a few bites away

Coming off the elevator, I noticed a combination of milling anthesiologists with my weight loss patients. An odd site, I realized some were eating, others were making their way into the room. I could smell the pizza from outside the door. Yet again, the room had food.
Dragging my scale through the crowd, I saw a rather overweight physician shoving a piece of pizza in his mouth while chatting with his friends.

"Hey, do you know what group is in here next?" He laughed

His friends looked around, gazes fixating on my scale.
"Weight loss!" He started laughing.

I stopped and turned, my eyes meeting his and thought,
'Hey, you are just a few bites away pal."
Though the comment maybe made him feel a bit better, it was pretty upsetting to the people standing around him, waiting to get in the room. I thought it, but couldnt say it, Because that was the reality.