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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, August 07, 2009 - 4:54 pm
Costa - Talk with The Owl! She started smoking again a couple of years back and lost a lot of weight! Still smokes and the weight is still off! However, there are many more healthful ways to lose weight! I just know that many people find that one effective! If you think the chefs are on the heavy side now, just think how much heavier they would be if they DIDN'T smoke! If you went by the TN Performing Arts Center when the ballet is performing, you would think the building was on fire from the amount of smoke at the backstage doors! It is the gals - not the guys so much!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, August 07, 2009 - 5:20 pm
Costa please don't talk to The Owl.. and please don't smoke!! Yep that meet in Tennesee was the most smoke gagging time!! Good thing I totally enjoyed all of the people I met there but it was like PTSD to my childhood when all adults, including my parents, smoked unfiltered Camels in the house all winter, the very tightly sealed house. As for most on HK.. well as Dr Phil is fond of saying.. "how's that working for you?" Not well at all.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, August 07, 2009 - 6:44 pm
Yeah, I'm really only halfway joking. I'm back to my regular eating habits (pre-surgery eating habits) and I'm working out again. I'm just not losing the weight I wanna lose. I seem to be "stuck." And I have to look hot in my bikini in four weeks!!!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, August 07, 2009 - 7:24 pm
Celery, not Cigs
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, August 07, 2009 - 7:31 pm
You smoke celery? We've often remarked about how much the chefs smoke. Never occurred to us that it might be about weight. Doesn't smoking inhibit your sense of taste? I would think that would be a big problem for a chef.
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Riviere
Member
09-09-2000
| Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 6:21 am
Apparently smoking does not always dull senses of smell or taste, a recent science program seemed to prove it's all genetic. When a person refuses to eat a certain food it's because it truly does taste like garbage to them. Their sibling might declare the same food delicious! I have aversion to overly sweet foods yet crave tart things such as lemon juice in tea. As a smoker I can discern my own brand from other cigarets as well as other types of smoke. Years ago my landlord fell asleep with a cigaret and I detected the smell behind 3 closed doors and being upstairs on the opposite side of the house. My 6th sense awoke me at 3am to roust his teenage son who slept next to that bedroom yet smelled nothing. We woke my landlord and dragged his mattress outside to hose it off, a minor charred spot was the only damage because I smelled the acrid smoke before it was a flaming deathtrap. I couldn't wait for my lease to expire after that incident!

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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 6:25 am
Neither my smell nor taste have been affected by my smoking. It also doesn't affect my hearing! 
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 8:35 am
What I do know (from experience of having been a smoker of 2 1/2 packs a day and quitting cold turkey 18 years ago) is that is does affect your emotions. Never underestimate the power of nicotine; it is a drug and addictive. When I weighed almost 300lbs and smoked heavily I asked the doctor which I should do first for my health, lose weight or quit smoking. He emphatically said quit smoking! I have since done both, dropped 150 lbs and quit. It was hard but or so worth it in the end. My teeth look better too. I just can't imagine the idea of taking up smoking to lose a few more pounds. Just hang in there; it takes a body a while to adjust.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 8:57 am
Well I'm just going by anecdotal accounts of friends and relatives who quit and then kept commenting about how much better food tasted (which partly explained why they were eating more). I guess people's experiences vary. The one question I would have is how would someone know that their sense of taste or smell hasn't been affected unless they quit? It's the same as hearing a background noise that is constant. After a while you tune it out.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 8:48 pm
RMAO, Costa.. I had this instant image of you with cigs smoking from your ears.. with a big smile. I've had friends who marvelled at the tastes after they stopped and some who were appalled by strong food after they stopped. Antimike, good for you! That would be hard. I never smoked so I can't blame not smoking for my heft..
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Saturday, August 08, 2009 - 8:57 pm
The worst part of quitting was the smells. The world stinks. Everything smelled like garbage to me. The halls in my building smelled of cooking that others didn't smell and outside every other house had garbage cans placed so that they wafted out to the street. I've gotten used to it and it doesn't bother me anymore, but for a while I considered taking up smoking again just to keep from feeling queasy.
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Riviere
Member
09-09-2000
| Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 12:45 pm
The HK players seem to imbibe more beer & wine to numb taste buds and calm nerves. Interesting the prize is Head Chef in a Canadian restaurant.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Monday, August 10, 2009 - 9:02 am
I quit smoking and my sense of smell and taste didn't change at all. Even when smoking, I smelled odors way before anyone else in the family. It's so annoying when you smell something bad and everyone's going, duh, I don't smell anything, until you find it and dangle it in front of their non-smoking noses.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 6:06 am
I never noticed any change in taste after quitting. One thing that changed was the smell of cigarette smoke. For a couple years after I quit, I'd smell a cigarette and think it smelled so good, but later it began to totally stink! Now I cant stand the smell of cigarette smoke.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 1:01 am
The women's team just seems doomed this season.. but Tek really was having huge problems, so.. time to go..
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Mack
Member
07-22-2002
| Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 3:15 am
Got to say if one of the women win this year it'll be one very large surprise. Nothing against women, my wife and I have pulled for many of the women chefs over the years, but this group just doesn't seem to have a star. Of course that's not saying the men are all that strong individually but they do seem to work better as a team.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 5:10 am
I'm wondering if the women failed SO miserably because the men didn't really explain the menu and how to create it properly. I think they were discombobulated from the start and then absolutely fell apart under pressure. That said, Tek totally had problems so it was definitely time to go. Not at all impressed with Suzanne. Not at all impressed with how she handled the responsibility of finding out what the client wanted and then relaying that to her team. Instead she decided what the menu would be and forced them to execute that. I think they also lost on that end... I think jambalaya sauce on the pasta might've been a good choice.
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Kittyab
Member
07-16-2005
| Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 10:49 am
I am predicting Kevin to win this season.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 11:12 am
From the previews, it looks like Robert has a health issue again next episode.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 12:48 pm
My DVR cut off before the previews, but I'm not surprised. He is so morbidly obese that it can't be healthy. (And honestly, his weight really bothers me. It makes it difficult to watch him. I don't know if I'd find him less obnoxious if he weighed less, but his weight and his 'tude make me really dislike him.)
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 4:03 pm
Yeah the preview in part showed someone saying to call an ambulance or something along that line.. and Robert wasn't looking too well.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 4:29 pm
I don't understand why they just didn't force Tek off the grill station at some point. She clearly didn't have a clue about how to get the steaks done. But maybe no one else wanted the 'heat' either? It is looking pretty dismal for the women. To be sure.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 6:11 pm
It is definitely looking dismal for the women! They are a pretty dysfunctional group together and it seems as if some of them just can't perform under pressure.
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Kittyab
Member
07-16-2005
| Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 10:43 am
I was surpised to see Jim go, Andy was way worse. I dont understand Tennille at all. I hope Robert is ok...
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 12:58 pm
I thougt for sure Tennille would go after her verbal and almost physical shoving match with Chef. At least the women won that one challenge. Ramsay is an odd duck.. Seemed like he booted Jim for daring to raise the issue of Robert and was defensive of Robert (unless he cannot continue) and yet the loser task was one that clearly would be hard for Robert, not to mention making the other guys have to haul his weight up hills on that strange vehicle. So that wasn't so protective.
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