想证明给自己的朋友看，你的胃的确是个无底洞。