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Weight: 305.9 lbs ( 138.7 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Seltzer, Monster, Red Bull, Sober Year 1 (Day 492) Keto Month 1 (Day 55) (99/365 Days 2026 Keto) Nobody is ever going to accuse the Federal Government of being overly efficient. When I moved in the beginning of April I filled out a change of address form. When I filled it out I asked the lady if I filled it out with my first name that might cause confusion as I usually go by my middle name of Mark. She said to go ahead and fill out the form and just put Mark in quotations and that should make everything clear. Then last week I received a letter from the post office addressed to “Mark” acknowledging my change of address. I was meaning to go to the post office to ask if that applied to my first name as well. I haven't updated my drivers license or car registration yet because I'm...

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: 307.3 lbs ( 139.4 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Bar-S Hot Dogs Dinner: Members Mark Hot Dogs and Green Beans Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 490) Keto Month 1 (Day 53) (97/365 Days 2026 Keto) Tried to go to bed on time last night, but again brain just wasn't tired. Sitting at the computer I can't even keep my eyes open, but when I go to bed my brain is doing jumping jacks and back flips. Waking up this morning I think I figured out why they call that breed of dog a “shit zu” Mom's little dog Shelby was just yapping her little head off. I hadn't fallen asleep until 2:30, but there goes Shelby yapping around at around 7:45.  Good loss on the scale. The tape measure seems to have gone missing, but that number doesn't change much so I'll just assume that it's the same as yesterday's. Spent the day at the computer. Having another day where I...

Weight: 309.5 lbs ( 140.4 kg) BMI: 39.7 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Pork Steak Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 489) Keto Month 1 (Day 52) (96/365 Days 2026 Keto) Trying to not get too caught up with the daily fluctuations, but the weight is getting pretty close to the “morbid obese” level again. This morning after breakfast I put a pork steak in the oven for lunch. Mom was working on cleaning the kitchen and I thought I'd be clever and stay out of her way so after the pork steak was done baking I turned off the oven and waited while she cleaned the kitchen as I kind of felt bad that I was cooking while she was trying to clean. She brushed it off, but I still felt bad for making a mess while she was cleaning up a mess. The thing is that after the steak was done baking I had just left it in the hot oven for a while. So yeah, it was quite cooked...

Weight: 308.4 lbs ( 139.9 kg) BMI: 39.6 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Johnsonville Jalapeno Cheddar Smoked Sausages, Kroger BBQ Pork Rinds Dinner: Mixed Nuts Drinks: Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 489) Keto Month 1 (Day 52) (96/365 Days 2026 Keto) Did fall asleep pretty good last night. Had a bit of a hard time getting up this morning as I was just so comfortable. I did have an argument with myself because it is my day off, but if I lay in bed all day I'll get frustrated that I didn't do anything when I was off of work. I was slow getting up and going around. It was about the usual 8am by the time I got out of the bedroom, but was still slow getting around. By the time I got up and going it was kind of late to get coffee. I did get the laundry done today. Which is a bit quicker now that I'm doing it weekly instead of monthly. I also managed to take the inventory of the meat I have in the garag...

Weight: 307.8 lbs ( 139.6 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Snack: Spicy Peanuts Lunch: Hormel Pork Loin Lemon Garlic Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 487) Keto Month 1 (Day 50) (94/365 Days 2026 Keto) Slept better last night...once I fell asleep. A little annoyed by the scale. Yesterday was up 0.1 lbs, today is down 0.1 lbs. Kinda makes you wonder the point. A “stall” is four weeks to several months. It was nice when the weight was dropping quickly, not sure if that stage is over for a bit. Who knows perhaps that time when it was dropping like crazy was the easy part and now is when Dr Berry's “Vitamin P” comes into play. Step-Dad was nice enough to cook breakfast this morning. Was surprised to see that all of the eggs were double yolked. Going to buy a lottery ticket. Trying to think of things to do before I go to work. But really couldn'...

Weight: 307.8 lbs ( 139.6 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Pork Steak Snack: Cashews Dinner: Crust-less Turkey Pot Pie Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 485) Keto Month 1 (Day 48) (92/365 Days 2026 Keto) Up this morning, but only up to what it was a couple of days ago. Still down 13.7 pounds for the year. Busy this morning helping Mom putting things away since the floor is all done. I was able bake a pork steak for lunch before work. Was a really running day today. There was a forecast of possible storms coming through today so everybody freaked out and ran to the store. I heard that a really good line of storms developed south of town. Mom said that Wichita got hit pretty hard. But as for our town it was just some dark clouds that developed and moved through. I do have to say that the weather that we got here was absolutely beautiful. It w...

Weight: 306.3 lbs ( 138.9 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 51 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 484) Keto Month 1 (Day 47) (91/365 Days 2026 Keto) Had a hard time falling asleep last night (Wednesday into Thursday) Just couldn't convince my body and mind that I was tired. Really good weight this morning. Not quite a record for the year, but not far off. Spent a lot of time this morning re-balancing the budget as General Savings had reached the “Full” goal. It's really exciting to reach “Full” on any of the savings accounts without it needing to immediately be needed. I needed to balance things out as since it was full and I don't need to add or remove anything from General Savings I deleted all of the reminders in Quicken of the transfers into General Savings. Now if I can only get Bill Savings and ...

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: 306.8 lbs ( 139.2 kg) BMI: 39.4 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Powerade Zero Strawberry Sober Year 1 (Day 480) Keto Month 1 (Day 44) (88/365 Days 2026 Keto) (Huh, lots of fours in today's numbers) Impressively the chicken that was in the fridge was still frozen so I just grabbed some hot dogs that were in the fridge. When writing that out I always triple check that I'm calling them the right thing as Member's Mark is a Sam's Club brand (not sponsored) and Maker's Mark is a brand of whiskey (not sponsored). Not great for a sobriety blog if I'm making posts saying that I'm having whiskey hot dogs for lunch. I'm off tomorrow so I'll go ahead and bake one batch of chicken tomorrow for lunch. I'll be off all day so I'll have the time to bake it. The other day I ...

Weight: 306.2 lbs ( 138.9 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Snack: Cashews Lunch: Johnsonville Double Cheddar Smoked Sausages Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 478) Keto Month 1 (Day 42) (86/365 Days 2026 Keto) Another record low weight for the year. Only 1.5 lbs (0.7 kg) away from the lowest weight of 2015, which was the second lowest weight recorded. The good news is that Mom's refrigerator is working. The frustrating news is that it's working a bit too well as the chicken I pulled out of the freezer last night was still frozen and didn't have time to bake it before I had to go to work. It should be thawed out by tomorrow I'll try to bake it tomorrow before work. I took another pack of chicken out of the freezer I'm planning on that being thawed by Monday Morning when I will try to bake that before work.  The phone still wasn't...

Weight: 307.9 lbs ( 139.7 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Snack: Cashews Lunch: Pork Steak Snack: Cashews Dinner: Pork Steak with onions peppers and tomatoes Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 477) Keto Month 1 (Day 41) (85/365 Days 2026 Keto) I didn't get the post done last night as I had opened a new savings account for “House Savings” and since I got off late last night I spent all night before bed re-balancing budgets and spreadsheets as I personally am not a member of congress so I can't just blame an opposing party for all of my financial problems. (That was a joke) Mom did tease me about staying in my room all of the time. “Mark you did move into the entire house, not just the bedroom” Well, that's just where the computer is. And it's not like I'm just staring at the wall. I am actually working on things. Not quite as much as I would have liked to have gotten done, but I do feel li...

Weight: 310.7 lbs ( 140.9 kg) BMI: 39.9 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Hormel Pork Loin Garlic Herb Dinner: Grilled Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 474) Keto Month 1 (Day 38) (82/365 Days 2026 Keto) Grrr, up three pounds from yesterday. Sill under the “Morbid Obese” so still making progress. What was exciting was that my waist was at 52 inches (132.1 cm) I'm pretty sure that's the lowest waistline that I've recorded on here. In Mom's Laundry room there is a rack of stuff that blocked off the breaker panel and as the plumber was scheduled to come out this morning we had to get the stuff off of the rack to move that rack so he could turn off the breaker to the water well. Right after we moved everything off of the rack and she cleaned the laundry room the plumber called and said that he had a family emergency and will try to come out tomorrow. While Mom was...

Weight: 307.7 lbs ( 139.6 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: AI Pizza Casserole Dinner: Strip Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 473) Keto Month 1 (Day 37) (81/365 Days 2026 Keto) Whoohoo another record down for the year. I wasn't able to upload last night as it was a bit late already when I got home last night and I had yet to assemble my computer after the move. I slept considerably better last night than I did the night before. The night of Saturday going into Sunday I just couldn't fall asleep. I'm not sure what the issue was, new pillows? New bed? New Room? But I was flopping around without sleep. The bed is King Sized, but I kept finding the edge of the bed and had to keep pushing myself back from the edge and kept getting tangled up in the blanket. Slept better last night, but was still really tired. I'm guessing that I'm sti...

Weight: 308.8 lbs (140.0 kg) BMI: 39.6 Waist: 53 in (134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6 Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs  Lunch: Bar-S Hot Dogs Dinner: pepperoni mozzarella wraps Sober Year 1 (Day 471) Keto Month 1 (Day 34) (78/365 Days 2026 Keto) Woke up this morning to a surprise. I had a notification from PayPal. Roommate had sent me the usual amount to cover his half of the rent and "help" with the bills. In the note that I left to announce my intention to move out I told him that I'd leave the decision of rent reimbursement to his discretion I guess that was what he decided to do. I did think of sending a text thanking him. But thought that might come across as sarcastic or harsh. Also had a surprise on the scale. Three days on a row below the Morbidly Obese level! These numbers are crazy.  I was also surprised to see Roommate wake up before I had to go to work. I was busy running around getting things ready to move out tomorrow night. I did try to stay out of his way, but he did seem to...

Weight: 309.3 lbs ( 140.3 kg) BMI: 39.7 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Bar-S Hot Dogs Dinner: Johnsonville Jalapeno Smoked Sausages Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 470) Keto Month 1 (Day 33) (77/365 Days 2026 Keto) Good number on scale this morning. Another record number for this year and only 4.6 lbs (2 kg) away from the lowest weight of 2015, the second lowest weight on record and 22.3 lbs (10.1 kg) away from the lowest weight I've ever recorded that was back in 2014. This morning I went ahead and wrote out the note to Roommate of my intentions and the motivations of moving out. I also started to pack things up. I ran by Walmart (not sponsored) to grab a lock for the storage unit and some tape for the boxes I snagged from the store. Most of the boxes have been broken down so I'll need to put tape on them to hold them together. I didn't get much moved into the storage unit, just ...

Weight: 310.1 lbs ( 140.6 kg) BMI: 39.8 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Steak and Eggs Lunch: AI Pizza Casserole with Garlic Cream Sauce Dinner: Baked Chicken   Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 468) Keto Month 1 (Day 31) (75/365 Days 2026 Keto) Whoo again bumping back up against the “Short Goal” I'm going to call it one whole month Keto even though it's still technically part of the month that I've started up the diet again. But I'm going to call each 30 day period a "month" I did the inventory of the food in the freezer and thawed it out again. It went a bit quicker than previous thawings as I had just thawed it out a couple of weeks ago. The ice had built up again so that the fan in the freezer was buzzing against the ice. Most of it had the consistency of snow, but it was still building up. I'm guessing that it might be because I have the freezer overfilled and there is more moisture i...

Weight: 312.0 lbs ( 141.5 kg) BMI: 40.1 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Bar-S Hot Dogs Dinner: X Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Celsius Astro Vibe, Sober Year 1 (Day 467) (the number 467 feels like it has some sort of significance, but I can't think of what, perhaps it's the 67 meme) Keto Week 4 (Day 30) (74/365 Days 2026 Keto) When I got up this morning I wrote a note. All it had was a list of the utilities. (Internet, Electricity, Gas, and Water.) The totals and then halved that added in the half of the rent and left it on Roommates Table. When he got up this afternoon I expected a reaction. He was absolutely incensed. He refused to have any sort of conversation at all about it. He asked why he should pay anything. I tried to ask why I should be paying for everything. I don't know I might have considered some sort of compromise. But no as soon as he saw his half of the bills he asked how he was supposed to p...

Weight: 315.0 lbs ( 142.9 kg) BMI: 40.4 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Snack: 2x Cashews Lunch: Italian Sausage Soup Snack: Cashews Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 466) Keto Week 4 (Day 29) (73/365 Days 2026 Keto) Had a hard time waking up today. Spent most of the morning fighting the autopilot. I did manage to drink the pot of coffee before work, but even then I was just kind of barely above flat line on brain power. The Customer Service Manager was telling me about how a lot of people are due to do their yearly re-certifications on their computer training and names and terms were just kind of going through one ear and out through the other. I'm pretty sure that I got most of the people to do most of the training that they were supposed to do (I think). They do have a list so I'm sure that in a week or so they'll release a new list of who sti...