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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: 301.0 lbs ( 136.5 kg) BMI: 38.6 Waist: 51 in ( 128.3 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 646) Keto Month 7 (Day 215) (258/365 Days 2026 Keto) It is kind of fun to be “frustrated” by a weight of 301 lbs (136 kg) Mom had left with Grandma on their road trip before I got up. I was kind of confused when I looked across the street and saw a red SUV sitting there. I was confused because Mom has a red SUV, and she leaned on the mechanic to get it fixed before her trip. Now I thought it was there sitting next to Grandma's Garage. Mom was wanting to get her SUV fixed because she didn't think that Grandma's car could make the trip. But when I saw a Red SUV sitting across the street I figured that Grandma had talked Mom into taking her car. But when Step-Dad came home later in the afternoon he said that wasn't Mom's SUV it belonged to the lady who went ...

Weight: 302.5 lbs ( 137.2 kg) BMI: 38.8 Waist: 51 in ( 128.3 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Sausage Patties, Eggs, and Cheese  Lunch: Air Fried Chicken Drumsticks Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Seltzer Sober Year 1 (Day 643) Keto Month 7 (Day 212) (255/365 Days 2026 Keto) Right knee felt stiff today. It still feels like if I could just move it in the right direction it would make a nasty crunch, but would feel better. The weather was cool dark and rainy just as I like it. The weather did kinda suck for a little bit as Mom needed me to take her to her car dealership so she could pick up her SUV so she could take a road trip this weekend. It was really coming down when we were going into town. And I stopped by the store to grab the stuff to make gumbo https://youtu.be/c1GrylOzL-g for lunch this week and running from the car into the store was COLD. I set up the Gumbo when I got back from the store. It was one of those recipes that I...

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: 298.3 lbs ( 135.3 kg) BMI: 38.3 Waist: 51 in ( 128.3 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Sausage Patties, Eggs and Cheese Lunch: Bratwursts Dinner: Rib-Eye Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Seltzer  Sober Year 1 (Day 639) Keto Month 6 (Day 208) (251/365 Days 2026 Keto) Wow, that was a drop on the scale this morning. I'm not confident that I will get the monthly average back down to what it was last month so this month will be one of the few months that has an average above the previous month. However it is lower than the averages of all of the previous months so far this year. It is nice to be back under 300 lbs (136 kg) again. And this morning's weight is the new record for the year. The overall record is 287 lbs (130.2 kg) so it'll be a while before I see that number. I had Sausage Patties, Cheese, and Eggs for breakfast. I've been trying to crack the eggs open one handed. Ended up breaking both yolks of the eggs when putting them into the pan. Oh...

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: 51.5 in ( 130.8 cm) WtHr: 69.6% Breakfast: Sausage Patties with Eggs and cheese Lunch: Pork Loin, cottage cheese Dinner: Rib Eye Drinks: Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 619) Keto Month 6 (Day 188) (233/365 Days 2026 Keto) Weight jumps up, but crawls back down. Had to work a little earlier than normal today so I didn't have time for coffee. I did have time for breakfast of sausage eggs and cheese. Work was quite active today, but not really to a stressful amount. The stress was from training the new guy. Again it wasn't that he was doing poorly, it was just that he was new and not sure what he was doing so I had to coach him a lot. It is strange I've been supervisor for FAR TOO LONG at this store, but I am still uncomfortable training new people. I had some cottage cheese with the pork loin that I had for lunch. I tried to convince myself that I didn't need anything to go with lunch, but I wasn't ...

Weight: 307.8 lbs ( 139.6 kg) BMI: 39.5 Waist: 50.5 in ( 128.3 cm) WtHr: 68.2% Breakfast: Johnsonville Double Cheddar Smoked Sausages Lunch: Pork Loin, Pork Rinds, Queso Dinner: Cheeseburger Patties Drinks: Monster, Sparkling Water, Sober Year 1 (Day 618) Keto Month 6 (Day 187) (232/365 Days 2026 Keto) Weight was a little down this morning, not enough to get that excited about. I think the scale knows that I changed the goal so it has to mess with me for a while. Today again I worked a little earlier than I usually do so I didn't have time to have coffee or the usual breakfast, I did have time to duck in a few minutes early to grab a pack of sausages. I have to say that the first half of the day was NOT what I was expecting. Today was the first Friday of the month, the weekend of a Major holiday, and the State Fair is coming to town next week. I was expecting to be running ragged all day long. But for the most part during the first half people just kind of trickled in. I ...

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...

Weight: 301.0 lbs ( 136.5 kg) BMI: 38.6 Waist: 51.0 in ( 129.5 cm) WtHr: 68.9% Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs Lunch: Air Fried Chicken Dinner: Member's Mark Hot Dogs Drinks: Salted Coffee, Monster, Sparkling Water, Celsius Energy Sober Year 1 (Day 610) Keto Month 5 (Day 179) (224/365 Days 2026 Keto) Was kind of slow waking up this morning. Slept until almost 9am and even when checking my watch I tried to do mental math to try to convince myself that I, “really didn't need to get going just yet, I still have 'this' amount of time before I have to get ready. Felt kind of strange when I woke up, it kind of felt like I was hungover. I was able to have time to cook the bacon and eggs. I also threw some chicken into the air fryer. I didn't have time before work to clean it, but I cleaned it after work. I was going to put a pork loin in the fryer as I'm pretty sure that would work out fine. However when I looked up how to cook that in the fryer Google said to run it a...