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Weight: 329.4 lbs ( 149.4 kg) BMI: 42.3 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Keto Paleo Gumbo   Dinner: Ham Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sober Month 10 (Day 311) Woke up this morning conformable, all of the bills are paid, the freezer is full of food, car is full of gas, and there is money in all of my banking accounts. (Donations still appreciated) Heck even my phone is charged to 100% Today is good. And I don't even have that feeling that a boot is about to drop. Everything is just so good this morning. The only thing that I have to pay yet is the Rent and the Car Registration is due this month, but those are both well within the budget over the next couple of weeks. If everything goes to plan this month is going to look kind of strange with the bills as all of the bills for November were paid in October and the bills for December will be paid the first week of December so it will kind of look like there weren...

Weight: 328.4 lbs ( 148.9 kg) BMI: 42.2 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Keto Paleo Gumbo   Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sober Month 10 (Day 310) Damn, it was cold this morning. It wasn't too bad once I got up and moving, but getting started kinda sucked. Still not as bad as it could be this time of year. It should be fixed this afternoon though so looking forward to that. Nice number on the scale. I wish I could be confident with the number it gave me. But it was the same number on multiple stands on it Roommate did send me a text while I was at work and the heater is now up and running. The AC Guy also installed a new thermostat. Roommate said that it was a “Smart” thermostat but it doesn't seem to have any kind of WIFI connections or anything so I'm not sure how “smart” it is, kind of hoping that it isn't a “Smart Device” But it has a Digital Screen so it is easier to read what ...

Weight: 334.4 lbs ( 151.7 kg) BMI: 42.9 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Low Carb Jambalaya   Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sober Month 10 (Day 306) That was kind of weird I woke up this morning thinking about some Fanfictions that I had written quite some time ago. What was strange was that I hadn't really been active on the FanFiction site in over a decade. It was just a random thought that I woke up to. And then this afternoon I got an email that somebody had added one of my stories from almost 20 years ago to their favorites list. It was just kind of a fan version of the Digimon Anime. Just the original story had grade school age kids, and my story had High School age kids because I was just out of High School when I was writing it. It didn't really have a plan behind the story so it never got past the second chapter when the kids got transported into the Digital World. I tried to...

Weight: 333.4 lbs ( 151.2 kg) BMI: 42.8 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Snack: Savage Slim Jim Lunch: Fried Chicken, Kroger Sour Cream Onion Chips Dinner: Tuna Helper Cheesy Noodles, Corn Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sugar Free Red Bull Sober Month 10 (Day 305) Woke up in a pretty chill mood. And most of the day I was pretty chill. I love this kind of weather. Sure it's dark and gloomy, but it's just so calm. I was supervisor all day, but I kept sneaking outside whenever I could. Just to get out and breathe. There were a couple of people that complained about it, but considering that it's late October and we still haven't had a hard freeze. I'll take it. It was really disappointing going to work as just as I got there I was told that one of the carryouts was sent home because he was suffering from seizures, one carryout No-Called-No-Showed, the one carryout that showed up was one of the mentally disabled ...

Weight: 331 lbs ( 150.1 kg) BMI: 42.5 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Fried Chicken, Kroger Cheddar Sour Cream Chips Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sugar Free Red Bull Sober Month 10 (Day 304) Wow, that was a drop on the scale this morning. I thought the scale was glitching, but the weight was consistent for several times I stepped on it. Slept in a bit so I wasn't able to do anything before work other than get breakfast done. The sleep tracker says I didn't fall asleep until after 3am which was strange because I even went to bed a little early. But it was 9:30 before I could wake up, and I still felt tired.  I was slow getting up to the front of the store as I had today and tomorrow mixed up and I had thought that I was supervisor all day, and I didn't think anybody was waiting for me to come up. So when it was eight minutes after I was supposed to get to the front Screech at self check...

Weight: 335 lbs ( 152 kg) BMI: 43 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Taco Chili Mac Snack: Kroger Sour Cream Cheddar Chips Dinner: Bratwursts Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sober Month 9 (Day 300) I didn't take the chance to make the blog post yesterday's as I had gotten distracted by a word matching game on my phone. I am not exaggerating when I say that I just played that game the entire day. It has a “daily challenge” that lets you play the previous days challenges. I wanted to get caught up so I just played the daily challenges for all of October and got a bit into September. It was about midnight when I had realized that I hadn't made any effort to make the post. I did the weekly grocery shopping while Roommate was at his appointment like usual. I was able to keep the bill close to the $100 like I was hoping that I'd keep it to. I was adding it up as I was going along and it looked like it was going ...

Weight: 337 lbs ( 152.8 kg) BMI: 43.3 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Taco Chili Tortilla Chips Snack: Tortilla Chips Dinner: Smithfield Pork Loin Garlic Herb Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sober Month 9 (Day 294) Another day that wasn't very productive. I just couldn't get myself to do anything. I felt bad because I was sitting around not doing anything, but I couldn't think of anything to do. I didn't think that I would ever say this, but I was getting bored of watching videos online. I just sat here playing games on my phone. I'm sure that on Sunday when I go back to work I'll think of all of the stuff that I could have been doing this week. A little nervous that the rent check still hasn't gone through. But this isn't the latest that it has ever floated. And it is kind of handy to have another paycheck come through before it cleared. But it would be nice if it would like to come ...

Weight: 334 lbs ( 151.5 kg) BMI: 42.9 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Johnsonville Jalapeno Cheddar Sausages with Mac and Cheese Dinner: Bratwursts Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Unsweetened Tea Sober Month 9 (Day 293) Last night before I went to bed Roommate told me that he had delayed his weekly appointment until 1 in the afternoon so he was planning on waking up at 8am so he could go to do laundry. So when I woke up around 8am I waited a while before showering. And then waited a while to have breakfast. And then I waited a while. I was planning on doing the grocery shopping while he was doing his laundry. But the longer I waited I kept thinking of going ahead and go do the shopping. But I kept telling myself that as soon as I left he'd get up and get cranky because I had left him at home and he couldn't go and get his laundry done. It was half past noon before I heard him get up and start walking around upsta...

Weight: 332.8 lbs ( 150.9 kg) BMI: 42.7 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Snack: Pringles Ranch Chips Lunch: Bologna Sandwiches Pringles Sour Cream onion Chips Snack: Cheesy Ramen Dinner: Tuna Helper Cheesy Noodle Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sober Month 9 (Day 291) Not a very productive day today. I'm getting the feeling that at the end of this week I'm going to be disappointed that I didn't do anything. This is the last week of vacation that I have for the year, and I'm pretty sure that I'm just going to be counting down the days until it's done. I started cleaning the kitchen and I thought that it'd be good to spend the week doing a deep clean of the apartment. But then I sat down at the computer and didn't do much else. Perhaps I'll get to the cleaning tomorrow. The area around my desk really needs to be cleaned up. I do have to say that cleaning is a cumulative action. Getting star...

Weight: 331.8 lbs ( 150.5 kg) BMI: 42.6 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Fried Chicken, Macaroni Salad Dinner: Hamburger Helper Beef Noodle with cheese Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sugar Free Red Bull Sober Month 9 (Day 291) I was scheduled to work 10-7 today so I didn't have much time to do much before work this morning. Of course I could have woken up before 8:30, but that's just the time I usually wake up. And being scheduled an hour earlier than I normally am just kind of threw off all of the morning. Frustratingly I had forgotten my watch when I left for work. So I spent the entire day staring at my wrist trying to figure out what time it was. And wow a wrist watch really comes in handy when being a supervisor. It's not hard to come across a screen with a clock on it, but it is a lot easier when it's actually on your wrist. And of course I had to work a 5/3 split so I had to spend the longer pa...

Weight: 329.4 lbs ( 149.4 kg) BMI: 42.3 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Bologna Sandwiches Pringles Salt and Vinegar Chips Dinner: Loaded Mac and Cheese Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sugar Free Red Bull Sober Month 9 (Day 290) I really need to start taking advantage of my mornings. I just keep sitting around counting down how much time I have until I have to go to work and not much else. Just as I was starting to cook breakfast the maintenance guy for the condo complex startled me as just as I turned on the stove I heard a banging on the door and a frantic ringing of the doorbell. I wasn't sure what was going on and I recognized the guy. He asked if the red car in the parking lot was mine. I was a bit nervous for the asking. He asked me if I had any other cars. I was getting scared why he was asking about my car. Be he just said that he was repainting the lines and numbers on the parking lot for the building. ...

Weight: 330.2 lbs ( 149.8 kg) BMI: 42.4 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Keto Goulash   Dinner: Chicken Alfredo, Garlic Bread Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sober Month 9 (Day 287) I woke up earlier than Roommate. I was starting to wonder what was going on, but then he said that his appointment was at 9:15am today instead of the usual 8am. I was quite annoyed at myself after I dropped him off at his appointment. I usually go to do the grocery shopping while he's at his appointment. I had driven all of the way to the big store on the other side of town as it was in the direction of the hospital and I knew that I needed to pick up a new AC Filter. But as soon as I got there I got my phone out and saw that I had forgotten to write the grocery list into the notes app. So I had to run all of the way back home to write down my grocery list. I have the shopping list written up in a spreadsheet and as I come up with...

Weight: 329.2 lbs ( 149.3 kg) BMI: 42.3 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Ham Steak Dinner: Digiorno Three Meat Pizza Ruffles Cheddar Sour Cream Chips Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sugar Free Red Bull, Sober Month 9 (Day 286) I didn't get a chance to get around to making a blog post last night as Roommate's TV was having a graphical issue that made it kind of look like an old CRT TV so he got the idea of us watching a movie called Primitive War (that I keep getting the title wrong and keep calling it “primal war”) The movie takes place in 1968 Vietnam as an American recon team is sent into the jungle to find a Green Beret team that had mysteriously gone missing. And they quickly found out that there was a Soviet experiment that went sideways and there were dinosaurs all over the jungle. So it was a Vietnam war movie mixed with Jurassic Park. It, surprisingly, had a lot of character de...

Weight: 330.4 lbs ( 149.8 kg) BMI: 42.4 Waist: 54.0 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Keto Goulash https://youtu.be/-RcxiXu4zLM Dinner: Corned Beef Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sugar Free Red Bull, Sober Month 9 (Day 285) Keto Day 4 I really need to work on a bad habit. I've been going to bed at around midnight, but then I keep playing with my phone for another hour or so. I need to go to bed and go to bed and go to sleep and not play with the games on the phone, or scroll social media. Wow, the scale really doesn't like it when I'm under 330 lbs (149.7 kg) lol I was excited to see the notification on my phone that Roommate sent me his half of the rent and some money for bills. A bit annoyed that it'll take two business days for it to go from PayPal to my bank, but at least I know that it's on it's way. I could have had it instantly transfer, but that would have had a fee, a...

Weight: 328.2 lbs ( 148.8 kg) BMI: 42.1 Waist: 54.0 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Keto Goulash Dinner: Ham Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sugar Free Red Bull, Kroger Energy Shot Sober Month 9 (Day 284) Keto Day 3 Scale is giving me a bunch of random numbers again. But 328.2 lbs (148.8 kg) seemed to be the most consistent number. If I were to cherry pick it would have been 315.2 lbs (143 kg) THAT would have been nice, but would have been very dishonest. And it wouldn't have done me any favors. I did get around to taking inventory of the freezer and making a meal plan for the week. I was going to try to keep this next grocery run to be under $75, but it looks like the stocking up is going to be a bit expensive. So I think this Tuesday's trip I'm going to do the regular $150. But the things I'm going to buy are going to last a couple of weeks instead of the single week trip that I usually budget for. So p...

Weight: 329.2 lbs ( 149.3 kg) BMI: 42.3 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Pizza Soup   Dinner: Pork Ribs Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sober Month 9 (Day 280) Keto Day 6 Having a hard time. 10 months sober. I was kind of curious messing around with the spending comparison spreadsheet on Friday. The spending is up $513 compared to last year, but I was curious to see how the balances looked each day this year compared to last year. It wasn't a hard task, but it was a bit complicated because the savings strategy has evolved over time so I had to have some columns for the Checking account and then had to build in the columns for the various savings accounts. I knew that I was down from last year. But I hadn't had a day that I had more money this year than last year since March when I had that oil sensor repaired on my car. And then a couple of days here in September were finally getting caught up. I was plann...

Weight: 335.2 lbs ( 152.0 kg) BMI: 43 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Member's Mark Jumbo Hot Dogs Dinner: Chuck Roast with Mushroom Gravy Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sugar Free Red Bull Sober Month 9 (Day 276) Keto Day 2 All of the Full Time people are being scheduled 39 hours so the store can avoid any overtime. I was kind of nervous when this started this as I was thinking that they were maybe trying to get rid of me, but the other full time people have also had their hours cut. So I was scheduled 12-8 instead of the usual 11-8. Unfortunately the schedule being off kind of threw off my routine, so all I was able to do was count down how much time it was until I had to leave for work. I am glad that the scale is down 1.2 lbs (0.5 kg) but still annoyed that yesterday was 6lbs (2.7 kg) up from the previous day. It is more than a little annoying that it can jump up, but it always crawls down. When I got groceri...

Weight: 330.4 lbs ( 149.8 kg) BMI: 42.4 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Village Inn Chicken Fried Steak, Pancakes, and Eggs Lunch: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Dinner: Bratwursts Drinks: Dr Pepper, Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster Sober Month 9 (Day 274) Keto Week Day 0 Woke up with what felt like a hangover. Headache, sore stiffness, irritability, etc. Nine months sober, so not sure what that was about. Kind a low mood all day today. I would say that the low mood could be because the weather was really dreary, but it did clear up for a while this afternoon. I was going to have Steak and Eggs for breakfast this morning, but Roommate had an appointment this morning and while he's at his appointments I do my weekly shopping. Just as soon as I got home from doing the grocery shopping he called and said that he was done with his appointment. And he said that there was something that sounded like really good progress. I don't want to go into details ...

Weight: 331.4 lbs ( 150.3 kg) BMI: 42.5 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Steak and Eggs Lunch: Lasagna Soup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGUk1rwXaAc Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sober Month 9 (Day 273) Keto Week 3 (Day 28) I forgot to post yesterday as I was too busy playing with the new spreadsheet. I had put the pay check into the sheet to see how the paycheck this year compared to last year. And somehow it was saying that my net balance more than $400 over than what I had this time last year. And that REALLY didn't seem right as my grand total is sitting at $147. So I had spent WAY too long over the last couple of days putting the totals of the different accounts into the spreadsheet to see the balances of the different accounts and see how they compared to each other. So I had put the totals of each account for every day for the last three years. Making me think of all of the stuff that I had to deal with the last three...

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...