Bob Lamb - OMAD 9/6/2015
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Congratulations on meeting your goal!!!
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Well gained some over the last week (about 2.5-lbs although I've been doing 16:8 and could probably get rid of at least 1-lb of that when I get back to OMAD) and next week I will be at scout camp which isn't very conducive for weight loss. I know no one is holding a gun to my head making me eat but it is a difficult situation. I will probably wait tell I get back so weight loss for me this month is going to be maintenance I think. My foot is hurting a little and I hope it won't derail my running. It's mid-foot on my 5th toe on left foot. I've had stress problems there before. Will need to run on grass from now on and hope can get past it. Good luck all.0
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Very strange, woke up today 3-lbs lighter than yesterday. Did have a small eating day yesterday. I must have been retaining water/waste. I'm back to 205 and even from before last week so I actually am back to where I was! Still have scout camp next week though that could have an impact. Have a good week all.2
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That's great, Bob!!0
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Well done Bob... haven´t read all your thread did you drop all of that only with OMAD or fasting more days in a row?0
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Gotta love those unexpected losses!!0
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Nice overnight loss, and good luck at camp and with your foot 0
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Well done Bob... haven´t read all your thread did you drop all of that only with OMAD or fasting more days in a row?
I've never done the extended fasting and I ate during a 3-hr window when I ate. I ate tell full and then I would snack as desired. That may not work for a lot of people though. You would have to experiment and see. It was a way for me to still have a calorie deficit. If I would have ate too much calories, it would not have worked. Good luck!1 -
Got back from scout camp today. Man that was busy! We went to camp Bartlett which is just to the north west of Bear Lake in Idaho. Was right at around 7000 ft elevation. Was very pretty with a nice little lake there. We had a lot of fun. I was the adult over all the food so it was helping the scouts get one meal ready, cleaning up for it and then staring another meal shortly thereafter (we rotated with two different groups of scouts but I was always there). I had to spend a bit more time in camp cause of that while a couple of other adult leaders were out with the boys more. I still got out and had a lot of fun though and shot some rifle, hiked, canoed, swam, and played some outdoor games. We walked a LOT (and didn't sleep a lot)! The camp is spread out and my steps showed I went from Mon-Sat about 9.9, 14.8, 11.6, (my watch just ran out of juice), 9?, 10?, and probably 5?-miles today. Feet hurt a bit at the end of the day there. I did run a 5k early Tues morn there that was one of the activities.
I ate a lot, not much snacking at all, but 3 very big meals each day. I thought about fasting but I didn't want to bonk (and torture myself by being over all the food every meal for about 16-people average) and I calculated that with a TDEE of about 3200-cals a day and eating about 4000 or more cals a day that the worst that would happen would be about a 2-lb fat gain. I weighed myself after I got back this afternoon and I came out even so no fat gain at all! Was glad for that! Well that's probably more than enough. I will have to get caught up reading other posts. bye!1 -
That is great Bob. You had fun, didn't restrict yourself and didn't gain...Win/Win0
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Actually looking back at numbers and I may have gained 1 maybe even two lbs. I have a lot of food in my right now though and should go down a couple in the next couple of days. I need to keep better records.0
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Bob, how fun! Not only did you have a nice trip, but you had a great time and it sounds to me like you were in control of your eating, even if you did end up gaining a bit. I really admire you and how you've gone about maintenance. You have loosened up a bit, yet you're still mindful--which is something I never practiced any time I lost weight, though I haven't reached a goal since I was 26 years old, 21 years ago, yikes! Anyway, keep up the awesome job and it's great when people like yourself and Brenda continue to post in here about your maintenance life as it is very inspiring to me, and others as well, I am sure. :-)1
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damn, I'm jealous, all those fun outdoors activities... is there anything better for a kid than being a part of a scouts troop?0
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I was in Guides as a kid and my mum was a Cub leader (those are the Canadian names from the 80s - not sure if they are the same in the US) - good times for sure. I was just saying to my partner on the weekend when we were camping that I just realised how much I actually learnt on all those camps and hikes etc. You don't even really know what you know until you realise that other people don't have that knowledge.
The thing that made it clear to me this weekend was that even though my partner can light a fire, he does it more by brute force than actually building it in a way that is pretty much guaranteed to burn. With Guides we often went on hikes in the winter in the snow and had to light fires with one match - none of this butane can with a flame thrower attached to the top of it business!!!0 -
I was in Guides as a kid and my mum was a Cub leader (those are the Canadian names from the 80s - not sure if they are the same in the US) - good times for sure. I was just saying to my partner on the weekend when we were camping that I just realised how much I actually learnt on all those camps and hikes etc. You don't even really know what you know until you realise that other people don't have that knowledge.
The thing that made it clear to me this weekend was that even though my partner can light a fire, he does it more by brute force than actually building it in a way that is pretty much guaranteed to burn. With Guides we often went on hikes in the winter in the snow and had to light fires with one match - none of this butane can with a flame thrower attached to the top of it business!!!
Hardcore! I like it!1 -
Well today was my first attempt at OMAD in about 10 days. It was rough. I had some brownies last night at a birthday party which probably didn't help either. I was hungry by 9:00 am! I decided to have a scoop of whey protein and water (120-cals) at 9:00 and then again at 2:00 pm and then had a little bit of coconut oil at 2:30. Total cals was about 300. Made it to home where I'm now enjoying a nice salad! Wasn't perfect but better than eating 3-bags of peanuts at about 900 cals which would have probably been the other eating option. Will keep giving it a go tell get back at it. I may try the protein thing on my exercise days which I've not been trying to do OMAD on to see where that gets me.0
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I missed your post yesterday some how?!?!?!
Anyway my first OMAD day was yesterday too and it is hard coming off from 4 feasting days to just one LC meal but I did it and am just 3 hours from my next one...Good luck, We got this 0 -
I agree we got this! Love reading about your vacation! We can do a great deal of good for our bodies by allowing it to relax every once and awhile. It is easier to stick with it in the long run that way. OMAD has a way of making our bodies not feel the effects of an extreme diet while at the same time getting the results of one. 0
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Today was a lot better. I ran 4.25-miles this morning and when I do that, I usually opt for the 16:8 routine cause it is usually too hard to fast concentration wise while at work. I did cheat a little and took some of my UCAN superstarch (slow release carb that doesn't spike insulin) to see what would happen (I've tried this with protein powder and coconut oil). I did well and made it to the end of the day with only eating about 200-cals. My TDEE today will be close to 3000-cal so I've got a lot of wiggle room tonight to get a good deficit.2
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Wow seems your metabolism is working and you didnt gain much during your 10 non OMAD days! amazing!... 0
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3k TDEE is insane!!! Awesome job!0
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Big difference in your pictures! Vey nice0
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I'm sick today. Bummer! Had a slight fever and was up most the night. I pushed it way too hard the last two weeks. Sometimes the first indication you get something is wrong it is too late. I need to be prudent and establish practices that will safeguard me or its almost certain I will get sick or injured. I do try to do that but didn't get anywhere near the amount of sleep I needed the last two weeks.
l'm back to where I was weight wise before scout camp (206) so that is good. I was going to do a 5k tomorrow but that is out and a week from tomorrow we are supposed to go on a big hike so I need to recover for that.
I don't think I will try to fast tell dinner on my workout days (Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat). I was able to do that this last week but it takes up way too much mental capital while I'm trying to work. I will do the OMAD routine (21:3 for me) on Tue, Thurs, and Sun and will do a 16:8 the other days with a goo salad for lunch.
Yesterday at about 2pm I was crazy hungry (cause of fasting day before after workout and not eating enough Wed night) and I had to eat cause I couldn't concentrate at work. Plus I was a little sick and it just wasn't happening. In those situations, if I have to eat, I will try to go low carb and I did by eating a bunch of peanuts. Yes those have a lot of cals but their satiating effect lasts into the evening for me and I don't eat as much at night so it doesn't cause me much problems whereas if I would have binged on sugary stuff, I would have been really hungry into the evening. The peanuts didn't stop me from getting to 206 this morning so I think that was a good choice. Have a good one all!2 -
gomissfitnes wrote: »Big difference in your pictures! Vey nice
Thanks, nice not having a big gut anymore!0 -
Very, very nice Bob! You know yourself and your body and you're kicking butt! Love how you held yourself off with peanuts, and still were back down today. Hope you feel better soon. 0
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I like that plan Bob! I'm a big advocate of listening to your body and adjusting as you need to. Sounds like you're pretty good at that so I have a feeling you'll do great :-D0
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That's an awesome plan, Bob! I have been thinking about this, too, because when I start working out, my appetite goes through the roof. I hope you feel better soon and will recover nicely in time for the hike.0
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Take it easy Bob and I hope you're feeling better soon
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Bummer indeed! Have you tried using resting heart rate as an indication of when you are pushing it too hard? (Of course, you'd need a watch that tracks HR...)0
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Bummer indeed! Have you tried using resting heart rate as an indication of when you are pushing it too hard? (Of course, you'd need a watch that tracks HR...)
I didn't push it too hard running. I pushed it too hard with not sleeping. I have a smart watch I use when running and I do limit the pace I go to avoid overdoing it. It has a heart rate strap that goes with it also but I like using speed to slow me down (doesn't work well when going uphill though). Thanks for the idea!
Whoops, you said resting heart rate so I assume you mean in between runs. I always check my heart rate. It's a habit I've had since I ran track as a teenager. My heart normally beats very slowly and this week I've measured it down to 43-beats/min. That is normal for me when rested (I must have been rested somewhat i guess) and when I'm fasting. As soon as I eat something, it goes up to about 55-beats/min. A couple hours after running it will be about 60 beats/min while fasted. I do have to watch it cause my mind wants to do things my body can't!0
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