Bob Lamb - OMAD 9/6/2015
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That is great Bob. I think you may have found the cure. I'm giving up sugar and will be eating fruit or whatever sugar is in my evening meals. Wonderful loss!0
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I can't believe how much weight has dropped off of me this last week. This morning I'm down 3-lbs since last Sat. I've been doing about an 18-20 hour fast each day and then eat ad libitum for the rest of the evening. And I take ACV each evening. I usually lose 1-lb a week doing that.
Only change I've made is that I totally cut out all sugar and didn't have a cheat day last Saturday. I have done a couple of little walks is all (which is more than I was doing cause I had gout before). I have not cut calories back and have actually eaten a lot of cheese as my go-to splurge over the holidays since I'm not doing the sugar (ate two plates of beef strogonoff over rice, salad, and carrots and about 15 jalapeno, cream cheese, bacon poppers last night). Crazy! I will continue the experiment and see if it keeps going this way.2 -
I have a question about ACV. Is it bad to just take a tablespoon by itself?
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I have a question about ACV. Is it bad to just take a tablespoon by itself?
For me, I might die of convulsions (I don't like it very much)! I wouldn't do it that way because I think you may burn your throat and it would be harsh on the teeth. You can mix it with water to dilute it and if needed, chase with water. Rinse with water after for sure to preserve your teeth.0 -
I mix with juice also but will use just water if there is no juice around.0
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I mix 2 tbl spoons with a full glass of water, that makes it drinkable to me, and have that with my food.SavedByGrace26356 wrote: »It's not good for your teeth. You can Google it. It ruins the enamel over time.
It's good to wait an hour to brush ones teeth after having something acidic I read, letting the saliva flush the ACV away first or eat something with a high ph to even it out.
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Weekly Update:
Weight Gain/Loss:
-3lb, SW 252, CW 212, 40lbs-lighter
Diet:
Sat - Fri (18-21 hour fast each day)
Still doing salads with olive oil, cheese and eggs most every day. Do ACV and cherry juice daily. Almost completely cut out refined sugar and only had some pie this week (no candy). Ate ad libitum when I ate. Ate a lot of cheese as my go-to splurge item. Ate some of the smoked meats that you eat with cheeses and crackers.
Exercise:
Sun - built a snow igloo in back yard and shoveled driveway (had about 10-in of snow or a little more). About 3-hrs of work.
Tues - Walked 2.8 miles
Fri - Walked 4.2 Miles
Was very happy to be able to walk and my knee got better every day up to Friday. I think no-sugar helped.
Other comments:
I wasn't even tempted much by candy and we had tons of it around (I associate it with gout). We had relatives here for the holidays and it was a glutfest for most. I was good and didn't eat tell 4:00 p.m. at the earliest except Christmas day where I had a couple of pieces of elk jerky (stocking stuffer). My knee got better and better and was able to do some good walks. I cannot believe how much weight I lost. I ate a lot of food but still lost. Maybe the cheese I ate satiated me and I didn't eat as much as I thought. Maybe not eating sugar helped a lot. Maybe not having a cheat day last Saturday helped. Maybe it was me shoveling snow for 3hours on Sunday. Maybe some of it was left over from the previous week where I was even and didn't have a loss. Maybe it was something else? Anyways, I will take it. I think this weeks results were absolutely amazing (I usually lose 1-lb/week). I will keep experimenting with the no refined sugar and eating cheese and see what happens.
Now the down side, this morning my gout is back. Two nights ago I ate a lot of jalapeno poppers (jalapenos, cream cheese, bacon, and shrimp - so good!). That was on top of a couple of servings of elk stroganoff. Last night I ate little ceasers pizza and some more poppers. I'm sure the pizza sauce had sugar in it. Well this morning I've got bad gout back in my knee. Those things I ate and maybe dehydration (hard for me to remember to drink at home) have brought it back. Very discouraging. I'm thinking about going no-sugar and mostly vegetarian. I need to get over this and be able to walk and run and not be limping and hurting all the time. I'm taking my meds but maybe I need more. I will talk to the Doc.0 -
Sugar is an inflammatory. Good for you on staying away from it!0
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Great loss!! I'm so sorry your gout is back. It probably was the sugar in the pizza sauce. Good idea to talk to Doc. Happy New Year Bob!!0
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Bob you are doing so good with OMAD results.0
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2016 Summary:
Started the Year at about 220 after starting OMAD in Sept 2015 at 252. Got down to 210 by March, went on some family vacations and got out of OMAD habit, went back up to about 215, got back on the OMAD diet and went down to 205, did some more vacation stuff and hunting trips etc and got out of OMAD habit again (did 16:8 most of the time) and went back up to 218. Got back on OMAD after Thankgiving and am back down to about 212. So I only had a net of about a -8 lbs but I did at least not get big again (and lost a little) for a whole year by doing OMAD part time and 16:8 part time so it was still a success, but not as large as it could of been.
I've only tried to diet once before this about 9 years ago and lost about 30-lbs by skipping lunches and just eating fruit through the day but gout, tearing my ACL playing basketball, and finding that diet very hard kind of derailed me and I went back to bad eating habits and ballooned back up to 256 (started at 240 and went down to 210 and then up to 256)! OMAD and IF in general has given me tools to be able to lose and maintain which I'm grateful for. I think I can control my weight with fasting of some sort or the other for the rest of my life and eventually get where I want to be (probably about 180-190 lbs [I would love to be 7-12% body fat but could settle for 12-16%]).
This year's goal is to make it to at least 190 which is about -22lbs from now! Ideally, I would like to get to 180 and then hover between that and 190. That is totally realistic and feasible! Go 2017! Good luck everyone!2 -
You are already close! Since you don't have a lot to lose (as you know) be patient and give yourself time to form a lower set point so you can maintain under 200. Great goals for 2017!0
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Thanks, I will just plug along. I hope I can continue running. It makes a big difference to me. If nothing else, running and lifting let me eat another 500 cals a day or so and is fun for me. Don't try running anyone if you are still very heavy due to injury risks (do biking, walking, or swimming, or rowing or something like that if your going to do anything and even don't do much walking if really heavy since that is an injury risk also).0
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I walk slowly and do stretching.0
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SavedByGrace26356 wrote: »I walk slowly and do stretching.
That sounds real good. We all have limits and I'm finding as I'm getting older I really have to be careful of injuries. Good luck!0 -
SavedByGrace26356 wrote: »I walk slowly and do stretching.
That is terrific!0 -
SavedByGrace26356 wrote: »I walk slowly and do stretching.
That sounds real good. We all have limits and I'm finding as I'm getting older I really have to be careful of injuries. Good luck!
I know what you mean. I was lifting some boxes and my back went out. I'm at work right now with a tube of Ben-Gay and a heating pad on my back. Our minds think we can do all the things we used to do but our bodies have a different opinion of that. Take care!!0
