Empyrean Engine

My weight is down to 340.6 lbs again today, but that's what it has been every other day for the past 5 days. This is not encouraging. I like that it's gone down instead of up, but it's still not as far down as I'd hoped. I'm not feeling great about my progress at the moment. I'm beginning to doubt I can succeed with my ultimate weight loss goal at all. Am I losing inches, maybe? I don't know. I don't feel like I have, but I'm too afraid to measure myself. What if I haven't lost inches or if I have gained inches? I would be so discouraged! Starting weight:  401 lbs Current weight:  340.6  lbs   ⇩ Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  325 lbs My blood glucose readings were in the 120s when I first started measuring, but now they are staying in the 150 to 160 range. Every now and then they get into the 190s or 200s. That's fairly frightening. Why is my blood glucose so high? I read that there is possibly glucose in  my fat cells th

And and I am back up to 341 lbs today. This is making me sad. I know that my body is confused by the food I am eating, but I hope this doesn't last much longer. My spirits are low. This is stressful. The only good thing is that the food I have been enjoying is really good. I get to eat when my husband eats. That's fun. Starting weight:  415 lbs Current weight:  341  lbs  ⇧   Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  325 lbs I thought I was beginning to understand my body a bit better as I have finally finished reading Dr. Fung's book, The Obesity Code  which had a lot of detail in it that I was missing from just watching his YouTube videos and reading the content on his website. I thought I had this down. Apparently I don't. I'll keep going and eating daily to see whether my body begins to respond better and start losing weight again, but I'm not sure how long I want to keep trying this with such poor results. This is shaping up to be a pretty well-def