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Weight: 301.5 lbs ( 136.8 kg) BMI: 38.7 Waist: 51 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Snacks: Vienna Sausages, Blue Diamond low salt almonds Lunch: Bacon Cheeseburger Soup pork rinds Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Celsius Energy Sober Year 1 (Day 690) Keto Kount Day 5 Weird start to the day this morning. I just couldn't shake the feeling that I was supposed to be doing something. Why wasn't I doing this one thing? But what was that thing I was supposed to be doing? Pretty steady day all day. I was scheduled to be Supervisor all day. I was a little nervous when I saw that we only had three cashiers all day long and it was only one at a time and the cashier for the afternoon was a lady that I have a hard time saying kind things about. She's not a bad person. She's...just...very...deliberate. She...just...can't...do...any? Thing? She's been working there for several years now and she's jus...

Weight: 301.4 lbs ( 136.7 kg) BMI: 38.7 Waist: 51 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Snack: Pistachios Lunch: Bacon Cheeseburger Soup pork rinds Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Kroger Energy Shot Sober Year 1 (Day 687) Keto Kount Day 2 Rushed post as I was scheduled to work until 9 tonight, and I'm not sure what happened to the last two hours, but they evaporated as I recovered from work. I ran self checkout for several hours today. I really don't like running self checkout. The new machines run better than the old ones did. But only because they're newer machines. A lot of the hardware is new, but all of the software is the old style so a lot of the frustration of getting people through the machines is still the same frustrations as before. I tried to convince myself that I really wasn't hungry and I really didn't need a snack. But the temptation took over, I knew that the cashews were putt...

Weight: 302.7 lbs ( 137.3 kg) BMI: 38.9 Waist: 51 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 686) Keto Kount Day 1 Well, that was incredibly frustrating. I spent the last couple of hours trying to update the “Full weight tracking and projection” spreadsheet to get ready for next year. Not sure why I was doing it this early as I still have a couple of months before the new year starts. But I thought it would be good to get it done before it got here. I was rushing to get it done then ...Bad Allocation... OpenOffice just crashed taking out everything I wrote down the entire day and the couple of hours of updates to the spreadsheet. -_- It's not a hard thing to do, it's just a lot of moving things around and putting data in. not hard, just time consuming. And now I have to remember what all I had written down for the day. It...

Weight: 306.1 lbs ( 138.8 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 51 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: The Barn Chicken Fried Steak, Mac and Cheese, Mashed Potatoes Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Dr Pepper Sober Year 1 (Day 685) Keto Day 0 Okay restarting the Keto Kount. This is not a failure, it's more of figuring out the stall in the weight loss. I never uninstalled the calorie counting app on my phone from years ago. The calorie counter not only tracks the calories of the food it also gives you a breakdown of the nutritional facts of the food as well. And I was surprised to see the amount of carbs I was eating over the last few days. It isn't why I haven't been posting lately, that's been a different issue. But the other day when I put the tube of cashews into the tracking app it looked like that single serving of Cashews was almost half of the allotted for a single day. And the Johnsonville Jalapeno Cheddar Smoked Sausage...

Weight: 305.0 lbs ( 138.3 kg) BMI: 39.2 Waist: 51 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Air Fried Chicken Thighs Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Dr Pepper Zero Sober Year 1 (Day 672) Keto Month 7 (Day 232) (275/365 Days 2026 Keto) It looks like I'll have to go over the numbers again to count the days sober/Keto/etc as looking at the count again it was off by a bit. Now that it's in the “creepy season” I'm a little disappointed that I missed marking the 666th day sober. That could have been fun. Really not sure what happened to yesterday (Tuesday). Tuesday is my day off so I just kind of laid around surprised by the passing of hours. I went to write down the blog of the day, but was surprised that it was half past midnight. Not that I had much to say about yesterday. I did get a set of Stuffed Bell Pepper Soup made for the coming week's lunches. It was kind of sad last night when Mom was putt...

Weight: 302.3 lbs ( 137.1 kg) BMI: 38.8 Waist: 50.5 in ( 128.3 cm) WtHr: 68.2% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Grandma's Chili Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Celsius Energy Sober Year 1 (Day 660) Keto Month 7 (Day 229) (272/365 Days 2026 Keto) Haven't been feeling that great over the last couple of days. When the weather switches dramatically it really sets off my sinuses. And that was a heck of a swap in the weather. It was about 94 (34 C) one day and two days later it was 58 (14 C) and it felt like I got smacked in the face by a 2x4 Really fighting the motivation to not do anything the last several days. Not sure if it was because of the weather change, the fact that I was on vacation and not doing anything, or what. But I just couldn't find the motivation to do anything. Yeah, back to work today as last week was the last week of vacation for the year. I think I have one more single day of PTO, but I'm not sure ...

Weight: 299.1 lbs ( 135.6 kg) BMI: 38.4 Waist: 51 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Mom's Chili Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 656) Keto Month 7 (Day 225) (268/365 Days 2026 Keto) Nice to be under 300 lbs (<136 kg) again. We'll see if it stays that way. I'm pretty sure that I have a yet to see two days in a row that were under that amount. I had bacon and eggs for breakfast and that was about the last normal thing of the day. I've never been diagnosed with ADHD, but today was very kind of coded like that. Mom had a couple of Doctor appointments today so while she was out I was going to record a Store Story video. I was about to push record on my phone when the AC came on, so I better turn that off so it doesn't have the sound in the background of the video. (I'm sure nobody can hear it, but I can hear it come on and off while I'm recording.) But wait today was Tues...

Weight: 302.0 lbs ( 137.0 kg) BMI: 38.8 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Air Fried Chicken Dinner: Pork Steak with Cabbage bell pepper and onion Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 655) Keto Month 7 (Day 224) (267/365 Days 2026 Keto) Yesterday morning Step-Dad asked me why I had stopped doing these posts. I've been telling myself every day for the last week or so, “I'll totally do it tomorrow.” Ask Orphan Annie about tomorrow. If I gave a reason for not posting it would be a lie. I really was going to make this post last night, but I finally got around to going back to playing Fallout New Vegas and lost track of the time. I'll see if I have an excuse today. I found out that my old roommate is still alive. Or at least he was alive as of a week or two ago. I haven't heard anything from or of him since I moved out back in April. I keep trying to tell myself that he isn't my fault. But if he h...

Weight: 302.6 lbs ( 137.2 kg) BMI: 38.8 Waist: 51 in ( 128.3 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin, Queso, Pork Rinds Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Celsius Energy Sober Year 1 (Day 642) Keto Month 7 (Day 211) (254/365 Days 2026 Keto) My ankles and knees were a whole lot happier when I was on vacation. Later in the evening my right knee felt like if I were able to move it right it would make a really nasty pop. Weight has been kind of trickling up the last couple of days. Slightly annoyed that it' was under 300 lbs for one day and then the next several days it moved back up. Not in a concerning amount each day, just in the direction that I didn't want it to move. I was able to get up to make breakfast before work. Got a bit distracted while cooking so the bacon was a little more crispy than I'd prefer. Really trying to think of what to write for the day. I was carryout for most of...

Weight: 302.4 lbs ( 137.2 kg) BMI: 38.8 Waist: 51 in ( 128.3 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Smithfield Pork Loin, Queso, Pork Rinds Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Kroger Energy Shot Sober Year 1 (Day 641) Keto Month 6 (Day 210) (253/365 Days 2026 Keto) Cooked the pork loin last night before bed. I cut it in half so I had half today and I'll have the other half tomorrow. Not sure why I couldn't make the post yesterday. As soon as I sat at the computer my brain just shut down. Today was first day back from vacation. First day always kind of sucks. I don't know why, but whenever I get back from vacation the first couple of days I have annoying experiences play over and over in my mind. These are experiences that happened years, sometimes over a decade ago. But they're in the front of my brain making me frustrated and annoyed. I have to be careful that I don't snap at somebody because I was thinkin...

Weight: 302.9 lbs ( 137.4 kg) BMI: 38.9 Waist: 51 in ( 128.3 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Air Fried Chicken Drumsticks Dinner: The Barn Restaurant Sirloin, Green Beans, Side Salad Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Seltzer, Diet Coke Sober Year 1 (Day 638) Keto Month 6 (Day 207) (250/365 Days 2026 Keto) That was kind of freaky. I realized that it was getting kind of late so I should wrap up the blog post. But then I saw that I hadn't even opened any of the programs today. I could have sworn that I was staring at them all day. Now I'm trying to think of how much I remembered from today was actually yesterday. I really wasn't wanting to go back to work Sunday, but it might not be a bad idea.  I do know that I was pretty excited this morning as it was the payday that I was planning on transferring money from Bill Savings to pay off the credit card and transferring money into the House Savings. I spent a little bit more on the credit car...

Weight: 303.7 lbs ( 137.7 kg) BMI: 39.0 Waist: 51 in ( 128.3 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water,Seltzer, Sober Year 1 (Day 637) Keto Month 6 (Day 206) (249/365 Days 2026 Keto) Spent the last couple of days trying to play through Half Life 1. I have to say that there aren't a whole lot of polite words to describe the last couple of boss fights in that game. The level design isn't that great so I had to constantly pause the game to go watch a YouTube play through of the game to see where I was supposed to go next. There aren't any quest markers or objective lists or heck the majority of the time there aren't even any other characters that tell you what is going on. I'm all for environmental story telling. There are better ways to tell a player what's going on other than a narrator exposition dumping on you. But there is nothing telling you what you're do...

Weight: 304.6 lbs ( 138.2 kg) BMI: 39.1 Waist: 51 in ( 128.3 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: No Bean Chili  Hot Dogs Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 634) Keto Month 6 (Day 203) (246/365 Days 2026 Keto) I didn't get the post done last night (Saturday) as I had worked later than usual and by the time I had “recovered” from work it was too late to write a post. I did try to read a little bit. Read the chapter where Oliver Twist made his way to London. Which was kind of interesting because I had always thought that the entire book took place in London. Charles Dickens had obscured the starting city so I had just assumed that London was where he started out at. But it took Oliver a couple of days of walking to get there. And I just read that one chapter and when he got to London he was found by another kid who I'm assuming is one of the thieves that the story is known for recruiting little Oliver. I am o...

Weight: 303.5 lbs ( 137.6 kg) BMI: 39.0 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: No Bean Chili Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Monster, Sparkling Water, Celsius Energy Sober Year 1 (Day 631) Keto Month 6 (Day 200) (245/365 Days 2026 Keto) Had to work 9 to 5:30 so I set up a few alarms so I could wake up early enough to get ready for work. I did have time to shower and cook breakfast, but didn't have time to have coffee. I was in the desk for most of the day. Which I was glad for as it got quite warm again today. It looks like next week is going to all be in the mid to upper 70's which I'm looking forward to. I'm am VERY over these 100+ degree (38+ C) days. It is kind of fun how the first day of fall is this coming Tuesday and it looks like the weather is on a switch to fall like weather of 77 (25 C) and cloudy for most of the week. It was kind of frustrating working the desk as I'm still training a new guy. I'...

Weight: 305.0 lbs ( 138.3 kg) BMI: 39.2 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: No Bean Chili Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water Sober Year 1 (Day 630) Keto Month 6 (Day 199) (244/365 Days 2026 Keto) I was able to wake up an convince myself to get out of bed around 8am. It was still close to 10 by the time I showered and started cooking breakfast. I got the chili cooked and the various foods vacuum sealed and put away. I ran into town to pay off the storage fee for the month. I had a strange feeling when driving away from the storage place. It doesn't feel like five months. Every time I pay the monthly storage fee it feels like a couple of days ago. As I was in town anyway I ran by the store to grab some cheese to go in the chili. When I got to the store a lady in a white Lincoln that looked a lot like my Grandma's car. The lady was upset that her car door wasn't opening. I don't kno...

Weight: 305.3 lbs ( 138.5 kg) BMI: 39.2 Waist: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Taco Mix Dinner: Mississippi Roast https://youtu.be/a2WBiX326Ng Drinks: Monster, Sparkling Water Sober Year 1 (Day 629) Keto Month 6 (Day 198) (243/365 Days 2026 Keto) I was really surprised when I saw the time when I woke up this morning. I woke up a little bit and saw that it was a little after 7:30, I blinked, rolled over and then it was almost 10am. It was kind of shocking for me to sleep in that late. Usually I'm jumping out of bed around 8am. By the time I got up and showered I was having breakfast close to 11am. As it was that late in the morning and it felt weird to have breakfast as it was I decided to skip the coffee. I decided to go do a grocery run. I know that Step-Dad grabs some things for me when he does his bi-weekly grocery run. And I do appreciate the thought. However as I eat meat biased lunches I have to buy plastic flatware to eat it with. ...

Weight: 307.7 lbs ( 139.6 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Pork Steak Dinner: Johnsonville Jalapeno Cheddar Smoked Sausages Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Celsius Energy, Kroger Energy Shot Sober Year 1 (Day 621) Keto Month 6 (Day 190) (235/365 Days 2026 Keto) Scale jumped back up this morning. I worked noon to 8 today so I had time to cook breakfast and have some coffee. I also took the time to grill a pork steak for lunch. I did get around to uploading the General Update video today. I kept dozing off while re-watching the video before uploading it. This was after a couple cups of coffee. That might be a bad sign. It kind of sucks that when I try to share the video link on here it doesn't share an embedded link it just shows a blank link. It doesn't even look like one that would be clicked on.  I was carryout all day. I was kind of worried about the heat and sunlight. But it seemed to turn out al...

Weight: 302.1 lbs ( 137.0 kg) BMI: 38.8 Waist: 51 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Dr Pepper Zero Sober Year 1 (Day 615) Keto Month 6 (Day 184) (229/365 Days 2026 Keto) I was really slow to wake up this morning. I remember waking up to hear Mom talking on the phone with Step-Dad at around 8am, then I rolled over suddenly it was almost 10am. I don't think I had a hard time falling asleep last night. It felt kind of odd to cook “breakfast” at almost 11am, but I was starting to get hungry. Good weight this morning. It's nice to start the month with a weight lower than the start of any other month this year. I went ahead and updated the “Short Goal” to 290 lbs (131.5 kg) I don't consider the 300 lb (136.1 kg) goal “beaten” just yet, but it felt strange to set the monthly goal to only 2.1 lbs (0.95 kg) away from the current weight. Even after waking ...

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...