W321 D4

Day 4 Potatoes - weight 318.6 (started 331)Well... I wasn't sure what to expect... and for me, that's a big deal. Change sucks and making a change is worse. I don't like it at all. The basic plan for meI drink 12-16 ounces of cold water an hour - so I get up and fill my …

W321

As for things I've done - I could go out on a limb and say I've done a lot of the crazy things out there. I know one inevitable truth. Fatness will kill me if I don't make a change.This weekend sucked ass. Like royally.If you've been following this blog... and idk why you would have …

W143 or W314 D1

So how does this go?Myfitnesspal I've logged in over a year consistently - 372 days to be exact. I really have logged in over 2 years, but I logged food one day and somehow missed opening the app, which I don't think I did, it says I missed a login... soooo it says 372 days.I started this …

The Patriot – Amazon Series – Spoilers and Review

The Amazon series The Patriot was recommended to me. I’ll tell you very little about the series backstory and more about how it is an allegory to how it relates to my life; rather how I related to the show through my life. The show is a dark comedy, brilliantly written, cast, directed, and more. …

Bullying is Bad

Recently, a video of Keaton Jones was posted crying about being bullied. Heart-wrenching. My own kids have been bullied or stood up for those who have been bullied. I’ve been bullied. There are some stories coming out that his mother has had some racist posts and her boyfriend(?) has had some racist posts. If the …

Texstudio and windows error

If you are using TexStudio and build a document and receive the following error: Fatal fontspec error: "cannot-use-pdftex" The fontspec package requires either XeTeX or LuaTeX. You must change your typesetting engine to, e.g., "xelatex" or "lualatex"instead of plain "latex" or "pdflatex". For immediate help type H . You simply need to change the build …

chessboard and xelatex

I wanted a way to take my notes from various games and videos and put them into a book form so I could print it out and make a little booklet for myself.  I have a lot of handwritten notes.  I will always handwrite the notes first because it helps me remember them.  However, I'd …

texstudio configuration on mac

configuring texstudio for xelatex on a mac is quick and easy.  the default values in the preferences (TexStudio -> preferences) list /usr/... - in the Commands submenu change /usr/ to /Library/Tex/ it should work fine then https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/38627/commands-paths-in-texstudio-on-mac-os-x-with-could-not-start-the-command-err

W75D0

This is the end of week 3 for me on a Protein Sparing Modified Fast. I eat chicken and fish through the day netting 140ish grams of protein and I have romaine lettuce with green olives and a little ranch netting < 20g carbs - total calories is less than 800 and I feel great. …

W72D5

I've felt great today until after a cold motorcycle ride.  It's either the cold or because I've not eaten as much as I anticipated up to this point.  Either way, I've not felt good since getting home.I'm still in low ketosis (15 mg/dL or .8325 mmol/L) I'm not sure why - I only had egg …