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| surfergirl |
The Surfergirl JournalHello Everyone.My grandfather was a Florida cattle rancher and meat was all we ate. I was strong, and skinny. I started adulthood as a vegetarian, and things started to change. I changed to atkins, but found it to be to carby still. So after finding the MBT Forum and Zeroing in on Health Forum, I have gone cold turkey to being a carnivore full time. I am making my Fitday public to you in case I am working too much to post here. See my signature line below for that link. My Life has changed. Weight falls off, My sinuses have cleared for good, I have more energy than ever, and I'm finally not feeling that bad feeling I get when my blood sugar drops after eating carbs. Today so far: Steak, Water. Later some decaf coffee with heavy cream, but only drink half. Or decaf earl grey tea, iced. Stay tuned. Surfergirl |
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| kateryna |
Welcome aboard the Bus Surfergirl. 
We all love success stories and look forward to yours. 
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| Dean |
 to Journaland.
I hope you enjoy the Bus ride. 
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| Willeke |
and welcome from the Netherlands (again) <g> | ||||
| surfergirl |
Gee, Thanks guys!
See you at the July challege. |
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| MetalMama |
Belated Welcome aboard! It's so nice to see some new people boarding the bus!! | ||||
| surfergirl |
Thanks MetalMama
It was some of your posts that made me want to join. How's your July challenge coming along? I have been keeping up with you. |
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| surfergirl |
Oh, and I joined cuz of Dean too.....you are one cra-zy cat dude. | ||||
| MetalMama |
It's going well!
I'm sure you'll love the bus, it's a great group of people. |
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| surfergirl |
Happy August! It's here!
diet start weight 6/18/09: 198.6 lbs present weight: 181.2 lbs 17.4 lbs lost total 6.4 lbs of them lost during the July Challenge here on the bus. Lots of gardening yesterday, going to see the new Adams Sandler movie today! And slow cooking corned beef right now that smells delightful. |
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| kateryna |
Hey great work Surfergirl 
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| surfergirl |
thanks kateryna!
It's working! Thanks for having me in the challenge! You did great too! 
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| surfergirl |
After a loooong stall with no cheats, my stall is broken!
As of today: weight loss of 23.6 lbs. Still to go: 55 lbs I finally used Bear' Chicken recipe (thanks yOu, MetalMamma, Jeff) and it is my fave right now. Yum. Bought a crock pot and enjoying using it! Still using the grill for kebabs and the oven to get that crisp skin and crunchy fat cap on meats that I love. Please note. Fitday shows me that I am "30" BMI and about to cross over to the 20's. YAY. My goal BMI is "20". Going to the mall today for a cute dress. Then to a movie and then to have a "Kabbalah in the Kitchen" cooking class with the Rabbi's wife tonight that will be fun! |
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| jeff |
Congrats on breaking the stall! Yes, I love Bear's chicken recipe. One of my fav's. | ||||
| kateryna |
Yayy!!! Stall is gone. Time to celebrate.
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| surfergirl |
Thanks to both of you, the weight loss is slower now. Keeping with the carnivore way of eating. | ||||
| kateryna |
Surfergirl:
Regarding books, there is so much information out there and it is all useful even if you don't agree with everything they say. I have read all books written by: Robert Atkins Drs. Eades Reuben (the Maker's Diet) J. Mercola R. Rosedale G. Taubes B. Groves Anthony Colpo Malcolm Kendrick Schwarzbein Allan and Lutz - Life Without Bread Saly Fallon - Nourishing Traditions Connie Bennett - Sugar Shock and many others that I can't recall at the moment. Some of the above are still afraid of fat. This is not a complete list but there are a lot of good books out there. |
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| surfergirl |
Life without bread sounds great! I am going to get that from amazon, and then the rest also!
Thanks for the list. I am printing it out! |
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| jeff |
Although it seems like none of those people put all the pieces together, we can learn from all of them. | ||||
| surfergirl |
You are so right Jeff, and I will use them to get "our" ideas out of. Katie, so far I ordered Life Without Bread, Perused a copy of Maker's Diet, Read articles by and about Schwarzbein, and googled Rosedale and got interesting articles. I am learning a lot. |
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| surfergirl |
Hi everyone. So far so good on the Yom Kippur fasting today. Service this morning was great in the temple. I go back at 5pm. Can eat at 7:20pm.
I have put Stew Beef, seasoning, 2 slices red onion, and a few mushrooms to flavor it, in the crock pot. it looked yummy even raw. I will just eat the meat, Esp. since I'm in a stall again. I am not cheating. Haven't taken motrin for a couple days, and I was on my TOM, so maybe my stall will be over. Been doing great on the no alcohol promise to myself. Last wine was just this past Aug. 26, I do not miss the redness and swelling it caused at all. Or the weight gain. It just isn't worth the problem. |
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| kateryna |
Hope you have a good holiday and the intermittant fasting will do your body good 
Surfergirl, remember your queston asking me if there was something that broke my stall. Well I've been going over my food journals and noticed something that I paid no attention to. On September 17th I added a tablespoon of coconut oil when frying my meat almost every day. I use butter and coconut oil now. Well by September 20th my stall broke and I've been losing ever since. I'm definitely not going to stop using it I've also increased my egg consumption. I'm not allergic to them and they keep me satisfied just like meat. Anyway, those are my observations for what they are worth. |
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| surfergirl |
That is great news! I have both in my kitchen, and will start to use the coconut oil more.
And........I am losing a little! I woke up weighing less, even after the big beef meal last night. So maybe it is good to fast during the day sometimes and eat one meal at night? My next experiment is when I stall to eat a meat dinner only. Hmmm. |
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| Karen G |
Glad to hear you're doing well. Good luck with the IF. | ||||
| surfergirl |
i only will do it when I need too. | ||||
| MetalMama |
Glad that scale is moving down again!! | ||||
| surfergirl |
I really am too. Long stall. Thanks for the IF information! I'm trying to get this butt down to a manageable size. 
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| kateryna |
 Here's to the butt getting down to a reasonable size 
You're doing great Surfergirl. It will drop in it's own time when it's ready (keep repeating to self over and over again, that's what I do) 
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| y0u |
y0u are doing great..keep up the good work. And if only we could dictate where the fat came off...
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| surfergirl |
Thanks you two. Bottoms up. | ||||
| Dean |
Hey, surfergirl,
How is everything going with the IFing and the cooking? Your dishes always sound so wonderful.
Life Without Bread is a great book, isn't it?
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| surfergirl |
I haven't finished that book yet, got sidetracked with crock pot cooking. I haven't put IF into practice as much as I would like yet, been hungry lately.
Beef so far is my fave. I found a great deal on lamb chops today too. So sorry to hear about your dad. Good thoughts from me coming your way. |
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| kateryna |
Hey Surfergirl, I see that scale moving downwards again. Hurray!
I see you're fasting a bit. I eat only twice a day. Light at lunch and heavier at dinner, about 19 hours between dinner and lunch the next day. If I stayed at home I'd probably eat once a day but I can't usually eat a lot in one sitting so twice daily is best for me. |
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| surfergirl |
I'm catching on to your little tricks HEEEE HEEEE! Yes IF works! The scale is showing me low numbers! Swim Fishy Swim! Swim to 120 lbs yay! Hey everyone! I had a niece today! 9 lbs 5 ozs. Not a typo. She's a big girl. Samantha Michelle! First girl born in 23 years in my family!  
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| y0u |
CONGRATS on the niece!!!
I eat twice a day as well..biggest meal is the first one around 1 or 2 pm after all my exercise and errands..etc... then a small meal after work late.. I wait as long as I can during the day before I eat.. |
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| kateryna |
Congratulations on the brand new niece Surfergirl 
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| surfergirl |
Thanks for the congrats on Samantha.
I have my most luck eating once a day in evening, but find it difficult, and end up with a couple bites of meat early on, because I get that low blood sugar feeling and hunger. That's why I was thinking I would be a good candidate for Metformin. I just went over the weekend and got some great Indian dry spices from our Indian-British Grocery here. The spices add some variation to flavor in my meats, esp in the crockpot, and helps my blood sugar feel more stable. I found a great deal on lamb chops at Henry's Market (California Health-Organic Food Grocery) and need to go back and get more. They were beautiful red and nicely marbled. Cooked up like a dream. Tender, juicy and seared on the outside with a bit of crushed fresh mint leaves and gee. The BF's Hebrew teacher was over and raved how great they were, since the BF is vegetarian. |
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| surfergirl |
I ran out of decaf tea and coffee a couple days ago, and therefore used some with caffeine. So I have been having some burning neck pain and nervousness due to it. As of today I am going to the store and buying decaf. Feeling a bit better. Less stressed/hurting this morning. IF-ing yesterday was a success. Big Rib-eye steak for dinner was joyful to eat and I was hungry. Very little weight loss, but is was loss. I will go for some macchaca eggs this morning. | ||||
| surfergirl |
Quick question....I was wondering if anyone had any luck frying low carb chicken. Do you use that low carb flour or cornstarch? What and where do I get it? Should I not have this until I lose 20 more lbs. anyway? I have lost 27 lbs so far, so good.
 
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| kateryna |
I tryed the grated parmezan cheese coating but it didn't work for me.
Then I fried my plain uncoated chicken with skin on in a combo of coconut oil and butter and the skin was so crispy and crunchy I died and went to heaven. So that's how I have it now if I can find chicken pieces with skin still on them. I haven't tried wings though. |
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| surfergirl |
Ok. Great Katie! So half coconut oil, half butter? Do you cover because of spatter or do this uncovered? I think it's your mix of oils that make this cruncy. I used peanut oil before and it did not turn out well and my kitchen was spatterd with the oil. Can't wait to try this.
Also notice *TA DA* Today I weighed in at 170.8-almost to the 160's mark, that is if it stays! I had a couple sin bites last night of chocolate mousse tart, and I hope I don't have delayed weight reaction to that poison tomorrow. |
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| jeff |
Never tried it myself, but I've heard of using crushed pork rinds as a coating for fried chicken. | ||||
| MetalMama |
What about bacon grease?
I've done both Parmesan and pork rinds - they are both decent...but not necessarily worth the work in my opinion - I'd rather have Bear's chicken. Spatchcocked chicken (aka chicken under a brick) is really good too. |
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| surfergirl |
Thanks Jeff and MM...those are great ideas.
Tell me more about this chicken under a brick thing, how do I go about this? |
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| MetalMama |
Chicken under a brick:
http://www.finecooking.com/articles/how-to/chicken-under-a-brick.aspx |
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| y0u |
Oh great...now I have to go steal a brick from somewhere.... 
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| kateryna |
Not only that but the recipe is about 45 chapters long. Would take time away from other things just reading the darned recipe 
Oh almost forgot, did I hear weight loss? Congratulations Surfergirl
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| surfergirl |
Yes I am Making this dish! As soon as I get a brick....like yOu I shall bor-row one from somewhere. Looked like some saffron was on that chicken in the recipe provided. Did anyone else notice? That would make it so much more delicious! the crackly skin, Yum!
And yes, Katie, that is the pleasant sound of fat falling off my a**. |
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| chebaby77 |
Hi Surfergirl!!
Has been a great day here in my household! I have just started growing plumeria - I have red, pink, white & yellow varieties, just one of each though! Really into growing banana plants! What's for dinner at your house tonight? :) ~Cheryl |
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| surfergirl |
The famous yOu Chili recipe! You too? | ||||
| y0u |
Saffron...MmMmM...I have a huge bag of it in my freezer...
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| surfergirl |
yOu B%#@!. Where did you get that much saffron/ Just ran out of my prized spanish tin.UGH! |
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| y0u |
When my father travels to Turkey..he buys a giant bag of it. It is not as good as Spanish but you just use twice as much...but I have cups of it so I can use it liberally. |
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| surfergirl |
Yummy. Turkey has a lot of great items....like my favorite rose essential oil too. 
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| chebaby77 |
Good Morning Surfergirl!
I LOVE the idea of a carrot cake flavoring!! YUM!! WOW!! :) I do order some Yummy coffee syrups from www.DaVincigourmet.com . I am getting ready to buy my Peppermint SF syrup for the season & always have the Dulche de Leche & Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough syrup on hand. 
I have a standard Bunn coffeemaker - My Mom always had one & the coffee is consistent. It has copper tubing in it, hard water can be a pain - but hubby put in a reverse osmosis water system, we have minimal build-up. Hope it's beautiful where you are today in California! It's 70 degrees here! Take care! ~Cheryl PS - Turkey...Saffron...
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| surfergirl |
Cheryl you are sooo lucky the have the reverse osmosis system.
How do the sugar free davinci syrups taste? I will let you know if the flavorings I ordered taste great or nasty. I was trying to avoid sugar and don't like the taste of fake sweeteners. These are worth a try, and they are zero carb. I loved coffee mate blueberry flavor before I was zero-carb, now I can't even find it in a store at all anyway. |
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| surfergirl |
Oh..note to self I need to order good quality saffron. | ||||
| chebaby77 |
OH!! I KNOW!!!
I LOVED that Blueberry CoffeeMate too! :D Nowhere here either! :( I LOVE The Dulce De Leche - is made with the pure liquid Splenda, tastes YUM!!! I am very intrigued by this Caroot cake flavor...you HAVE to let me know! See you in the Morning Surfergirl! :) ~Cheryl |
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| surfergirl |
I got the Dulche de lech sugar free and am enjoying it this morning. Thanks. | ||||
| MetalMama |
Has the sweet taste triggered any cravings for you? Hope not. It's always nice to have new flavors in the mix. | ||||
| surfergirl |
Yes Man Candy. | ||||
| chebaby77 |
Hi Surfergirl!
That must be why I have such cravings for Man Candy... 
Did you like the Dulche De Leche? Hope you're having a good day Surfergirl!! :) ~Cheryl |
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| y0u |
OoOOoO...Man Candy is everywhere today!!
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| surfergirl |
Yes can yOu see what yOu have done...Man candy addicts not knowing where the next man candy is coming from. and yes Cheryl I do like it and so does the BF and BF's son. It's a hit here at our house. Now only if my dream would come true of Blueberry sugar free coffemate. or even the regular blueberry. I have written to the company and have not received a response. Don't they know who I am... and how important? |
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| kateryna |
Did you see how she just snuck that in without any fanfare.
SURFERGIRL HIT THE 160'S
woo hoooooooo!!!!!!!!! |
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| MetalMama |
Oh yeah baby - KICKIN" ASS!!
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| chebaby77 |
AWESOME SURFERGIRL!!!
YOU ROCK!!! I'm right behind you!! Glad I could share the 'sweetness' with you...that DDL DaVinci is GOOD! :D ~Cheryl |
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| surfergirl |
Yes..160's...I weighed myself a second time this morning and the scale said 169.8, so I got on it again. Same thing. Then I got off turned it facing East, and same thing! So....it's real! I had peed a lot this morning.
What happened? Wasn't I 198 lbs 4 months ago?  
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| kateryna |
That's what happens when you eat the real human diet Surfergirl
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| surfergirl |
This diet is the best. Nothing has ever worked before. Starving, soup diets, vegetarianism, juice diet, and the all-time consuming raw food diet!
I even got the weight loss shots and was under a doctor's supervision with a 500 calorie a day diet and gained weight from it! One little trip on the bus and a sip of koolaid , no other diet mattered anymore, my eyes are opened, and I am a newer thinner version of my self. |
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| kateryna |
Glad you found this way of eating Surfergirl as am I. Took me a while to get around to finding it but I knew it was out there somewhere.
You get to a point when "Resistance is futile" and logic wins out. |
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| chebaby77 |
WE ROCK!!
AND...YOU ROCK Surfergirl!!! 169!!! Can hardly wait to get to where you are...this WOE is the BEST!!! :) ~Cheryl |
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| y0u |
and you get to eat delicious food and not starve yourself.....GO MEAT!
Congrats on being in the 160's btw....I can hardly wait to catch up with y0u.. |
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| surfergirl |
Thanks to all three of you! Tahnks for the support! I love your new avatar cheryl and yOu:
you kick but, you will be below my weight in nooooo time! We are all doing great, Katie is doing the best right now and will soon be in my weight group. "I'm putting on my fat loss boot camp boots". |
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| chebaby77 |
Hope all is going well Surfergirl!
Enjoy your week-end! :) ~Cheryl |
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| surfergirl |
You too Cheryl,
I'm going to a guitar performance tonight in San Juan Capistrano. It should be fun. I will brown some chicken then slow cook it for chicken cacciatore with a little tomato sauce, garlic, and a bay leaf from my huge bay tree. Great news Everyone! My daughter is coming to visit from college December 15-20, and she is bringing a wonderful young man she has been dating to meet me! YAY! What I know about him, I love. The photos show him as a handsome, tall man. Egyptian descent, Traditional American-Muslim family, intelligent, will be graduating college in May, going on to medical school then. President of the student government. Should be able to eat our Jewish food just fine, no pork, and I will study up on Egyptian Muslim food too. I am very excited!  
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| MetalMama |
How exciting to have your daughter home and to meet her boyfriend!! Have fun at the concert!! | ||||
| surfergirl |
Thanks MM. I have been looking forward to her meeting someone special. | ||||
| surfergirl |
Hi everyone. Check this out. I went to a small ethnic market nearby for chicken with skin for my famous Chicken soup. Look what I found. They actually had two upright rotisseries like I remember from my childhood going to Tarpon Springs. So I had to have some! One was chicken, one was beef, and they told me they even have lamb sometimes! Here is what it looked like:
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| jeff |
Yum!!! | ||||
| surfergirl |
Yep....Got two pounds of the meat. Free Tahini sauce. Extra meat for free in a tin, and I got asked out by the butcher. He said I was bea-u-ti-ful. The meat-delish. Nice and fatty and crispy in some parts. Nice seasoning it was cooked with. Not salty, kinda allspice tasting. I wish I had one of these rotisseries in my house! I would if the BF wasn't vegetarian! He feigns sickness at the smell of beef cooking. |
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| surfergirl |
Ok, I am still sick, and feel lousy, while I was out yesterday here in Laguna, some dude saw me walk by and said "hey sexy woman"!
What's up with this? I looked around and it was me he was talking about. Ok That's two guys in a row commenting. I say I continue to follow this way of life, because it works. Can't wait til I'm feeling better. Maybe I will look better. I couldn't eat dinner tonight. Can't smell anything or taste anything. I'm sure this will pass soon, I've been sick a week. It was warm today, but is COLD outside now. Going to bed. I started a fire in the fireplace. My little sheltie pup is here to keep me warm too. He cuddled up on the down comforter by my feet. Awww 
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| y0u |
Cute doggie!!!
I've been sick a week now too..and feel like my fever is back...going to take some more nyquil and hope I drift off....alone..:( Keep up the good work on gettin guys to compliment you...
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| kateryna |
Get well soon Surfergirl 
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| surfergirl |
Thanks to you both. I just woke up but not feeling better. Head achy and ill feeling. Threw up a little last night, and BF cleaned it up and put a trash can beside me. At least I'm in the 168's now though. Not how I planned to do it.
I really feel like having a big rib eye, so maybe this is a good sign. The BF told me to take the day off, he is my boss, so I will. He won't even be at the main office today anyway, since he has court appearances near one of the satellite offices an hour away, and clients to see there after. His son is off college classes today, so he has volunteered legal assistance today, since I cook for him and do so much to help and support him. Good to know people care. Surf doggie dog and I are on our own. Rib eye for two. maybe harrissa hot sauce and horseradish so I can breathe. |
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| chebaby77 |
Hi Surfergirl!
LOVE your puppy!! So beautiful!!
Wishing you a quick recovery... Ribeye...MMMM!!!! ~Cheryl
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| surfergirl |
Thanks Cheryl. I hope your kidney stones are better! I really hated having those.
I am going to drag my self out of bed and heat the grill. I don't even want my coffee this morning, feeling so weird. I think I will have some earl grey iced tea instead. Maybe my throat will feel better. Oh, thanks, Surf is cute isn't he. He is by my side and is taking care of me.  
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| MetalMama |
LOVE the doggie - beautiful!
Hope you're feeling better very soon. Man...we need to do some serious Lysol'ing on this bus...all these sickies. 
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| surfergirl |
yes *cough cough* | ||||
| chebaby77 |
UH-OH!!
**cough-cough**?? Surf...babe...help your Mama out & chase off those nasty sicky bugs...
We need her healthy to cheer us on & whip up on us in the Challenge! Thanks Surf! Luv, ~Cheryl
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| surfergirl |
Surf Says *woof woof*!
I hope you guys are losing weight already! Being sick might actually help us this month to loses some weight. I still can't taste, and nothing that cooks smell good yet, usually I love the smell of food simmering but not now.  
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| surfergirl |
Hey! I have survived the cold that had a hold of my! I can actually smell and taste now. No more sore throat and sneezing. It's OVER!
I have a corned beef brisket cooking! Back to life!  
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| jeff |
Yayyy SG !!!!! Glad you are feeling better. |
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| y0u |
Glad y0u are better...I still have a weird ear and stuff in my lungs and nose..but definitely on the mend. Day 3 of a Zpack here...my intestines are definitely rejecting the antibiotics so I should be losing more weight...hahaha..
Corned beef brisket...mmmmm...fat cap...mmmmmmm (oops...I am drooling on myself).... Love ya surfergirl....I'm trying to catch up to you..I'll be in the 160's soon.
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| kateryna |
Glad you're feeling better. My sister had the stomach flu all weekend and dropped 7 pounds lol. Not a great way of losing weight but she'll take it
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| Karen G |
Hey Surfergirl, glad you're feeling better, and congrats on your losses!!! You are doing great.
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| chebaby77 |
Morning Surfergirl!
How's Surf doing?...Huggas from me!! WOOT!! Glad to have you back up & running!! Let's get it going again! I am feeling 165 for you by EOM! Grab y0u, kateryna, metalmama & KarenG & LET'S GO!! ~Cheryl
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| surfergirl |
Alright girls! Here we go! Surf and I lost weight ( a little) during the flu stint.
We have convinced vegetarian BF to eat steak just for this week. In two days he has lost almost 4 lbs. He may become a believer. Surf doggie had a bone from a cowboy rib eye steak tonight! He loved it. Remember this very important message: 
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| y0u |
I eat meat...as a matter of fact I had some just this morning..in bed...
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| surfergirl |
I always knew yOu were a real girl...tee..hee! |
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