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Weight: 311.7 lbs ( 141.4 kg) BMI: 40 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Pork Steak, Cottage Cheese Snack: Cashews Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 542) Keto Month 3 (Day 105) (155/365 Days 2026 Keto) Happiness is not a number on the scale, but it is irritating to be back up to “Morbidly Obese” That does seem to be a pattern the day after I eat a Ham Steak. I speculate that the salt in the ham makes me retain water so I will probably be peeing all day long today. Worked 12 to 8 today so I had plenty of time to cook bacon and eggs for breakfast and bake the pork steak for lunch. I really didn't do much else before work other than wait and count down to the time I had to go to work. I had forgotten that I was going to do Monday weekly weigh in videos until that I had already started eating breakfast. Maybe I'll get one done next week. I wor...

Weight: 307.7 lbs ( 139.5 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Ham Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Red Bull, 1.25 L Coke Zero Sober Year 1 (Day 541) Keto Month 3 (Day 104) (154/365 Days 2026 Keto) I didn't get to make the post last night as I worked until 9 closing the desk and then after cooking dinner and recovering from work there just wasn't enough time to make the post. Last night I baked bratwursts for dinner and figured I'd just go ahead and bake the bratwursts for lunch today. Struggled with the, “What am I doing with my life” thought again this morning. That's never a very positive thought and I can never quite describe what I mean by that thought. It just makes me think that later in life I'll look back and see that all I ever did was just wait and survive each time in my life and I never really lived much more than just survive each moment. Even writi...

Weight: 309.9 lbs ( 140.6 kg) BMI: 39.8 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin Garlic Herb Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 537) Keto Month 3 (Day 100) (150/365 Days 2026 Keto) Weight is crawling down while waist is crawling up. Had a bit of a hard time waking up this morning as last night I got distracted by reading previous pages of the blog as I'm keeping these all in this one document on my computer. Debating the wisdom of that, but meh. When I had the coffee this morning I went ahead and threw away the last of the Apple Cider Vinegar. It was the kind that has the “mother” in it. Not to be too nasty, but it kind of looked like something was growing in the bottom of the bottle. Stayed at home for most of the day. I finished the script of the next store story. Not confident that I'll get it posted this week, but I'll give it a shot. I just didn...

Weight: 307.7 lbs ( 139.5 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Snack: Cashews Lunch: Baked Chicken https://youtu.be/rfHQy-XdDxE Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 528) Keto Month 3 (Day 91) (141/365 Days 2026 Keto) Fascinating coincidence the weight this morning was the same as the average for the weight for last month. It would have been nice if it was lower than yesterday's weight, but at least it's lower than the higher points last month. I worked at Noon today so I had plenty of time to cook breakfast and bake the chicken for lunch. I did work on the General Update video a bit before work, but most of the editing was done after work. And wow that was a bit of a squeeze to get that video done. It was almost 11pm this evening by the time I got it posted, really made me question if I wanted to make this post as I spent a long time today l...

Weight: 306.3 lbs ( 138.9 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Snack: Cashews Lunch: Baked Chicken https://youtu.be/rfHQy-XdDxE Cottage Cheese  Snack: Vienna Sausages Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water,  Sober Year 1 (Day 527) Keto Month 2 (Day 90) (140/365 Days 2026 Keto) I'm pretty sure that this is the longest I've gone Keto (more or less Keto) definitely the longest I've gone sober. Talked to Uncle about 3D printing he had gotten the idea of printing off personalized ammo boxes and gun cases for people. I do feel like that is an interesting idea and more than likely a market for such items. The trick is that he was wanting estimates on how long it would take to print items of certain sizes and shapes. I have no idea, but I'm guessing that it would take about an hour or so to print off the things that he would want to print. Had time thi...

Weight: 306.4 lbs ( 139.0 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin, Cottage Cheese Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Seltzer Sober Year 1 (Day 526) Keto Month 2 (Day 89) (139/365 Days 2026 Keto) Good progress this morning as I'm finally back down the weight of the beginning of the month. Kind of just sat around before work. I did record the General Update Vlog that I'm planning posting on Monday the 1st of June as I do want to do the General Update the First Monday of each month. I was able to get breakfast cooked this morning and have the coffee to go with. One of my uncles texted me to let me know that he has some questions about 3D Printing. I haven't printed anything in about a year, and I have never messed with the printers enough to know much, but I'd be willing to answer what I can. He said that he'll call me tomorrow before work. Poor pupp...

Weight: 307.3 lbs ( 139.4 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bar-S Hot Dogs Snack: Cashews Lunch: Jonsonville Double Cheddar Smoked Sausages, Pork Rinds Snack: Savage Slim Jim Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Monster, Sparkling Water, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 524) Keto Month 2 (Day 87) (137/365 Days 2026 Keto) Good drop on the scale this morning. Dropping under the average for the month. Still up for the month, but under the average. And a reminder why one shouldn't really sweat too much on the daily fluctuations. I had to work at 9am and unfortunately I pulled myself out of bed at around 8. So I had to pretty much do the wake up and run out of the door kind of wake up that I was trying to avoid the last couple of times I was scheduled to work the 9 to 6 shift. And as I had to jump out of bed and then out of the door I didn't have time to have the proper breakfast with the coffee. So as the day got started a headache started developing. When I got t...

Weight: 312.8 lbs ( 141.9 kg) BMI: 40.2 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Cheeseburger Patties and onions Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 523) Keto Month 2 (Day 86) (136/365 Days 2026 Keto) Really disappointed in the weigh in this morning. It hasn't been this high since March. Being up 5.7lbs (2.6 kg) in two days kind of makes me wonder if I'm doing something wrong. The salad for lunch yesterday was rather large and I did have the nearly pound of bratwursts right before bed last night. Spent a while recording and editing the Store Story for this week. I'm starting to see what kind of challenge it will be to make a weekly scripted video series. I did think that should have been scripting out videos for months. Sure at the old place I really didn't have many opportunities to record videos, but that shouldn't have stopped me from scripting out ...

Weight: 310.0 lbs ( 140.6 kg) BMI: 39.8 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Salad Bar Dinner: Bratwursts Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 522) Keto Month 2 (Day 85) (135/365 Days 2026 Keto) Had a hard time getting going again today. Stayed up too late last night. I really do need to work on getting to bed. The sleep tracking app on my phone/watch says that I didn't fall asleep until about half past 2 am and woke up around a quarter to 8am. And even then it was closer to 10 by the time I got up and going. I'm going to have to start getting up out of bed when I wake up. I've been laying around too much. I did eventually get up and started doing laundry while breakfast cooked. As it has been two weeks between the last time I washed the bedding I went ahead and washed my blanket, sheet, and pillowcases. It kind of makes me nervous when the bedding is in the wash as it does make some...

Weight: 311.2 lbs ( 141.1 kg) BMI: 40 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Snack: Cashews Lunch: Cottage Cheese, Johnsonville Jalapeno Cheddar Smoked Sausages Snack: Pickle Chips Dinner: Baked Chicken https://youtu.be/rfHQy-XdDxE Drinks: Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 517) Keto Month 2 (Day 80) (130/365 Days 2026 Keto) Really annoyed that BMI is back up to Morbidly Obese. I thought I had beaten that goal. Happiness isn't a number on the scale, but progress is a great motivator. I didn't get the post done last night as I closed the service desk and it was close to 10 by the time I got home and after baking a pork loin it would have just been a “Mark Whines About Work” Post. And I worked earlier today than I normally do so I was trying to get to bed. It was still well after midnight by the time I fell asleep. Which sucked because I had set my alarms for the six o'clock hour. I worked 9 to 6 today and ...

Weight: 310.8 lbs ( 141.0 kg) BMI: 39.9 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Snack: Cashews, Vienna Sausages Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin Garlic Herb Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Seltzer, 1.25 L Coke Zero Sober Year 1 (Day 509) Keto Month 2 (Day 72) (122/365 Days 2026 Keto) Seriously how long does it take to recover from a buffet? I kind of wonder if I should have restarted the Keto Kount when I went to the buffet on Sunday for Mother's Day. Oh well, still down 10.7 lbs since the beginning of the year and 21.6 lbs since this day last year. So still making rocking progress, but I would like it if that progress continued, or at the very least not go backwards. Woke up at pretty close to 8am like I normally do. Actually woke up before the alarm. I thought since I work an hour later than I normally do I'd just go ahead and just lay there. But the dogs had a different idea as they thought it'd be ...

Weight: 310.6 lbs ( 140.9 kg) BMI: 39.9 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Baked Chicken https://youtu.be/rfHQy-XdDxE Dinner: Bratwursts Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Seltzer Sober Year 1 (Day 508) Keto Month 2 (Day 71) (121/365 Days 2026 Keto) A bit disappointed in the weight for today. Getting close to getting back up to Morbidly Obese. Trying to think of anything to write for the day. I really did just sit here in the room. I did do the laundry for the week. But I forgot to do the inventory of the garage freezer. I know that there is plenty of food out there, but I would like to keep count of it. I also managed to avoid going out to buy any more food which is something that I need to do for a bit as that freezer is quite full. Baked chicken for lunch. And had some of the salad Mom offered me last night with her homemade Ranch Dressing. I recorded the proverb for the month and the ...

Weight: 309.9 lbs ( 140.6 kg) BMI: 39.8 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Sausage Patties Eggs and Cheese Snack: Cashews, Vienna Sausages Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin Garlic Herb Snack: Cashews Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 507) Keto Month 2 (Day 70) (120/365 Days 2026 Keto) So eating at three restaurants in four days might not be great for weight loss. Kind of giggled at having “Sausage Egg and Cheese” for breakfast as that's a meal from McDonald's. Just their breakfast comes on a biscuit and I skipped the biscuit. I wasn't eager to go back to work as today was the first day back from vacation. I left a few minutes early to return some of the snack food that I bought for last weeks road trip as I didn't open the trail mix or the 2 bags of Pork Rinds. Of course I could have snacked on those over the next several days. But I really didn't want the nuts that was...

Weight: 306.7 lbs ( 139.1 kg) BMI: 39.4 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Airport Steakhouse Lunch Buffet Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Monster, Seltzer, Sparkling Water, Dt Dr Pepper Sober Year 1 (Day 506) Keto Month 2 (Day 69) (119/365 Days 2026 Keto) Phone battery was dead this morning which was odd as I'm pretty sure that I had charged it to full yesterday afternoon. But since it takes 3 hours to charge I didn't have the time to record the part of the weekly weigh in where I actually step on the scale. Of course the phone doesn't have to be charged to 100% to record a video, but it was only up to 20% by the time I left with Mom to go to Church. Step-Dad cooked us all breakfast, but I didn't have time to have any coffee. I don't typically go to church, but as I was scheduled to be off today and it was Mothers Day I decided to go to church with Mom and Grandma. On the way to church Mom stopped by Walmart (...

Weight: 304.2 lbs ( 138.0 kg) BMI: 39.1 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Dinner: The Barn Sirloin, Green Beans, Side Salad, a few fried shrimp Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Monster, Seltzer, Sparkling Water Sober Year 1 (Day 505) Keto Month 2 (Day 68) (118/365 Days 2026 Keto) Computer froze while I was writing this out the first time. Kind of hoping that's not an indication for the next year as today's my birthday. Glad to see the scale go back down to the record weight for the year. But tomorrow I'll be doing a weigh in video which requires me to wear some clothes while recording the weigh in. Stomach was still a bit upset when I woke up this morning. I wasn't sure if it was a belch or a barf sitting right at the top of my gut. I held off on having breakfast for a bit as I didn't think that it'd be a good idea to eat the greasy food with an already upset stomach. But I decid...

Weight: 305.7 lbs ( 138.6 kg) BMI: 39.2 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch (Kind of) : Mixed Nuts Dinner: X Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 504) Keto Month 2 (Day 67) (117/365 Days 2026 Keto) I was going to wake up really early to take the road trip, but when I woke up the phone wasn't plugged in right so it had to charge for a while as I didn't want to head out to a place that I've never been with a phone that wasn't charged up all of the way. I left the house right around 8am. I had to go back in to grab the USB cable to the phone because the Bluetooth in my car isn't connecting anymore. But the annoying thing is that when I plugged the phone into the car the car just flashed “Unrecognized USB Device” and it would charge for a second or two, but then the plug would fall out. I am glad that I let the phone charge before heading out as the car's GPS wouldn't recognize Castle Ro...

Weight: 307.7 lbs ( 139.6 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: AI Pizza Casserole Dinner: Strip Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 473) Keto Month 1 (Day 37) (81/365 Days 2026 Keto) Whoohoo another record down for the year. I wasn't able to upload last night as it was a bit late already when I got home last night and I had yet to assemble my computer after the move. I slept considerably better last night than I did the night before. The night of Saturday going into Sunday I just couldn't fall asleep. I'm not sure what the issue was, new pillows? New bed? New Room? But I was flopping around without sleep. The bed is King Sized, but I kept finding the edge of the bed and had to keep pushing myself back from the edge and kept getting tangled up in the blanket. Slept better last night, but was still really tired. I'm guessing that I'm sti...

Weight: 308.8 lbs (140.0 kg) BMI: 39.6 Waist: 53 in (134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6 Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs  Lunch: Bar-S Hot Dogs Dinner: pepperoni mozzarella wraps Sober Year 1 (Day 471) Keto Month 1 (Day 34) (78/365 Days 2026 Keto) Woke up this morning to a surprise. I had a notification from PayPal. Roommate had sent me the usual amount to cover his half of the rent and "help" with the bills. In the note that I left to announce my intention to move out I told him that I'd leave the decision of rent reimbursement to his discretion I guess that was what he decided to do. I did think of sending a text thanking him. But thought that might come across as sarcastic or harsh. Also had a surprise on the scale. Three days on a row below the Morbidly Obese level! These numbers are crazy.  I was also surprised to see Roommate wake up before I had to go to work. I was busy running around getting things ready to move out tomorrow night. I did try to stay out of his way, but he did seem to...

Weight: 312.0 lbs ( 141.5 kg) BMI: 40.1 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Bar-S Hot Dogs Dinner: X Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Celsius Astro Vibe, Sober Year 1 (Day 467) (the number 467 feels like it has some sort of significance, but I can't think of what, perhaps it's the 67 meme) Keto Week 4 (Day 30) (74/365 Days 2026 Keto) When I got up this morning I wrote a note. All it had was a list of the utilities. (Internet, Electricity, Gas, and Water.) The totals and then halved that added in the half of the rent and left it on Roommates Table. When he got up this afternoon I expected a reaction. He was absolutely incensed. He refused to have any sort of conversation at all about it. He asked why he should pay anything. I tried to ask why I should be paying for everything. I don't know I might have considered some sort of compromise. But no as soon as he saw his half of the bills he asked how he was supposed to p...

Weight: 315.0 lbs ( 142.9 kg) BMI: 40.4 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Snack: 2x Cashews Lunch: Italian Sausage Soup Snack: Cashews Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 466) Keto Week 4 (Day 29) (73/365 Days 2026 Keto) Had a hard time waking up today. Spent most of the morning fighting the autopilot. I did manage to drink the pot of coffee before work, but even then I was just kind of barely above flat line on brain power. The Customer Service Manager was telling me about how a lot of people are due to do their yearly re-certifications on their computer training and names and terms were just kind of going through one ear and out through the other. I'm pretty sure that I got most of the people to do most of the training that they were supposed to do (I think). They do have a list so I'm sure that in a week or so they'll release a new list of who sti...