The archive
EVERY DAY, ON THE RECORD
One note per day, written the day it happened. The morning numbers, the rough parts, the wins. Nothing cleaned up after the fact.
DAY 47 Day 47. Broth, Cranberry Juice and Still at 16 September 16, 2026 178.3 LB −50.3 DAY 46 Day 46. The Fast Ends Today September 15, 2026 178.4 LB −50.2 DAY 45 Day 45. Halfway There September 14, 2026 178.3 LB −50.3 DAY 44 Day 44. Broke 180 September 13, 2026 179.8 LB −48.8 DAY 43 Day 43. Quiet Time for My Cells September 12, 2026 180.7 LB −47.9 DAY 42 Day 42. You Gotta Listen to Your Body September 11, 2026 181.6 LB −47 DAY 41 Day 41. Not Hungry, Just Tempted September 10, 2026 182.5 LB −46.1 DAY 40 Day 40. At What Point Do I Stop September 9, 2026 184.3 LB −44.3 DAY 39 Day 39. The Shape of a Pear September 8, 2026 184.9 LB −43.7 DAY 38 Day 38. Same Weight in Half the Time September 7, 2026 186 LB −42.6 DAY 37 Day 37. Turning On Fat Burning September 6, 2026 187.3 LB −41.3 DAY 36 Day 36. Barely There but I Will Take It September 5, 2026 190.2 LB −38.4 DAY 35 Day 35. The Metallic Taste Is Back September 4, 2026 190.9 LB −37.7 DAY 34 Day 34. Four Inches Off the Waist September 3, 2026 191.3 LB −37.3 DAY 33 Day 33. Losing Again September 2, 2026 192 LB −36.6 DAY 32 Day 32. Back Down to Zero September 1, 2026 192.6 LB −36 DAY 31 Day 31. The Avocado and Broth Incident August 31, 2026 192 LB −36.6 DAY 30 Day 30. A Third of the Way There August 30, 2026 190.2 LB −38.4 DAY 29 Day 29. The Scale Stood Still and I Think I Know Why August 29, 2026 191.1 LB −37.5 DAY 28 Day 28. Four Weeks In and a Broth Plan for the Weekend August 28, 2026 191.1 LB −37.5 DAY 27 Day 27. Autophagy Is Where It's At August 27, 2026 192.6 LB −36 DAY 26 Day 26. Burping Is Good August 26, 2026 193.5 LB −35.1 DAY 25 Day 25. Listening to My Stomach August 25, 2026 194.8 LB −33.8 DAY 24 Day 24. Shot at the Office August 24, 2026 195.9 LB −32.7 DAY 23 Day 23. Not Obese Anymore August 23, 2026 197 LB −31.6 DAY 22 Day 22. The Smell of Fried Chicken August 22, 2026 197.9 LB −30.7 DAY 21 Day 21. Three Weeks In August 21, 2026 199 LB −29.6 DAY 20 Day 20. Under 200 August 20, 2026 199.7 LB −28.9 DAY 19 Day 19. The rash scare August 19, 2026 201 LB −27.6 DAY 18 Day 18. The scale barely moved August 18, 2026 202.8 LB −25.8 DAY 17 Day 17. Weekends are tough August 17, 2026 203 LB −25.6 DAY 16 Day 16. Why I am really doing this August 16, 2026 203.7 LB −24.9 DAY 15 Day 15. Coffee confession and better sleep August 15, 2026 204.3 LB −24.3 DAY 14 Day 14. Two weeks in at 205 August 14, 2026 205 LB −23.6 DAY 13 Day 13. 205.6 and past the ten percent mark August 13, 2026 205.6 LB −23 DAY 12 Twelve days in. 22.3 pounds gone and my stomach started talking to me August 12, 2026 206.3 LB −22.3 DAY 11 Eleven days in. 21.4 pounds gone and a metallic taste that will not leave August 11, 2026 207.2 LB −21.4 DAY 10 Ten days done. 20 pounds gone and 208.7 on the scale August 10, 2026 208.7 LB −19.9 DAY 09 19.2 pounds in nine days. 209.4 on the scale August 9, 2026 209.4 LB −19.2 DAY 08 17.2 pounds in eight days. 211.4 on the scale August 8, 2026 211.4 LB −17.2 DAY 07 One week done. 212.5 on the scale August 7, 2026 212.5 LB −16.1 DAY 06 14 pounds in six days. 214 on the scale August 6, 2026 214 LB −14.6 DAY 05 Officially in ketosis. 216 and feeling good August 5, 2026 216 LB −12.6 DAY 04 The edge comes off. 218 and energy is back August 4, 2026 218 LB −10.6 DAY 03 Down 8 pounds and the first tough day August 3, 2026 220.6 LB −8 DAY 02 Down 4.4 pounds in 24 hours August 2, 2026 224.2 LB −4.4 DAY 01 The toast that starts it all August 1, 2026 228.6 LB −0