Update XX: A Darn Good Judge of My Financial Situation

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I love when I go away for a while, I come back and there is always a new plot in Update. The writers seem to have their hands busy in 2015!

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Only 9 pounds to go to the big 300! Go Bushie go!

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What did you have for dinner? What is your target date to hit the big 3-0-0 on the scale?

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I wish Bushie would get on the diet I am on. I've never felt better and have more energy than I used to since giving up bread, rice, pasta, and all processed sugars. I didn't even need to diet, but health wise I think this is great.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I wish Bushie would get on the diet I am on. I've never felt better and have more energy than I used to since giving up bread, rice, pasta, and all processed sugars. I didn't even need to diet, but health wise I think this is great.

Details, Dukey, details.

Details for Bushie? He won't follow any sort of change to his diet, we all know that.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

How is your non-deadbeat brother doing? He lives in New York, right? What does he do again?

He's doing fine.  I'm not exactly sure what he does, but he is working and enjoying it.  Yes, he lives in far northern New York near Plattsburgh.

How can you not know what he does? That's always baffled me ... spouses, parents or siblings who don't know what those closest to them do. It seems quite common.

Another great Update mystery. Bushie's family seems so close knit, with all the forced dinners and time together, yet he doesn't even know what his own brother's occupation is.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I don't see much of a problem with shopping at Wal Mart. For a lot of people, it's all that is really close by. And it's cheap, and I love a good deal. I'd go there for some things if I was close to one, but I usually just shop at Whole Foods or Harris Teeter due to proximity. But for utilities or packaged things, why not Wal Mart?

Maybe I feel the need to defend Wal Mart because I have become such a yuppy since New Years day.

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God all of that looks great. I'm sad I can't eat stuff like that on my new diet.

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Their salads look worse for you than the fried chicken. I'd just have to skip eating there. Someday I hope to visit Oklahoma so I can experience life in the greatest state in America

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What was for dinner?

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I'm betting he stopped at the McDonalds on the OK turnpike.......Bushie?

Why waste time at McDonald's when you can wait another hour and a half, get all the way home, and treat yourself to Braum's?  I haven't gotten the Braum's, yet, but I am home and will be going right after the 1100 news to pay my February rent and get some lunch.

That's awesome! How close are you to 300 now?

One of the things I miss most on my new diet is sandwiches and pizza. i bet I could tear through some Braum's right now.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Printing a internet page is not proof of anything. You can easily alter it. My credit card company always emails me when I make a payment to confirm they received it, so saving the email is just the same as printing out something. It's really just a waste of ink to print the emails out.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Bushie, why do you identify as a Democrat when it is apparent you don't really hold any beliefs they hold?

It seems like you've taken a wild turn right, which is fine, but I have no idea why you still consider yourself a democrat.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Cut out the pasta, noodles and the like! You'll never lose weight as long as your diet is ladened with carbs and processed food and sugar. If you stopped eating carbs, you can lose weight by eating all the eggs and bacon you could possibly want!

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He won't do it. he's been planning to diet and drink water now for what, years? But yeah if he honestly wanted to drop the weight, he'd follow my dieting tips. He can literally eat all the fat he wants as long as he doesn't have sugar or carbs and he'll drop tons of weight. He could have bacon wrapped burgers as long as he orders them without a bun.

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I love when we rehash old things here! Sure, his idea of salvation is insane, but that's our Bushie!

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Cooking for one is tough sometimes, but I do it all the time. Leftovers can be a bit of a bore, but I've learned to cook the right portions when it's just me eating and I'm fine.

Plus, cooking is loads of fun. It's one of my favorite things to do.

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I, for one, am excited about my cheat day for the Super Bowl. I'll probably eat an entire pizza on my own.

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I, for one, am excited about my cheat day for the Super Bowl. I'll probably eat an entire pizza on my own.

I'm not sure I can do that much, but probably half is a good bet.  If I were smart, I'd limit it at half.  We all know how smart I am... 

What do you like on your pizza? You've never eaten a whole one before? In college, we used to get the 7.99 dominos specials on Tuesday and sometimes I'd eat all of it, although that was 4 years ago.

Anyway, after a month of not having carbs at all, as good as I feel, I don't think I can watch the Super Bowl without pizza and beer.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Fat isn't a problem. It's processed sugars and carbs. I've eaten more fat than I ever have in 10 years and I have lost 15 pounds since new years and felt absolutely terrific.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Ab-so-lutely. Bushie might be there already. He is ALL SYSTEMS GO towards that goal of 300 pounds.

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I am struggling with what to get on my pizza today. I also keep waivering about whether I want to break my new diet or not in general.

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Yeah most of us here post because we actually do care about Bushie, but he tends to take advice as an insult, because I think he believes he has all the right answers.

The days of me trying to give him advice are over, because when you pound your head into a wall for 5 years, at some point you have to realize you'll never break it. Bushie, as slothful, prideful and gluttonous as he is, will never change because no one in his life will ever challenge him to do so. Being fat is part of life in his culture, as is most of what he does in life. It is seen as normal. Being 300 pounds isn't bad.

I just sit back and read his tale these days because that's what it is to me. I can't feel bad for someone who doesn't care about themselves. I can pity them, but I am not upset anymore. I hope he gets to 300 pounds because it's what he wants, and I hope he enjoys that pizza tonight while watching the game!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Ever since I got on my new diet, all my health problems have vanished. The occasional headaches and stomach pains are gone. Take me as a testament to what you need to do to change your life.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Ever since I got on my new diet, all my health problems have vanished. The occasional headaches and stomach pains are gone. Take me as a testament to what you need to do to change your life.

OMG me too! It's been better since I went Atkins/south beach. I feel amazing and losin a lot of weight

I almost didn't recognize you on your last FB pick.  Damn man, you're living the life. 

I don't know what diet I'm on, but I haven't had bread, rice, pizza, pasta, dessert or anything since New Years. I eat tons of meat, vegetables, nuts and seeds. I've lost 10 pounds and I feel great, but I didn't really need to lose tons of weight anyway, so I don't know how long I'll stick with this. I do feel better than I ever have in years though.