Barbara´s OMAD Journal
barbheart
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Started OMAD 12 days ago. Absolute OMAD non stop since.
weight myself today (and freaked)
322lbs (if the machine is correct)
my Heigh: 5.2''
age: 49, menopausal
No apparent health issues besides obesity
OMAD: 23:1 (technically its less than 1h window because I eat in less than 30 min and I close the window.I eat my plate and thats it I have my drink take my vitamins)
Vitamins: resveratrol, omega 3, vit d3, vit K, magnesium, marine phytoplancton, chlorella.
I have been eating one meal a day, I eat protein (meat, fish chiken) and veggies (zuccini, salads, rice, or pasta), I end my meal with a bisket or mini cake with some organic cacao drink with coconut oil and xylitol or else a piece of chocolate.
So far, the meals are good, just one day I didnt eat too much because I feel full very quickly on my OMAD meal. I have managed quite well to sustain my fasting hours
For the first two weeks I have felt great, I feel more energized and love the fasting feeling. (I am just pissed off today cause I weight myself and didnt expect those 322lbs. I was expecting 30 lbs less I gained those kilos after a 3 months super strict Paleo type diet, 2 years ago. That got me real bitchy with no carbs, so I yoyoed back up the weight again.
Main issues: sedentary life AND very slugghish colon. I do colonics now and then they have been a real blessing in my life. I currently do colonics My last one 10 days ago just as I started OMAD. A colonic is a water irrigation thru the intestines to cleanse and remove fecal matter. In my case its a must. need to do it.
My meals tend to be all organic, bio.
My fasting time: I drink water,coffee (back with No sweetners nothing), green tea (kukicha tea, love it)
My emotions are good I work on myself on all levels, pray, meditate, love myself and specially forgive myself for all this weight gain...
Weight has been an ongoing issue all my life. If I stop eating cut calories I drop weight but food been associated to my mother (she over fed me to compensate stuff when I was a child, then she died when I was 9, perhaps I have some remaining trauma from her death )
weight myself today (and freaked)
322lbs (if the machine is correct)
my Heigh: 5.2''
age: 49, menopausal
No apparent health issues besides obesity
OMAD: 23:1 (technically its less than 1h window because I eat in less than 30 min and I close the window.I eat my plate and thats it I have my drink take my vitamins)
Vitamins: resveratrol, omega 3, vit d3, vit K, magnesium, marine phytoplancton, chlorella.
I have been eating one meal a day, I eat protein (meat, fish chiken) and veggies (zuccini, salads, rice, or pasta), I end my meal with a bisket or mini cake with some organic cacao drink with coconut oil and xylitol or else a piece of chocolate.
So far, the meals are good, just one day I didnt eat too much because I feel full very quickly on my OMAD meal. I have managed quite well to sustain my fasting hours
For the first two weeks I have felt great, I feel more energized and love the fasting feeling. (I am just pissed off today cause I weight myself and didnt expect those 322lbs. I was expecting 30 lbs less I gained those kilos after a 3 months super strict Paleo type diet, 2 years ago. That got me real bitchy with no carbs, so I yoyoed back up the weight again.
Main issues: sedentary life AND very slugghish colon. I do colonics now and then they have been a real blessing in my life. I currently do colonics My last one 10 days ago just as I started OMAD. A colonic is a water irrigation thru the intestines to cleanse and remove fecal matter. In my case its a must. need to do it.
My meals tend to be all organic, bio.
My fasting time: I drink water,coffee (back with No sweetners nothing), green tea (kukicha tea, love it)
My emotions are good I work on myself on all levels, pray, meditate, love myself and specially forgive myself for all this weight gain...
Weight has been an ongoing issue all my life. If I stop eating cut calories I drop weight but food been associated to my mother (she over fed me to compensate stuff when I was a child, then she died when I was 9, perhaps I have some remaining trauma from her death )
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Forgot to say my goal is to reach my 50´s next june 2018 super amazingly fit and ...whatever to loose the maximum weight I can
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Sounds like you are off to a great start!
Remember to get 30 minutes of sunlight each day. And ACV.1 -
What is ACV? (I am Spanish from Spain)0
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Welcome to the group. ACV is Apple Cider Vinegar.1
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Best to you, Barbara! It does sound like you're doing really well so far. I look forward to watching you progress.1
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Thank you ladies! Apple cider yes I do take!!! I just had it on my salad... for my OMAD today I had a rice+tomatoe+advocado+lettuce organic salad plus 1,5 chicken hamburger (organic) plus a cake (more like a big biscuit and a bit of chocolate and a chaga drink (Chaga, the mushroom)
I also did 2 miles with leslie sansone 1 mile video (2 times prior to my meal). I went to the sun 30 min and moved much more through my morning than usually...
Need to "retrain" myself to keep moving...
tks for your encouragements!!!!
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Welcome to the group, You will love it here I also drink Chaga Tea, do you make your own? 1
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Welcome! Did you weigh yourself at the start of OMAD? Did you get a lose those 1st 12-days?1
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Blambo...I wasnt going to weight myself so for the first 10 or so days of OMAD I didn´t weight myself ...just today and I will check with another weight at the chemist just make sure this new machine is accurate LOL (see my denial? LOL)0
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Brenda! thanks for your friend request!!! No I do not make chaga myself but i have been taking it for months already and i love it, it is sooo sooo healing and vibrationally speaking sooo special... I just love it! really purifying and super food filled with antiox and SOD0
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Hi guys,
I weight myself on day 10 of my OMAD and its where I started from 322lbs. Weight myself today on day 14 and I was at 319. So cool dropping down...
I tried today Joe´s dish based on scrambled eggs, beans, cheese and a salad. All is organic/bio except the beans.
I also started doing fitness walk (leslie sansone 1 mile, I did 2 miles not all in a row but 1 mile and an hour later another mile) its gentle...
But yesterday I fell hurt my knee... healed it and today I am fine but no walking for a few days then back to gentle walking.
Mood is super high, super positive, balanced, stable...
highly motivated. I love my fast state... really peaceful, clear, pure
love it
Hunger feelings are minimum sometimes I get them before going to bed (my meal is 2pm) but I drink water or green tea and I manage.
My range of movement is increading my stretches are far wider...
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What a pretty meal and you sound like you're very happy with keeping OMAD basic, as it should be (and exactly where I'm heading after a brief love affair with calorie counting, lol) and you're enjoying the peace that comes with it. 0
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You are doing an awesome job and I love your positive attitude.0
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thank you beautiful ladies!!!! reading your great success at weight drop and maintenance hurrey we rock!1
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I can relate to being sedentary. I lived in a camper for years, everything was within reaching distance! Now, I use a fitness tracker watch - there are lots of different ones - that I've set to remind me to move if I've been sitting for an hour straight. It really helps me break my habit of just sitting.1
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Tks for your experience Hestia yes... I am making an effort in mindfulness of movement !!! so I gain 2 things I get to move and I get to improve my levels of mindfulness or else present awareness AND body awareness! Been much more active since I made the decision to be so!... the power of conscious choice!!! it always brings us back to our selves... our inner power1
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Hi Barbara! You're really off to a great start! Keep it up 0
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thank you Mikseyniha tks for your friendship!
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Went for lunch today with husband and his daughter and managed very well as lunch is my OMAD meal... had some nice chicken and tomato salad with some potatoes.. feeling good... flexibility is improving inflamation is dropping... happy as larry!1
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Forgot to say my goal is to reach my 50´s next june 2018 super amazingly fit and ...whatever to loose the maximum weight I can
That's my exact situation too - I'll be 50 next June and there is no way I'm going to be fat!!
Good luck - this a an awesome group...
Btw, back in May my partner and I visited Spain. We spent about a week in Madrid (I was at a conference - he was gallivanting around) and then we drove down to the south coast (stopped at Ronda for a night ) and then took the ferry over to Morocco) - was a fabulous trip... Lovely countryside (I'd only ever been to Barcelona before - which is obviously awesome too!!) and food and people.
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@minigrrll I can see the streets of Spain on your profile pic!!...I was born in Madrid and now live down south very close to Ronda funny enough in the country side awesome amazing!!!..
Well we have our goals then ...lets make it!!!! hurrey! FIT FIFTIES!2 -
Wow, super jealous of where you live!! Yay, fit fifties indeed!!! And good eye - that is indeed Madrid in the background...0
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Great progress barb! I've found that omad only gets easier as you get further into it... Keep it up!1
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mistymeadows2005 wrote: »Great progress barb! I've found that omad only gets easier as you get further into it... Keep it up!
I agree with that - the first week or so is pretty hard and then it just gets easier after that...1 -
Agree with the other two ladies 0
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I am not sure my weight machine is accurate but nontheless it measured 317lbs today so 5 pounds lost in 8 days or so... I do feel as if I am dropping more... Hunger levels are a bit higher today but I guess it fluctuates... I ate rice and veggies yesterday and salad hardly no proteins.1
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I am doing some stretches of the legs and lower back and my range of movement is increasing and the time I can hold those postures is also increasing which is great... probably dropping inflamation levels...2
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I am also reading how these other people do longer longer fasts and drop quickly but when I check with my intuition I get a NO...don´t go there for now... so I am going to follow my intuition on that one. I recon I could put my body in major freak mode and its already adapting to OMAD so gentle and steady although my mind romances these quick drops after longer fasts!.0
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Barbara, you're doing fantastic so far! I'm happy to hear that you are not going to do extended fasting at this time. I think it would be a huge, huge mistake and may throw you off track this early into OMAD, especially. Five pounds is awesome and you did it without extended fasting. The group's owner, arguablysamson/Joe, lost an average of 3. some odd pounds a week and he did not do extended fasting. There's nothing wrong with it, if people want to do it, that's their choice. I haven't done extended fasting aside from when something unplanned happens during the day that pushes my meal later, or we are invited to go eat somewhere a day ahead of time--if I'm prepared to eat later in the day, I can hold off with no problems or I'll eat a light snack at my meal time if it runs into the later evening. If I'm not mentally prepared to extend my window? Um, yeah, may resort to quick hunger fixes. lol
Do what's working now and keep at it, only consider doing other things if you're weight stalls. Losing .5-2lbs a week isn't stalling, btw, it's a natural part of the process and considered the best way to lose weight, slowly. My first 40 came off fast, and now I'm slowing down and that's fine. The longer it takes the better chance I have at keeping it off forever. :-)1 -
I agree with Sandy - don't do extended fasting at this point. You're doing great and losing weight nicely so far. I agree it's definitely a personal choice, but for me, I just feel it would push me into feeling way too deprived which would lead to an "eat everything in sight for who knows how long" situation. I am in awe of people who can do extended fasts, but I realised pretty quickly it wasn't for me...
I think your intuition is spot on here!! 1
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