"What kind of crappy ring did you get for 77 tickets?!?"

Funniest response to a proposal, ever.

Having had my jaws wired shut for six weeks, it really sucks.

The somewhat deceptive thing about this is that you think you can have anything that's liquid form, but it's not really the case. A lot of smoothies have little tiny raspberry seeds in them or soups have little bits of onion or meat in them. If her jaws are wired shut, she probably won't be able to have soft foods, pureed foods, etc. What is also unfortunately is that if she tries to consume anything that is too large/hard to go through the wires, she'll have to spit them out, which is embarrassing and uncomfortable.

I would suggest a ramen place, such as Ippudo, as well. She'll just have the broth, but at least it's delicious broth. Also, a lot of Chinese restaurants have many soups on the menu as well.

Oh my lord, this looks amazing. I'm buying pork belly ASAP.

@MissBrownEyes - I know $15 seems like a lot for a burger, but it's actually pretty average for New York restaurants, especially at places such as Savoy, 5 Napkin, etc. I'm guessing you don't live here, right?

Also, in terms of underrated burgers in New York City, I recently discovered the burger at a little place called Cafe Ronda on the UWS. Ever since I had the Minetta Black Label Burger, I have trouble eating another burger and not thinking, "Hmm, this is good but I've had better." The burger at Cafe Ronda, however, is pretty delicious and only $10 (without any toppings).

That looks so perfectly cooked. Thanks for the great photos.

This story reminds me of the time my family went to a Chinese hot pot buffet together and they had some blue crabs cut in half on the buffet. My mother put some on her plate and when we sat down at the table, one of the halves started twitching. My mother says to us in Cantonese, "Wow, they're so fresh!" and promptly plunked the crabs in the hot pot.

I think Eli's dish was weird.

YES!! Mike is on the chopping block!!! Please eliminate Mike.

Thanks for all of the tips! That helps a lot! I think I'm going to have to buy some software for my computer.

Three meals, plus 2-3 snacks during the day. Does my nightly spoon of peanut butter count as a snack?

I going to buy a regular $1.99 squirt gun and see if I can get a similar result.

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Josh, your results are beautiful!

Congratulations! Losing weight is never easy, especially whilst writing a food blog, so I'm quite impressed.