Erin's OMAD Diary
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Well I ate lunch at 11:00 am and was going to make this a two meal day but I'm still so full from lunch (~900 cal) that I can't imagine eating dinner. What is this witchcraft?!
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Well I ate lunch at 11:00 am and was going to make this a two meal day but I'm still so full from lunch (~900 cal) that I can't imagine eating dinner. What is this witchcraft?!
Wish I had that problem. I eat and it is get out of the way. If I eat, I get very hungry tell I'm full and it is super hard not to eat more. That is why OMAD has worked for me cause I need to wait to eat.0 -
@blambo61 Believe me, it only happens if I'm regularly fasting for 20-23 hours. If I had this "problem" before fasting, I wouldn't have gotten to 102 kg.
I didn't expect it yesterday. It just seems really weird, but I guess it's evidence that fasting affects ghrelin and leptin. I'm grateful. It seems like magic.0 -
Controlling hunger is the key for me too. That's what is so good about OMAD.1
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Day 6. Had two meals today, but no idea why. Not hungry for either really. Still sick. I've got to get out of the habit of eating, because that's all it is at this point. Habit, not real hunger.
But I'll get there. I'm going easy on myself. It took 41 years to get here--not going to change it all in a week. Tomorrow back to my regular OMAD and hopefully not so sick.
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Day 7. Not much to report. Pretty much in the swing now. Two coffees with a splash of cream and two cups of broth, mainly because I'm still sick (just a cold).
Dinner was a small bowl of split pea soup, 2 almond flour biscuits tweaked to taste like Cheddar Bay biscuits, ham, and grape tomatoes. Dessert was a espresso with whipped cream, two dates, and 10 grams of peanuts. 7 days OMAD, 13 tapering caffeine. Down to 1/5 shot of espresso (~3 grams of caffeinated coffee in the ~14 gram shot). Getting there!
Anxiety ramping up as semester starts next week and my husband will be away the whole first week I teach. Man I hope I can be a working single parent alright.
I wanted to get food and caffeine sorted by then--so far, so good. Not eating lunch is the quickest lunch to buy, prep, pack, eat, and clean up after!1 -
Why are you taping off coffee?
Isn't good for fasting?0 -
daniadanietta wrote: »Why are you taping off coffee?
Isn't good for fasting?
It's supposed to be great for fasting (natural appetite suppressant), but I have anxiety and it's not great for that.
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Is it possible to not eat enough calories on OMAD? I'm not really hungry during the day but I'm having a hard time hitting 1200 calories a day. I'm supposed to get about 1400 per day according to MFP. Today I got under 1,000. Thoughts?0
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Your own hunger is generally a good guide I have found. So that's great if you are not feeling so hungry. Your body may be using built in reserves,2
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Your body may be using built in reserves,
That's good. I have 42% reserves.
I just got a bit nervous yesterday because I listened to a podcast where they thrashed OMAD as wrecking your metabolism.
I have never in my life had the problem of not eating enough. It's very strange. I assume if my metabolism were tanking I would know. Right? It's just one of the weirder things that's happened to me.0 -
So I've been playing around with different IF schedules for a month. Been OMAD for 10 days. Looked back over that month and I've lost 3.83 kg. That's almost 8 1/2 pounds. Holy smokes. Keto is good. Cheaty keto (with real ice cream once and generally 50ish carbs) plus IF is astonishing.
But my main hope was for it to even out moods. Still anxious as hell at the beginning of this new job/new semester. Maybe it has evened them out and I would be totally nutters without it, instead of just mostly nutters as I am now.1 -
That's great!!!
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Congrats0
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Nutters...hahaha Congrats on the weight loss. Hope you see a more marked improvement in your moods soon. I think you will. A new job is definitely a stressful event!1
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Awesome loss!0
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Heading into weekend two on OMAD. Not sure how I'm going to do meals or a splurge day this weekend. I might just keep plugging along with OMAD as is. I'm not hungry for more than one meal a day now so I'm not going to force anything.
Splurge days might mean no counting calories and maybe some carbs foods if I miss them. I had a beer tonight, which is a once-a-month or less indulgence. Hoegaarden, a Belgian wheat beer. Man was it good. Even with that and split pea soup, my carbs were in the realm of low carb (<50) as I'm only eating once a day.
I know I can't handle unlimited carbs. Always regain the weight. And they make me feel awful as I'm fat-adapted now.
So I'm picking and choosing. Bread I can live without forever. Same for most sweets. But I sometimes want some beans or a bowl of oatmeal or 1/3 of a cup of rice with my curry. OMAD gives me the wiggle room for that. And give me a beer once or twice a month and I could eat this way forever.1 -
I missed my bread so I found some that was LC and started eating it this week and smartfood popcorn because that's the best
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I wanted to say thanks for everyone's support and comments. It's been really helpful.
Had an interesting experience this weekend--had 2 1/2 meals on Saturday, my splurge day and realized I felt so full that it felt gross. It actually felt good to be empty on my next OMAD day. This is a really fascinating, enlightening experience. And to think I was afraid of hunger my whole life....2 -
That's great, it means your stomach is shrinking 0
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I wanted to say thanks for everyone's support and comments. It's been really helpful.
Had an interesting experience this weekend--had 2 1/2 meals on Saturday, my splurge day and realized I felt so full that it felt gross. It actually felt good to be empty on my next OMAD day. This is a really fascinating, enlightening experience. And to think I was afraid of hunger my whole life....
Isn't it interesting to look forward to the fasting day, because you feel too full on the splurge day? I've had this too, and it IS surprising!1 -
You guys! I've lost 2.5 cm from my waist since 22 Feb. That's an inch in two weeks!
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New goal: waist 80 cm or less. https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/your-heart/know-your-risks/healthy-weight/waist-measurement1
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Good goal!1
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Go for it!1
