Starting OMAD? Introduce Yourself Here!
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Welcome, Linds! Your sweet tooth will not trouble you on OMAD as much as it did before OMAD - that's what happened with me!0
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your name Ruby
...your weight....maybe but not yet...will dind out monday am...
...your height....164cm
...any past struggles you've faced or are facing
Hi i have lost 60kg with weightloss surgary but had some medical iasues and an injury that put me on the couch for over 3 months.. going to use OMAD to try to get some contol back and creat a new way of life.
...your goal weight range.... half of me lol..
...the time of your OMAD... think it will be lunch time.
...and your OMAD start date. 11th january...
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Awesome. Welcome!0
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Welcome Ruby and good luck for tomorrow!...may the force be with you
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Welcome, Ruby!0
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Thanks on the train to work woke up late no coffee for me oh well
will get one at the station on yhe way on to work 0 -
Good luck on your first OMAD day, Ruby!0
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Hi everyone!
...your name or preferred username :: Audrey
...your weight :: 257 lbs (highest scale reading was 290.5)
...your height :: 5' 8"
...any past struggles you've faced or are facing :: binge eating, life long weight struggle
...your goal weight range :: 150 to 175 lbs - I have never been under 220 in my adult life so I chose this range based on the middle of my healthy weight range for my height to about 10 lbs over. I have always been strong, and I carry my weight very well but I have NO idea what it's like to not be obese. I plan on adjusting my goal as I lose.
...the time of your OMAD :: Dinner time - typically between 6 and 9pm
...and your OMAD start date :: officially today, January 10th 2016
I have been testing out OMAD with the exception of my weekends when I may have two meals on Saturday and/or Sunday. I was previously doing Weight Watchers and from February to late summertime I lost 30-40 lbs and experienced a sudden halt. I was eating the way everyone told me to - many small meals to "feed my metabolism" and it just stopped working. I cancelled my WW membership and started to track calories only on here. Before I even saw that OMAD was a thing, I had started to do it by default. I have been pushing myself to drink a gallon of water per day while at work so I really haven't been hungry for more than OMAD, and I LOVE that I can have a heartier dinner! As someone who would "hoard" as many points/calories as possible for dinner, and who found ways to cheat - it's a dream to be able to lose and maintain my weight by doing this!!
Please feel free to add me as a friend - I'd love to connect with people with similar goals! 0 -
Welcome Audrey!
Yep, the "feed my metabolism" / little meals idea has led lots of people astray. OMAD will set you right Just remember, there will be drop-off periods where your body settles for a time at a weight. Don't get discouraged.
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welcome Audrey!0
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Welcome!0
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Welcome! You can do this!0
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...your name: Sam
...your weight: 140 lbs
...your height: 5"4
...any past struggles you've faced or are facing: I love good food and drink! I've lost 20 lbs since March 2015, and have 20 lbs left to go. My main stumbling block is indulging in delicious food with my partner. He's a six foot tall chap who is a lot heavier than me, so his calorie limit to lose 1 lb a week is the same as my maintenance! We eat big meals together and love to get takeaways, but eating the same size dinners as him puts me pretty much at my calorie limit so OMAD makes a lot of sense for me. I've never been a fan of breakfast and when I was a teen I'd often naturally go without eating until about 4pm, when I'd have a snack before dinner. I ate OMAD regularly a few years ago and it worked really well, but I was less active during the day then so I think my challenge this time around will be getting used to keeping up my daily activity without eating lunch.
...your goal weight range: 120 lbs is my current goal, although I could comfortably be between 110 and 120.
...the time of your OMAD: around 6pm
...and your OMAD start date: Today, 12th Jan!0 -
Welcome Sam!! Sounds like your gonna do great!! 0
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Welcome, Sam.0
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Good luck, and welcome!0
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Welcome, Sam!0
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your name Nancy
...your weight....174
...your height....5ft 6inch
...any past struggles you've faced or are facing. I Just really love eating, I guess I'm an emotional eater and feel like everything is improved if your eating at the same time. The only emotion that makes me not want to eat is anger and if I have planned to have something all day and then you make me angry and I don't have it, I'm even angrier. Fortunately or unfortunately, I'm not a very angry person. Luckily I also love walking but just haven't been able to due to some family issue. Soooooo I've packed on weight but have started a plan and think I may make this part of it.
...your goal weight range....145
...the time of your OMAD... Probably lunch or dinner.
...and your OMAD start date. Monday the 25th because don't all new beginnings start on a Mondays. lol0 -
Hey Nancy! Welcome to OMAD 0
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Hey there, Nancy. Welcome to OMAD!0
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Welcome, Nancy!!0
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Hi everyone! My name is Liah and I started OMAD two days ago. I'm currently around 200lbs, 5'6". I'm trying to get under 150lbs.
I lost 70 lbs about 5 years ago and slowly gained it all back so I am back up to my highest weight again.
I usually don't feel hungry until after work around 3pm so I thought this diet might be worth a try. My OMAD is between 4:30 and 6:30pm.
Without sounding desperate, I'm really hoping to see some results that will encourage me to go at least a month so my habits will stick for the long run.
My weight loss success last time was due to the awesome support (and daily banter) I had from a MFP group. I'm hoping to share our journey together!
On that note, I think I ate too much my only meal yesterday. It was binge-like eating. ☹ I guess this is where a little self control needs to come in!0 -
liahkim0330 wrote: »Hi everyone! My name is Liah and I started OMAD two days ago. I'm currently around 200lbs, 5'6". I'm trying to get under 150lbs.
I lost 70 lbs about 5 years ago and slowly gained it all back so I am back up to my highest weight again.
I usually don't feel hungry until after work around 3pm so I thought this diet might be worth a try. My OMAD is between 4:30 and 6:30pm.
Without sounding desperate, I'm really hoping to see some results that will encourage me to go at least a month so my habits will stick for the long run.
My weight loss success last time was due to the awesome support (and daily banter) I had from a MFP group. I'm hoping to share our journey together!
On that note, I think I ate too much my only meal yesterday. It was binge-like eating. ☹ I guess this is where a little self control needs to come in!
Hi, Liah...
Welcome!
Just a couple of things:
1) If you can stick with it a month, you'll know you can do it (two weeks for some): You can decide to see results and stick with it if only you are serious about your goal--and managing it from now and onward. This isn't "diet" anything, but a lifestyle change. Once you know you can keep doing it and can see yourself doing it perpetually, you'll never struggle with weight again.
2) Follow the one-plate rule to keep the one meal manageable or else use MFP to track your macros: Either way works, but you'll probably notice that even one big meal is giving less calories than little ones. And most still find that they maintain on one big meal since it tends to be hard to gain that way.
Don't worry. Lots of support here.
-Joe
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Thanks, Joe. I think I did better today...already anticipating first weekly weigh in! Will keep y'all posted!0
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Welcome, Nancy and Liah. I hope you'll enjoy OMAD as much as I do -- and yes, I mean enjoy.0
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Welcome all,
What is exciting about this "diet" is that I can really see it as a lifestyle that I can do for a long time (like the rest of my life). When I reach goal weight, I plan on opening up the eating window larger but I still plan on fasting the 1st part of the day since after I get going I have a tendency to graze that can easily get out of control calorie-wise. I've felt better than I have for years doing this and look forwards to walking / exercise and have energy into the evenings which I've not had for a long time until I started doing this. I think I'm missing out on the sugar highs and insulin lows and it has made me feel MUCH better! I do feel like I now know how to control my weight at will (slowly but I can control it)!0 -
Thanks for the welcomes! I was just curious if anyone wanted to share their progress so far on their OMAD. I have no idea what to expect!0
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Your 1st week you will loose a couple of lbs of water and food weight. You will not be carrying as much food in you at a time. The fat loss will depend on the calorie deficit you maintain. I think Joe lost like 3.7lbs/week or so. He had large cal deficits. I'm a little slower because my cal deficits are not as big but I averaged close to 2lbs a week for about 16 weeks. Then the holidays came and I about came even out of that and am just getting going again. I'm not sure what it will be for you but wouldn't be suprised at 1-2lbs a week after the 1st couple of weeks with the 1st couple of weeks possibly being more. Just my opinion.0
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Correct.
You get out of it essentially what you put into it. I averaged 2.4 to 3.6 lbs per week, but there were some less than that, of course. It was stability I was after, and there is nothing wrong with looking at your life and goals and ascertaining how hard and what direction you are going to take tackling your health, Liah. You can step right up and completely own your body and yourself, though. All you have to do is make it a priority.0 -
Welcome, Liah! OMAD is easily the most fun way to control intake that I've experienced so far, and I hope you have the same experience.0
