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It's that day again folks! 400g of Prawns with some garlic butter! (I bought 2 packs this week, so will be having more in 2 days time)

Hey bud! Sorry, I almost didn't see this. Thanks for the words of encouragement. Congrats on your progress also! I really do need to start with some regular walking. I think I'll download one of those tracking apps which log/chart my walking stats. I reckon something like that might encourage me to do it a bit more. Slowly increasing over time. Thanks again

Yup! Prawns and Shrimp are pretty similar. Something I really want to experience is one of those community crawfish boils in Southern America! The food looks so good and the vibes look amazing!

Oh mama! That looks amazing bud! I've watched so many brisket smoking vids! When I move into my next place I am going to prioritise having a garden so I can get me a smoker. That brisket looks SOOOO good!

Thank bud! I already feel less tried and lethargic than I used to! Looking forward to improving more! Regarding the job, thanks for the kind words. It's not actually a bad thing though as the company and I have an irreparable breakdown of relationship. I'm done with them and was just trying to see out my days until I got a decent redundancy pay out. To their credit, they let us know well over a year ago that this was coming. I believe it's also motivated me to get a move on with improving my situation as whatever job I get next will likely require me to go into the office rather than work from home. Working from home is great! But I personally need to start moving more, and this is going to force me to do that... or be homeless A little aside, I have my eye on a paid government programme to become a Probation Officer which applications open up for in September. So I at best just need a job to keep me going until then. But it has to be a job that I don't mind doing in the event my application is unsuccessful and I have to wait 6 months for the next enrolment. I forgot to add in my update that I have decided to start driving again and have booked in my theory test for July 11th. I drove in Ireland for a few years on a provisional licence, but I then sold my car to help with Uni costs and haven't driven since. Since then my Irish licence is out of date and now that I live in the UK I have to start all over again. Looking forward to going off for a nice drive, pulling up somewhere and going for little walks or just chilling. I didnt realise how much I missed driving until I started thinking about it again (public transport over here is pretty decent, so I have been able to manage quite well without a car)

I still have 4.5kg/9.9lbs of the 9.8kg/21.5lbs of meat I bought 2 weeks ago but I got a notification to say that my supplier has restocked enough Ribeye to reactivate the bulk order for that particular item! To make it even better, they have a sale where I can get an additional 2kg/4.4lbs of Ribeye for £25/$32usd I ordered today but I had to choose Tuesday as the delivery date so I could make room in my small freezer, lol Not bad though, 10kg/22lbs for £155/$197usd! If I bought that at the supermarket where I used to buy it then I'm looking at an extra £74/$94usd I'm a sucker for a bargain!

Certainly! https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C81B9QGS?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 I sprinkle it on AFTER my meat is cooked because I only have a pan to cook my steaks in and if I use this on the meat before I cook it just burns (like pretty much all seasonings). Note: The grains of salt in this tend to be a bit bigger than I am used to with flakes or fine salts but it's a great seasoning and will definitely be buying more!

Decided to have an extra piece of beef steak today and also decided to season it with a "steak seasoning" I recently picked up. It's got salt, pepper, garlic, coriander (100% natural)... stuff like that, so not a pure carnivore meal of course but I am completely fine with this for me. Garlic butter added towards the end on a lower heat. Man I love meat!

Quick Stats update: Starting weight (April 2024): 410lbs Current weight: 374lbs Change: -36lbs Notes: I still feel great! I'm sleeping better too which is definitely in no small part due to less pressure on my throat/airway and it now being easier to twist and turn in bed. Before (and probably still but to a lesser degree) I would wake myself up when turning in the bed due to being so fat. Regarding my eating, I am eating beef steaks most days. Probably 400-450g beef steak in a meal, cooked with some butter. I often have a 3 egg omelette with bacon and cheese also in a week. Around once per week I'll have 400g of prawns in garlic butter and also try to have 230g of salmon with a dash of lemon juice on it. I am trying to leave the house more which apart from the exercise element, it's going to be better for my mental health. Truthfully, I have not left the house in 10 days apart from putting the trash out but on that day 10 days ago I walked into town and chilled outside a coffee shop for a few hours and just listened to music and have a think about things before walking back home again. It was quite enjoyable though! I've been highly unlikely to leave the house during the week as when I am finished work (I work from home [employment actually ends next week]) I am tired. The weekends are where I am more likely to leave the house, but as you can see, that's certainly not as frequent as it should be BUT it's a lot more than before. Previously I wouldnt even entertain the idea of leaving the house - I just buried my head in the sand by gaming or getting busy with my interest in financial markets. However, now I am more open to leaving the house - I just need to ramp up the frequency of it. I cease employment next week due to companywide redundancy and plan to take the month of July off before jumping into a new job. The plan is to head back to Ireland next week for a family party, but when I get back a week later then the plan is to leave the house most days since I dont have a job for a month or so. I'm hoping to use this time building up my physical/mental fitness before getting back to the work grind. Anyway... that's enough update for now! I'll update again at some point in the near future!

Hey buddy! Why do you eat your meat raw? I can't imagine that it tastes even close to when cooked. As far as I know there's plenty of nutrients in cooked me (as long as not overcooked). I'm curious now and tempted to try it

MASSIVE overlap for sure!

Cheers for the words of encouragement bud! You are right, the more I progress the more I'll be able to do. Where I am/was was a vicious cycle which fed on itself. What I need to do it get a healthier and more active cycle going and let that feed on itself Lose fat = being able to move more, feeling better and be healthier Being able to move more, feeling better and healthier = lose more fat. Rinse and repeat!. It amazes me how far off the beaten track we've gotten in regards to what society deems to be an acceptable diet... Hopefully I keep going and can show other people close to me what putting down the carbs can do for you!

Wow, that's pretty cool! I believe my one has a sort of rough finish on the part that goes into the femur which I suppose works with a similar logic to yours - in that the bone will grow and grip it. I wonder how the ones today have evolved... I guess we'll find out somewhat soon enough! haha

400g of king prawns and salted garlic butter. Delicious!

Hell yeah man! You getting it done and getting back in the saddle is huge! I can only imagine how difficult/impossible it might be to do all that before your replacement. I've never ridden before but I'd imagine it's very heavy on the hips. I was told at the time that it was a pretty new model they gave me and nobody had gotten to the end of theirs yet. However, the model I got was in the news back then due to a fault in it which meant it had a high failure rate! Thankfully mine didn't fail but I do have to get metals blood tests (chromium and cobalt) and a scan on it every 2 years (it was 3, 6, 9, and then 12 months for the first few years, but now every 2 years). My model is the DePuy ASR and if you are not one of the unfortunate failures then the general consensus now is that people should see 20 years or even more - I'm 18 years into it so hopefully I can get to the 24 years you have, or more (fingers crossed). The one you have sounds pretty cool. I didn't know there was one where the bone grows into it! I guess they couldn't give that one to me since the sepsis had killed the hip bone, so growing may have been compromised... I dont really know enough to speak on it but sounds logical. Hopefully you can get another good spell from it mate!