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Weight: 300.3 lbs ( 136.2 kg) BMI: 38.6 Waist: 50.0 in ( 127.0 cm) WtHr: 67.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Snacks: Cashews, Savage Slim Jim Lunch: Italian Dressing Marinated Pork Tenderloin, Cottage Cheese Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Celsius Energy Sober Year 1 (Day 602) Keto Month 5 (Day 168) (213/365 Days 2026 Keto) I didn't get the last couple of posts done as I was rebalancing the allowances to include the credit card. Unlike politicians I don't have an opposing political party to blame any spending issues on. Exciting weigh in this morning. So close to that 300 lb (136 kg) goal. Exciting that this is a record for the year and at this rate I'm only a couple of days away from beating the average for 2015 Woke up surprisingly early this morning. (For me anyway.) It was quite gloomy this morning and it was really warm again this afternoon. I was thinking that it would have been really humid, but it...

Weight: 302.6 lbs ( 137.2 kg) BMI: 38.8 Waist: 51 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Sausage Eggs and Cheese  Lunch: Pork Steak Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Monster, Sparkling Water, Celsius, Sober Year 1 (Day 597) Keto Month 5 (Day 163) (208/365 Days 2026 Keto) The last couple of nights my phone wasn't charged all of the way so I've been leaving it on the charge plate on the other side of the room. I was listening to ASMR Historian and other science kinds of things that are supposedly supposed to help you fall asleep. But I think I slept better with the phone off and across the room. The charge plate still charges the phone even when the computer is off, I'm not sure how I feel about that. More than a little annoyed that the phone is still saying “Moisture in charge port” but the rest of the phone is working fine. This morning before work I went ahead and did the Preapproval for the credit card. It showed that I was preapproved for two cards. The c...

Weight: 301.6 lbs ( 136.8 kg) BMI: 38.7 Waist: 51 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Snack: Peanuts Lunch: Bratwursts, Pork Rinds, Queso Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Celsius, Kroger Energy Shot, 20oz Dt Dr Pepper Sober Year 1 (Day 596) Keto Month 5 (Day 162) (207/365 Days 2026 Keto) I didn't get the post done yesterday. I was in a really heavy, “What am I doing with my life” mood. It was hard to put that into a post without making it so somebody who read it pretty concerned about me. The post as I wrote it kept coming out heavier than what I was feeling. It wasn't a very productive thought, but it was a hard one to shake. Was in a lot better mood today though. Very encouraging number on the scale this morning. Happiness isn't a number on the scale, but it would be fun to beat three "Short Goals" in one year.  Still was a bit slow waking up this morning. I did get up early enough to cook breakfast a...

Weight: 302.8 lbs ( 137.3 kg) BMI: 38.9 Waist: 51.0 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Sausage Eggs Cheese Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Celsius Sober Year 1 (Day 593) Keto Month 5 (Day 159) (204/365 Days 2026 Keto) Slept a lot better last night than I did the night before. Whatever was causing that soreness in my belly seems to have started healing. Still not sure what caused it, but I did notice the soreness after I was at the DMV. So maybe I sat down too long and jumped up to harshly and pulled something? IDK, but it feels a lot better this evening. Probably because I got to bed last night pretty early I woke up earlier than usual this morning. The watch gave me a pretty low “Sleep Score” because it said that I woke up at 3am and for awhile after that. I don't remember waking up. I'm guessing that there was a system update and since it couldn't track my sleep it didn't think that I was asleep. I'm...

Weight: 302.7 lbs ( 137.3 kg) BMI: 38.9 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Rib-Eye Steak and Eggs Lunch: Pork Steak Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 591) Keto Month 5 (Day 157) (202/365 Days 2026 Keto) Had a bit of a hard time falling asleep last night. I think I had too many energy drinks again yesterday. Kind of that feedback loop I'm tired so I drink energy drinks all day, so I don't sleep right, so I am tired the next day, so I buy too many energy drinks the next day. I'm not going to go full decaffeinated, but I do think I'll try to cut down on how many I drink a day. Especially as I had a couple of cans today and I felt no effect from them. Another thing that probably made me tired was the fact that I finally got around to getting to the DMV to get my Drivers License updated. It wasn't going to expire for another 5 years, but the credit card applications have a line that ask about Physical ...

Weight: 304.1 lbs ( 137.9 kg) BMI: 39.0 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Pork Steak, Queso, Pork Rinds Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 588) Keto Month 4 (Day 149) (199/365 Days 2026 Keto) I worked 10am to8 pm today so I didn't have much time to do anything before work. I woke up two hours before I had to be there, but I just couldn't build momentum to do anything. I did have breakfast this morning. When I did leave for work I was running just barely enough time to get in. I was a carryout for the first chunk of the day and then in the desk for another good chunk of the day. Today was the last Friday of the month and it also happened to be the last day of the month so a lot of people were running into the store to use up their monthly benefits before they reset for the month (I'm assuming that's how that works) I did kind of get into an argument with a lady...

Weight: 305.1 lbs ( 138.4 kg) BMI: 39.2 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Pork Steak, Cottage Cheese Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Red Bull, Celsius Energy Sober Year 1 (Day 587) Keto Month 4 (Day 148) (198/365 Days 2026 Keto) I didn't get a chance to get yesterdays post done as although I did get off earlier than I normally do I spent the evening trying to beat the “Dead Money” DLC for Fallout New Vegas. I have to say that has a really unsatisfying ending. The story is that a guy is trying to use you to break into a casino vault so he can use the technology left behind from before the apocalyptic nuclear war that happened in that game's timeline. And there is a way to lock him in the vault and steal all of the gold in the vault. But it takes some finesse as if you're carrying all of the gold your character is “overburdened” and can't walk very fast. So I spent all evening trying t...

Weight: 302.1 lbs ( 137.0 kg) BMI: 38.8 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Pork Steak Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 585) Keto Month 4 (Day 146) (196/365 Days 2026 Keto) Progress is a hell of a motivator. Happiness is not a number on the scale, but it is exciting to see such progress over the year. I'm down 19.4 lbs since the beginning of the year and down 30.5 pounds since this day last year. The average this year is at 313.23 which is only 1.04 lbs up from the average for 2015 of 312.19. So unless something goes seriously wrong I should be able to have the average for 2026 beat the average for 2015. I don't think I'll be able to beat the average for 2014 as that is 294.13. I don't think I could make the average for this year go down that far without cutting something off. I went to the bank today to ask them about credit building loans and the like. Mom asked i...

Weight: 302.9 lbs ( 137.4 kg) BMI: 38.9 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Savage Slim Jim, Vienna Sausages Lunch: Air Fryer Pork Steak Snack: Savage Slim Jim Dinner: Pan Fried Pork Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 581) Keto Month 4 (Day 142) (192/365 Days 2026 Keto) Down in wight this morning, but not by enough to get that excited about. I was still curious about the air fryer so I thought of cooking a pork steak for lunch. I do have to say that is a quick and convenient way to cook that steak. I was excited that the issue with the phone plugging in has seemed to clear with that cleaning I did a while back. I was trying to get the phone to connect to the car. But it still doesn't seem to want to connect. The blue tooth hasn't worked for a while, but I was hoping that the wired connection would work, but the screen just says “Can't Read Device” I'm not sure if that's an issue with the phone, the car, or...

Weight: 309.3 lbs ( 140.3 kg) BMI: 39.7 Waist: 53.5 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 72.3% Breakfast: X Lunch: Italian Dressing Marinated Pork Tenderloin, Pepper Jack Cheese Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 569) nice Keto Month 4 (Day 130) (180/365 Days 2026 Keto) Good weight this morning compared to the last couple of days. Still up for the month, but sill 12.2 lbs down for the year so far. I've been taking a regimen of Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen to keep tooth pain under control. Probably been taking too much, but will have to work until Tuesday. I'm not sure if it is related to the tooth pain, but I have been really clumsy. I cannot type worth a damn this morning. And was slightly clumsy all day long. I just couldn't point out correct things and push correct buttons. I bounced around a lot at work. I worked 11am to 6:30. When I got to work I was a cashier for half an hour, spent a couple of hours at Self Checkout, lunch, t...

Weight: 313.6 lbs ( 142.2 kg) BMI: 40.2 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: X Lunch: Bratwursts, Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Skipped Breakfast again today. Seemed to react better to that today than I did yesterday. I still felt mentally low all day. It took all day to edit the General Update video that I wanted to have done yesterday. Not that it needed a lot of editing, it was just that I really couldn't watch it. I am not very confident in that video. It was kind of me droning on about some of the events of last month. Baked Bratwursts for lunch. The bratwursts that I cooked yesterday (Monday) were quite burnt so I didn't cook today's for as long. But I didn't let them cool before eating so that was a bit of a challenge because they were quite warm while eating. I did take the time to run into town to restock on Monster Energy drinks (not sponsored) for my locker. And there was a digital coupon on Johnsonvil...

Weight: 307.1 lbs ( 139.3 kg) BMI: 39.4 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Pork Steak w/Salsa and Taco Seasoning Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 559) Keto Month 3 (Day 119) (169/365 Days 2026 Keto) I didn't get the general update video recorded like I wanted to today. I will be honest, I got distracted by Fallout 3. It is fun to wonder the Capital Wasteland. My current save is rather low leveled so I'm wondering around enjoying the game leveling up my character before I get into the main quest. After playing Fallout New Vegas, Fallout 3 does feel kind of flat. In New Vegas for example there are various gangs and factions of raiders in 3 raiders are all just raiders. Slept considerably better last night than I did the previous night. I was still tired over the day I'm guessing I'm still recovering from the lack of sleep Sunday/Monday night/morning. ...

Weight: 308.8 lbs ( 140.0 kg) BMI: 39.6 Waist: 53 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Pork Steak and Eggs Lunch: Baked Chicken https://youtu.be/rfHQy-XdDxE Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 549) Keto Month 3 (Day 112) (162/365 Days 2026 Keto) Rushed post as I had started it quite late. I have been working on getting store story videos done. It is fun that I have two videos recorded so far this week and a third one scripted out. I figured if I get as many store story videos done as possible I could start getting some of the other videos that I want to do done. They say that to become successful on YouTube you have to pick a niche and stick to that one thing and that's the one thing that you do. To me that sounds boring. Although I don't know of any other channels that talk about a variety of things. But I do want to do Book Reports, and Movie Reviews and other Vlog Videos. I want to do more than just complain a...

Weight: 309.4 lbs ( 140.3 kg) BMI: 39.7 Waist: 53 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Bar-S Hot Dogs Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 548) Keto Month 3 (Day 111) (161/365 Days 2026 Keto) WTF is that weight this morning? The weight this month really seems to crawl down for a couple of days and then JUMP back up. It's still lower than the other times that it had jumped up, the frustration is that it's down, it's down, I'm making progress, I'm...oops never mind. Today was the Solstice. The longest day of the year. Technically the beginning of summer, although the days do get shorter after today. As the store I work at faces south I thought it would be interesting to see if the north side of the store ever gets sunlight. A simple point I'm sure. But I had noticed that at this latitude the sun never really gets all of the way to the top of the sky. That happens closer to the equato...

Weight: 307.2 lbs ( 139.3 kg) BMI: 39.4 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: Pork Steak with Salsa Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 544) Keto Month 3 (Day 107) (157/365 Days 2026 Keto) Had a strange dream last night. All dreams are strange to me as I rarely have dreams. But in the dream I had decided to be an Over-the-Road trucker. I didn't have any training or an actual job as a driver I just decided to go to a warehouse and pick up a truck. I was driving around for a while before realizing that I had left my phone in my car so I had to go back to where I left my car to get my phone, but I couldn't remember which state I left the car in. A strange thing is that in the dream I ran across Roommate and the meeting was rather jovial. He wanted to hang out, but I had to go find my phone so I ran off on him. It kind of makes me wonde...

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: 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: 308.5 lbs ( 139.9 kg) BMI: 39.6 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% (nice) Breakfast: Sausage Patties and Eggs Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 534) Keto Month 3 (Day 97) (147/365 Days 2026 Keto) A bit down for today, annoyed that the weight jumps up but crawls down. It is good that the waist is down. It's been a while since it was that far down. I'm pretty sure that 51 inches is the record. I worked 12 to 9 today so I had some extra time before work. When I woke up Step-Dad was already cooking sausage and eggs for breakfast. And as I was sitting around before work I started on the script for the next Store Story. These weekly scripted videos are going to be a serious grind. Props to the people who are able to get that done. But then again a good number of people who are successful on YouTube have massive teams behind them and I'm kind of a One-Man-Band. As I worked later th...

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: 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...