Kat's OMAD journey
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That is great! I have never heard of the plan, but very curious to see how it goes for you, so keep us posted!0
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Good luck Kat, I hope it works out for you
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Definitely keep us posted. 1/2 pound per day is awesome0
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Hello friends
Thank you ladies for the encouragement.
So far I believe I have my insulin under control. I am not fighting irrational hunger swings. I am eating basically 2 meals a day as that is when I've been 'hungyrish': noon and dinner at 5pm. Upon waking ( no hunger at all) I have a 10 ounce cup of coffee with 1-2 tbsp of whipping cream. I have about a fist size of meat protein at 12 (that is all...no veggies as I don't need anything else). Another coffee (decaf) with cream at around 2:30 (this is just for fun...something I find delish) That fills me up and keeps me full till our normal dinner time at 5. Dinner I have protein and 1-2 cups of green veggies and a small mixed green salad. This amount of food is actually hard for me to get down. Absolutely no hunger between or after meals so I don't have to fight any hunger. The weird thing too is that I'm not fighting cravings even like on my birthday when everyone was enjoying a big dessert. I just had a big decaf with whip cream and I was 100% fulfilled while they enjoyed their dessert. I was not drooling or felt any envy lol. I can have fresh bread on the kitchen counter and not give it a thought. Bread was my auto-magnetic food & never could resist. When I did omad I resisted but it def called me. My gage is the lack of hunger. A few times I had some black berries and I anticipated being hungry afterwards as the carbs hit my system but it didn't happen. I'm def going to keep going on this the way I've been doing because of my lacking of powerful cravings. I've been losing between 1 1/2- 2 pounds a weeks. I kind of get wooshes in weight loss and sometimes have a few days of 0 loss. But the absolute best thing for me is that I'm not feeling driven to eat. My brain doesn't go there and I 100% don't feel deprivation. Omad worked for me weight-wise but I did get the little nagging hunger about 2-3 hours before my meal. I resisted but it was nagging at me.
I started the first weeks with no dairy or cheese and the last week or so I've had a few cubes of cheese or a fat free greek yogurt instead of a meal (or supplement to a meal to up my protein). I'm going to try to cut that out again as I have plenty of fat on my body to eat towards my fat quota). Main thing is I don't want to get hungry which I have not.
If and when in the future I start getting hunger signals I will 1st look at my carb intake.
This is only working for me 'my case' because I believe I am severely insulin resistant. Everyone has to find their root cause of being unhealthily over weight...could be mental or could be physical or could simply be eating high calories and not being aware. But....for me it's grrrrrreat to not have to fight the hunger or cravings or do too much thinking.
I'll keep you posted...good or bad. This will only work for me as long as I don't mess with my blood sugar. If I slip up I'll definitely slip down the muddy mountain again.
(((((((((((((Huggggggsssss to all)))))))))))). I'll be in touch and please let me know how your journey is going. 0 -
I love carbs and if I don't have my carbs, I will go mad and start grazing and end up binging. So, now I always have my carbs but I will only eat 1/2 of it. Glad to hear that your insulin is under control 0
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That is great news to get the insulin under control. And to NOT have cravings....huge very very important.......Keep going ---you are doing great!!! 0
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Still under control with two meals a day same as I mentioned above. Still losing just 1.5 pounds a week which isn't thattttt great but it's been my one challenge in life for a while now. Still no hunger or cravings for carbs which is really nice. I'm not feeling deprived at all so will keep going. Hubby asks if I want to go for ice cream every night. He is stick skinny
I just say nope I'm not having any sugar. I'm hoping I'm doing good things for my internals. Sooo nice to not be fighting cravings. Fingers crossed. Hope you all are doing greattttt! I'll read up a bit 0 -
That is awesome wishing you continued success.........0
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1.5 a week is phenomenal!!!! Keep it up dear!!!0
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1.5 pound per week? I will take that Keep up the good work! 0
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Hello everyone! I'm going to give omad another go. I've stayed 100% on my low carb way of eating and am stuck at 30 pounds down. I would like to get rid of another 30 so will try to post every evening. A picture of my meal and my weight journey.
I've been so pleased with the low carb keeping my insulin cravings down to basically '0'. I had a bit of sugar on Christmas and my son's birthday and that's it. Also no starchy vegetables, fruit, bread of any kind or grains. I'll keep that up because I love the zero cravings. I jog 4 miles everyday since October, only missing when I got my 1st vaccine which really affected me probably because I had had covid and still had strong antibodies (had covid in March last year & vaccine in March this year). I get my 2nd vaccine on the 10th of April and I'm pretty scared
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I've been hungry after my morning jog so I hope I can stay strong till my dinner omad at 5pm.
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Welcome back❤️ You are doing amazing even with this covid 19 thingy. I failed big time 😞 Good luck with your new GW, you got this👍1
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Dang girl!!! 4 mile jog?! You're my superhero ♥️♥️♥️
Nice work on 30 pounds in the rear view!!! We're happy you're back so keep up posted 😁1 -
Wow! Great job on the exercising. Seeing 4 miles just makes me tired reading it lol. I hear ya though. When I was jumping rope, I'd get pretty dang hungry after doing it. You have some super strength willpower to not eat until the evening lol1
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Hello ladies, thank you so much for the welcome back
JP, I think the covid helped me. After having gotten it and being down for so long I was fighting to be normal again. I was pretty humbled by the fact that it took me till September to be able to walk just a mile. I'm excited to have omad as tool. You'll get on the right track as soon as all the covid stress dies down. It's gotta be hard having children to constantly take care of.
Steph, yeah I'm pretty happy to have 30#'s behind me. It's very hard for me to get weight off and keep it off. Been fighting a looooong time. My jog has become a no thought routine. I put my running clothes on right after I wake up. Then I have a cup of coffee and relax for 30 minutes. Then I'm antsy and want to go. 100% no thought routine now. I look forward to it because I get to listen to my music and I'm the type that likes complete silence when I'm on the computer working. I found 2 routes that give me exactly 4 miles so that makes it easy. Thanks for the welcome back
LL, Ya it's weird...I'm not tired at all with the 4 miles. I take it slow and it actually feels easier than my walks. My achilles tendons have hurt since I had covid last March. I think I was down a total of 6 weeks and it must have shortened those tendons and I just can't get them feeling no pain. Not bad at all when I jog but kind of excruciating when I walk especially starting out. It's frustrating. Ya, I kind of conditioned myself to eat right when I got home from my run.
I was pleasantly surprised today that I could handle the hunger waves. I had a LOT of water and 2 cups of black coffee that really helped. I made it to 5 pm dinner. Did my morning jog and for dinner had left over lettuce tacos, home made Chinese (green beans and chicken and brown sauce) and then a yogurt.
Yay good to be back and happy to have old friends
April 2: 30#'s to gooooo
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Girl I'm a creature of habit so mad props for getting THAT routine ingrained in ya!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻1
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Thanks Steph....yep so far the jogging is sticking :0)
Today went well. Did my jog around 8am. Was a lil bit hungry at different points in the day but just kept drinking. Made it till 5pm dinner. Had broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and some burnt up chicken ( just the way I like it
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April 2: 30#'s to gooooo
April 3: -.8/ 29.2 to go
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Had a good omad day. Got my run in and ate at Cheesecake Factory...ruhohhhh...had the Thai lettuce wraps and a bit of sugar free cheese cake which was....pretty darn good! Happy Easter and hope everyone had a great day :0)
April 2: 30#'s to gooooo
April 3: -.8/ 29.2 to go
April 4: -.5/ 28.7 to go
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A good omad day. Got a tiny bit headachy late afternoon and felt hungry about 1.5 hours before dinner. I took a lil walk and that got me close to dinner time. Did my jog in the morning. Had a big Greek salad with chicken, 2 hard boiled eggs and feta. Also had about 1/2 cup of Greek yogurt for dessert. Got super full.
Dropped 2 pounds overnight
Def gonna gain some of that back tomorrow...I never lose that quickly...encouraging tho!! Hope everyone had a great day.
April 2: 30#'s to gooooo
April 3: -.8/ 29.2 to go
April 4: -.5/ 28.7 to go
April 5: -2./26.7 to go
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Dang girl. Kicking some major booty!1
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Holy Yassssss girl!!!!
The food looks amazing, I'm STILL in awe of the jogging and WILL continue to tell you that 😂😂😂, and jeez louise with the pounds just FALLING off 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
I can't even, you're my superhero today ♥️
PS - I LITERALLY contemplated jogging just now even though A: I'm the laziest creature alive (I used to run in my teens and loved it but I've gotten older and lazier lmao) and B: my arthritic knees wouldn't let me but THAT'S how impressed and inspired I am 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻1 -
LiLee...yep! Gotta kick it to the curb! Haha
Ahhhh Steph I'm sorry you can't do the jogging you used to love. I have been exercising my whole life and I can attest that it doesn't do much for the pounds. But...it makes me really happy. Especially being outside brings out the endorphins for me. I'll keep doing it as long as I can.
Had a good omad day. Kind of find myself waiting for my meal around 2pm. I eat at 5. I probably need to get out more in the afternoon to not just be waiting for my 20minute eat fest...Made fajitas tonight. Used 4 net carb tortillas. Pictured one but ate 2...stuffed but had some yogurt afterwards. Got my jog in this morning.
Snowed out the blue this evening after being like 74 yesterday...crazy weather. Hope everyone's day went welllllll
April 2: 30#'s to gooooo
April 3: -.8/ 29.2 to go
April 4: -.5/ 28.7 to go
April 5: -2./26.7 to go
April 6: +.2/26.9 to go
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Good omad day and I was less hungry during the afternoon today...happy about that. Did my jog this morning and then a lil walk with hubby after dinner. Dinner was chili and topped with everything and also the left over fajita pepper and onions from last night which was good on there. Had a salad too...and a Greek yogurt for dessert. Gained back .4 but I'm expecting that and more. Hoping for decent results at the end of the month. I'm being super omad adherent so we'll see.
April 2: 30#'s to gooooo
April 3: -.8/ 29.2 to go
April 4: -.5/ 28.7 to go
April 5: -2./ 26.7 to go
April 6:+.2/ 26.9 to go
April 7:+.4/ 27.3 to go
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That looks NOM NOM NOM NOM - I LOVE fajitas!!! Chili I have to be in the mood for but when I AM?!?! Nothing hits the spot the same way
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Same with me Steph....have chili once every three months or so. Hadn't had bean carbs in forever so it was a treat. Yeah kitty stuck her face in there so I snapped the pic quick! haha
Got my jog in & it was a good omad day. Got hungry again around 2 but just hung in there. Had a nice beef tenderloin with hollandaise sauce, zucchini & squash cooked in ghee, parsley and garlic. Had yogurt for dessert. Yep I'm def full!
Stayed the exact same weight wise but I'm happy with the progress so far. On keto alone I was stuck for the last month so it's good to see a drop...ANY drop.
(I'll get more steps in by tonight...usually get 20k) 
April 2: 30#'s to gooooo
April 3: -.8/ 29.2 to go
April 4: -.5/ 28.7 to go
April 5: -2./ 26.7 to go
April 6:+.2/ 26.9 to go
April 7:+.4/ 27.3 to go
April 8: - / 27.3 to go
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Good omad day. Got the jog in and will head out for just a walk around the hood with the hubby in a lil bit. Had a greek salad and chicken & cauliflower au gratin for dinner. Had a yogurt too. Got hungry an hour before dinner but then remembered hunger does pass and when 5 o'clock dinner time came I wasn't really hungry. I get my 2nd covid shot tomorrow and am not looking forward to it as the 1st was pretty bad for me for 9 days
Hoping it doesn't throw me backwards again.
Hope everyone has a great weekend coming up :0)
April 2: 30#'s to gooooo
April 3: -.8/ 29.2 to go
April 4: -.5/ 28.7 to go
April 5: -2./ 26.7 to go
April 6:+.2/ 26.9 to go
April 7:+.4/ 27.3 to go
April 8: - / 27.3 to go
April 9: -1.1/ 26.2 to go
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You are doing awesome 👍👏You are rocking with your run and steps 🏃Your food looks amazing 🤤 So sorry to hear about your covid jab❤️ Hope the 2nd one will be better. 🤞 For us here, anyone under 50 will not be jab for now.0
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Amazing progress boo!!!! That filet with hollandaise looks FIREEEE 😍😍😍0
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JP, Thank you for the kind words...I do love being outside so it feels all around good for me to get my steps in. I think we are at 18yrs and up for covid shots here. I got my second today and oh my gosh! No pain from the injection at all. Lil sore arm now but last time it literally felt like they carved out a piece of muscle. Same lady gave me the shot. Fell asleep 3 times today which I never ever fall asleep during the day. Hoping tomorrow is not bad...we'll seeeeeeee
Steph ...I said it before...I think we like the same food
. You probably don't like ur meat burnt up like I do tho haha. I don't mind cookin' food up but I hate thinking about WHAT to make 
Had a good omad day. Did get hungry while cutting up the tomatoes at 4:30 and ate around the nub you throw away....felt guilty about that but was more than done with my food intake within 45 mins. Had left over chicken, steak, brussel sprouts, tomato & mozzarella salad and then a bit of yogurt for dessert. Got my run in early before my 10am shot....wasn't sure if I would be able to run for the next few days. Probably skip tomorrow no matter what.
Hope everyone is at peace with the omad/ health journey
April 2: 30#'s to gooooo
April 3: -.8/ 29.2 to go
April 4: -.5/ 28.7 to go
April 5: -2./ 26.7 to go
April 6:+.2/ 26.9 to go
April 7:+.4/ 27.3 to go
April 8: - / 27.3 to go
April 9: -1.1/ 26.2 to go
April10: -.3/ 25.9 to go
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Glad to hear that your 2nd shot went OK👍Hope you are feeling better now❤️ You are doing really well👍 Keep up the good work 👏1
