Weight: 331.4 lbs
( 150.3 kg)
BMI: 42.5
Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm)
WtHr: 73%
Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs
Snack:
Bacon Cheddar Member's Mark Hot Dogs
Lunch: Lasagna Soup
Dinner: Tilapia Fillets
Drinks:
Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster,
Sober Month 8
(Day 270)
Keto Week 3 (Day 25)
Growling at the
scale this morning. But fluctuations happen.
I was wanting to
find something to do. So I thought of coming up with a spreadsheet to
show and compare my spending this year compared to this time last
year. Because I know that I had a pretty expensive car repair earlier
this year, but I wanted to figure out why I can't get ahead any
further than treading water. And looking at the spending categories I
am spending less on Food and Dining, not as less as I would like. By
this time last year I had spent $2,625.73 on beer. Disappointingly so
far this year I've spent $514.12 on Nonalcoholic Beer which is
$2,111.61 down from last year. I really could have used that $514. It
does look like I'm spending a hell of a lot more on food as Groceries
spending is up $2,449.19 from last year and Soda spending is up
$69.30 from last year as well. But I have saved almost $500 on
lunches by doing the meal planning like I've been wanting to. And I
have been saving money on Snacks and I haven't had ANY fast food this
year. As my financial situation I CANNOT justify spending $16 for a
freaking cheeseburger meal. Even if I wasn't doing the Keto diet. The
casseroles/soups that I make for the weekly lunches costs as much as
a single trip to Burger King. It's just not worth it. So the Grocery
and soda spending is higher than last year, but the Beer, Lunch,
Snack, and Fast Food being down makes it a net down for the year. So
on food I've spent a net less of $223
The thing that's
really been hurting me is the Bills & Utilities. Namely the
Internet Bill has been kicking...my...ass. It didn't help the average
that for the first half of last year the internet bill was $76, but
they had decided that they wanted more money and they had raised the
bill to $106. and then Roommate came home in December making the data
go over the limit every month until I decided to sign up for the
unlimited data plan for an extra $50 per month. But the $50 per month
was less than the extra $100 per month that going over the data limit
was costing. But still almost doubling the bill from the first half
of last year. With Roommate being home the entire year it isn't a
surprise that the bills for this year are higher than last year, but
what is surprising is that they aren't that much higher than last
year. Yeah, the internet bill doubled, but the other bill that
increased considerably was the phone bill. Which wasn't surprising as
I had just replaced the phone at this time last year. I had to
replace the phone because I had dropped it off of a ride at the State
Fair. Frustratingly I had to replace the phone right after paying off
the old phone and this new phone isn't going to be paid off until
September 2027. But the electric and water bills are within rounding errors
The car insurance
looks like it's a lot higher this year, but that's only because I had
switched from GEICO to Progressive (not sponsored) and there was a
$660.65 refund from GEICO so it looks like I only payed $64.11 for
car insurance all of last year and $722.77 for this year.
The tax returns
for 2024 was also almost $190 less than they were from 2023. So
that's another almost $200 that I'm down.
I'll be keeping
an eye on the spending for the year. I'll try to spend less on stuff for the rest of the year, but I don't think that it'll ever
catch u as the biggest categories that I've overspent on are required spending. It's not like I can stop paying the car insurance or the internet bills.
For dinner I was going to have a KC Strip steak, but the steaks that I had in the fridge were very uneven in size so it wouldn't have been fair to cook a big one for myself and the small one for Roommate or vice versa. I think I'll keep those for breakfast for the next couple of days. And I baked the Tilapia Fillets that I had in the freezer. Really convent that those can be baked from frozen.
Nine months sober. sounds like a good start. Well, I'll call it 9 months, Google says that 9 months is 273.75 days. But I'm calling it a month each 30 days.
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