I love salmon, I think it is probably my favorite food. I could eat it everyday (if not so expensive) and not get tired of it!

Count your cals and don't overeat on your off days. I think most people would lose some weight even if they ate 3 meals a day if they didn't snack and when they did eat, they didn't eat high glycemic index foods like refined grains, sugars, and juices that spike insulin which causes fat gain and turns off fat metabolism. I think a big reason omad works is you don't spike your insulin for a long time which lets your body burn fat (in addition to the calorie deficit you get). Good luck.

How's it going?

You got to do it! Start easy if nothing else. Try just skipping breakfast and keep lunch low carb and eat like you want for dinner. I think that alone will give you health benefits and will result in weight loss. I think you will feel better too. Good luck. It is worth it!

Glad to see you back. We are all cheering for you.

Variety is the spice of life, @Eidian, and you proved that today with your dinner menu!!

Have a high protein delicious cake for your birthday and enjoy every morsel you eat, and happy birthday in advance!

I think once a week splurge day is ok but I think any more than that and I know I will have a hard time losing weight. The 5:2 and every other day etc are too many splurge days for me and I know that would not work for me. Every one is different but for me, a person who likes to eat once I start eating, OMAD I think is about optimal (I do allow a three hour eating window for myself which might not work for some if they would overeat in that window). I just like filling up and fortunately I can only get about 1500 cals in me tell full after fasting about 21-hrs and then I will graze and get in maybe another 500-100 cals for the day. If someone allowed themselves to eat tell full and only allowed one hour - I'm sure that could even get some people in trouble. Bottom line is we have to have a calorie deficit and need to do whatever it takes to do that. With OMAD and exercise, I've fortunately been able to have a three hour eating window daily where I can eat tell full, stay topped off by grazing in my eating window and still lose weight. I am also paying more attention to what I eat and set priorities to try to fill up on the good stuff 1st so I don't have as much room for the not-so-good stuff. I start with a drink of water, then a whey protein drink in milk (about 65 g protein). They I eat dinner and eat all the meat/ vegetables type stuff 1st (non-starchy) then I will allow the carb type stuff. I control the calories some doing that because the stuff I'm eating 1st is low cal per volume. Then in the end I'm grazing and try to just do fruit but will allow some deserts. By doing that, I limit the desert to just a little and not a lot (1 small bowl of ice-cream instead of two large). If this wasn't working, I could count cals which I really don't want to do, or I could just make my eating window later and so my grazing period would be shorter and I would be getting to bed about 1-2 hours after eating. If all that didn't work, then I would start doing portion control and not allow more than the pre-determined amount. Bottom line is we have to do what our psych will allow and that will result in deficit. Eating good food 1st before bad will help. Shorter eating windows help. Portion control can help. I also find it much easier to fast the next day if I get adequate protein intake the night before. I must drink lots of water during my fast to get me through also. If I had a bad day fasting one strategy that has worked for me is to eat a little coconut oil which is absorbed fast and can provide cals fast but it won't shut down burning our own fat like eating carbs will (it won't spike insulin which shuts down fat metabolism). When we eat highly refined carbs, we get an insulin response that will shut down our ability to burn fat so by eating the coconut oil, I do get extra cals but I don't shut down my own fat burning pre-maturely and the cals I get are still at a deficit level and less than if I ate carbs so although it isn't as good as fasting it is a lot better than just start eating carbs. Also eating sugar or other refined carbs will cause us to be very hungry shortly thereafter due to the insulin response driving our blood sugar to low levels. Worst thing we can do for ourselves in my opinion is to eat sugary stuff on an empty stomach! This is how I currently view things, right or wrong. Good luck!

Sounds like you have a good plan. Should work. Good luck!

Looks delicious!