Melissa's OMAD experience
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I extended my fast to 4 instead of 11. Surprisingly, the only time I was hungry was in the morning long before 11. I did put cream in my coffee and milk in my tea, which I had both today. I wonder if the calories piqued my hunger. I ate around 1200 calories. I am so full. I just can't see how this will lead to weight loss. I'm afraid it's all going to go straight to stored fat and I'll just spend tomorrow burning off this one meal. I just can't understand how this is going to work.0
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gomissfitnes wrote: »I extended my fast to 4 instead of 11. Surprisingly, the only time I was hungry was in the morning long before 11. I did put cream in my coffee and milk in my tea, which I had both today. I wonder if the calories piqued my hunger. I ate around 1200 calories. I am so full. I just can't see how this will lead to weight loss. I'm afraid it's all going to go straight to stored fat and I'll just spend tomorrow burning off this one meal. I just can't understand how this is going to work.
1200 calories are not much. What is your BMR? It is probably at least 1200. Then if you have done some steps or other activity, you have burned more and you will lose weight.0 -
I hope so. I'm not very tall and all the calculators I've used put my BMR somewhere between 1200 and 1500. I'm going to try and add in a strength work out in the mornings. I'm trying to prep my body to continue OMAD when I return to work in August. I'll be really surprised if I can lose weight feeling as full as I do. That will be a real paradigm shift.0
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I think both milk and cream might cause insulin release which in turn causes hunger. I've switched to black coffee and cut out diet drinks in the fasting period and anecdotally I can say that I'm finding the fasting much easier (that could be the placebo effect, of course...)
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And about the 1200 calories - what Bob said!0
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Ok. New plan. Work out in the morning. No milk or cream. No freaking out about being full.0
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Being full is my all time favourite thing about OMAD... I hated never being full on every other diet I've ever been on.1
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True! It is actually very satisfying to finally just eat. I just equate it with cheating or somehow failing.0
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Gotta change the mind set0
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Yeah, I still catch myself thinking that sometimes. Especially when I go out to eat and have fries or something. That kind of freaks me out. But then I still lose weight that week and I'm like, well, whaddaya know, those fries didn't magically cause me to gain 20lbs overnight. Huh!
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Hey, Melissa! I totally relate to your fear about being smaller. I am only 4'9", and I would always be SO frightened about eating too much. For my tall friends (pretty much all of them), they could easily slip up by adding an 100-calorie sauce or something to their food and it was no big deal. But for me, 100 calories IS a big deal. This is the first plan where I haven't felt afraid to eat. When I calculate the odd meal every now and then, I am never going over 1200 naturally. I am not counting, and I am still losing. Try to relax a bit, and do know that you definitely need to eat to keep up with working out. And if no one has ever told you this, you deserve to eat. I've gone many years not thinking that way or using food to punish myself and my body. Try not to worry so much about calories right now. Weight loss might be super slow, but you know that 1200 calories plus a workout is not going to make you gain.0
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Well said and well taken britt. It is hard to let go, for sure, but I am definitely liking that idea. Today my goal is to eat until I feel full, not overly so and be done with it. I will naturally eat about 800 until I'm full. I am starting to wonder about this magical 1200 number. I do get impatient because I want to see an instant transformation. Joe also gave me the same advice about relaxing a bit so I don't burnout. I am wondering if it will actually be easier when I go back to work in the fall. It's hard just being home trying not to be hungry. But I am encouraged by the changes that have already happened. Thanks for the response!1
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Of course! And things will get easier as time passes, too! I know I definitely struggled on a few weekend days when I was tired of packing and would get bored. My long-established automated response to boredom is to eat, so I literally had to sit and contemplate whether or not I was truly hungry and that put things into perspective for me. The first time I did it was hard because I knew I wasn't hungry but still wanted to eat and it took willpower not to. Each time I have done it, it has become progressively more automatic, and I haven't needed to use much willpower at all. Things will definitely become easier as habits change.0
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Being full is my all time favourite thing about OMAD... I hated never being full on every other diet I've ever been on.
Here, here! I love the feeling of being full! I kind of over do it ( since I'm a newbie to omad). It gives me such a satisfaction and I'm not thinking of what I will eat in a couple of hours. Not having to crave for more food , and I am completely happy knowing I am done with food for the entire day! I don't obsess over thinking about a snack or wanting to eat the kids' leftovers ( u know what I mean, moms).2 -
Lol! I lived on leftovers when my boys were little. I ate at 130 today, about 1000 calories, and I'm still uncomfortably full at 7pm. I think I'll go back to my 1130 meal time so I'm relatively empty by this time. I sleep better when I'm not full. I also think I'll stick to the 800 to 1000 range. Haven't seen the scale go down in a while. I feel like I don't know what I'm doing anymore. OMAD. How hard could it be but, leave it to me to make things complicated.1
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gomissfitnes wrote: »Lol! I lived on leftovers when my boys were little. I ate at 130 today, about 1000 calories, and I'm still uncomfortably full at 7pm. I think I'll go back to my 1130 meal time so I'm relatively empty by this time. I sleep better when I'm not full. I also think I'll stick to the 800 to 1000 range. Haven't seen the scale go down in a while. I feel like I don't know what I'm doing anymore. OMAD. How hard could it be but, leave it to me to make things complicated.
I would starve eating only 800 to 1000 cals/day. I Iost my weight eating 1800-2400 cals a day. I'm a fairly large guy and to an average female that would be equivalent to about a 1/3 of that I would think so about 1200-1800 cals/day. I did that with exercise too so my BMR was about 2000 but I would lose 2+ lbs/week with all that figured in. I worry when I see people eating so little because I do not think it is sustainable and I also think it might result in malnurishment. I know that it feels weird to eat that much but as long as you stick to around 1200/day, you will be fine. Don't be afraid to get that much in you for a meal or say a 3-4 hr eating window (I've always fasted about 21-hrs and had about a 3-hr eating window or now that I think about it, I would not have been able to get that much in me for 1-sitting). My problem is I love being full and that has led me to overeat so OMAD is a major blessing to me cause I can eat tell full and still lose weight. Anyways just my thoughts. Good luck!0 -
gomissfitnes wrote: »Lol! I lived on leftovers when my boys were little. I ate at 130 today, about 1000 calories, and I'm still uncomfortably full at 7pm. I think I'll go back to my 1130 meal time so I'm relatively empty by this time. I sleep better when I'm not full. I also think I'll stick to the 800 to 1000 range. Haven't seen the scale go down in a while. I feel like I don't know what I'm doing anymore. OMAD. How hard could it be but, leave it to me to make things complicated.
Have you always ate so little? Or is it the longer you have been Omad, the less you are eating lately..? I have no problem eating 1500 cal in one sitting. Maybe you should include more high calorie foods. I also believe that too few of calories is not a good idea. Don't be afraid to increase, sometimes it kicks up the metabolism more and you lose better that way.0 -
Well done Melissa so far your progress looks great! Me too I am picking up exercise I have too much energy not to be using it! And I´ve been too sedentary until now.1
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Well I am glad to hear these responses. I have tried to be very true to what I am doing in this log, hoping to elicit some helpful feedback. When I have tried to lose weight before, it has always been on 1200 calories a day. So that is the number I have in my head in order to be successful.
blambo61, that makes sense to eat over a 3-4 hour eating window. I was thinking that I would have to do that when I start back to work because I just can't get that full and be productive. It is very encouraging to know that worked for you. I think I'll start that now. I really don't like trying to eat all 1200 in one shot. That sounds very doable.
kokonani, I'm worried that I have eaten so little for so long that I will gain on any more. I am so confused on this point. At the risk of revealing my ignorance on the subject, This is what I understand about metabolism:
Eating a reduced calorie diet over the whole day will lead to a slower metabolism because the body will conserve based on the food it's provided.
In a fasting state, the body will access body fat stores and use as much energy as it needs. So it doesn't need to conserve energy. (?)
You can reset your body's weight set point by hovering within a range for an extended period of time.
Questions: How does the body respond to food on OMAD? Is it storing it all as fat? Does it really matter if you have ridiculously low calorie meals (500 cal) on OMAD if the point is to be fasting?
I just want to lose fat but I don't want to hurt myself in the process.
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Melissa, I had the 1200 calorie mindset as well. Over the last couple of weeks I've upped between 1600-1800, regularly, and I've lost weight. You should find s good TDEE calculator, enter your stats and activity level, and cut from the TDEE number and cut 250-500 calories from that, depending on how aggressively you want to lose weight. . VLCD's are wrongfully programmed into our heads as being the answer and it's not true. Your metabolism may not be as bad as you think it is, btw, I've been a yo-yo dieter my whole life and thought my metabolism was wrecked as well. Apparently it's not, I've lost 3.6 pounds since last Friday's weigh-in. Baby steps, you will not get the calories in so soon without gradually increasing--but don't force yourself to eat if you are full. And, don't be afraid if you gain at first, give it 2-3 weeks before deciding to lower calories once you reach the amount you should be eating. 3
