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Weight: 305.8 lbs ( 138.7 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Strip Steak Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 493) Keto Month 1 (Day 56) (100/365 Days 2026 Keto) Had a hard time falling asleep as I had spent all day yesterday (Saturday) chugging energy drinks. The headache that I was struggling with over the last couple of days seems to have dissipated. I do kind of wonder if the headache was a caffeine withdraw as I had less than the normal amount of caffeine in the previous days and then when I had energy drinks and coffee the headache went away. After cooking breakfast I went ahead and cooked a strip steak for lunch. I was a bit nervous as to how it would turn out after microwaving it at lunch. When I cooked it it was bit rarer than I would have normally had cooked it, but I was in a bit of a rush. But at lunch when I microwaved it the steak cooked a bit mo...

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: 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: 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: 306.2 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: 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: 315.1 lbs ( 142.9 kg) BMI: 40.5 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Low Carb Jambalaya Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Apple Cider Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 452) Keto Week 2 (Day 16) (60/365 Days 2026 Keto) Whoa, 7.4 pounds (3.4 kg) in 4 days. I don't know if that's because of the tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar that I've been putting in the morning coffee, but it is an interesting correlation that after putting vinegar in the coffee I've started dropping weight like crazy. Waist is up a bit, but the gut does feel like it's sagging more in the front. Lowest weight since 2015, and the lowest ever recorded on here. It would be fun to get under the 314.8 lbs that I started at back in 2014. So lowest weight in 10 years.  Got the oil changed today. I was thinking of going to do the grocery shopping after doing that, but while I was waiting on them to do the oil change a technician ca...

Weight: 320.2 lbs ( 145.2 kg) BMI: 41.1 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Instant Pot Chili   Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 445) Keto Week 1 (Day 8) (52/365 Days 2026 Keto) Daylight Savings Time threw off the timing of this post and spent a while writing up a statement for something that happened at work. Will write a post tomorrow about what happened, but don't have time to write it out tonight.

Weight: 322.9 lbs ( 146.5 kg) BMI: 41.5 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs   Lunch: Stuffed Bell Pepper soup   Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 419) Keto Week 1 (Day 13) (36/365 Days 2026 Keto) The scale is teasing me. It just wants me to think that I was starting to make progress. I was scheduled to work 10:30am to 8pm today. I worked the longer day because I was scheduled to do some of the yearly re-certification training. But running the desk a lot the last week or two I had a lot of standing around time so I was able to finish the training lessons that I was supposed to have been doing today all of last week. Today was a real run around. I was scheduled to do the training for an hour and a half, but since I had already finished I just went ahead and did the carryout thing that was scheduled to do the rest of the day. But the lady who was working in a lot of differe...

Weight: 320.7 lbs ( 145.4 kg) BMI: 41.2 Waist: 53.5 in ( 135.9 cm) WtHr: 72.3% Breakfast: Egg Stuff   Lunch: Fathead Lasagna   Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 412) Keto Day 6 (29/365 Days 2026 Keto) Scale was down this morning. Not by much, but down is down. And waist is also down. Err downish, annoyingly enough it is at the same measurement it was at the beginning of the year so the projection is completely flat. When I got to making breakfast there were only three eggs. When I cook bacon and eggs I eat 4 eggs and 4 strips of bacon. There's nothing saying that I'm required to have 4 eggs and 4 strips of bacon. But I feel like it would have thrown things off to only have 3 eggs. But it was an excuse to run to the store and grab the stuff to make Egg Stuff. It's been a while since I've had the egg scramble. I do have to say that my stomach really didn't like my breakfast decision. I swea...

Weight: 321.2 lbs ( 145.7 kg) BMI: 41.2 Waist: 53.5 in ( 135.9 cm) WtHr: 72.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: AI Pizza Casserole with Garlic Cream Sauce Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee with cream, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 400) Keto Day 1 (18/365 Days 2026 Keto) Disappointing jump on the scale this morning, but I did have a lot of spaghetti last night. Even if I wasn't trying to do Keto, two full plates of pasta really isn't good for trying to lose weight. Still down for the year so most of the projections are going down. Belly was up .5 inches on the measurement, however was surprising that it wasn't up more. My stomach felt like it was really bloated this morning. Again, not sure how much of that is because of the two big plates of pasta I had last night. I work 2pm to 10 today. The time before work today wasn't very productive as I'm used to waiting around until I have to go to wor...

Weight: 318.8 lbs ( 144.6 kg) BMI: 40.9 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Southwestern Detox Soup   Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 398) Keto Week 1 (Day 14) (17/365 Days 2026 Keto) Nice to see down on the scale and the waistline. The down on both of those are showing the lowest points of both of those numbers for the year so far. I spent a lot of the day cleaning up the tags on the blog and looking over them it looks like this is the lowest weight I've recorded since I started this format of the blog. I'm thinking about coming up with more “short goals” as most of the goals on my weight are above the current short goal of 310 lbs Roommate was up in his room taking a nap and the dog started whining at the back door. I think the dog just wanted to go outside just to sniff at everything. It was freaking cold outside. We've been really lucky this winter and it...

Weight: 322.8 lbs ( 146.4 kg) BMI: 41.4 Waist: 53.5 in ( 135.9 cm) WtHr: 72.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Southwestern Detox Soup   Snack: Savage Slim Jim Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 388) Keto Day 4 (7/365 Days 2026 Keto) I tried to do meditation last night but I don't remember how it went because the last thing I remember is thinking to myself that I'm starting to meditate and then I woke up this morning. I don't remember any dreams last night. But I also don't remember getting up to go to the bathroom, but my watch said I had 22 steps and that would be how many steps I would have had between my room and the bathroom and back. The sleep record said I had a good sleep score, but I didn't fall asleep until 1:25 and I didn't get much deep sleep. Another down on the scale today. It's only down 0.2 lbs (3oz or 90 grams) but a down is a down. And it's only 1.3 lbs (0.6 k...

Weight: 325.7 lbs ( 147.7 kg) BMI: 41.8 Waist: 55 in (139.7 cm) WtHr: 74.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Johnsonville Jalapeno Cheddar Smoked Sausages Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Kroger Energy Shot Sober Year 1 (Day 376) Keto Day 6 The wind is going absolutely crazy out there this morning. I saw a clip on Facebook of another town their power lines are sparking as they sway in the wind. Praying that their (an our) power stays on. Coffee pot decided to give up the ghost this morning. That and some of the videos that I've been coming across about how caffeine blocks some nutrients kind of makes me think of getting back to the roots of this blog. When I started this it was to be a “Decaffenation” blog (lol the spell check wants to correct it to “Defecation”) Roommate let his dog out of his bedroom, but he didn't come downstairs. I went ahead and took the dog out because Dog was whining pretty hard ...

Weight: 325.6 lbs ( 147.7 kg) BMI: 41.8 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: AI Chili Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sober Year 1 (Day 368) Keto Day 7 I worked 10am to 7pm a little earlier than I normally do so I had to eat breakfast in a bit of a hurry. I had woke up slowly and was just kind of puttering around I noticed that it was getting on a little past 9am while I was cooking breakfast and that would have been a little more than an hour before I started getting really ready for work as I had already showered. And then I realized that, “Oh yeah, I work early today!” I'm glad that I figured that out at 9:23 and not 10:05 when they would have been calling me asking where I was. I did have time to eat breakfast properly, but I didn't have time to drink all of the coffee that I would have. A couple of the doctors that I follow online are saying that drinking too much coffee is a really b...

Weight: ? lbs ( ? kg) BMI: ? Waist: 55 in (139.7 cm) WtHr: 74.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Thanksgiving at Grandma's Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Nestle Hot Cocoa with mini marshmallows Sober Month 11 (Day 335) Scale is still dead. So I don't know how much I weigh. I am off Thanksgiving so I bought some Hot Cocoa last night and woke up early this morning to try to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (not sponsored) but apparently you have to have an antenna to watch the broadcast on TV or have one of the various streaming subscriptions. I did find a couple of live streams of it playing, but it was just being filmed from somebody standing on the side of the street with a camera as the floats and balloons went by. It just didn't feel right. I did like the hot chocolate this morning. I microwaved some milk to make it this morning, but I think I'll put some in my coffee tomorrow morning. Appar...

Weight: 332.4 lbs ( 150.8 kg) BMI: 42.7 Waist: 55 in (139.7 cm) WtHr: 74.3% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Baked Chicken Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Unsweetened Tea Sober Month 10 (Day 313) Because of the ending of Daylight Savings Time I inadvertently posted a little earlier than I normally do last night. As I was going to bed I noticed that it was just getting to 11pm, I usually post around midnight. But I was so tired by eyes were starting to stick closed. Even so the sleep tracking app still says I was awake until after 2am. And I still woke up at 8am, even though I should be used to be waking up an hour earlier because of the time change. Spent a while thawing out the freezer. It's not completely thawed out as there is still ice in the back of the box, but at least the vents are uncovered so the food in the fridge will stay good. I'm sure that leaving a bit of ice in the back of the freezer isn't very g...

Weight: 334.4 lbs ( 151.7 kg) BMI: 42.9 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Low Carb Jambalaya   Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Low Carb Monster, Sober Month 10 (Day 306) That was kind of weird I woke up this morning thinking about some Fanfictions that I had written quite some time ago. What was strange was that I hadn't really been active on the FanFiction site in over a decade. It was just a random thought that I woke up to. And then this afternoon I got an email that somebody had added one of my stories from almost 20 years ago to their favorites list. It was just kind of a fan version of the Digimon Anime. Just the original story had grade school age kids, and my story had High School age kids because I was just out of High School when I was writing it. It didn't really have a plan behind the story so it never got past the second chapter when the kids got transported into the Digital World. I tried to...

Weight: 331.4 lbs ( 150.3 kg) BMI: 42.5 Waist: 54 in (137.2 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Steak and Eggs Lunch: Lasagna Soup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGUk1rwXaAc Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sober Month 9 (Day 273) Keto Week 3 (Day 28) I forgot to post yesterday as I was too busy playing with the new spreadsheet. I had put the pay check into the sheet to see how the paycheck this year compared to last year. And somehow it was saying that my net balance more than $400 over than what I had this time last year. And that REALLY didn't seem right as my grand total is sitting at $147. So I had spent WAY too long over the last couple of days putting the totals of the different accounts into the spreadsheet to see the balances of the different accounts and see how they compared to each other. So I had put the totals of each account for every day for the last three years. Making me think of all of the stuff that I had to deal with the last three...

Weight: 330.4 lbs ( 149.9 kg) BMI: 42.4 Waist: 53 in (135.9 cm)  WtHr: 72.3% Breakfast: Pork Steak and Eggs  Snack: Vienna Sausages Lunch: AI Chili   Snack: Pork Rinds  Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster, Sugar Free Red Bull, Kroger Energy Shot Sober Month 8 (Day 263) Keto Week 2 (Day 18) Disappointing jump in the weight this morning. But it's still lower than most of the month so far. I'm guessing that the weight jump today was because of how much seltzer that I drank last night as I was really quite thirsty.  Breakfast was a pork steak and eggs. It wasn't a very big steak, why I chose to have it for breakfast instead of dinner. It was a strangely shaped steak so parts of it was burning while some other parts were nearly still raw. It still worked. I do have to say that the eggs cooked in beef drippings is considerably better than in the pork, but still not bad.  I wasn't very productive at work today. A ...