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Weight: 305.2 lbs ( 138.4 kg) BMI: 39.2 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Sausage Patties Eggs and Cheese Lunch: Johnsonville Jalapeno Cheddar Smoked Sausages, Pork Rinds Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Celsius, Sparkling Water, 1.25L Coke Zero Sober Year 1 (Day 547) Keto Month 3 (Day 110) (160/365 Days 2026 Keto) Weight is up a little bit again today. But well under the average for the year so the average is going down. Or at least I'm sure that's how averages work. And it is up, but not enough to get all that wokred up about When I woke up Mom was melting some beeswax to make some of her homemade ointments. As she cooked that she told me that all of the bacon in the fridge was frozen as when I used the last package I didn't take any bacon out of the freezer so I had some sausage patties with eggs this morning. I didn't take the time to cook the lunch before I left for work. I could have as I worked Noon to 9 ...

Weight: 304.6 lbs ( 138.2 kg) BMI: 39.1 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Sausage Patties and Eggs Lunch: Pork Tenderloin Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Celsius Energy, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 545) Keto Month 3 (Day 108) (158/365 Days 2026 Keto) Kind of hitting a writer's block this evening after work. I was scheduled to work a little bit of everywhere on the front end today. Tomorrow I'll be doing the same thing. I'm guessing that's because there are so many people on vacation so they need me to do a lot of different jobs. So this is going to be a shorter post as it took a while to recover from work. Another really good drop on the scale this morning. Probably has something to do with the fact that I had to wake up in the middle of the night to go pee. The scale difference of today from yesterday was about three pounds (1.3 kg), and I'm sure most of that was from about 3:30 am. I don't think I really ...

Weight: 311.6 lbs ( 141.3 kg) BMI: 40 Waist: 53 in ( 134.6 cm) WtHr: 71.6% Breakfast: Sausage Patties and Eggs Lunch: Rib-Eye Steak Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 543) Keto Month 3 (Day 106) (156/365 Days 2026 Keto) Kind of had a hard time building momentum this morning. Just kind of laid in bed for an extra hour, kept telling myself that I needed to get up and get going. I just was kind of lazy this morning. Annoyed that the BMI is still above the “Morbidly Obese” level. Today I wore another one of the new pairs of pants that I had ordered last week. These are pretty conformable as well. They are a lot quieter than the “Tactical Police Pants” I was glad to note that these pant's phone pocket was able to hold my phone as previous pairs of pants the phone pocket was too small for my phone. It was kind of funny on the “tactical pants” there was a warning that you are “required to remove packaging to wear ...

Weight: 305.8 lbs ( 138.7 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Sausage Egg and Cheese Lunch: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Dinner: Roast Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Seltzer Sober Year 1 (Day 539) Keto Month 3 (Day 102) (152/365 Days 2026 Keto) Weight is down from yesterday. Not in any amount to get overly excited about, but I'll take a down. Was kind of wanting something different for breakfast this morning so I had some sausage patties and eggs as the sausage box was already opened. I added salt to the coffee this morning and it did taste better than plain I recorded the current Store Story Video. But I had a hard time finding the desire to edit it. I did get it done and I should have gone ahead and post it for the algorithm (consistency is supposedly King on YouTube success) But I just wasn't feeling like it. Again not a great attitude to have if I'm ever going to find success on the platform. All afternoon I had a hard...

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: 308.4 lbs ( 139.9 kg) BMI: 39.6 Waist: 52 in ( 132.1 cm) WtHr: 70.3% Breakfast: Sausage Patties Cheese and Eggs Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Apple Cider Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, 1.25 L Dt Pepsi Sober Year 1 (Day 532) Keto Month 3 (Day 95) (145/365 Days 2026 Keto) That weight is really disappointing. Every time I have a new record low it jumps up the next day. So it's up 4.9 lbs for the day, but I'm still down 13.1 lbs from the beginning of the year. And only 0.7 lbs up from the beginning of the Month. Still haven't found the newer tape measure, but the old tape measure was under the bed. I could tell the difference between the old and new because the older one has one of the ends coming off. Finally got the sausage box open for breakfast. But I got the feeling that I was only getting the sausages because it was fighting back. I didn't get much coffee before work though. I was in the desk all day again today, howe...

Weight: 307.1 lbs ( 139.3 kg) BMI: 39.4 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Snack: Sausage Patties and Cheese Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Pork Steak Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Red Bull Sober Year 1 (Day 515) Keto Month 2 (Day 78) (128/365 Days 2026 Keto) Hard time waking up this morning. I woke up at 8am and just kind of laid there for most of the 9 O'clock hour. Again, I wasn't sick or feeling ill, I just really had to fight against the idea of laying around on my day off. It's my day off I should just relax. But then I knew that if I didn't do anything I'd get frustrated that I didn't do anything on my day off. Weight was up a bit, but within the regular fluctuations. I worked on a script for the store story video for this week. But did seem to spend a lot of time just kind of sitting around. I'm trying to convince myself that sitting around on a day off isn't a bad thing. I...

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: 306.2 lbs ( 138.9 kg) BMI: 39.3 Waist: 52.5 in ( 133.4 cm) WtHr: 70.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs https://youtu.be/l5bQ0Y0FXWQ Lunch: Anchor Inn Buffet Dinner: Sausage Patties and Eggs Drinks: Apple Cider Vinegar Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water Sober Year 1 (Day 503) Keto Month 2 (Day 66) (116/365 Days 2026 Keto) Slow waking up again this morning. Again not feeling sick, just really comfortable laying there. Weight was a bit up this morning. But not in an amount that would cause concern. Mom and Grandma went into town. I'm pretty sure that they were paying their property taxes or something, I wasn't sure as I had to run to the restroom and I was doing my business as they were doing theirs. After that we went to a local Mexican Restaurant. That place has a really good buffet, but I had to be careful on it to keep to the diet. I did have an enchilada or two so I wasn't perfect, but perfection is the enemy of progress. I mainly had salad with some of ...

Weight: 334.2 lbs ( 151.3 kg) BMI: 42.9 Waist: 54 in (138.4 cm) WtHr: 73% Breakfast: Pork Steak and Eggs Lunch: Sausage Patties and Cheese Dinner: BBQ Chuck Roast Drinks: Kroger Seltzer, Sugar Free Monster Sober Month 5 (Day 166) It is strange. Yesterday (Monday) didn't seem to exist. I remember waking up, weighing in, playing Oblivion, and then I went to bed. I really need to balance life and game time. Now I'm going to be frustrated that I had a day off, but I didn't do any thing. Oh, well. I was really quite excited for a second when I stood on the scale this morning. I even checked to make sure that there wasn't anything stuck underneath it. But I realized that it said “334.2” and not “324.2” I mean I would have really preferred if it had said 324.2 (147.1 kg). But not feeling confident that it'll say that any time soon.Waist still seems to be down for the month/year. So not sure what's going on there. Somehow I doubt that it's because I'm gai...

Weight: 340.8 lbs (154.6 kg) BMI: 43.8 Waist: 57.0 in (144.8 cm) WtHr: 77.0% Breakfast: Sausage Patties and Eggs Lunch: Chicken Enchilada Soup Dinner: Bratwursts Drinks: Couple cups of Coffee black, Kroger Energy Shot, 900ml water Weeks Sober 1 (Day 12) Stayed up WAY too late last night trying to write a blog post. So I naturally slept in WAY too late. I had time to cook breakfast, but didn't do much else. Doctor says that getting up in the morning to try to get out into the sun is a good way to stave off the seasonal depression and I do have a small patio outside of my apartment so I have been thinking about buying a small table and putting a chair out there so that I can eat breakfast out on the patio and absorb some of the morning sun. But of course if I'm going to do that I'm going to have to start waking up in the morning. And as I'm writing this first part I'm needing to run out of the door three minutes ago. I was feeling alright before I left for work,...

Weight: 346 lbs (156.9 kg) BMI: 44.4 Waist: 58.0 in (147.3 cm) WtHr: 78.4% Breakfast: Sausage Patties and Eggs Lunch: Kroger Kansas City St Luis Style Bake in Bag Ribs Dinner: X Drinks: Coffee with cream, 24pk Michelob Ultra Days Without Beer 0      Slept in really late, even for me. I'm not sure if there was something wrong with me yesterday. I am glad that I am off today because I was crawling out of bed this morning at almost 11:30. Woke up today much more well rested than I did yesterday. The only thing that I can think of is that maybe I was having a reaction to the Nathan's Hot Dogs. They brag that they use the same recipe for the last 100 years, but I do have to wonder if I'm having a reaction to the processed meat. But then again I don't seem to have any problems eating bacon, sausage patties, or the store brand bratwursts.      Had a really strange dream this morning. (mostly strange because I can remember it) I had dreamed that I was visiting ...

Weight: 338.2 lbs (154.4 kg) BMI: 43.4 Waist: 57.5 in (146.1 cm) WtHr: 77.7% Breakfast: Sausage Patties and eggs Lunch: Pork Steak Dinner: Southwest Chicken Detox Soup Snack: Original Flavor Pork Rinds, Thick and Chunky Medium Salsa Drinks: Pot of coffee, 3600ml water                Canned Soda:                     Diet Dr Pepper: 4                     Diet Mt Dew: 1                     Diet Pepsi: 2 Weeks Without Beer 1 (9 Days)      Finished off the last of the diet canned diet soda and threw away all of the old cans that were piling up on my desk. I don't know why I keep all of the cans of drinks that I am drinking I did this both wi...

Weight: 337.0 lbs (152.9kg) BMI: 43.3 Waist: 58 in (146 cm) WtHr: 78.4% Breakfast: Sausage Patties and eggs Lunch: Low Carb Goulash Dinner: Queso Soup Drinks: 2x Kroger Energy Shots,            Canned Soda:                                  Diet Dr Pepper: 2                                  Diet Mt Dew: 2                                  Diet Pepsi: 3                    ...

Weight: 348.2lbs (157.9 kg) BMI: 44.7 Waist: 57.5 in (146.0 cm) WtHr: 77.7% Breakfast: Sausage patties and eggs Lunch: Instant Pot Chili with cheese and sour cream Dinner: Bratwursts with G Hughes Sugar Free BBQ sauce, mustard, and Ranch Dressing for dipping Drinks: Pot of coffee with cream, Kroger Energy shot, ~16oz water, 2L Big K Caffeine Free Diet Cola Days Without Beer: 1      Quite proud of myself that I was able to wake up so early today. Today was the first day back to work from last weeks PTO and I was wanting to wake up early enough to get the Weekly Weigh In done before work. And I was frustrated all of last week as I woke up after 10am almost every day last week. I know that PTO is supposed to be time off to sit down, but it was frustrating that it was almost noon by the time I got up and going to do anything. But today I was up at the first alarm and up and going by the third. I was in an amazing mood... until I stood on the scale for the weigh in. ...

Weight: 343.0 lbs (155.6 kg) BMI: 44 Waist: 58 in (147.3 cm) WtHr: 78.4% Breakfast: Sausage Patties and Eggs Lunch: Low Carb Jambalaya, small bag of Cool Ranch Doritos Dinner: Baked Chicken Drinks: Pot of Coffee with cream, Kroger energy shot, 12oz can Big K cola      I actually had time this morning before work to sit around. I was sitting here thinking that I was supposed to be doing something. And then, “Oh, right I'm trying to be a blogger!” Standing on the scale this morning was a bit disappointing. The problem with Keto is that it really only works when you're doing it. And I was doing quite well for the first quarter of this year. Heck I was down almost 20 pounds by mid-February. But I fell into the beer trap. And I just could not get anything done while I'm drinking beer. Beer is a downer, and I'm already a pretty down person. I keep telling myself that I'm too busy to get anything done, but in reality I'm just down from drinking too much beer. I was d...