Keto Sobriety Blog Wednesday October 1, 2025

Weight: 330.0 lbs ( 149.7 kg)
BMI: 42.4
Waist: 53.5 in (135.9 cm)
WtHr: 72.3%

Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs 
Lunch: Pizza Soup 
Dinner: Bratwurst
Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Powerade Zero Orange, Sugar Free Red Bull

Sober Month 10 (Day 282)
Keto Day 1

Don't get me wrong, I did love hanging out with Grandma and Mom last night for dinner. I have a very blessed family. But I'm a little disappointed that I broke Keto yesterday. But it is kind of convenient that the first day back on the diet is the first day of the month. I am wondering if I should even do the Keto this month. If I should restrict food spending to 15% of the income that's about $65 per week. And I was thinking that Hamburger Helper is pretty cheep. (not sponsored) I've already bought the groceries for this week so I won't be off the diet for now. But I'm thinking of seeing if I can get the grocery bill for next week to $75. That is over the $65, but that's half of the regular budget of $150. So maybe seeing if I can keep that spending level for a couple of weeks to see if that'll help. I thought I had been doing pretty good at sticking to the $150/week budget, but looking at the financial program I've only been good only for the last couple of weeks. So we'll see how that goes. 

I really do try to avoid politics on this blog as it is unwise to have an opinion about something that you don't know much about. But it is annoying that the government is shutdown again. Republicans are saying that the Democrats are wanting illegal immigrants to have free healthcare, Democrats are saying that they just want Americans to have affordable healthcare. I keep seeing a picture of President Trump with a quote attributed to him that he said back in 2013, “A shutdown falls on the president's lack of leadership. I mean the problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the president is weak” I wonder if his opinion has changed since then. I do have to say I really need to run for congress. Get paid millions, don't have to worry about actually doing your job, and still get paid millions. Sure their “”Salary”” is $174,000/year (that's $83.65 per hour BTW) but that doesn't include “”gifts”” and “”donations””

I didn't get up and going early enough to get the goulash cooked for the lunch plan. It is an easy recipe, brown the beef and put everything in the pot I do have a couple of the servings of the pizza soup left. I thought about trying to cook that after work, but my feet were really wanting me to sit down. I'm telling myself again that I'm going to try to cook that tomorrow before work. I'm going to have to get serious about that as I only have one serving of Pizza Soup left. I think I'll cook that tomorrow while I cook breakfast. 

I thought that I had to work 11-8, but when I tried to clock in it said, “error: Early Clock In” I was actually scheduled to work 12-8. Early is better than late I guess. I could have, in theory, go back home for a while. But there wouldn't have been much to do in the little bit before I had to go back to work. And there really wasn't much that I'd do at home that I couldn't just do on my phone so it would just be a waste of gas to go home to just turn around and come back to work.

While waiting to clock in the Produce Manager was sitting in the break room (strange to me that Breakroom isn't one word) He kept insisting that he was so surprised how quiet the store was. And there weren't many people doing their shopping today and it was so calm today. I kept shushing him. NEVER SAY THE “Q” WORD! Today is the first of the month, the first day of the weekly ad, and it's a Senor Day when older people get a 10% discount. And he could just not figure out why it had been so quiet this morning. I wanted to tell him that they were waiting for him to say that it was slow. But actually the day did go by pretty smoothly. 

Just before I clocked in the lady who had that Panic/Asthma attack the other day said that she was being forced to go the hospital. She had her left arm pressed against her belly. She was saying that her left arm had gone completely numb, a second or two later a couple of firefighters followed her into the break room. She insisted that her left arm was completely useless and had gone completely numb, she was able to clean out her locker and grab her grocery bag with her left hand without any issues and turned down the firefighters help with grabbing her stuff, but her arm was supposedly completely useless. 

About an hour into the day I really started feeling off. It was like that feeling if you stand up too quickly. I guessed that it might be an electrolyte issue. I told the guy working in Customer Service that it was like I stood up too quickly, but it was strange because I was on my feet for about an hour and a half by then. He was just blown away and amazed. Amazed that I was on my feet for an entire hour!? I was kind of taken aback by his shock that I have been up and walking around for "an entire hour?!" We work at a grocery store. Being up and walking around is the default state.

The Check Engine Light is still off on the car. Again I'll see that as a good sign. I remember yesterday as he was checking it Uncle said that I should go out and "just drive it a bit, it'll do a lot of good" I won't argue with that, but I just don't have any money to go anywhere. I do want to get it looked at by a mechanic, I'm just hoping that it doesn't turn back on before I take it to get the oil change here in a couple of weeks. 

This is an early post, but I think I've rambled on enough.