Keto/Sobriety Blog November 12, 2024

Weight: 351.4 lbs ( 159.4 kg)
BMI: 45.4
Waist: 57.5 in (146.1 cm)
WtHr: 77.7%

Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs
Lunch: St. Louis Style Ribs
Dinner: Leftover Ribs
Drinks: Pot of Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer
Sober Day 3

YMCA: Swimming

I was able to get up a bit easier today than I have been lately. It helped that I didn't have Twitter (I'm sorry “X”) on my phone.

I couldn't find my tape-measure so I'm not 100% certain on my waist measurement, but I'm not going to guess that it changed much. My belly is feeling a bit tight, but that might be the Seltzer water that.

I forgot that I wanted to wait until I was done at the Y to step on the scale. And when I first woke up I stepped on it and it said, 353.8 lbs (160.5 kg) That's 1.8 lbs (0.8 kg) up from yesterday. I tried to console myself with the idea of daily fluctuations and happiness isn't a number on the scale. That was a good motivator to go to the YMCA like I want to be doing. And when I got back from the Y I didn't think that there would be much difference, but I was surprised to see that I was down to 351.4 which is down 0.6 lbs (.3 kg), but again, happiness isn't a number on a scale, and there will be daily fluctuations. It is fascinating that there is a 2.4 lbs (1.08 kg) difference from before and after paddling around in a swimming pool. I do have to say that swimming is a very satisfying workout. I like how it feels to work out the entire body at the same time.

I did get the meal plan done for the week. It's kind of entertaining that it's early mid-November I have enough lunches cooked to last me until the first week of January. I am glad that vacuum sealing the meals makes them last longer. Now it's just going to be up to me to stick to my meal plan. I have enough dinner meats to last another week or two, but there's no emergency on buying more of those just yet. Bacon is a bit low, but then when isn't it.

Uploaded the recipe video that I made back on Thursday. It's an AI inspired Chili. It's kind of a strange tasting recipe, not bad, just strange. A lot of people are getting weird about AI. IMO AI is neither Messiah, nor Antichrist. It's just a tool. A tool that many people fear? Name a new technology that people don't fear. Is it misused? Oh, most definitely. But it is just a tool.

Spent most of the day kind of zoning out. I have a spreadsheet planning out the video releases and I was just kind of glad of how well I was doing on planning future videos. This is another thing that I need to work on. I spend so much time planning out videos that I never get any of them done.

But I got a shock when I got a phone call. The caller ID said, “Known Spam” so I didn't answer. I searched the phone number that it called from and it was from the parent company of the store I work at. I was kind of doubtful that it was actually them until I listened to the voicemail that they had left. It was an auto-call so probably why it got flagged as spam. But the voicemail was a reminder that the health insurance enrollment had started last week, and I haven't re-enrolled yet. I really need to do that. This is one of the years that if you don't re-sign up for the benefits, you'll lose the benefits. I didn't do that just yet, the deadline is the 22nd and my next day off is Sunday the 17th and then Tuesday the 19th I realize that it isn't wise to wait until so close to the deadline, but signing up for that kind of stuff always makes me nervous. People tell me that I am smart but whenever I try to read that legalese type stuff I always go cross-eyed. I don't have any medical issues (knock on wood) that would cause a lot of drama with insurance. But letting insurance benefits expire would be a good invitation for dramatic insurance stuff.

Hey, Day 3 no beer. And no extra spending. I'm a bit nervous that the rent check hasn't cleared yet, but it has passed later in the past. Tomorrow is another challenge on avoiding buying beer. As today I was off and I didn't have a reason to go into the store. But tomorrow I'll have to go to work. There would be the option of transferring money from savings accounts, but I really don't want to take that option. The really challenging challenge will be the day after tomorrow. Because tomorrow I still won't have much money for extra spending, but I get paid on Thursday.