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Weight: 337 lbs (152.9 kg) BMI: 43.3 Waist: 55.5 in (141 cm) WtHr: 75% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Instant Pot Chili with two slices of cheddar cheese mixed in Dinner: Strip Steak Drinks: 2x Pepsi Zero, 2x Pepsi Cherry Zero, 2x Dr Pepper Zero, 2x Diet Mt Dew, Kroger Energy Shot, Sugar Free Rockstar Energy, 1000ml water Sober Day 7 Really slow start this morning. I was really surprised to see it was 9:30 when I woke up the first time this morning. I did manage to get bacon and eggs cooked before I had to get to work. Would have been nice to get some coffee though. The weight was up compared to yesterday, but I'm trying to not beat myself up too much over eight tenths of a pound. For lunch I had some chili. I went to lunch at the same time the coworker that I had “converted” to the Keto diet. When I got back someone asked her what she had for lunch and she complained that all she was “allowed” to have was a piece of “lame” chicken. She asked what I had I told her that I h

Weight: 336.2 lbs (152.5 kg) BMI: 43.2 Waist: 55.5 in (141 cm) WtHr: 75% Breakfast: Bratwursts Lunch: Pork Steaks Dinner: 3x Burger Patties with Cheddar and Pepper Jack Cheese slices Drinks: 4x Pepsi Zero, 4x Pepsi Cherry Zero, 4x Dr Pepper Zero, 4x Dt Mt Dew Sober Day 6 Having a hard time getting up and going. I'm not a fan of the term, “Keto Flu” I mean the alliteration of “Keto Cold” fits so much better. This might be TMI but I struggled with the craps today. Knees and back are popping and cracking like crazy also. I do wonder if this is because of a lowering of pressure on the joints or some other result of lowering carbs The last day or two have had rather impressive drop in weight. Not sure if that is due to the “magic” of the keto diet, or just because I'm not eating the rather ridiculous amount of food that I eat when I'm not doing my diet. Had a late breakfast as I woke up a bit late. I normally have bacon and eggs, but I just decided to have something differ

Weight: 338.2 lbs (154.4 kg) BMI: 43.4 Waist: 57.5 in (146.1 cm) WtHr: 77.7% Breakfast: Sausage Patties and eggs Lunch: Pork Steak Dinner: Southwest Chicken Detox Soup Snack: Original Flavor Pork Rinds, Thick and Chunky Medium Salsa Drinks: Pot of coffee, 3600ml water                Canned Soda:                     Diet Dr Pepper: 4                     Diet Mt Dew: 1                     Diet Pepsi: 2 Weeks Without Beer 1 (9 Days)      Finished off the last of the diet canned diet soda and threw away all of the old cans that were piling up on my desk. I don't know why I keep all of the cans of drinks that I am drinking I did this both with beer and sodas that I drank. I'll keep the cans until I finish the case and then fill up the box with the used cans. It makes absolutely no sense to keep these cans, it just makes it so that I'm surrounded by literal trash u

Weight: 340.4 lbs (154.4 kg) BMI: 43.7 Waist: 57.5 in (146.1 cm) WtHr: 77.7% Breakfast: Bacon and eggs Lunch: Enchilada Soup Dinner: Bratwursts Drinks: Couple cups of coffee, 2x Kroger Energy Shots, Powerade White Cherry Zero           Canned Soda:                     Diet Dr Pepper: 3                     Diet Mt Dew: 2                     Diet Pepsi: 2                     Pepsi Zero: 1 Weeks Without Beer 1 (8 Days)      Last night after posting I was really getting tired of having all of this soda so I tried to drink the way through it all, but just didn't get through it all and lost track how many sodas I drank last night. But I guess it didn't matter because I had an awesome weigh in today. 3.2 lbs (1.5 kg) down for the day and 7.8 lbs (3.5kg) for the week is amazing.      I woke up with a headache again today. But it did go

Weight: 341.4 lbs (154.9kg) BMI: 43.3 Waist: 58 in (146 cm) WtHr: 78.4% Breakfast: X Lunch: Johnsonville Jalapeno Cheddar Sausages, Cottage Cheese Dinner: Bratwursts Drinks: Couple cups of coffee, Kroger Energy Shot, Sugar Free Rockstar Energy                Canned Soda:                                         Diet Dr Pepper: 2                                 Diet Mt Dew: 2                                 Diet Pepsi: 3                                 Pepsi Zero: 3 Days Without Beer: 6 Put a lot of effort into making the Store Story today. So this might not be a very long post. It's a bit concerning that I am up 4.4 pounds compared to yesterday. I do realize that there will be daily fluctuations, but it does make me wonder for an explanation. I don't think I ate four pounds of cheese last night when I had the Queso Soup. Could it be the Cheesy Ramen that I had for dinner on Wednesday? Would that have broken my Ketosis and have me

Weight: 337.0 lbs (152.9kg) BMI: 43.3 Waist: 58 in (146 cm) WtHr: 78.4% Breakfast: Sausage Patties and eggs Lunch: Low Carb Goulash Dinner: Queso Soup Drinks: 2x Kroger Energy Shots,            Canned Soda:                                  Diet Dr Pepper: 2                                  Diet Mt Dew: 2                                  Diet Pepsi: 3                                  Pepsi Zero: 2 Days Without Beer: 5      The weight has been on a hell of a streak for the last couple of days, but that's probably water weight. It would be nice if that streak continued but three to four pounds a day just isn't going to be something that I see as something that will continue to happen. But being down 11 pounds since Sunday is definitely something to “Woot” about      I am also kind of proud of myself that I didn't spend any money yesterday (Wednesday). I'm really trying to get my spending under control. That's one of the reasons I'm trying to get a meal plan goi

Weight: 338.4lbs (153.5kg) BMI: 43.4 Waist: 58.5 in (148.6 cm) WtHr: 79.1% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Snack: Sardines Lunch: Pork Steak Dinner: Cheesy Ramen Drinks: Pot of Coffee with cream           Canned Soda:                       Diet Dr Pepper: 5                       Diet Mt Dew: 5                       Diet Pepsi: 5                       Pepsi Zero: 5 Days Without Beer: 4    Slept considerably better last night than I did the previous night. Which is interesting because of how many caffeinated drinks I had yesterday. Had stayed up a lot later because I was watching Radio Dead Air. He usually streams on Monday night, but he wasn't feeling well so he decided to stream on Tuesday. I will try to go to bed earlier tonight.      Holy beans I woke up with ALL KINDS OF ENERGY today. A bit annoyed that it was 10am by the time I got up and going. And I'm not sure if it was the sleep quality (the health app showed that I got quite a bit of “Deep Sleep”), the Ketosis kicking in

Weight: 342.4lbs (155.3 kg) BMI: 44 Waist: 57.5 in (146 cm) WtHr: 77.7% Breakfast: X Lunch: Egg Stuff Dinner: Cheesy Ground Beef Casserole Drinks: Rockstar Sugar Free Zero Sugar, Pot of Coffee with cream, Canned Soda:                          Diet Dr Pepper: 4                          Diet Mt Dew: 4                          Diet Pepsi: 5                          Pepsi Zero: 4                          Days Without Beer:3     Apparently alcohol withdraw includes insomnia. I'm not sure if that is effecting me though, according to my smartwatch I did get a whole hour and a half of sleep. /sarcasm I was doing a pretty good imitation of a fish on the wrong end of a taser all night long.       At first I was thinking that it might have been the four cans of caffeinated soda that I had with dinner last night that I drank pretty much right b

Weight: 345.4lbs (156.7 kg) BMI: 44.3 Waist: 57.5 in (146.0 cm) WtHr: 77.7% Breakfast: Bacon and eggs Lunch: Chicken Cordon Bleu Soup Dinner: Baked Chicken Drinks: couple cups of coffee with cream, Kroger Energy shot, Rockstar Pure Zero Sliver Ice,             Canned Soda:                                             Diet Dr Pepper: 1                                             Diet Mt Dew: 1                                             Diet Pepsi: 1                                             Pepsi Zero: 1 Days Without Beer: 2      I wasn't able to wake up as early as yesterday. I was able to gain consciousness at the alarms, but I couldn't think of anything to do that I needed to do to get the motivation to get up. I did finally wake up properly around 8am but didn't get the momentum going until closer to 9am. I didn't have to work until 11, but it kind of sucks to wake up with just enough time to count down to the time to go to work. Kind of why I want to start w

  Weight: 359.2 lbs (162.9 kg) BMI: 46.1 Waist: 58 in (147.3 cm) WtHR: 78% Breakfast: Egg Stuff Lunch: x Dinner: Taco Casserole   Soda:      Mountain Dew Zero 16.9oz: 3      Sunkist Orange Zero Sugar 16.9oz: 3      Diet Dr Pepper 16.9oz: 2      Pepsi Zero 16.9oz: 2      Dr Pepper 2 L Woke up this morning with a strange headache, it felt like a hangover, which is strange as I hadn't had any alcohol in several days. Perhaps withdraw? WebMD shows the symptoms of withdraw as Anxiety Shaky Hands Headache Nausea Vomiting Insomnia Sweating So far the only symptom that I've ran into is a headache this morning. I didn't sleep all that well last night, (TMI incoming) but only because I seemed to have to get up and go pee every ten minutes. I'm not sure if that was because my body getting rid of toxins from alcohol, or the diet soda that I was drinking last night (caffeine is a diuretic and a stimulant) I haven't sweated any, and I haven't