Barbara´s OMAD Journal
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Way to go, Barb!!! I'm so happy for you
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Todays meal:
a beef steak
a salad with: kale, tomato, cabbage, celery, brocoli, onion, fetta cheese avc,olive oil oregano
Possibly a yogurt plain and/or piece of dark chocolate
Managing very well my week with no carbs! yeah!
tomorrow I am giving a 2 days course lets see how I perform! but today I feel in da zone!!!
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Way to go!!! 1
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Good luck on your course? what are you teaching if I may ask?0
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I dropped only 3.5 lbs since 2nd august I thought it would have been more since I am doing ketoish style eating or low carb...oh well..will carry on...
Bob, I am teaching complementary therapy based on radiesthesia where we learn to dialogue with the energy field of a living being and "diagnose" what is happening inwardly on a bioenergetic perspective.0 -
"Only"? "Only"?, Barbara, you are doing great with losses! You've been feeling better and lighter, more clear headed, you've been happy with the balance between low carb and allowing carbs. Don't let the amount shown on the scale deter you from the bigger picture and your overall well being. Slow progress is still progress! You're not starving. You're not miserable. You're eating what you want, and you're losing weight. Don't forget that even with measuring, there are a lot of areas not getting measured! Your fingers, your wrists, your toes, your feet, your face, all the little places in between measuring spots, visceral fat reduction.
Please don't be so hard on yourself. I know you said you'll "carry on", but the "oh well" added in makes it seem like something you're dreading. :-(0 -
wsandy8512 wrote: »"Only"? "Only"?, Barbara, you are doing great with losses! You've been feeling better and lighter, more clear headed, you've been happy with the balance between low carb and allowing carbs. Don't let the amount shown on the scale deter you from the bigger picture and your overall well being. Slow progress is still progress! You're not starving. You're not miserable. You're eating what you want, and you're losing weight. Don't forget that even with measuring, there are a lot of areas not getting measured! Your fingers, your wrists, your toes, your feet, your face, all the little places in between measuring spots, visceral fat reduction.
Please don't be so hard on yourself. I know you said you'll "carry on", but the "oh well" added in makes it seem like something you're dreading. :-(
Exactly what Sandy said, 3.5 pounds in 9 days is pretty darn good, You are doing great!!! Go back and look at my chart because I had weeks where I didn't lose anything at all or very little and I was doing low carb...You got this girl 1 -
@Brendalea69 and just to give @barbheart your overall average was about 1-2 pounds a week, right? I think you had one big loss of about 3.5 pounds, as well. Please correct me if I'm wrong, going from the top of my head here.
Barb, I'm just really wanting this to hit home for you that not everyone loses a lot off the bat or even over the entirety. It's that the pounds, regardless of how little is lost a week, even those measly after the decimal only losses, add up. Keep your beautiful chin up, my friend. 1 -
3.5-lbs in a week is a considerable loss no matter what kind of diet your on. If your didnt eat anything for the week and didn't have much activity and your BMR was say 1500- kcal/day, you might only lose about 7x1500cals/3500cals/lb-fat = 3.0 lbs of fat so you really shouldn't expect to lose much more than that. If your eating 1000 cals a day then you really shouldn't expect to lose much more than 1-lb unless your doing some serious activity. You had a fantastic week IMO!1
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wsandy8512 wrote: »@Brendalea69 and just to give @barbheart your overall average was about 1-2 pounds a week, right? I think you had one big loss of about 3.5 pounds, as well. Please correct me if I'm wrong, going from the top of my head here.
Barb, I'm just really wanting this to hit home for you that not everyone loses a lot off the bat or even over the entirety. It's that the pounds, regardless of how little is lost a week, even those measly after the decimal only losses, add up. Keep your beautiful chin up, my friend.
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Thank you guys maybe I am paranoid that I am not loosing... it was not 3-5lbs in a week but at least 10 days if not 12...
but yes I get your point and Yes Brenda you read correctly my post... I was a bit downish because I thought I had dropped more...and yes you guys are right its terrific result and there are other signs such as higher energy, no pain, inches lost... thank youuuuu!
This week end I had a splurge day my first one in 55 days, I ate twice, a dinner with chicken cesar salad and fried calamari with red wine. (for lunch 3 sandwhiches, fancied them!)
Back on my Omad meal today, again sandwich... tomorrow back to veggies, salads, healthier options... 1 -
@barbheart, read again your blood sugar level and be VERY happy. The weight will go down, in time. Just do OMAD and some water fast from time to time....1
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First splurge day down,Way to go!!! 1
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Agree with what everyone else says about your loss!! Really not slow... And you are not feeling deprived or anything, so it's got to be good. Also, the time would have passed regardless, and the fact that it passed and you've lost weight is awesome!! It's so easy to fall into the trap of expecting faster results, but I think, at the end of the day, this is a fairly slow and steady way to lose weight. But the bonus is that it is easy and relaxing and sustainable and hopefully won't end up like all the other "faster" weight loss methods, which for me, has always been gaining the weight back. You are doing AWESOME!!1
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Gained 1kilo 2oo grams during the week end. I will keep Omading and stop moaning and winging LOL...
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No worries - you can moan and whinge all you want!! We are here to listen to you... 1
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@barbheart, I hope you know by now that most of that is more than likely waterweight. You enjoyed a nice splurge then had your weigh day. I'm so happy to hear you're okay. You vent or whine or whenever you want, that's what we are all in this group--support through good times and not so good. 0
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Thank you my beautiful ladies! Sarah and Sandy! although dont let my inner moaner totally free or else its gonna be a rant and another rant and another one LOL... might as well have a cuppa! time to cook my meal let´s see what´s up today I was ravenous after my course I recon I used too many neurons or fried them all LOL 1
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Replaced the jelly for 3 biscuits...0
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Didn´t have any control on the type of OMAD I would eat today as the kids (husband´s daughter and her boyfriend) decided to cook for us today... end result: hamburger, salad, and potatoes with green peppers. Not bad at all!!! I also tried my Home made kombucha which was delicious and ended my window with a piece of choco and a biscuit.
We had a jolly lunch 5 of us awesome!!! Love these new generations they are so cool about everything!!! I wouldn´t have dared to bring my boyfriend home for the first time and venture cooking a meal for my father and his partner not fully knowing how was my cooking going to end up!
This week seems a wierd Omad week I am not so much on top of things so I am more relaxed about it all which is great..I am still benefiting from NSV such as no pain in joints or no inflamation ...that in itself is brilliant!
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I'm so glad you're relaxing this week! Isn't it awesome to still be able to maintain the IF lifestyle and enjoy life and the food and be relaxed about it?
Love your kitchen! What wonderful kids to cook such a nice meal for everyone! Sounds like it was delicious!!0 -
wsandy8512 wrote: »I'm so glad you're relaxing this week! Isn't it awesome to still be able to maintain the IF lifestyle and enjoy life and the food and be relaxed about it?
Love your kitchen! What wonderful kids to cook such a nice meal for everyone! Sounds like it was delicious!!
I was going to say! What a kitchen! Sign me up! LMAO1 -
mistymeadows2005 wrote: »wsandy8512 wrote: »I'm so glad you're relaxing this week! Isn't it awesome to still be able to maintain the IF lifestyle and enjoy life and the food and be relaxed about it?
Love your kitchen! What wonderful kids to cook such a nice meal for everyone! Sounds like it was delicious!!
I was going to say! What a kitchen! Sign me up! LMAO
IKR?!!! Looks so warm and welcoming! Of course, I sure would love to hear some tunes played on the guitar. :-)
Barbara, who plays?
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Steph, Sandy! your are invited!!! Its my husband and his daugther who play the guitar I sing along they also sing... our house is awesome we refurbished an old farm house and we´ve done it our way being super creative ... its a special place, love the energy we live in front of a special mountain...
On another note, I poured into a bottle my first kombucha brew after 12 days it tasted yummie intense fruity flavour... Still need to see how to get the full "soda" carbonated effect but I recon I need to let it settle in the bottle a couple of days and see...
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Hi Barb, I'm new on the OMAD forum but I'm old to dieting. I think we start out feeling strong and in control of a new eating lifestyle but then the mind takes over and wants to cast doubts in order to get what the body is craving. It's like the mind is a master computer chip and will program us to have negative thoughts in order to get what it wants. This happens to me all the time. My initial resolve wanes slowly and I let the brain take over. I am approaching OMAD more simply: don't think too hard, just do what the program dictates and everything will work out weightwise in the end. Also, when I find myself thinking too much I just get up and do something physical. Just like depression my motto is "when you get down get up". Which means that if you are sitting or laying down and feel mentally down then get up off the couch and just even walking around will take you out of that thinking mode.
Please remind me when I forget the above words...I know I'll need it! haha... I just read your whole journal and you are doing so great! I hope to have your success 1 -
@barbheart, I'm gonna hold you to that invite! Lol may be years and years away from ever getting to Spain, but I will remember.
My hubby and our daughter play guitar and she and I both sing as well. I love having musicians in the family! Your Kombucha looks awesome! You'll be mastering it in no time to get more fizz, I'm sure. 1 -
Didn´t have any control on the type of OMAD I would eat today as the kids (husband´s daughter and her boyfriend) decided to cook for us today... end result: hamburger, salad, and potatoes with green peppers. Not bad at all!!! I also tried my Home made kombucha which was delicious and ended my window with a piece of choco and a biscuit.
We had a jolly lunch 5 of us awesome!!! Love these new generations they are so cool about everything!!! I wouldn´t have dared to bring my boyfriend home for the first time and venture cooking a meal for my father and his partner not fully knowing how was my cooking going to end up!
This week seems a wierd Omad week I am not so much on top of things so I am more relaxed about it all which is great..I am still benefiting from NSV such as no pain in joints or no inflamation ...that in itself is brilliant!
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wsandy8512 wrote: »@barbheart, I'm gonna hold you to that invite! Lol may be years and years away from ever getting to Spain, but I will remember.
My hubby and our daughter play guitar and she and I both sing as well. I love having musicians in the family! Your Kombucha looks awesome! You'll be mastering it in no time to get more fizz, I'm sure.
LOL Sandy well whenever you come we make a big jam session!!! yeah! Hubby daughter is starting to record and she composes... she sings awesome ..
Sarah... 7 intense years working refurbishing this old farm and we are still working you can count 13 years working at it...and still not fully impecably finished...will we ever reach that state?..there is always dust and some tools all around the house LOL! never ending work!0 -
katjustkat wrote: »Hi Barb, I'm new on the OMAD forum but I'm old to dieting. I think we start out feeling strong and in control of a new eating lifestyle but then the mind takes over and wants to cast doubts in order to get what the body is craving. It's like the mind is a master computer chip and will program us to have negative thoughts in order to get what it wants. This happens to me all the time. My initial resolve wanes slowly and I let the brain take over. I am approaching OMAD more simply: don't think too hard, just do what the program dictates and everything will work out weightwise in the end. Also, when I find myself thinking too much I just get up and do something physical. Just like depression my motto is "when you get down get up". Which means that if you are sitting or laying down and feel mentally down then get up off the couch and just even walking around will take you out of that thinking mode.
Please remind me when I forget the above words...I know I'll need it! haha... I just read your whole journal and you are doing so great! I hope to have your success
@katjustkat thanks so much for your words...yes keep it simple and I LOVE YOUR MOTTO when you´re done get up! I am going to embrace it NOW!
Much love and success on your journey too! 1 -
Ate salad, chicken burguer, bit of bread and paté and 2 biscuits + dark chocolate piece+ my home made kombucha (tastes too good to be true). Fulfilling... (Not too focused on food this week)
Exercise wise I am not doing much lately... there´s been a lot of stuff going on at home and haven´t had a min to focus on that...fitting aircons and family visiting.
Not sure if I wanna ever weight myself again and get pissed off... LOL I look at my belly each morning from a side and it is shrinking...
I love my fasted state and I love how I feel and how less inflamed I am and how painless I am so that in itself is success... I love fasting I really do... what a discovery...
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