Sandy's OMAD Journal
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Omgggggggg those look good... Appx 8b hours boil breaking them 72 hour fast and I'm READY FOR IT! In was going to do tacos tomorrow but maybe I'll make them tonight now...
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I always want what many of you guys eat, but don't always have food on hand to make it. lol We all just rock our meals! :-)
Here's what I had today: noshed on some of my homemade trail mix earlier; a serving of granola from the health food store bin, serving of dried cranberries, a banana, a serving of pistachios, and a square of 70% cacao chocolate. It. Was. Fabulous! For an afternoon snack I had a serving of Stacy's Jalapeño Pita Chips with hot picante sauce. My dinner was 4 oz of lean pork chops with barbecue sauce, homemade garlic mashed potatoes, vegetarian baked beans, a couple servings of baby carrots, a serving of baby cucumbers, and a serving of mini peppers along with homemade honey mustard dressing.
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Good thing I just ate
That all looks sooo yummy especially that trail mix!!! 0 -
brendagaudette wrote: »Good thing I just ate That all looks sooo yummy especially that trail mix!!!
Haaaaaa, that's exactly what I thought when I just saw the meal you posted!
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Something happened a few minutes ago that hasn't happened for over two months... my hands felt like someone poured a gallon of sand into each of them. I haven't missed that at all, even now I can feel them tightening. I'm not in pain, it's just, I can't explain it. I don't like it one bit though. I'm going to try 18:6 for awhile and see if that helps, and if that doesn't work, then 20:4, then 23:1.
Ugh, and just now, my feet have the same feeling. They're falling asleep, for lack of a better term. Pins and needles. Whatever, I don't know the medical jargon. Lol But :-(0 -
wsandy8512 wrote: »Something happened a few minutes ago that hasn't happened for over two months... my hands felt like someone poured a gallon of sand into each of them. I haven't missed that at all, even now I can feel them tightening. I'm not in pain, it's just, I can't explain it. I don't like it one bit though. I'm going to try 18:6 for awhile and see if that helps, and if that doesn't work, then 20:4, then 23:1.
Ugh, and just now, my feet have the same feeling. They're falling asleep, for lack of a better term. Pins and needles. Whatever, I don't know the medical jargon. Lol But :-(
I'm so sorry babe! That sounds awful! Hopefully you'll figure out what's causing it maybe your salt levels?
On a side note though your meal looks seriously freaking amazing I would devour those mashed potatoes like a heathen LOL I almost made mashed potatoes tonight but got lazy lol0 -
mistymeadows2005 wrote: »wsandy8512 wrote: »Something happened a few minutes ago that hasn't happened for over two months... my hands felt like someone poured a gallon of sand into each of them. I haven't missed that at all, even now I can feel them tightening. I'm not in pain, it's just, I can't explain it. I don't like it one bit though. I'm going to try 18:6 for awhile and see if that helps, and if that doesn't work, then 20:4, then 23:1.
Ugh, and just now, my feet have the same feeling. They're falling asleep, for lack of a better term. Pins and needles. Whatever, I don't know the medical jargon. Lol But :-(
I'm so sorry babe! That sounds awful! Hopefully you'll figure out what's causing it maybe your salt levels?
On a side note though your meal looks seriously freaking amazing I would devour those mashed potatoes like a heathen LOL I almost made mashed potatoes tonight but got lazy lol
Could be, but my food didn't really have high salt levels. Maybe I did something today that brought it on and it isn't food or fasting related. It's just that I've not been officially doing OMAD the proper way for a couple weeks now and that's why I am second guessing my fast schedule. Maybe my body prefers odd hours, maybe I should do 17:7 or 19:5, or maybe it's my body's way of saying, "Woohoo, yeah, you still have rheumatoid arthritis in your hands and feet, just wanted you to know we are thinking about you over here. Now, carry on." Lol
I love me some mashed taters and often devour them like a heathen. OMG, you are too darn funny!
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@wsandy8512 read the article please, new research coming out has proven all those calorie formulas are complete bull$hit, 1900 cals for women and 2600 cals for men per day ..the end
The end is if weight is being lost or not. Not some limit that is going to vary per individual. I ate way past mfp predictions and lost more weight than it said I would. I think that was due to a higher BMR than was predicted and also for more subtle fasting reasons I believe. I counted cals for awhile but I don't now. I do estimate in my head but I will never weigh stuff, I don't have time for that.
If the scale goes up, cut back a little or shorten the eating window and little. Simple as that I think. Slow is good and you can't really argue with success.1 -
mistymeadows2005 wrote: »
I agree with Sandy above, intentionally or not, you come across very much like your statements (which tend to be very FINITE on a topic that is anything but) are absolute truth as opposed to opinion. That being said, with all due respect, I could have a 200 calorie difference in my TDEE a day by SNEEZING (exaggerating for dramatic effect but you know what I mean) - a 200 calorie difference is NOTHING in the way of "leeway" for such a study...and I'm saying this falling very close to that range (mine averages about 2050 give or take).
Furthermore, you might be the messenger but its the messenger of not particularly accurate, science based, or even LOGICAL information. A 5 foot nothin 100 pound girl might have a TDEE of 1300 where a 400 pound man that's 6 foot 5 might have one of 3000. There is absolutely NO way that any one TDEE will be one size fits all.
Now THAT, my friend, is science.
so you think those published researchers are wrong?is not only one study but multiple studies both in humans and animals, maybe you should try exercising 1000 calories and then eat those extra 1000 calories back in food , see how that works for you, my fitness swimming watch says I burn around 1100 cals in a 4k swim per session, I should be losing double what I do but that is not happening, I wish it would, it would be awesome but that's not reality
Yes, lots of published research is wrong. Thermo states you will lose at lease as much as a deficit so if your not losing, your eating more than you think or you BMR is less than you think, or your not as active as you think. You can lose more than a deficit, that isn't a violation of thermo. You can only gain as much as a surplus and no more. You don't have to gain all of a surplus and that doesn't go against thermodynamic principles either.1 -
Sorry if I brought this stuff back up. I'm still trying to catch up after being gone for over a week and I've read through all the threads that had the least comments and this had more so just getting to it.0
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@wsandy8512 read the article please, new research coming out has proven all those calorie formulas are complete bull$hit, 1900 cals for women and 2600 cals for men per day ..the end
The end is if weight is being lost or not. Not some limit that is going to vary per individual. I ate way past mfp predictions and lost more weight than it said I would. I think that was due to a higher BMR than was predicted and also for more subtle fasting reasons I believe. I counted cals for awhile but I don't now. I do estimate in my head but I will never weigh stuff, I don't have time for that.
If the scale goes up, cut back a little or shorten the eating window and little. Simple as that I think. Slow is good and you can't really argue with success.
Spot on regarding the end being if weight is lost or not. 3.6 pounds down in five days, I would say it's working
*Fingers crossed I didn't just jinx myself for my Friday weigh-in. Lol
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Oh Sandy sorry to hear about the "pins and needles" on your fingers... The fasting periods could be responsible in the past for your body being more able to cope with this condition?... I wonder myself... or else is there some food you are taking recently that could be aggravating it? or else something you are NOT taking which you did in the past and it helped? Maybe ACV?
it does help with certain body pains...
Hope you find the solution soon you are very resourceful!!1 -
Also, if you are still a non smoker your body is going to be detoxing from all those smoking years... your lungs will release chunks of stuff...someway or the other... there is going to be a regeneration of some of your organs affected by smoking such as lungs... (and connection in Chinese traditional Medicine Lungs and intestines...)1
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Sorry about your hands and feet
Is it better today?
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Mine do that sometimes but with me it's usually after I've walked or if it's really hot and muggy, hope it gets better soon
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Oh Sandy! How are you doing now? Is the tingling still there?0
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I was thinking Sandy - with the RA (and the swelling that often comes with it) I wonder if maybe nerves are getting pinched somewhere?
I have early onset osteoarthritis, so I feel your pain, it's no fun...keep us updated either way 0 -
I hope you're better today, how are your hands and feet?0
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Hey everyone, thank you all for being so sweet. It's gone away now. I'm still not sure what caused it. About the only thing I had that I don't have often is the half and half I used to make the mashed potatoes with, that may have been the trigger. All is well today, except I'm sweating like a stuck pig after mowing the lawn in 1000 degree heat plus humidity. A quick jump in the pool will take care of that, though. Lol
Btw, I do not know exactly what the issue is, but on the MFP homepage, and homepage only, I discovered that even when I don't where my Fitbit, if I have my phone on me when I exercise ior walk, that MFP is counting both my Apple Health and Fitbit App steps and such so it's doubling the burn on my homepage. . However, in my diary the correct calorie burn is listed. Think I'll be removing my Fitbit app. I only bought one because you can swim with it. May be time to go ahead and get the Apple Watch 2 series that my hubby encouraged me to buy. Loll0 -
Glad to hear It's gone away Hubby knows best!!! 1
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wsandy8512 wrote: »Hey everyone, thank you all for being so sweet. It's gone away now. I'm still not sure what caused it. About the only thing I had that I don't have often is the half and half I used to make the mashed potatoes with, that may have been the trigger. All is well today, except I'm sweating like a stuck pig after mowing the lawn in 1000 degree heat plus humidity. A quick jump in the pool will take care of that, though. Lol
Btw, I do not know exactly what the issue is, but on the MFP homepage, and homepage only, I discovered that even when I don't where my Fitbit, if I have my phone on me when I exercise ior walk, that MFP is counting both my Apple Health and Fitbit App steps and such so it's doubling the burn on my homepage. . However, in my diary the correct calorie burn is listed. Think I'll be removing my Fitbit app. I only bought one because you can swim with it. May be time to go ahead and get the Apple Watch 2 series that my hubby encouraged me to buy. Loll
So happy it's goneeeeeeeee - I need to enact your summoning powers from Sarah's thread to keep it away
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Happy to read all is well again Sandy.1
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You all are just awesome! Thank you :-)
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Today is an OMAD day for me. My meal was awesome and the best part of it was what I like to call a thick and creamy orgasm in a glass--banana, strawberry, cacao chocolate, peanut butter, and avocado smoothie topped with chia seeds! The rest of the meal was quinoa with a 1 whole and 3 egg white scramble, baby spinach, mini peppers, a slice of cheese and onions. I also had some pistachios and 2 70% dark chocolate squares with it. I am stuffed! It was so good!
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Orgasm In A Glass I would LOVE to try that 1
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@brendagaudette, perfect drink when I won't get any action for a month since the hubby is back offshore. Lolol
Seriously, the avocado makes it so thick and creamy. My Vitamix takes credit as well though 2 -
wsandy8512 wrote: »@brendagaudette, perfect drink when I won't get any action for a month since the hubby is back offshore. Lolol
Seriously, the avocado makes it so thick and creamy. My Vitamix takes credit as well though
I still haven't tried avocados but this makes me want to 0 -
brendagaudette wrote: »wsandy8512 wrote: »@brendagaudette, perfect drink when I won't get any action for a month since the hubby is back offshore. Lolol
Seriously, the avocado makes it so thick and creamy. My Vitamix takes credit as well though
I still haven't tried avocados but this makes me want to
You wouldn't even taste it. The banana and chocolate cover almost everything except the berries. A tsp of pure vanilla extract is an ice addition as well.
If you brave it, the avocado should be ripe--soft, not hard.
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brendagaudette wrote: »wsandy8512 wrote: »@brendagaudette, perfect drink when I won't get any action for a month since the hubby is back offshore. Lolol
Seriously, the avocado makes it so thick and creamy. My Vitamix takes credit as well though
I still haven't tried avocados but this makes me want to
WOMAN! Get ON it! Don't make me BRING you one 1
