OMAD lifestyle

Befit4betterlife

Hi anyone have experience OMAD ? How was it ? What was your results? I’m been on it for about 3 days feeling great loss few pounds

L1zardQueen

I do two meals a day, OMAD is too difficult for me. If you like huge meals, then it is perfect for you.

Befit4betterlife

I don’t like huge meals I decided to change my eating habits I was snacking all day bad snacks of course and eating junk food a lot I still work out but wasn’t really working. I been working out and doing OMAD so far I had one meal under 700 cal. Thank you for sharing

L1zardQueen

700 calories is fine for one meal but you need to eat more. That is why I eat two meals a day.

singingflutelady

If you don't like big meals OMAD isn't a good choice. 700 calories isn't enough.

Wendyanneroberts

If you chose to do only eat OMAD as a weight loss strategy, it's important that you are on target with nutrition. A very low calorie diet is detrimental to your health, unless under Doctors supervision. Woman should eat a minimum of 1,200 calories per day. Only eating 700 calories is not wise or safe.

cerise_noir

singingflutelady wrote: »

If you don't like big meals OMAD isn't a good choice. 700 calories isn't enough.

Agreed with this.

There are so many downfalls to undereating. It’s not worth it.

cmriverside

So, with OMAD, you are meant to get your entire day's calories in one meal. It works for some people who have trouble eating smaller frequent meals for whatever reason.

You'll need to eat your 1200 calories PLUS exercise calories all at one time. I would find that difficult - for instance if I were to try to get my 100g of protein and my 5-8 portions of fruit and vegetables in one meal I'd never make it.

That is what I need in order to get good nutrition. 700 calories is one meal for me.

So, eat more.

Befit4betterlife

Today I did plan my meal and I’m in the 1200 cal it was good

singingflutelady

So why did you write less than an hour ago you gad 1 meal less than 700 calories?

L1zardQueen

What happened? 1200 calories at least.

Befit4betterlife

Yesterday meal was 700 cal today I added more to it

L1zardQueen

Yay. Don’t go below 1200.

Befit4betterlife

Thank you for your advice

NovusDies

Befit4betterlife wrote: »

Hi anyone have experience OMAD ? How was it ? What was your results? I’m been on it for about 3 days feeling great loss few pounds

3 days is not a proper evaluation period and you may have lost a "few" pounds but it is highly unlikely it was a "few" pounds of fat.

You need to start by eating your MFP assigned calorie goal or your calculated tdee calories each day or average it during the week. 1200 is the minimum number of calories for a female but you could still be undereating at that amount and it could still cause health issues.

I believe that proper nutrition means eating a variety of food and it definitely means getting enough protein each day. When you condense all of your eating to one meal or a very small window of eating I think you need to try and eat 2 meals of food. For instance you might eat one course of breakfast type food and a second course of lunch/dinner type food. Another example is eating 2 courses but 2 different proteins (fish for one maybe and chicken for the other) with different side dishes and vegetables. Getting enough protein is important. The suggestion to break your single meal into 2 or more courses at least some of the time for increased variety is my opinion.

psuLemon

With those meals, what did your protein look like? That is a key component of fat loss and muscle retention. You should be aiming for 1.5-2.2g/kg of weight (which for most women is around 90-120g). Heck, 1200 calories may or may not even appropriate depending on your activity level. If you are sedentary and tiny, it's probably fine, but if you are active, it won't be enough.

kshama2001

How tall are you? Unless you are very very short and sedentary, you can eat more than 1200 calories.

(And no one should be sedentary by choice. You will regret this when you are older.)

https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/1200-calorie-diet/

BeeRuchi

A few months back i did IF (intermittent Fasting - 19:5) That actually worked really well for me and managed to lose 12lbs in 20 days. I of course gained it all back over the summer.

I've now decided to start OMAD (One Meal a Day)
Started OMAD: Wednesday Aug 29th 2018

I feel when I've done IF, first i dropped a lot of my water weight very quickly and then after the second week the numbers dropped slower. Slow doesn't mean bad so don't feel discouraged. This time around with OMAD i'm expecting to see even better results.

With this diet I've coupled OMAD with Colonics. Not sure if this is good or not but i do feel its assisting even more in the weight loss so far in 1 week.

Hoping to see some drastic results myself.

Muscleflex79

BeeRuchi wrote: »

A few months back i did IF (intermittent Fasting - 19:5) That actually worked really well for me and managed to lose 12lbs in 20 days. I of course gained it all back over the summer.

I've now decided to start OMAD (One Meal a Day)
Started OMAD: Wednesday Aug 29th 2018

I feel when I've done IF, first i dropped a lot of my water weight very quickly and then after the second week the numbers dropped slower. Slow doesn't mean bad so don't feel discouraged. This time around with OMAD i'm expecting to see even better results.

With this diet I've coupled OMAD with Colonics. Not sure if this is good or not but i do feel its assisting even more in the weight loss so far in 1 week.

Hoping to see some drastic results myself.

you realize colonics will do nothing for fat loss, right?

BeeRuchi

@Muscleflex79

Fatloss is a process and i definitely know that. but the average person carries 5 or more pounds of waste in the colon. So doing a colon cleanse will help me to eliminate that waste and drop those extra pounds along the way. Also colonics seems to have a lot of other benefits which will help me to continue to lose weight. Not to mention after my first session i saw a significant reduction in my waist size

janejellyroll

BeeRuchi wrote: »

@Muscleflex79

Fatloss is a process and i definitely know that. but the average person carries 5 or more pounds of waste in the colon. So doing a colon cleanse will help me to eliminate that waste and drop those extra pounds along the way. Also colonics seems to have a lot of other benefits which will help me to continue to lose weight. Not to mention after my first session i saw a significant reduction in my waist size

But what's the point of artificially expelling waste before your body has completed the digestion process (which is what is happening in your intestine).

Sure, you might technically weigh less afterwards . . . but this isn't the weight people are concerned with when it comes to appearance or health issues. It would be leaving your body in a day or two anyway.

It's like being excited about weighing less after a haircut.