Sobriety Blog Monday November 10, 2025

Weight: 327.8 lbs ( 148.7 kg)
BMI: 42.1
Waist: 55 in (139.7 cm)
WtHr: 74.3%

Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs
Lunch: Instant Pot Chili 
Dinner: Tootn' Chili 
Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster,

Sober Month 10 (Day 320)

Good drop of the weight this morning. The scale was consistent this morning.  

Spent the day working with the AI aka “Absolute Idiot” you wouldn't think that it would be so hard to convince a computer to do math. I did kind of chuckle when I realized that I was basically using Chat GPT to program Google Colab into doing what Quicken (not sponsored) is already doing. Oh well, the AI projection is a lot more flexible than what Quicken is able to do.

I was slightly annoyed by it because I thought I had it all going fine and so I had ran out to grab a 12pk of seltzer and some cheese for tonight's dinner and when I got back and logged the spending into the projection the totals on the projection didn't change despite just spending $6.07 and transferring 93 cents into Bill Savings. Chat GPT said that I didn't tell it that I wanted the daily spending to be taken out of the running balances. That's why I'm calling it the “Absolute Idiot” When I was out to grab the case of seltzer I tried to cruse around a bit, but this town is really not set up for cruising around. There seems to be a stop light every other block that forces you to stop and wait for the light to change.

Wow today was cold out there. Well, it's not too bad for middle of November. Heat in the apartment is working so well that I was always surprised when I walk outside to take out the trash, or when I go to the bathroom and my hand goes by the window that is open a little bit. It only got up to 44 (7 C) but tomorrow it's supposed to get back up to 66 (19 C) but considering that it could just as easily be a blowing blizzard outside I'll take the sunny, but cool weather. I don't remember if the landlord replaced the windows last year or the year before. But the combination of new windows and new heater is working really quite well.

I had lunch slightly early (for me) it was the last serving of the Instant Pot Chili. I keep telling myself that I need to find a recipe to make tomorrow for the next week's lunch plan. But I keep getting distracted. I'm thinking of going with Cabbage Soup. It's an easy, throw everything in the pot and cook it kind of recipe. Which is good because I'm planning on doing laundry tomorrow afternoon when Roommate is done with his appointment. By the time I'm done doing laundry I won't want to put a lot of effort into cooking the lunch for the week.

Made Tootn' Chili for dinner. Most of the chili recipes I have are for the slow cooker. This one is only brown the beef, cook the onion, bell pepper, and garlic, and let it set for 30 minutes with the other ingredients, beans, tomatoes, and seasonings.

When I woke up this morning I told myself that I would work on cleaning up the house. But I spent most of it dozing at the computer. Well, a lot of that time was waiting for Absolute Idiot to catch up with what I was saying. (Seriously how is it so hard for a computer to figure out math?!)

I spent the day wearing the slacks that I bought the other day. They fit a lot better than the jeans did. And there is a phone pocket on both legs that actually fits my phone.