OMAD (one meal a day)
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madagirl81
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Hi guys, I'm thinking of starting intermittent fasting, only eating once every 24 hours, so basically eating one full hour of each day. But I'm confused because am I supposed to stuff all my calories into that hour or am I supposed to eat whatever. What worked for you and how much weight did you lose? And what's your stats? I'm 35, female, 4'11" as 140 pounds so as you can see I need to lose ALOT
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You still need a calorie deficit to lose weight, so yes, hit your calorie goal within that hour.8
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TavistockToad wrote: »You still need a calorie deficit to lose weight, so yes, hit your calorie goal within that hour.
Thank you, I feel like that's gonna be alot of food, but I'm not complaining lol1 -
I'm also tiny and losing weight eating 3 small meals a day with 2 planned snacks. Why are you making this so hard? It's all about your sticking to your daily calories.
I jot everything down on paper the day before then log after I eat. I call it the "plannning" diet. You plan what you eat the day before. Easy.
Yes you are right but I feel like I have trouble controlling myself and for me it gets complicated eating multiple times a day. Eating once a day makes it so I don't have to think too hard lol plus the 23 hours I'm not eating, the hormone insulin decreases resulting in more fat loss over time. Thank you20 -
Oh gosh... I wouldn't recommend this for a plethora of reasons, and I don't think that insulin decreases because you're eating once a day.7
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Eating once or eating 10 times a day is majoring in the minors.
Eating less than you burn over a period of time is what burns fat.3 -
Usually intermittenent fasting gives you more then one hour a day to eat. Stuffing 1200-1500 calories in one hour is not healthy. Your insulin will be low but that won't make you lose fat it will just make it so you have low blood sugar making you tired and foggy. Eating every 3-4 hours during the day will have your insulin levels be more even and avoid the huge insulin drop you'll get after one big meal. You say you have bad willpower to avoid food but you will have to learn how to reign that in if you ever want to create a new lifestyle that will keep weight off.12
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I have never tried this but I wonder if it would lead to binge-type behaviors?7
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futuresize8 wrote: »I have never tried this but I wonder if it would lead to binge-type behaviors?
It can in some people, others find it really works for them. Others find they can't get enough calories and protein in in one sitting.
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I am familiar with IF but I have never heard of it being a 1 hour window.
16:8 or 20:4 but never 23:1 or even 5:2 where you eat normal for 5 days and very little for 2 days.
try having a bigger window at first to see how you do.1 -
madagirl81 wrote: »I'm also tiny and losing weight eating 3 small meals a day with 2 planned snacks. Why are you making this so hard? It's all about your sticking to your daily calories.
I jot everything down on paper the day before then log after I eat. I call it the "plannning" diet. You plan what you eat the day before. Easy.
Yes you are right but I feel like I have trouble controlling myself and for me it gets complicated eating multiple times a day. Eating once a day makes it so I don't have to think too hard lol plus the 23 hours I'm not eating, the hormone insulin decreases resulting in more fat loss over time. Thank you
I don't believe this is true. Can someone who knows more about this chime in?2 -
OMAD, warrior diet, both are eating all your calories in one meal or at least a very small window. Just as with almost any other diet, it's a viable and sustainable solution for some...and an impossibility to follow for others. If it works and you can get all you nutritional needs in that window, there is nothing wrong with it. Worrying about insulin release and all that other stuff, is far overcomplicating the situation.5
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I'd die6
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I tried it, found it very difficult. I take a modified approach now. Basically a small lunch at 1pm (300-400 cals) and a large dinner at 6pm (800-900 cals). The small lunch tides me over until dinnertime. I love having a big filling dinner that keeps me stuffed until bedtime.
My lunch is generally a mix of carbs and protein (protein bar/oatmeal and a piece of fruit, or a bowl of soup) and my dinner is focused more on protein and fat (meat dish with veggies).3 -
futuresize8 wrote: »I have never tried this but I wonder if it would lead to binge-type behaviors?
I think you're right. If you have had nothing for 23 hours, who's going to pick the nutrient dense option when there's easier, caloric dense options readily available? If you can do this, OP, and it works, sure? I don't see the logic in there.
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futuresize8 wrote: »I have never tried this but I wonder if it would lead to binge-type behaviors?
Not necessarily. My husband has eaten only one meal a day for as long as I've known him (we are now grandparents). He never binge eats and is happy to eat whatever balanced meal I prepare.
I'd never heard of IF before joining MFP but that's how we've eaten for decades. He only eats one big meal at night (22-23 hr fast). I eat a small lunch around 2:00 - 3:00 and a big meal at night (16-17 hr fast).2 -
ladyhusker39 wrote: »madagirl81 wrote: »I'm also tiny and losing weight eating 3 small meals a day with 2 planned snacks. Why are you making this so hard? It's all about your sticking to your daily calories.
I jot everything down on paper the day before then log after I eat. I call it the "plannning" diet. You plan what you eat the day before. Easy.
Yes you are right but I feel like I have trouble controlling myself and for me it gets complicated eating multiple times a day. Eating once a day makes it so I don't have to think too hard lol plus the 23 hours I'm not eating, the hormone insulin decreases resulting in more fat loss over time. Thank you
I don't believe this is true. Can someone who knows more about this chime in?Lesscookies1 wrote: »Oh gosh... I wouldn't recommend this for a plethora of reasons, and I don't think that insulin decreases because you're eating once a day.
Insulin is a hormone released when glucose levels in your bloodstream rise. Glucose levels rise when you eat. Fasting means you do not trigger this response regularly. New studies are showing that IF helps regulate insulin levels in the body. I can't say that that is directly responsible for fat loss, however I think it is proven that wacky insulin levels is related to fat retention on people. So regulating hormone levels is helpful in weight loss. Im not suggesting that people could eat way over their TDEE in an IF pattern and somehow lose. But sometimes some people do hit inexplicable plateaus and while often it could be bad logging, there are people whos systems are out of whack. Thats why weird weight fluctuations are associated with diabetes or hypoglycemia - insulin levels arent right and it affects how your body processes, stores, and burns food/energy.
Link to a recent study by National Academy of Science on IF benefits beyond weight loss.
http://m.pnas.org/content/111/47/16647.abstract2 -
Instead of eating only one meal a day, why not pack everything you want to eat that day in a large container (you can use smaller containers inside to keep your foods separate. So your large container would have your daily caloric amount. You can eat anytime you are hungry, but only items from your large container. When it is empty, you are done for the day. You will learn to space your meals more naturally, stay to your caloric amount, and be able to give your body the "pick me up" it needs during the day from a snack. Of course you will log everything here and measure everything before you put it in your container.4
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