Day 7 (Friday)

 Thoughts: 

Weight was down again, even though I had chips last night. 

Morning Weight: 191.2

Supplements: 

• None

Breakfast: 

• Small Breakfast burrito w bacon (Cafe)
• Coffee w creamer and 1tsp sugar 

Lunch: 

• 3 Chicken brats 
• Sourdough 3 slices

Dinner: 

• Chai Latte

Workout:

Walked a bit, then hit up Disneyland for a few. Ended the evening with 17,050 steps. Let's see if that translates to weightloss in the morning.

Mental and Physical Health: 

Not a bad day at work. 

Evening Notes: 

Evening Weight: 

193.6 

Day 6 (Thursday])

 Thoughts: 

My weight was down. Yay! At least it moved in the right direction after yesterday. 

Morning Weight: 191.6

Supplements: 

• None

Breakfast: 

• Coffee cupcake (Costco)
• Coffee w creamer and 1tsp sugar 

Lunch: 

• Meatballs and veggies
• Sourdough 2 slices

Dinner: 

• 
  

Workout:

Walked a lot. Then hit the elliptical at the gym.

Mental and Physical Health: 

A bit of a blah day, TBH. I'm not bah humbug, but you know. Felt some failure today because of the 3D printing stuff. Long story. But meh...

Evening Notes: 

Evening Weight: 

194.0

Day 5 (Wednesday)

Thoughts: 

Walked to USPS a bunch today to solve a missing package to an Etsy customer. NINI. At least all that walking got me to 12,352 steps. However, I screwed it all up with the RCOE Christmas dinner thing. And I had 2 beers, but they were good German beers. 

Got that Magic Box in the office, and mostly set up. Getting some stuff to protect the insides since I plan on using it a lot. 

Morning Weight: 191.8

Supplements: 

• None

Breakfast: 

• Coffee cupcake (Costco)
• Coffee w creamer and 1tsp sugar 

Lunch: 

• Meatballs and veggies
• Sourdough 2 slices

Dinner: 

• 3 tacos and beans
• 1liter German beer

Workout:

Walked a lot.

Mental and Physical Health: 

It's Christmas time and it's not really my thing. I'm not all "bah hum bug", but it's just not for me. I'm sure I have some Charlie Brown in me. 

Evening Notes: 

None really. I'm just here. 

Evening Weight: 

194.6

Day 4 (Tuesday)

Thoughts: 

Breakfast at work today. Felt like it was really going to screw up my diet. Had a cheese sandwich on sourdough for lunch instead of the prepped stuff Reyna made. I felt sluggish the rest of the day, but was sure to get steps in since I wasn't hitting the gym. After work went to Santa Ana to pick up that Magic Box, then decided to hit Disneyland for a chai latte and wait out the traffic. Went on Haunt3d Mansion and got to see the new queue area. Nice to see the new layout. Not a fan of the gazing balls though. Ended the day with 17,041 steps. Not bad.

Morning Weight: 194.2

Supplements: 

• 1000mg - Taurine

Breakfast: 

• Coffee cupcake (Costco)
• Coffee w creamer and 1tsp sugar

Lunch: 

• Cheese sandwich
• 
  

Dinner: 

• Chai latte

Workout: 

Just steps

Mental and Physical Health:

Kinda had a feeling of dread, TBH. But I'm ok. 

Evening Notes: 

Evening Weight: 193.6

Day 3 (Monday)

Thoughts: 

Kinda fucked up this weekend with my weight and getting steps in as evidenced by my weight this morning. But it's ok. One day at a time. Besides it was a nice relaxing weekend. <3 <3 <3

Morning Weight: 194.6

Supplements: 

• 1000mg - Taurine

Breakfast: 

• Coffee cupcake (Costco)
• Coffee w creamer and 1tsp sugar

Lunch: 

• Leftover Chinese food
• 3 slices sourdough

Dinner: 

• 500ml beer

Workout:

Gym

Abs, Arms and Shoulders

Still not a fan of Vim & Vigor in that i can never get a good workout there. 

Mental and Physical Health: 

Physicslly, better than the weekend. Dealt with a pinched nerve in my lower right back. Common issue, but a massive pain when it hits. Found that using the percussion gun on the area helps reset it.

Mentally, I'm fine. 

Evening Notes: 

Dropped off the truck so Riley could use it along with some stuff Reyna was getting rid of. Also drew up more for the office and his to get it situated. Going to Santa Ana tomorrow to pick up a Magic Box. 

Evening Weight: 195.6

Day 2 (Friday)

Thoughts: 

Got to work late today, but that's alright. Woke up to a couple messages about orders, one in Canada. Right now I'm doing a lot of 3D printing for the holidays. I guess I'll read back on this one day as my 3D printing phase. 

Weight was down this morning, as expected. My diet for the last 4-5 years has consisted of breakfast, lunch and no meals past 5pm. A light snack is ok, but even that is usually too much. I'm now using an app called Renpho that connects to our scale at home. According to it, I haven't been above that 200 mark since February 2021 and I hit 185 this August. Since 2021 it has hovered in the 190s to upper 180s. Objective is to hover in the low 180s and get into the 170s. I can get there, just need to focus more and have less weekends being a pig. 

Morning Weight: 191.8

Supplements: 

• 1000mg - Taurine

Breakfast: 

• 3 cookies
• Coffee w creamer and 1tsp sugar

Lunch: 

• Pot Roast
• 3 slices sourdough 

Dinner: 

• Nope

Workout:

None

Mental and Physical Health: 

Good, but feel like I have a pinched nerve in my lower right back. Yay. Aside from that, good. <3

Evening Notes: 

Evening Weight: 

Day 1

When I was in HS I had a teacher, Ms Miller, who gave me an extra credit assignment called "Day 1". She recognized that I had problems at home and they were spilling over to my school life. I was like 16 or 17 at the time. A lot can happen in 33 years. A lot can be learned, a lot can be forgotten. But I'll never forget that "Day 1" assignment. 

Today is another "Day 1." It's my Day 1 of going back to this blog and tracking my weight, food, and mental and physical health. I decided to go back to this because of a text from Xavier regarding other people's weight loss journeys. It caused me to revisit this blog and see how much progress I've made in the last 9 years. My weight has been below 200 for well over a year now. I've hit up to 204 a few times in the evenings, but it's been steadily under 200. 

So here we go...

Morning Weight: 193.4

Supplements: None

Breakfast: 

• Coffee - 14oz
• Maple Cookies (TJs) -3

Lunch: 

• Beef pot roast
• Sourdough bread - 3 slices

Dinner: 

• Water with lemon and candy

Workout:

None

Mental and Physical Health: 

Work is work. I have just over 4 more years until we retire. Looking forward to it. But before then, I have a lot to deal with. I was the Chapter President for over 3 years. Those 3 years really took a toll on my mind, and 2024 has really thrown me a massive curveball after helping a member one year ago and then subsequently being retaliated against by work. Can't go into details as it's still an ongoing matter. But it has resulted in me needing to take meds for anxiety and sleep (trazodone, buspirone and clonazepam)  and also caused me to stop taking Motrin. The constant anxiety, headaches, tightness of the back and chest and finally my GFR rate got into the kidney disease zone. The human body can only cope with so much for so long. I did something I never do, I quit. I resigned as the Chapter President on August 30. Nearly 4 months and my kidneys are feeling better, the tightness is gone and I'm feeling better overall. There is still that "thing" I cannot mention right now, but I've gotten some good news about it from CSEA and the State and Feds. 

Outside of work, life is perfect. It's hundreds of times better since my last entry. Sure there are hiccups here and there, and that's normal. But the life we have is better than the "honeymoon" phase. No details as those are private. However, I'll just say that I'm in a good place, and I'm grateful for what I have. 

Got a pinched nerve this evening. Worked it out with the percussion gun. We'll see. 

Evening Notes: 

No working out today. A tad sore since I went back to my old gym for a better workout. Stayed home, got some 3D printing done, and hung up some curtains for Reyna. 

Evening Weight: 193.6