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Weight: 305.2 lbs ( 138.4 kg) BMI: 39.2 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Monster, Seltzer, Member's Mark Sparkling Water Sober Year 1 (Day 501) Keto Month 2 (Day 64) (114/365 Days 2026 Keto) Slow to wake up this morning. I didn't sleep very bad, it was just hard to fight the momentum of laying there.  I recorded the General Update video as it was the first Monday of the month. The first Monday of each month I want to record a video of just me talking to the camera about what is going on in my life. It was kind of mind blowing that this was the first General Update I've done since November 2023. Kind of brain breaking to kind of deal with all of the stuff for the last two and a half years. But this update I talked about how I got worn out by my former roommate and why I moved back in with Mom. After I recorded that...

Weight: 308.1 lbs ( 139.7 kg) BMI: 39.6 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Dinner: Strip Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Monster, Member's Mark Sparkling Water Sober Year 1 (Day 500) Keto Month 2 (Day 63) (113/365 Days 2026 Keto) Made the weigh in video this morning was the first weigh in video since January of last year. Really kind annoyed that the weight today was almost 4 pounds up from yesterday, but it was 37 lbs down from the last weigh in so that was something. I was going to share the video link on the blog I'm pretty sure that they used to have a link for in planting videos on here, but the preview just showed the plan text link to the video. It took a long time to edit and post the video as I kept dozing off while working on it. I also got the script done for the store story for this week. But again that took a while to write as it was hard to stay focused on writing. I was go...

Weight: 304.2 lbs ( 138.0 kg) BMI: 39.1 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Pork Steak and Eggs Lunch: Chuck Roast with Mushroom Gravy Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Monster, Seltzer, Red Bull, Member's Mark Sparkling Water Sober Year 1 (Day 499) Keto Month 2 (Day 62) (111/365 Days 2026 Keto) Computer took a while to turn on this morning. I don't know if it was doing updates or something, but it was starting to make me nervous. I'm making the antivirus do a system scan to make sure there isn't anything just in case. It is a free antivirus so who knows if it'll actually catch anything. Record low again today. Actually beats the record low for 2015 of 304.7 (138.2 kg) the next record is for the record low for 2014 which is 287.0 lbs (130.2 kg) which is the record low of all time. And that was back when I first started tracking my weight. My sister was selling meal replacement shakes and bars and I started that diet, ...

Weight: 306.8 lbs ( 139.2 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Sausage Patties and Eggs Lunch: Baked Chicken   Dinner: Chuck Roast Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Monster, Seltzer, Red Bull, Member's Mark Sparkling Water Sober Year 1 (Day 498) Keto Month 2 (Day 61) (110/365 Days 2026 Keto) I didn't get around to making a post yesterday. I got off at 7:30pm, but by the time I had finished updating the budget it was well after midnight. I did get around to talking to the guy at the storage place yesterday before work. I told him that I was a little concerned that I hadn't received a bill. He looked up the unit that I had and the bill was due. It had just happened to come due the day that I went into the office and ask about when it was due. I thought that was kind of convenient. I went the rest of the day thinking that was suspiciously convenient that I asked about when it was due and it happened to be due when I asked when it was du...

Weight: 306.0 lbs ( 138.8 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Pork Steak and Eggs Snack: Cashews Lunch: Chuck Roast with Mushroom Gravy Snack: Cashews Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Red Bull, Monster, Member's Mark Sparkling Water, Powerade Sober Year 1 (Day 496) Keto Month 1 (Day 59) (109/365 Days 2026 Keto) When I packaged the pork steaks, as usual, there were a couple of the bits that were a bit too small to be significant dinners so I set them aside to have for breakfast. Slept alright last night, but just couldn't convince myself to get out of bed this morning. I knew that there were things that I wanted to do. But I just wanted to lay there more than get things done. I wasn't sick or feeling bad. I just kind of wanted to lay there. I still hadn't received any notification of a bill from the Storage place. I was going to stop by there to ask if there was some kind of miscommunication or misun...

Weight: 309.0 lbs ( 140.2 kg) BMI: 39.7 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Sausage Patties and Eggs Lunch: Baked Chicken Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Seltzer, Monster, Member's Mark Sparkling Water Sober Year 1 (Day 495) Keto Month 1 (Day 58) (108/365 Days 2026 Keto) Weight is up, but that might be because of the Ham Steak I had last night and the drinks I had afterwords as the saltiness made me thirsty. It really is kind of funny to be frustrated at a weight that's under 310 lbs (140.6 kg) There is a couple strips of bacon left in the fridge, but Step-Dad had told me about some sausage patties in the fridge that I could check out. I have to say that those turned out pretty nice. Nice and crispy. I went to the store to pick up some Pork Butts that were BOGO this week (Not sponsored) I also picked up some chicken thighs that were Buy One Get 2 Free (honestly not sponsored) and some chuck roasts that had digital coupons. I had...

Weight: 305.9 lbs ( 138.8 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Bratwurst Snack: Cashews Dinner: Ham Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Seltzer, Monster, Member's Mark Sparkling Water Sober Year 1 (Day 494) Keto Month 1 (Day 57) (101/365 Days 2026 Keto) Really trying to think of something to say. Pretty standard boring day. Scale was up a bit, but again, just a tenth of a pound, not much to get bothered about. When I was cooking breakfast Mom told me that she was going to have dinner at a Church Meeting so I'd be on my own for dinner. Baked bratwursts for lunch. They were a bit overcooked again. Ran Self Checkout for a couple of hours and was Supervisor the rest of the day. It was pretty active today, but looking back it was strange that it wasn't more busy as it was the last Monday of the month. When I got home I saw something that made me feel a bit sad as there was a flat of Mom's eggs layin...

Weight: 305.8 lbs ( 138.7 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Strip Steak Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 493) Keto Month 1 (Day 56) (100/365 Days 2026 Keto) Had a hard time falling asleep as I had spent all day yesterday (Saturday) chugging energy drinks. The headache that I was struggling with over the last couple of days seems to have dissipated. I do kind of wonder if the headache was a caffeine withdraw as I had less than the normal amount of caffeine in the previous days and then when I had energy drinks and coffee the headache went away. After cooking breakfast I went ahead and cooked a strip steak for lunch. I was a bit nervous as to how it would turn out after microwaving it at lunch. When I cooked it it was bit rarer than I would have normally had cooked it, but I was in a bit of a rush. But at lunch when I microwaved it the steak cooked a bit mo...

Weight: 305.9 lbs ( 138.7 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Seltzer, Monster, Red Bull, Sober Year 1 (Day 492) Keto Month 1 (Day 55) (99/365 Days 2026 Keto) Nobody is ever going to accuse the Federal Government of being overly efficient. When I moved in the beginning of April I filled out a change of address form. When I filled it out I asked the lady if I filled it out with my first name that might cause confusion as I usually go by my middle name of Mark. She said to go ahead and fill out the form and just put Mark in quotations and that should make everything clear. Then last week I received a letter from the post office addressed to “Mark” acknowledging my change of address. I was meaning to go to the post office to ask if that applied to my first name as well. I haven't updated my drivers license or car registration yet because I'm...

Weight: 306.4 lbs ( 139.0 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Bar-S Hot Dogs Dinner: Baked Chicken https://youtu.be/rfHQy-XdDxE Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Seltzer, Monster, Red Bull, Powerade Zero Sober Year 1 (Day 491) Keto Month 1 (Day 54) (98/365 Days 2026 Keto) Scale is going in the right direction. But tape measure is still lost so can't tell if that is going anywhere. The gut does feel like it's going in the right direction, but I need to find that tape measure. I was able to bake some chicken before heading to work. I lost track of time before work so I had to hurry in. I worked 2pm to 10 pm so I figured that I could eat something before work and call the “lunch break” dinner. But as I had lost track of time I didn't have time to eat anything so I grabbed a pack of hot dogs and ate those before clocking in. Dealt with a low level headache all day long. I woke up with...

Weight: 307.3 lbs ( 139.4 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Bar-S Hot Dogs Dinner: Members Mark Hot Dogs and Green Beans Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 490) Keto Month 1 (Day 53) (97/365 Days 2026 Keto) Tried to go to bed on time last night, but again brain just wasn't tired. Sitting at the computer I can't even keep my eyes open, but when I go to bed my brain is doing jumping jacks and back flips. Waking up this morning I think I figured out why they call that breed of dog a “shit zu” Mom's little dog Shelby was just yapping her little head off. I hadn't fallen asleep until 2:30, but there goes Shelby yapping around at around 7:45.  Good loss on the scale. The tape measure seems to have gone missing, but that number doesn't change much so I'll just assume that it's the same as yesterday's. Spent the day at the computer. Having another day where I...

Weight: 309.5 lbs ( 140.4 kg) BMI: 39.7 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Pork Steak Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 489) Keto Month 1 (Day 52) (96/365 Days 2026 Keto) Trying to not get too caught up with the daily fluctuations, but the weight is getting pretty close to the “morbid obese” level again. This morning after breakfast I put a pork steak in the oven for lunch. Mom was working on cleaning the kitchen and I thought I'd be clever and stay out of her way so after the pork steak was done baking I turned off the oven and waited while she cleaned the kitchen as I kind of felt bad that I was cooking while she was trying to clean. She brushed it off, but I still felt bad for making a mess while she was cleaning up a mess. The thing is that after the steak was done baking I had just left it in the hot oven for a while. So yeah, it was quite cooked...

Weight: 308.4 lbs ( 139.9 kg) BMI: 39.6 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Johnsonville Jalapeno Cheddar Smoked Sausages, Kroger BBQ Pork Rinds Dinner: Mixed Nuts Drinks: Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 489) Keto Month 1 (Day 52) (96/365 Days 2026 Keto) Did fall asleep pretty good last night. Had a bit of a hard time getting up this morning as I was just so comfortable. I did have an argument with myself because it is my day off, but if I lay in bed all day I'll get frustrated that I didn't do anything when I was off of work. I was slow getting up and going around. It was about the usual 8am by the time I got out of the bedroom, but was still slow getting around. By the time I got up and going it was kind of late to get coffee. I did get the laundry done today. Which is a bit quicker now that I'm doing it weekly instead of monthly. I also managed to take the inventory of the meat I have in the garag...

Weight: 307.8 lbs ( 139.6 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Snack: Spicy Peanuts Lunch: Hormel Pork Loin Lemon Garlic Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 487) Keto Month 1 (Day 50) (94/365 Days 2026 Keto) Slept better last night...once I fell asleep. A little annoyed by the scale. Yesterday was up 0.1 lbs, today is down 0.1 lbs. Kinda makes you wonder the point. A “stall” is four weeks to several months. It was nice when the weight was dropping quickly, not sure if that stage is over for a bit. Who knows perhaps that time when it was dropping like crazy was the easy part and now is when Dr Berry's “Vitamin P” comes into play. Step-Dad was nice enough to cook breakfast this morning. Was surprised to see that all of the eggs were double yolked. Going to buy a lottery ticket. Trying to think of things to do before I go to work. But really couldn'...

Weight: 307.9 lbs ( 139.7 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Snack: Peanuts Lunch: Johnsonville Double Cheddar Smoked Sausages Snack: Peanuts Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 486) Keto Month 1 (Day 49) (93/365 Days 2026 Keto) Had a hard time falling asleep again last night. Brain and body just weren't as tired as my mind. Weight is up, but not going to worry too much about 0.1 lbs Baked a pork loin before work for lunch. That might be two lunches in that lunchbox. Mom offered to take a pork steak out of the freezer for me. She said that she and Step-Dad will be done eating long before I get home so I can grill it myself. I was a bit annoyed by my phone as it wasn't perfectly on the charge plate last night so when I woke up this at 7am morning it was only 45% charged. When I put it on the charge plate it said that it'd take just over three to charge....

Weight: 307.8 lbs ( 139.6 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Pork Steak Snack: Cashews Dinner: Crust-less Turkey Pot Pie Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 485) Keto Month 1 (Day 48) (92/365 Days 2026 Keto) Up this morning, but only up to what it was a couple of days ago. Still down 13.7 pounds for the year. Busy this morning helping Mom putting things away since the floor is all done. I was able bake a pork steak for lunch before work. Was a really running day today. There was a forecast of possible storms coming through today so everybody freaked out and ran to the store. I heard that a really good line of storms developed south of town. Mom said that Wichita got hit pretty hard. But as for our town it was just some dark clouds that developed and moved through. I do have to say that the weather that we got here was absolutely beautiful. It w...

Weight: 306.3 lbs ( 138.9 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 51 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 484) Keto Month 1 (Day 47) (91/365 Days 2026 Keto) Had a hard time falling asleep last night (Wednesday into Thursday) Just couldn't convince my body and mind that I was tired. Really good weight this morning. Not quite a record for the year, but not far off. Spent a lot of time this morning re-balancing the budget as General Savings had reached the “Full” goal. It's really exciting to reach “Full” on any of the savings accounts without it needing to immediately be needed. I needed to balance things out as since it was full and I don't need to add or remove anything from General Savings I deleted all of the reminders in Quicken of the transfers into General Savings. Now if I can only get Bill Savings and ...

Weight: 307.8 lbs ( 139.6 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Dinner: Baked Chicken Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Member's Mark Sparkling Water Sober Year 1 (Day 482) Keto Month 1 (Day 46) (90/365 Days 2026 Keto) Nice down on the scale today. Armpits haven't been stinging like they were a couple of days ago. But the front of my nose is strangely red. It doesn't feel burnt or sting or anything. It's just I'm going around like Rudolf Kept pretty busy today. I opened and moved the boxes of flooring titles for the guy installing the floor. Finally did get around to grabbing a drink from the garage during lunch. Again being careful to make sure I call it the right thing as “Member's Mark” is the name of the brand of the sparkling water. And “Maker's Mark” is a brand of whiskey. It does make for an interesting idea of “Sparkling Whiskey” That make ...

Weight: 309.0 lbs ( 140.2 kg) BMI: 39.7 Waist: 51 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Baked Chicken   Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 481) Keto Month 1 (Day 45) (89/365 Days 2026 Keto) Fascinating that whenever I have a new record low waist measurement it comes with an up on the scale. The weight is still way down for the year. Kind of found myself dozing off a couple of times over the course of the day. We were supposed to be cleaning out the dinning room and kitchen so the floor guy can come out tomorrow and work on the floor. Mom doesn't think that he can finish tomorrow so he might have to come out Thursday as well. I'm sure that he'll get a good chunk of it done. Most of the dining room and kitchen is just open area. There is a bit of detailing around the kitchen floor and I'm not sure how he'll get around the shelving where Mom kept her Food Jars as th...

Weight: 306.8 lbs ( 139.2 kg) BMI: 39.4 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Powerade Zero Strawberry Sober Year 1 (Day 480) Keto Month 1 (Day 44) (88/365 Days 2026 Keto) (Huh, lots of fours in today's numbers) Impressively the chicken that was in the fridge was still frozen so I just grabbed some hot dogs that were in the fridge. When writing that out I always triple check that I'm calling them the right thing as Member's Mark is a Sam's Club brand (not sponsored) and Maker's Mark is a brand of whiskey (not sponsored). Not great for a sobriety blog if I'm making posts saying that I'm having whiskey hot dogs for lunch. I'm off tomorrow so I'll go ahead and bake one batch of chicken tomorrow for lunch. I'll be off all day so I'll have the time to bake it. The other day I ...

Weight: 306.7 lbs ( 139.1 kg) BMI: 39.4 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Snack: Cashews Lunch: Johnsonville Double Cheddar Smoked Sausages Dinner: Members Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 479) Keto Month 1 (Day 43) (87/365 Days 2026 Keto) I don't know if the Apple Cider Vinegar with the mother makes much difference in the effect that Apple Cider Vinegar supposedly has, but this bottle tastes better than the ACV that I've had before without the mother in it. I don't know, perhaps I'm just getting used to the taste. The chicken in the fridge was still frozen this morning. So it's good that the fridge is working, but frustrating to spend money on lunch when I have lunch in the fridge at home. But hey, this is the best financially that I've ever been at least I can afford to have lunch at work. I just need to keep myself from getting the idea that I can just buy as muc...

Weight: 306.2 lbs ( 138.9 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Snack: Cashews Lunch: Johnsonville Double Cheddar Smoked Sausages Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 478) Keto Month 1 (Day 42) (86/365 Days 2026 Keto) Another record low weight for the year. Only 1.5 lbs (0.7 kg) away from the lowest weight of 2015, which was the second lowest weight recorded. The good news is that Mom's refrigerator is working. The frustrating news is that it's working a bit too well as the chicken I pulled out of the freezer last night was still frozen and didn't have time to bake it before I had to go to work. It should be thawed out by tomorrow I'll try to bake it tomorrow before work. I took another pack of chicken out of the freezer I'm planning on that being thawed by Monday Morning when I will try to bake that before work.  The phone still wasn't...

Weight: 307.9 lbs ( 139.7 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Snack: Cashews Lunch: Pork Steak Snack: Cashews Dinner: Pork Steak with onions peppers and tomatoes Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 477) Keto Month 1 (Day 41) (85/365 Days 2026 Keto) I didn't get the post done last night as I had opened a new savings account for “House Savings” and since I got off late last night I spent all night before bed re-balancing budgets and spreadsheets as I personally am not a member of congress so I can't just blame an opposing party for all of my financial problems. (That was a joke) Mom did tease me about staying in my room all of the time. “Mark you did move into the entire house, not just the bedroom” Well, that's just where the computer is. And it's not like I'm just staring at the wall. I am actually working on things. Not quite as much as I would have liked to have gotten done, but I do feel li...

Weight: 309.6 lbs ( 140.4 kg) BMI: 39.7 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Rib-eye and Eggs Lunch: Baked Chicken https://youtu.be/rfHQy-XdDxE Dinner: Makers Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 475) Keto Month 1 (Day 39) (83/365 Days 2026 Keto) this will be a rushed post as after work I got distracted by Quicken and getting the transfers and bills balanced. I'm thinking about going by the bank tomorrow before work to get another savings account set up. This fourth savings account will be for a house payment. I'm only planning on staying at Mom's house for a about a year so I'll be putting as much as I can into that account to save up so I could buy a house. And when I do get moved out I'll be keeping those accounts. The bill savings will go to the bills, House Savings will go to mortgage (writing that out feels weird, I'm used to saying “rent”) then Project Savings will go to any big purcha...