SoulSister's OMAD journey
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Nice work!!!
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Thank you for the encouragement.
I have been travelling and also there were and are various celebrations so my goal is to reach 165 pounds before the end of the year or by the end of the 1st week of January. That seems doable.
During my travels once again I had to share what I am doing (it can't be hidden) and I encountered the usual 'advice' -
So should you not eat 5 small meals instead? Why not? I said because that would make me hungry. What about exercise? Should you not exercise? I managed to change the subject.. :0)0 -
10/01 - 210 pounds (ca. - SW)
15/09 - 173 pounds
29/09 - 170.8 pounds
13/10 – 170.2 pounds
09/11 - 169.6 pounds
23/11 - 167.4 pounds
07/12 - 167.4 pounds
Well, actually I am not disappointed that much with this considering that I had a splurge day recently and also was not eating very well due to travels and celebrations (I did do OMAD but I just ate a lot of fattening and sugary foods - and also my guilty pleasure drinking sodas which as mentioned earlier are not helping my weight loss results or sleep). Ouch.. I hope next week this will come down further. I wanted to mention that the lowest I weighed in the past 2 weeks was 165.8 lbs, so I know its almost here.. :0) but I wanted to be truthful, as its not always down! Maintaining is good, and I can be in the knowledge that this is within the healthy BMI now. 😊 BUT I am not saying I'm giving up, the plan is as above (165 before the end of the year or latest by the 6th Jan) and being super good & focused in Jan and Feb i.e. eat more healthy foods! I have no problems with OMAD now, or shall I say I just ignore the little voice..
One good habit I do now is that I aim to eat something green with my meals (either fruit or salad) daily.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone.0 -
Hugs! I know the feeling as I have fall off the wagon countless of times. However, I will not give up as I know that if I keep trying, I will reach my GW. Let's do this together!
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10/01 - 210.0 pounds (SW)
15/09 - 173.0 pounds
29/09 - 170.8 pounds
13/10 – 170.2 pounds
09/11 - 169.6 pounds
23/11 - 167.4 pounds
07/12 - 167.4 pounds
21/12 - 165.4 pounds
I was very happy with this result especially that this is the holiday season. I hope to lose more weight in the new year and reach 140lbs (and push down to 130lbs for the weight fluctuation) but to be honest I already would be very happy at 150 lbs being 5'9 (which I have not been since 2011). This has been a great year for me with a weight loss total of 45 pounds. I never thought this possible and before finding IF I gave up to be honest. All those terrible and useless diets I have done in the past.. Ughh.. I have started in January 2018 with IF and various ADF regimens and been doing Omad for a bit more than 6 months now. It is better and easier every day. It is good to have a structure to fall back on when things get complicated. Splurge days are a big part of this for me as I don't feel deprived or too restricted and I know I can have anything just not until my window.
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I decided to start afresh from this year. I consider what was last year, gone so not relevant anymore.
So I have a new starting weight. :0)
11/01/19 - 166.6 lbs (SW)
I will aim to record my progress once every 2 weeks with Friday weigh day whatever it is.
My absolute goal weight is 130 lbs but basically I want to be 140 lbs before the end of this year and just to go 10 lbs below for the daily fluctuations.
To be honest now i am in the healthy BMI range which makes me so happy but still have 84 cm waist which I would like to go below 80cm at least.
I will adjust my goal as I go down as I will see whether I will have any loose skin or if it just doesn't look good I will adjust it. (I don't have any loose skin at the moment so lucky me).
My first real milestone is 150 lbs. When I'm at that weight I look good (Ie not overweight at all, more on the slim side), so its only 15 pounds away! :0) I can hardly believe it!
Keep going everybody! ;0)0 -
That is awesome and totally doable....Best of luck on your 2019 restart. I am here to cheer you on!!!1
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NICE! Welcome back and happy re-start!1
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Thank you Ladies :0)0
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You can do it!!! Welcome back 1
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I have a question maybe some of you can answer.
During the holidays i 'broke' my OMAD once and I had a pizza in the evening (my eating window is lunchtime otherwise). It was intentional I knew i would do it as I went out that day so I was really looking forward to it. However once I was eating the pizza I didn't quite like it. I was just not hungry and generally it was kind of a 'meh' experience (there was nothing wrong with the pizza per se). I noticed this when I have my cheat days too. Foods I was really looking forward to eating just doesn't taste as good now or i am just not eating them with that 'OMG this is so good' feeling I used to. Maybe that is the reason why I find OMAD now easier as this happened a couple of times so i know even if i would break my fast i would not enjoy the food that much anyway so why bother. I'm talking outside my eating window. So weird.
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SoulSisterSoulBrother wrote: »I have a question maybe some of you can answer.
During the holidays i 'broke' my OMAD once and I had a pizza in the evening (my eating window is lunchtime otherwise). It was intentional I knew i would do it as I went out that day so I was really looking forward to it. However once I was eating the pizza I didn't quite like it. I was just not hungry and generally it was kind of a 'meh' experience (there was nothing wrong with the pizza per se). I noticed this when I have my cheat days too. Foods I was really looking forward to eating just doesn't taste as good now or i am just not eating them with that 'OMG this is so good' feeling I used to. Maybe that is the reason why I find OMAD now easier as this happened a couple of times so i know even if i would break my fast i would not enjoy the food that much anyway so why bother. I'm talking outside my eating window. So weird.
Why is that? Does anyone know?
Probably mostly habit and mindset - I don't usually experience anything like that, HOWEVER note that I have other aids to make food extra delish anyway LMAO. Make sure you're not thinking of it as a "cheat" but rather as a conscious decision, that way it doesn't feel off limits?0 -
I think our tastebuds change as we don't eat or eat certain foods, too. They adapt a bit. So maybe the pizza tasted different because your tastebuds ae different.0
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I totally agree with the tastebuds changing.....I love me some dark chocolate....and when I eat it now it is still awesome but not how I remember when I would eat all I wanted whenever I wanted.....I think it is also a change in our mindset as well...….0
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Thanks for the responses ladies! I really was quite disappointed :0))0
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I love dark chocolate better than the milk ones! 0
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I think that by eating omad we forcibly reduce our carb intake so when we eat a 'treat' outside our window our bodies are not really primed to need the fix. So it's not like what we remember as far as appeasing the fantasy. Maybe?0
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This is very possible. Maybe i truly am fat adapted and when i have unnecessary carbs my body is just like meh, its ok but we dont really need it. Thanks for your response.1
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11/01/19 - 166.6 lbs
25/01/19 - 165.1 lbs
My weight was fluctuating like crazy during this time.
I know as I got new scales for xmas so I weighed myself daily in the past 2 weeks. Least was 163.9lbs and most was 167.1lbs after my 'cheat' day. No wonder we are totally confused, that's a 3.2 pound fluctuation within 2 weeks! How is that even possible.0 -
SoulSisterSoulBrother wrote: »11/01/19 - 166.6 lbs
25/01/19 - 165.1 lbs
My weight was fluctuating like crazy during this time.
I know as I got new scales for xmas so I weighed myself daily in the past 2 weeks. Least was 163.9lbs and most was 167.1lbs after my 'cheat' day. No wonder we are totally confused, that's a 3.2 pound fluctuation within 2 weeks! How is that even possible.
LMFAO boo - that's NOTHING - I swing 6-10 pounds from Mon morn-Fri morn every week - salt, hormones, glycogen..they all affect weight and are not "fat loss" related..worry not, it's normal 0 -
Here's my graph showing the swings:
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I can always swing back and forth like that too from the start of the week to the end of the week. I purposely don't weigh everyday because I would go insane if I did, even though the sensible me knows it fluctuates....the psycho
side of me gets anxiety over the higher number....but it is so normal...….
You are doing great! What is your goal weight?
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Crazy. 6-10 pounds a week? Whaaaat? Whoa!
My goal weight is staged. First 150, then 140 and maybe 130. Im 5 8 and a half. I will have to see it to decide. I was thinking maybe to go for a short maybe 3 month gym session as its too cold here to even walk outside.. Waiting for spring.0 -
Same for me...I have decided to have mini goal weights as its easier for me to achieve ( hopefully ) Can't wait for Autumn as it would be cooler then
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Yes the mini goals are awesome. they really motivate me!0
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mistymeadows2005 wrote: »SoulSisterSoulBrother wrote: »11/01/19 - 166.6 lbs
25/01/19 - 165.1 lbs
My weight was fluctuating like crazy during this time.
I know as I got new scales for xmas so I weighed myself daily in the past 2 weeks. Least was 163.9lbs and most was 167.1lbs after my 'cheat' day. No wonder we are totally confused, that's a 3.2 pound fluctuation within 2 weeks! How is that even possible.
LMFAO boo - that's NOTHING - I swing 6-10 pounds from Mon morn-Fri morn every week - salt, hormones, glycogen..they all affect weight and are not "fat loss" related..worry not, it's normal
Same here but good news, it comes back off!!! 0 -
11/01/19 - 166.6 lbs
25/01/19 - 165.1 lbs
08/02/19 - 162.3 lbs
The last 2 weeks were quite busy for me as I am going through a busy period in my life. I started to restrict my calories more so I believe that is the reason behind the result here. I also notice more peace of mind and generally more energy levels. Was thinking of writing an Omad update of the changes I noticed.1 -
Nice loss this week - You'll be in the 150's before you know it1
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WOW how cool!!! Great results you totally are rockin it!0
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NICE DROP! KUTGW!!!0
