@@jodeej Sounds like a successful little vacation. I am sure you and your husband both needed to relax so much.
Eating is tough, I have the same problem with the breakfast buffets at hotels. I generally stick with yogurt, bananas, stuff like that that's packaged, although I did have some oatmeal that was in a big covered vat. I hated bypassing the beautiful cut up fruit but I knew it was in my best interest. Whereas the coffee makers in rooms are not often well cleaned I would imagine that the equipment in the restaurants must be well cleaned so the malt was probably -- obviously actually -- fine. It never would have occurred to me to not have one if it was within my "trying to lose weight again" diet. Was the wedge salad on a buffet? I have never seen that type of salad on one. I have not been big on salad bars for years now, so I do not miss that at all.

No further tips that I can think of. We should keep track of tips that anyone mentions and have that list to share.

I can't believe that I was so conscious of not eating at buffets at my daughter's wedding but when they passed appetizers around it never occurred to me that I should not have taken any. Of course, that worked out fine (and the appetizers were fabulous), it was the air somewhere, probably in the function place, that caused Legionnaire's disease.
My daughter was supposed to have my plate prepared in the kitchen and forgot to so as soon as they announced that the food was out my husband rushed up to be first in line to get mine. Now that I think of it, that is a good tip -- if you are in a position where you have no other option than to eat from a buffet, be the first in line. If the buffet starts at a certain time, make a reservation for the time it starts. Not only will it not have been breathed on, but it won't have been held at unsafe temperatures.
JK