Britt’s Flirty at Thirty OMAD Journey
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Happy B-day!0
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY
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Thanks so much for the birthday wishes, everyone! I can't believe I am 30!
After 3 days of amazingness (my surprise was that my fiance flew in 4 of my friends to help me celebrate!), I am up to 156.2. I definitely ate and drank all day everyday for those 3 days (not hard when you have 4 people buying you drinks and needing meals to soak them up), so I am not surprised at all. January will be a bust in terms of real weight loss, but I generally accept that since the holidays and my birthday are pretty close together. I do want to get back on the losing track, though, so I am tweaking my plan to ensure compliance and consistency for the remainder of my weight loss journey with new knowledge of my hunger/food needs.
MWF (8-hour IF + 2MAD):
HIIT at/around noon
Large post-HIIT meal
Small LC meal at/around 8
TTh (Protein + OMAD):
Resistance training at/around noon
Post-workout shake or bar
OMAD at/around 4
SS (OMAD):
Yoga in the morning
OMAD
I will be back to FAA meals when I finish off the small birthday cake my fiance bought from this fancy cake boutique (probably by next week's weigh-in).0 -
Sounds like you had a really awesome birthday celebration. I like your new plan and look forward to reading about your progress.0
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Thanks so much, @tlblanksfit! I think this will work best for me now that I am fully committed to working out and want to make sure I am eating enough!0
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Happy belated Birthday!0
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Sounds like you have an awesome fiancé and sounds like you had a great time...
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Thank you, @sammygold2015 and @minigrrll!0
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Fellow OMADers, my new plan still didn't provide enough food to fuel my hunger after working out yesterday. Again, I was starving about 5 hours after my OMAD. I think that if I could eat a large volume in one meal like I used to, OMAD would work out fine, but I just can't eat that way anymore and am not getting enough calories. I'm not complaining, though -- I am thrilled that I can't shovel in the food anymore like when I was binging near-daily.
I will be moving to weekend OMAD since those are my rest days.
My new plan borrows some from FAA and some advice from other forums and is as follows:
M-F
~ 12:00 - HIIT/Resistance training
~ 12:30-12:45 - FAA dinner meal (protein, veggies, starch, fat)
~ 4:30 - FAA lunch meal (protein, veggies, fat)
~ 8:30 - Unsweetened coconut milk yogurt
Protein bar 30 minutes before bed
I don't want to confuse any newbies, so I will just come in to post my official weigh-ins on Thursdays and my OMADs on the weekends. I will still be reading and cheering you all along!0 -
Happy belated birthday, Britt!
Good luck with the new plan. It looks very workable. I can imagine the difficulty sticking to OMAD when you simply can't eat enough on the meal (wish I had moved on to having difficulty!).0 -
Wishing you well on the new program. Looking forward to your updates.0
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Thank you, @jeanona and @tlblanksfit!0
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That was a nice surprise for your birthday, he sounds like a really sweet guy!!! I hope this new plan works for you
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Thank you, @Brendalea69! Yeah, I guess I will keep him around 1
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The new plan worked PERFECTLY yesterday. I felt completely satiated even with the increased hunger I experience during my period as well as on HIIT days. I also managed to drop 1.6 lbs overnight, so at least I am heading back in the right direction. I think this will be it for me! I definitely was not eating enough -- I tracked yesterday's food and ate just shy of 1000 calories, which means I was probably severely undereating on OMAD. This is fine for my weekend rest days but definitely not during the week. In eating more meals, I was also able to meet more nutrition markers (mainly fiber and magnesium, which have been consistently low for me when not following a plant-based diet.)
I have also decided to weigh only on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from now on. The scale isn't really motivating me much anymore -- I want to see inches lost/body changes and strength gained. I bought a bunch of jeans from a closeout sale in size 8 since my 10s are really loose now, and I can fit into them! I even went completely bold and bought my first pair of white jeans that I cannot wait to wear soon! I still reach for my 10s when I am really bloated (ie. now), but I hope to be firmly in a size 8 regardless of bloat by the end of next month.
Official weigh-in (1/25/18): 155.2
Weeks to Maintenance: 21 - this is the first week where I am close to needing to lose a full pound each week to reach goal on time, so I am happy I have figured out a sustainable plan and am kicking things back into gear!
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Awesome!!! 1
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Great work Britt, way to bounce back, figure out what works and work it. The last two days were not good for me. We have a brownie bug in my house and I just couldn't stop eating them. I am back up to 156 today but am doing a fast day today and hope to be at least back to 154 for my official weigh in tomorrow morning. I am looking forward to getting back on plan. Resistance is key because I can't get away from the bad stuff in my house.1
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@Brendalea69 thank you!
@tlblanksfit brownies are SO hard to resist! They're so good! There is this guy who blogs at Big Man's World who makes healthy low carb desserts-- maybe the key is to recreate instead of resist. That might help. I have never made any of his recipes, but he has a huge following.0 -
I will be sure to check him out. I do believe I have a low carb brownie recipe. I will have to make those for me and let everyone else eat the not so healthy but oh so good kind.0
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That is definitely what I would do! I know I used to make two versions when I first developed my wheat allergy. I didn't care so much about their "normal" brownies when I had my own 0
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New plan is still working out very nicely. I weighed in at 152.4 today (I thought today was Saturday -- sick brain!).
Since I am sick, I am going to do a very low impact HIIT for today. Thankfully the sickness came at the end of the week so it isn't messing up my exercise goals. This weekend will be yoga and OMAD.0 -
Good job on the loss. It looks like you are settling into your plan and it is working out great for you. Hoping you have a speedy recovery.0
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Awesome!!! Feel better soon 0
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Well done on the loss. Absolutely no harm in tweaking plans to improve on them!
Hope you recover soon. All of us seem to be down with illness at the same time!0 -
I'm sorry you're sick Britt
You've had a lot of food/friend/celebration outings lately...you've done very well in spite of all of it. Happy 30th Birthday! You're still a super young chickie 
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Thanks, everyone!
I am starting to feel a bit better, but I can't wait until this completely passes. So annoying being sick and on my period, too!0 -
Today's weigh-in: 151.6
Yesterday was an unintentional OMAD day due to decreased appetite and no motivation to cook.
Eaten around 3:45 PM:
Not pictured: protein bar
I still have half the yucca left, so I will eat that today.
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You'll be back into the 140's soon 0
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I sure hope so, @Brendalea69! My original goal was to end January at 149, and I am somehow still hoping that is possible.1
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1/27
Weight: 151.6
Active rest: 15-minute restorative yoga sequence (this actually helped me feel better temporarily, so I will probably do a longer sequence tomorrow)
Non-FAA OMAD eaten around 2:30 PM (Saturday is my free meal day):
Not pictured: gluten-free cookies and a little ice cream. After having half a scoop, I definitely have no desire to make dairy a regular part of my diet any longer (especially while sick!), but I really needed something cold. I am going to give the other half to my fiance and grab some coconut milk ice cream if I want some for next week's free meal.0
