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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: 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: 307.8 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: 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...

Weight: 310.2 lbs ( 140.7 kg) BMI: 39.8 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Johnsonville Double Cheddar Smoked Sausages Dinner: Baked Chicken Drumsticks   Drinks: Salted Apple Cider Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster Sober Year 1 (Day 461) Keto Week 3 (Day 24) (68/365 Days 2026 Keto) I was dumbstruck when I stood on the scale this morning. Ladies, Gentlemen, In-betweens, and Undecideds: I am proud to announce that I am no longer Morbidly Obese. For the first time in 10 almost 11 years I woke up with a weight that has a BMI under 40. This morning's weight was 310.2 which is a BMI of 39.8. Still obese, so still a ways to go. But at least I'm finally seeing progress. I'm kind of impatient this morning as this Thursday I'll be paying the monthly bills for April. It's exciting I'm finally “regular” obese as opposed to Morbidly or Severely Obese whatever they call it now. And in a couple of days all of the bills will be paid a...

Weight: 316.1 lbs ( 143.4 kg) BMI: 40.6 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Paleo Keto Gumbo   Dinner: Baked Chicken Drumsticks   Drinks: Salted Apple Cider Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster Sober Year 1 (Day 457) Keto Week 2 (Day 20) (64/365 Days 2026 Keto) Good down on the scale this morning. Would have been nice if the waistline was down as well, but I'm sure that will happen on it's own. I think I saw the police confronting some copper thieves that were working on a unit across from my apartment. I heard some people talking outside and when I looked outside there were a pair of police officers talking to some guys and there was a bunch of copper wire laying everywhere. But I guess they passed their speech checks because after a while the police left and the guys went back to working on the AC unit. It was strange that the guy was wrapping the copper wire around his arm and not a spool or anything. But if the police are convin...

Weight: 316.8 lbs ( 143.7 kg) BMI: 40.7 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Low Carb Jambalaya Snack: Cashews Dinner: Baked Chicken   Drinks: Salted Apple Cider Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 452) Keto Week 2 (Day 15) (59/365 Days 2026 Keto) Supervisor all day. It was surprisingly slow today for being a Sunday with a big weather change come through. The desire to move out of my current apartment has grown exponentially over the last couple of days. I was going to try to talk to Roommate about it as I really didn't want it to feel like a rug pull. Something evolved this evening. I don't know if I care about his feelings anymore. I'm going to talk to Mom about her expectations if I were to move back in with her.

Weight: 322.5 lbs ( 146.3 kg) BMI: 41.4 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Johnsonville Jalapeno Cheddar Smoked Sausages Dinner: Baked Chicken   Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 449) Keto Week 1 (Day 12) (56/365 Days 2026 Keto) Surprised by the weight this morning. Up 4.7 lbs (2.1 kg) from yesterday. I didn't think that I even ate/drank five pounds worth of anything yesterday. I was scheduled to work 11am to 7pm today. And strangely I was scheduled to have a half hour lunch today so I didn't have the time to run home to have lunch so I had some of the Johnsonville Jalapeno Cheddar Smoked Sausages (not sponsored)  Interestingly my feet and knees didn't hurt like the last couple of times I had those during the lunch break. And usually when I'm a cashier all day my feet and knees are screaming at me. But tonight the left foot is a bit sore, but I can still stand up and walk around. I w...

Weight: 317.8 lbs ( 144.1 kg) BMI: 40.8 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Baked Chicken   Dinner: Slow Cooker Spaghetti Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 399) Keto Day 0 (17/365 Days 2026 Keto) First time in a while that Roommate didn't wake me up in the middle of the night screaming at the void. So hopefully he's feeling better. And during the day he did cough and gag less than he had been before. Today was an active day, mostly in the kitchen. I did the typical grocery shopping while Roommate was at his appointment. As I did my shopping at my store, and my store doesn't carry the Almond Flour that I was needing for the Fathead Pizza that I was planning on making for dinner tonight I was going to go over to the Big Store on the other end of town. But just as I was finishing the main shopping Roommate called and said he was done with his appointment. As I was grabbing the Almond Flour Room...

Weight: 320.9 lbs ( 145.6 kg) BMI: 41.2 Waist: 54 in ( 137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Baked Chicken Drumsticks  Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 392) Keto Week 1 (Day 8) (11/365 Days 2026 Keto) Woo-hoo Finally have a day where I'm back under the start of the year! Of course happiness is not a number on the scale, but at least this makes (almost) all of my projections go down. That last projection won't go down until I get under 314.8 lbs (142.8 kg) where I was back in 2014 when I started this whole project. But at least that goal finally looks like it's within possibility. It was fun to mark where the “Lowest Last Year”, “Progress Goal”, “Morbidly Obese”, and “Short Goal” will be on the yearly projection. “Over Weight” and “Target Weight” are still too far away to show on the projection, but time will tell. And I shouldn't get too excited for one day under the start weight. When...

Weight: 323.6 lbs ( 146.8 kg) BMI: 41.5 Waist: 54 in ( 137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Enchilada Soup   Snack: Baked Chicken Drumsticks   Dinner: Ham Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 385) Keto Day 1 (4/365 Days 2026 Keto) Exciting to see three days in a row of down weights. Still not back to the beginning weight of the year (+2.1 lbs <~1 kg>) so the yearly projection is still saying that I'll be 627.3 lbs (284.5 kg) by the end of next year. A point of excitement is that I'm just 8.8 lbs (~4 kg) away from the 314.8 lbs (142.8 kg) That I started this project back in 2014. And if I get under that weight the Full Projection will start showing the weight going down towards my other targets! Roommate got up early because he had his appointment at 9am. He told me that he tried to sign up for Food Stamps, but apparently he's making too much from his insurance to get the SNAP benefits. I told him b...

  Weight: 327.1 lbs ( 148.3 kg) BMI: 42 Waist: 54.5 in (138.4 cm) WtHr: 73.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Baked Chicken https://youtu.be/rfHQy-XdDxE Dinner: Chuck Roast with Mushroom Onion Gravy Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 378) Keto Day 1 Buying the coffee pot and vacuum seal bags, and a couple of other things actually made the grocery bill go over budget. But I'm not too worked up over it. It's not like the more expensive things that I bought today was stuff I have to buy every week. Or at least I hope I don't have to buy a new coffee pot too often. Not sponsored but Mr Coffee>>>Toastmaster. The toastmaster coffee pot had spilled a lot whenever I poured from the carafe. The Mr Coffee carafe poured a lot more smoothly and controlled way and it brewed faster than the other pot as well. I got the stuff to make Enchilada Soup for this weeks lunch plan. That REALLY triggered Ro...

Weight: 323.2 lbs ( 147.4 kg) BMI: 41.5 Waist: 55 in (139.7 cm) WtHr: 74.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Baked Chicken   Dinner: Ham Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sober Month 11 (Day 334) Great number on the scale this morning. Especially since I had Chicken Alfredo for lunch the entire week last week. And the scale gave me the same number three times in a row, so it wasn't glitching. I was debating on whether to or not to try to go back to the AI to try to get it to do the financial projection again. But I looked over the code...none of the bills listed in the code that it generated were the bills that I had told it. I had listed the various bills I expect during the year four times over the last three weeks and it eventually just forgets the bills that I have in the projection and just makes up new bills. I figured that I was just trying to build a more flexible version of the Quicken program that I already have on my computer. (Not spo...

Weight: 323.2 lbs ( 146.6 kg) BMI: 41.5 Waist: 55 in (139.7 cm) WtHr: 74.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Baked Chicken Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer,Sugar Free Monster, Large Sugar Free Red Bull Sober Month 10 (Day 328) It was exciting to weigh in this morning as this is the lowest weight in the last two years. Heck, it's the lowest weight of the 2020's decade if I'm looking at my numbers right. And this time over 2024 and 2023 I was gaining considerably amounts of weight. Kind of blows my theory that the reason that I was gaining weight this time of year my body was getting ready for winter. I know that humans don't hibernate, but I would have assumed that we do have some of feature that would add some insulation in the winter. But no I was just eating and drinking too much in the previous years. (definitely drinking too much) It was exciting to do the grocery shopping as the total came to $92 when I usually budget for $150. It'...

Weight: 329.6 lbs ( 149.5 kg) BMI: 42.3 Waist: 54.5 in (138.4 cm) WtHr: 73.6% Breakfast: X Lunch: Baked Chicken Dinner: Screamin' Sicilian Mother of Meat Pizza, Kroger Cheddar Sour Cream Chips Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sober Month 10 (Day 314) I actually woke up early today. The sleep app says that I didn't get enough sleep. And I did have a hard time falling asleep last night. I didn't have breakfast as I was waiting for Roommate to wake up and go to his appointment like he usually does on Tuesdays but by 10:30 I got tired of waiting for him to wake up so I thought I would go ahead and cook breakfast, but I was out of eggs. I remembered that I was going to buy eggs when he was at his appointment like I usually do as I do the grocery shopping while he's at the doctor. It is true that Mom gives me some of her eggs, but I don't want to snag all that she has. She only has 4 chickens and I eat four eggs a day. He did get up right as...

Weight: 332.4 lbs ( 150.8 kg) BMI: 42.7 Waist: 55 in (139.7 cm) WtHr: 74.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Baked Chicken Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Unsweetened Tea Sober Month 10 (Day 313) Because of the ending of Daylight Savings Time I inadvertently posted a little earlier than I normally do last night. As I was going to bed I noticed that it was just getting to 11pm, I usually post around midnight. But I was so tired by eyes were starting to stick closed. Even so the sleep tracking app still says I was awake until after 2am. And I still woke up at 8am, even though I should be used to be waking up an hour earlier because of the time change. Spent a while thawing out the freezer. It's not completely thawed out as there is still ice in the back of the box, but at least the vents are uncovered so the food in the fridge will stay good. I'm sure that leaving a bit of ice in the back of the freezer isn't very g...

Weight: 330.4 lbs ( 149.8 kg) BMI: 42.4 Waist: 54.5 in (138.4 cm) WtHr: 73.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Baked Chicken Dinner: Bratwursts Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Unsweetened Tea Sober Month 10 (Day 307) I was awake a bit longer than I should have been last night as I was watching a streamer that I enjoy watching on Monday nights. But I woke up a little earlier than I normally do. Not sure what's going on there, but I did wake up before the alarm went off on my phone. It might have been Roommates alarm in the room next door. But I was still able to wake up before he did. I was starting to get curious as to if he was going to have an appointment this morning. But he did eventually wake up in a grumpy hurried mood after awhile. I did the usual grocery shopping while he was at his appointment. I usually write a check for the grocery shopping. But since I was going to do a transfer from “Bill Savings” to pay the bills and the groceries for t...

Weight: 327.4 lbs ( 148.5 kg) BMI: 42 Waist: 53.5 in (135.9 cm) WtHr: 72.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: X Dinner: Grandma's Roasted Chicken, Stuffing, Creamed Corn, Chocolate Pudding Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sugar Free Root Beer Sober Month 10 (Day 281) Keto Day 0 With the Check Engine light being on I was a bit nervous taking Roommate to his doctor's appointment and going to do the shopping. Since O'Riley's (not sponsored) said that it was an issue with the transmission gears As I was doing the errands today I was staring at the tachometer and had the transmission temperature reading on the center console. I don't usually have that reading up so I wasn't sure what “right” was on the reading, but the animation of the thermometer didn't get much higher than about the middle and the tachometer seemed to be pretty stable as I was driving around. As usual for a Tuesday I did the grocery shopping right after I dropped ...

Weight: 331.8 lbs ( 150.5 kg) BMI: 42.6 Waist: 54.5 in (138.4 cm) WtHr: 73.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Snack: Bacon Cheddar Member's Mark Hot Dogs Lunch: Baked Chicken   Dinner: Pork Ribs Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Unsweetened Tea Sober Month 9 (Day 271) Keto Week 3 (Day 26) I was going to make steak and eggs for breakfast this morning, but I didn't have any butter. I did buy some butter and aluminum foil this afternoon and when I added the spending to the comparison spreadsheet that I started that compares this years spending to last years spending I was kind of encouraged because this day last year I had spent $30 on Beer and Velveeta dinner. As opposed to today's $8 on butter and foil. Who knows, maybe I'll get to a point where I spend less this year than last year.  I heard the freezer fan buzzing against the ice in the freezer again so I decided to go ahead and thaw out the freezer again. I figured that it'd be better to thaw it out before the ...