Empyrean Engine

I was a bit hungrier than usual last night when we had brinner. Even though I still didn't eat as much as I used to (not by a long-shot), I feel like I over-ate just a bit. I had a 2 oz piece of meatloaf; two slices of sourdough bread with butter, garlic and cheese; and a quarter cup of mixed veggies with 1 tsp butter and some Season All. I feel guilty that I ate so much. I logically know that this is not a lot, but psychologically I feel absolutely piggish considering I've been eating about half or less than this amount for the past couple of weeks. Starting weight:  415 lbs Current weight:  397.6 lbs  ⇧   Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  389 lbs And from the look of my scale, it's hard not to notice that it went up a little. And it's hard  not to   think it's because I was a pig. Speaking of my eating habits, though, I'm a bit concerned that my eating of late hasn't been healthy because of how little I actually consume. My hus...

I have been concerned of late about the loose skin issue following the expected dramatic weight lost. I have been searching the Internet to try to locate articles, opinions, discussions, anything that may allay my fears. What I want to see is success. I want to be assured that eventually, given time, the skin will snap back on its own without the need for body contouring surgery. The prospect of having any kind of surgery is terrifying to me. Starting weight:  415 lbs Current weight:   396.6  lbs  ⇩  Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  389 lbs On a lighter note -- quite literally -- the lowest measurement I saw on my scale today was 396.6 lbs. What I usually do is take a measurement at several points during the day. I step on and off the scale several times during these measurement points. The weight  measure that comes up the most often -- and generally at least three times in a row -- is the one I stick with for that measurement...

Woo! I did it! I achieved my first short-term goal! The scale said 399.2 lbs three 3 times in a row. I'm so excited about this. I'm under 400 lbs! It's only slightly under, and there's a good chance it will go back up a bit for a day or so, but I'm taking it. I hit the goal, and it is a confirmed 399.2 lbs! I had to step on and off the scale many times to be certain, but three times in a row is three times in a row! Starting weight:  415 lbs Current weight:   399.2  lbs  ⇩  Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  399 lbs Time to make a new short-term goal. I think 10 lbs is reasonable, so I plan to try getting under 390 lbs. New goal: 389.9 lbs or under. Incidentally, 389 is what I weighed when I was a freshman in high school. How amazing is that? I'm 10 lbs away from weighing what I did about 25 years ago! I'm just glad it's not going to take another 25 years to get back down there. My first 30 days on this SLD diet is almost up. I have ac...

I feel awful. I made an unhealthy food choice today. I don't know if that's the cause of my "icky-sicky" feeling, but if not, it's one heck of a coincidence! I do not recommend doing what I did even it it didn't cause the issue. I ate a pre-packaged, nitrate-laden smoked sausage. Nothing else. And it has been my undoing! Ugh! I had nothing but my half sandwich for lunch yesterday at work, and when I got home, I was hangry. I was not just hungry, my hunger was making me mad. I was taking it out on my poor husband. I needed to eat something quickly after taking my oil and waiting an hour. This was the quickest food I could get to. Don't get me wrong. It was delicious. I love these things. But if this is the cause of how I feel right now, I can easily forego consuming these in the future with no love lost. It's not worth the suffering. I feel bloated, but I also feel as though there is grease pulsing through my veins. I can smell the sausage on...

My first short-term goal is within my grasp. I stepped on the scale the first time, and it showed 399.8 lbs. That was the closest I've been to that goal. Subsequent measures put me at 400.6 lbs which is still an excellent number. Maybe tomorrow? I'm hopeful that I will reach it before these initial 30 days of the diet regime are past. Starting weight:  415 lbs Current weight:  400.6 lbs  ⇩  Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  399 lbs I wanted to eat some leftovers last night for brinner, but I could only get through half before I felt done. This was half of the half I didn't finish from another night, so it was a quarter of what I used to eat for brinner. I continued past sated until full because it was so good, but I regretted it soon thereafter. Even still, my weight didn't go up but, like, 1 lb. Before work I ate some pork rinds that have been in my lunch bag for several days. I've just not been hungry enough to eat them. I have also cu...

This keeps getting better and better and better! I'm too excited for words! 402 lbs! Can you believe it? I'm sure you can, but I can't. All methods of losing weight I have ever tried -- and there have been many -- have failed. With Shangri-la , I literally haven't changed anything except for taking the 2 tbsp of oil twice a day, and my weight is dropping. Sure, the oil regimen makes me eat very little, but even when practically starving myself before SLD, I never dropped weight. It also made me ravenous and gain weight from the inevitable binge that followed! This truly is the "magic pill" diet. A no-calorie-counting, eat-anything-you-want, exercise-free diet that actually works! It couldn't be any easier than this unless I had a magic wand to make the fat disappear in one flick of the wrist. I tell my husband my weight whenever I take a new measurement, and I'm very excited when it goes down like this. I'm excited quite often. He doesn...

Oh, happy day! I'm down to my lowest weight so far since I started this Shangri-La Diet ! I almost didn't believe it when I saw 404.8 lbs on the scale, but it came up three times in a row, and my husband witnessed it! I knew it would happen, but I didn't know  it would happen; you know? It's all down hill from here! LOL. I know that's usually a negative thing to say, but this time it's a positive! So here is where I am today: Starting weight:  415 lbs Current weight:  404.8 lbs  ⇩  Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  399 lbs Next stop: 399 lbs or lower. I struggle with whether I should accept 399.* lbs (the asterisk stands for any digit from 0 - 9) or if I should wait until I'm at 399.0 lbs or under to say I've met the goal. I think if I get to 399.9 lbs, that qualifies as under 400, and that's acceptable as reaching the goal of 399 lbs that I set. To meet the short-term goal, I have to make sure I either plateau at 399.* lbs or d...