This kind of difficulty in turning down a free, or nearly free, feed is very common in British culture and is easily observed in the gluttony at all you can eat restaurants that you wouldn't see if people were paying by weight of food!
But I don't just think it's about the money - I think a lot of it is due to camel mentality - the desire to enjoy an over indulgent splurge with the idea that we can burn that food off later.
Some people just find food an inconvenience and would rather have only one meal a day (cooking and eating properly does take up a lot of time).
Infact we can store excess food very effectively as fat for use later but our camels hump usually materialises as a beer belly or muffin top which is not good both aesthetically and from a health perspective. Also most people find it hard to follow the splurge with the necessary self-restraint to burn off the stored calories so their 'hump' just gets bigger and bigger! Even if you manage the self-restaint, it is quite stressful on the body to repeatedly gain and lose weight.
One of the difficulties is when you're faced with food not ordinarily available to you ... a delicious discovery on holiday, a delicacy brought into the office by a colleague back from holiday or even your mum's home cooking when you go home for a weekend.
In these cases it's best to savour your food and exercise damage limitation. Serve yourself a small portion of a treat food and you'll make sure your savour each taste, rather than wolfing it down, and feel more satisfied and less gluttinous as a result. Also don't fall into the trap of 'Off the Wagon' mentality - you've had one slice of cake so you might as well have a blow out as you've already fallen off the wagon ... this kind of thinking can easily lead to regular over-indulging and unhealthy eating habits. Over-eating at any meal is bad for your waistline and your health - just remember if you don't want to look like a camel it's best not to eat like one!
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