Declining Offerings Gracefully…the holidays are over everyone!

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Zach: What up my CHEATERz?! Zachy F in da house!!!!!! Okay that was dumb. So last Saturday Liz and I went to DMK Burger off of the Wellington Brown line stop. It definitely lived up to the hype. I had a DOUBLE #3 Mother Effers. Now that thing is like a double burger plus a Reuben sandwich, meaning it was stuffed with pastrami and kraut, and a 1,000 island dressing substitute. YES, my heart certainly did skip a beat and YES I did mistake it for a heart attack!

'Sconsin Cheddar fries (loyolaphoenix.com)

I also ordered Wisconsin Cheddar and Scallion fries. The melty wisconsin cheddar was so soft and mild it made me want to never stop eating, but my newly puny stomach could not, would not have been able to handle it. Especially since Liz decided to order a HUGE order of Parmesan with Truffle Cream fries…which were also out of this world. I swear you just put truffle cream on anything and it makes me wanna….aaaaaauuuuuuugggggghhhhh….

Liz ordered a #9, The Patty Melt, as her burger….I got to try some…cause…ya know, I said "LIZ! Look over there!" (yoink, nom nom nom, heh heh heh) It was awesome, better than my burger. I offered a trade but no dice, she agreed that hers was better and then smacked my face for the thievery. This patty melt had burger with smoked bacon, smoked swiss, burnt onions, that 1,000 island substitute "Leroy's Remoulade," and it was all in between panini style grilled rye bread. DE-LICIOUS.

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Our Good Buddy Brian Gartland met us there before he had to go to work. he ordered the not so standard #1. It looked as delicious as he said it was. All in all we had a good time. The service was on point and it wasn't too bad waiting at the bar for our table to clear up…get us a little drunk. This place is busy, but give it a try…mmmmaybe during the weekday.

I am looking forward to another cheat meal this Saturday although I've got no idea where it'll be… As for the title of this post…let me just say I am VERY happy the holidays are over and I don't have to turn down as many delicious offerings from sweet old ladies, or friends, or coworkers. It was getting REALLY hard to not eat all the chocolate or brownies or cakes or philly cheesesteaks or EVERYTHING! Here's a tip for people thinking about dieting and you are finding it hard to turn down all the free treats and offering from people: talk about your diet EVERY TIME someone bugs you to eat something, TRUST ME, they will get bored and leave you alone. I do it all the time and I find it hilarious. I make sure I say the same things each time I explain it. Then tell them to look you up on Cheat Days! Happy cheating everyone!

Devastation!

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Zach: heeeey cheaters….Zach here to talk to you about what the Chiefs should have done. CHEATED! What a devastating loss! So devastating I might not even talk about it to much. Just, good bye Chiefs, HELLO JAYHAWKS, who also lost last weekend but than WON on Wednesday so go fuck yourselves!

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So Liz and I were at Toons on Saturday, for no particular reason…(not talking about it). And since we were there anyway for…no reason! we decided to cheat there too. If you are in Lakeview and need you some BBQ go on over to Toons! They do it up KC style. I had a half rack of ribs as I stood over a piece of ply wood which sat on top of a pool table…cause I'm a MAN, and I devoured that seasoned up just right half rack. Licked the bones clean I did! I also pounded back Lagunitas IPAs hard while I wolfed down the ribs, delicious french fries, and the lil'old ramekin of cole slaw. Liz got herself some delectable fried buffalo chicken fingers and fries. Honestly I don't know why chicken fingers hasn't been a regular cheat day item. It certainly should be! And it will be, starting now!

Being Fed The Last Fry by Sater (at the end of the happy half)

So... right now cheat day isn't SO exciting. We only focus on ONE cheat meal on any given cheat day and then allow ourselves beers and liquors we won't drink on any NON Cheat Day and perhaps an occasional snack if it is offered up to us…cause, ya know Cheat Day just don't care! He just don't. I do think next will be the Bad Apple in Lincoln Square to try us some of their burgers…if not you'll find out next week! Tata!









One last thing, check out the poster I manipulated and go to what it says to go to!

Holiday Season is a Cheat Season.

Zach: HEY! Cheaters! It's been a spell ya know?! The lovely Liz and I stopped having real cheat days since it is nearly impossible to eat completely healthy the rest of the week and countless people offer you free cookies, candies, chips, popcorn, cake, pie, whole MEALS for god sake. I shot right back up to 228 at my heaviest but hovered mostly around 220 lbs. The lowest I reached was 211 lbs. 

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Now it is a new year and of course it is the perfect time for challenges. I strongly encourage anyone dissatisfied with their current weight to attempt the slow carb diet as your weekly holiday we know as Cheat Day will become a weekly holiday season wrapped up into one day. As they new year starts and the Football season begins to wrap up (Go Chiefs) Liz and I have decided to move Cheat Day back to Saturdays. If anyone has any suggestions for places or things to eat in particular please leave a comment or email me or hit me up on FB. 

This week we are going to start slow with only a cheat meal at the Bad Apple in Lincoln Square! I will let you know all about it next week.

The Cheat Season, aka Halloween through New Years, was epic. The week of Christmas was spent in San Diego, easily the highlight of the season, tasting the local fast food-like fare. I made a stop at Sombrero, to pay homage to Blink 182. In&Out because you like…have to..right? And then my favorite place was Lucha Libre, the gourmet taco place with a food challenge that was featured on Man Vs. Food. 

We just stumbled into it, otherwise I'd have tried to schedule an eating challenge (which requires 24 hours advanced notice). All I had was a queso taco but it was enough to make me swoon. The corn tortilla has a layer of crispy grilled cheese melted to it before the added the traditional taco fillings. Top notch I must say. I loved San Diego and I recommend anyone go there any time of year, but especially winter so you can escape the cold or a minute!

Lucha Libre Screenshot from youtube.com

All right cheaters! I hope you missed me as much as I missed you. See you next week. And Gabriella say HAPPY FUCKING NEW YEAR! fistbump!

Gabriella! Giant Fist!…which I later broke...