Dear Jerry,

Calm the fuck down bro- it was pizza. Day three didn’t go as planned but we did an amazing job- a great breakfast, skipped lunch and did a TON of clearning and re-arranging so we were sweating and moving. Yea, dinner didn’t work out and we got pizza.

You know what we DIDN’T do- we didn’t go and get $20 worth of candy, cake, ice cream, etc and eat all of that because we “already messed up so why not” bullshit that you always did.

Nope, we had some pizza and didn’t stress about it.

Today- I figured out the protein coffee that we have been trying to figure out for years and it tastes amazing- finally!!! 30 grams of protein and almost NO sugar or carbs. And I need to add, again, it tastes amazing- this is something we can actually live with.

The main problem you had was always trying to wake up a new man- that shit doesn’t happen- it’s not possible. True changes take time. Food addiction is the worst addiction because you can’t “be clean” because you have to literally learn how to manage your addiction instead of just stopping; we can’t stop eating. I can’t really think of another addiction that requires a person to have what they are addicted too just to live. Alcoholics, drug abusers, gamblers, sex addicts…none of those are REQUIRED to just live AND none of them are forced on you EVERYWHERE you look.

Compare those addictions to the number of fast food restaurants you pass daily, how many times they stick candy bars right where you have to check out- you don’t see Bud Light in the drink coolers at checkout, do ya?

Food addiction is the ONLY addiction that society can literally taunt you with and then make fun of you for it.

We got this. We love pizza and we aren’t doing that “I’m never eating pizza again” bullshit that you always try- pizza is a way of life. Pizza doesn’t have to be everyday and you don’t have to go insane and binge all day because you had a few slice of pizza.

We’re good.

Love, Peace and Sharkyness
~~~~~sh/\rky~~~~~

Dear Jerry,

It’s been a while since you let me take control but I think we both know it’s for the best.

When it comes to this weight loss stuff, we’ve only been successful when you step back and let me be the conceited asshole I am- that’s really what is needed to do something like this.

There can’t be an doubt and there shouldn’t be- we literally dropped 140 lbs back in 2018 and we did it THROUGH having our appendix burst (March 2018) and almost dying- we didn’t let ANYTHING stop us. Then we celebrated our birthday in March of 2019 and it all went down hill from there- mom had recently died several months earlier which started the struggle but you fought through it. 2019 was a struggle but you maintained, you held your ground and then, March of 2020 all hell broke loose and Covid hit- the world went to shit and you knew you were going to die- so you gave up.

March, March, March…it always seems to happen in March, doesn’t it?

March seems like a good month to hit that goal- but let’s not be stupid, you can’t hit that goal just 5 months from now, so we’ll shoot for March 2026.

200 lbs down- from 445 lbs. to 245 lbs. We got that- as long as I’m in charge.

Some folks may read this and think we’re crazy- as if THEY don’t have a few personalities running around in their heads and that’s fine. We don’t worry about the world around us…we only worry about SharkysWorld.

Love, Peace and Sharkyness
~~~~~sh/\rky~~~~~