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Weight: 307.7 lbs ( 139.6 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Sausage Patties with Eggs and cheese Lunch: Pork Loin, cottage cheese Dinner: Rib Eye Drinks: Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 619) Keto Month 6 (Day 188) (233/365 Days 2026 Keto) Weight jumps up, but crawls back down. Had to work a little earlier than normal today so I didn't have time for coffee. I did have time for breakfast of sausage eggs and cheese. Work was quite active today, but not really to a stressful amount. The stress was from training the new guy. Again it wasn't that he was doing poorly, it was just that he was new and not sure what he was doing so I had to coach him a lot. It is strange I've been supervisor for FAR TOO LONG at this store, but I am still uncomfortable training new people. I had some cottage cheese with the pork loin that I had for lunch. I tried to convince myself that I didn't need anything to go with lunch, but I wasn't ...

Weight: 307.8 lbs ( 139.6 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 50.5 in ( 128.3 cm) WtHr: 68.2% Breakfast: Johnsonville Double Cheddar Smoked Sausages Lunch: Pork Loin, Pork Rinds, Queso Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 618) Keto Month 6 (Day 187) (232/365 Days 2026 Keto) Weight was a little down this morning, not enough to get that excited about. I think the scale knows that I changed the goal so it has to mess with me for a while. Today again I worked a little earlier than I usually do so I didn't have time to have coffee or the usual breakfast, I did have time to duck in a few minutes early to grab a pack of sausages. I have to say that the first half of the day was NOT what I was expecting. Today was the first Friday of the month, the weekend of a Major holiday, and the State Fair is coming to town next week. I was expecting to be running ragged all day long. But for the most part during the first half people just kind of trickled in. I ...

Weight: 303.8 lbs ( 137.8 kg) BMI: 39.0 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Snack: Cashews Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin, Cottage Cheese Dinner: Boneless Rib-Eye Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 614) Keto Month 6 (Day 183) (228/365 Days 2026 Keto) That weight sucks. Sure it is lower than the beginning of the month, and WAY lower than the beginning of the year. But come on, I want to go back to being under 300 lbs (136.1 kg). I did manage to post last night close to the 11pm goal that I want to do, but then I played with spreadsheets for a while after that. I was scolding myself that I posted early because I want to start reading in the evening, not give myself more time working with spreadsheets. But when I did finally get to the book I came to the realization that I probably shouldn't have tried restarting my reading hobby with a Victorian English novel. It was a quart to midnight and I'm trying to wrap my h...

Weight: 302.9 lbs ( 137.4 kg) BMI: 38.9 Waist: 50.5 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 68.2% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Snack: Cashews Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin, Cottage Cheese Snack: Savage Slim Jim Dinner: Bone-In Rib-Eye Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Celsius Energy Sober Year 1 (Day 613) Keto Month 6 (Day 182) (227/365 Days 2026 Keto) Brain was really unfocused this morning. Really excited that the credit card finally came in. Not in the manner of “Whoohoo shopping spree!” but more in the manner of I've spent the last month or so planning and waiting for this puzzle piece to come in. I didn't get the posts done in the last couple of days as the other night I was watching the lunar eclipse and last night when I got home the credit card was here and I did another rebalance of the budget plan. The last rebalance was because there is a $5 bonus for signing up for autopay on the phone bill, but when I tried to put the credit card on the autopay it said that the card w...

Weight: 303.4 lbs ( 137.6 kg) BMI: 39.0 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.8% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Hormel Pork Loin Mesquite BBQ, Cottage Cheese Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Celsius Energy Sober Year 1 (Day 590) Keto Month 5 (Day 156) (201/365 Days 2026 Keto) Spent the last couple of days redoing the numbers on the Keto Count I noticed something a bit odd about the numbers. I know that it isn't extremely important to keep 100% right. But it is something that I'm tracking so might as well keep it on track. Had a hard time falling asleep last night. I think I had too many energy drinks yesterday. I did wake up alright this morning though. It was really peaceful this morning while I had the bacon and eggs. I figured that tomorrow (Tuesday) I'll finally have to go to the DMV and the Tag office to go ahead and update my address on those. If I gave a reason it would be a lie. But on the Credit Card ap...

July 28, 2026  Weight: 302.6 lbs ( 137.3 kg) BMI: 38.8 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Air Fryer Hormel Pork Loin Garlic herb, Cottage Cheese Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 584) Keto Month 4 (Day 145) (195/365 Days 2026 Keto) Starting this post late as after work I tried to beat the DLC mission in Fallout New Vegas. I'm really getting tired of this mission, but I can't get back to the rest of the game until I beat that mission. I went ahead and had breakfast this morning as I was feeling better with the bacon and eggs. Work was frustrating as I was supposed to be scheduled to be a carryout for most of the day and the service desk for a good chunk of the day, but I was informed that the guy who walked out the other day was the guy who was supposed to be in the online pick up so I was shoved into the position. Also was expected to be a carryout and run the servi...

Weight: 302.4 lbs ( 137.2 kg) BMI: 38.8 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Air Fryer Hormel Pork Loin Garlic herb, Cottage Cheese Snack: Savage Slim Jim Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 583) Keto Month 4 (Day 144) (194/365 Days 2026 Keto) After posting last night and updating the word document for the next day I noticed that the last digit of the “Sober” count and the Keto Count are off by one number. (One ends in a 3 and the other ends in a 4) kind of makes me think that on this next New Year's Eve I should get absolutely hammered and have a pizza, just to get synced up. (joking) Spent yesterday playing Fallout New Vegas. I decided to play one of the DLC Stories. And that took entirely way too Goddamned long. The story there was that Fallout takes place 200 years after a nuclear war and there is this casino that some people have came up with the idea of breaking into for a big...

Weight: 303.2 lbs ( 137.5 kg) BMI: 38.9 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Savage Slim Jim Vienna Sausages Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin Garlic Herb, Pork Rinds, Queso Blanco Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Snack: Cashews Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Powerade Orange Sober Year 1 (Day 580) Keto Month 4 (Day 141) (191/365 Days 2026 Keto) It's kind of funny to be frustrated by a weight of 303.2 lbs. I was so close to the “Short Goal” yesterday and it's been so very long since I had weighed less than 300lbs (136 kg) but no today had to be up 2.8lbs (1.3 kg) I'm still down 5.6 lbs (2.5 kg) for the year and the two or three pounds is within daily fluctuations, but it would have been exciting to beat that goal. But then again if I did have a weight under 300 lbs (136 kg) I would wait for a bit to consider that goal “beaten” for a bit just because the weight fluctuates like that. The morning before work really snuck by me. I woke up at the usu...

Weight: 303.7 lbs ( 137.7 kg) BMI: 39.0 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: X Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin Dinner: KC Strip Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 577) Keto Month 4 (Day 138) (188/365 Days 2026 Keto) That's a good drop in the weight today. Almost back to making progress for the year. I really didn't do anything before work this morning. I got the feeling that I was supposed to be doing something. But I couldn't figure out what it was. I did think about having breakfast. It is kind of funny as I was thinking that there was a quite a long time when I was doing TMAD, but back then I wasn't doing Keto as I was having Fried Chicken for lunch and Hamburger Helper (not sponsored) for dinner and then skipping breakfast. When I learned about Keto and was trying that diet I started having Bacon and Eggs for breakfast each day and then had a recipe for lunch, and then for dinner. That eventually evolved into havi...

Weight: 307.1 lbs ( 139.3 kg) BMI: 39.4 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: X Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 576) Keto Month 4 (Day 137) (187/365 Days 2026 Keto) My phone didn't want to recognize that it was plugged in when I went to bed. When I kept trying to plug it in it eventually said that there was moisture or a foreign object in the charge port. Thankfully I have a charge pad that lets it charge wirelessly. It is slow as balls charging that way. I might just have to go in and upgrade the phone. I'm sure the payment for the new phone won't be much, when I payed off this phone it was only about $30/month cheaper without the plan. Just really freaking annoyed that I had just payed this phone off back in February (How the hell was that six months ago) and now I'm looking at having to get a new one. It'll be a lot cheaper than the dentures that they're...

Weight: 306.8 lbs ( 139.2 kg) BMI: 39.4 Waist: 53 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 550) Keto Month 3 (Day 113) (163/365 Days 2026 Keto) I got distracted by working on the latest store story video to work much on this post. It is exciting that I am three weeks advanced on that project. Again I'll have to be careful to not get complacent and just wait for those weeks to go by before I get more videos done. I did get the Bacon and Eggs done for breakfast. I ran by the storage place to put a payment on my storage unit. I did have to drive around for a while before I made the payment though. Just as I was driving up I saw the guy who manages the place locking the door and walking out to his car. It was just before noon so I'm assuming he went to lunch. I could have ran up to him and paid real quick, but I thought that was rud...

Weight: 306.1 lbs ( 138.8 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin Garlic Herb, Cottage Cheese Snack: Cashews Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 538) Keto Month 3 (Day 101) (151/365 Days 2026 Keto) Really good drop on the scale this morning. It would be nice if that continued. Didn't really do much before work. I worked 10:30 to 7:30. So it was a bit early for me to work. Not early enough to effect me much other than counting down how much time was left before I had to go to work. Mom prepared Breakfast this morning. She told me that she felt guilty for not cooking dinner last night, but she wasn't feeling well. She's been having some serious sinus issues lately. As I had threw away the last of the Apple Cider Vinegar yesterday I just had the coffee straight this morning. It tasted quite bitter. I'm used to having the sourness of th...

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: 304.6 lbs ( 138.2 kg) BMI: 39.1 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Eggs and Slider Patties Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin Garlic Herb Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water,Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 530) Keto Month 3 (Day 93) (143/365 Days 2026 Keto) Really good drop on the scale again today. Almost back down to the record for the year again. A bit early to tell, but it would be fun if June had a drop like March did so it would have a month of a big drop that levels out, the next month goes up a bit, followed by another month that has a big drop. For breakfast this morning I was going to have sausage patties with the eggs. However I thought I saw sausage patties in vacuum sealed baggies in the freezer. But as they cooked I noticed that they weren't acting correctly for sausage patties. They seemed to start plumping up as they cooked, and they just didn't look like the sausage patties usually do. Mom confirmed th...

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: 306.9 lbs ( 139.2 kg) BMI: 39.4 Waist: 53.5 in ( 135.9 cm) WtHr: 72.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin, Cottage Cheese Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs, Cheddar Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Red Bull, Powerade Sober Year 1 (Day 525) Keto Month 2 (Day 88) (138/365 Days 2026 Keto) Not bad down on the scale, but waist being up is annoying that it is up to the measurement that it was at the beginning of the year. Woke up with a Text Message from the Storage Company asking if I would accept messages from them. Then a bit later I got a call from them letting me know that the bill was due and they would be willing to take the payment over the phone. But the storage place is literally the direction I drive to get to work. I have to drive by the storage place to get to work so I stopped by. Also I wanted to get a paper receipt to show the payment. I'm not sure why I'm keeping the paper rece...

Weight: 307.4 lbs ( 139.4 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin Garlic Herb, cottage cheese Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Red Bull, Sober Year 1 (Day 512) Keto Month 2 (Day 75) (125/365 Days 2026 Keto) That's the direction that I'm wanting the scale to go in. I guess it takes the better part of a week to “recover” from going to a buffet. I don't think it was all fat, but I doubt that it took that long to digest the food that I ate on Sunday. Research is required in that area. Before work I baked a pork loin that Step-Dad bought for me while I cooked breakfast. Got home from work and just got slammed with writers block. It was more satisfying playing the Jewel Sorting Game (not sponsored) on my phone than it was to think about the day. Not that it was a bad or frustrating day. Honestly it's hard to think of anything worth...

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: 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: 305.1 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: Smithfield Pork Loin Apple-wood Smoked Bacon Snack: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Dinner: Beef Roast Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Monster, Seltzer, Sparkling Water Sober Year 1 (Day 503) Keto Month 2 (Day 66) (116/365 Days 2026 Keto) Brain is flat-lined today. Trying to fight the dozing at the computer, but having a hard time thinking of anything to do. I did spend some time cleaning the cabinet doors in the kitchen. Reheated the other half of the pork loin that I had for lunch yesterday. Mom doesn't have a microwave so I tried to reheat it in the oven, it didn't turn out that well. It was still lukewarm and it was really tough. I really just sat here all day playing the Jewel Coloring Game (Not sponsored) It would be easy to blame the weather as today was cool dark and cloudy, but I really never did go outside and the cu...