Kierrasofia00 wrote: »

Name: Kierra-Sofia
Weight: 176lbs
Height: 5ft 2
Omad time: 12-4pm
Omad start: 16/04/16
Omad goal weight range: 130-120lbs

I have struggled with my weight since late teens as an emotional eater. I have tried many different diets and calorie counting here on mfp but always regain what I lose.

I turned 40 on the 2nd April and that has made me determined to shift this weight once and for all. It's held me back for far too long and my health has been suffering.

I need to regain control of my eating and my health.

You can do it!

...your name or preferred username
Elizabeth Maryam
...your weight
152 lbs
...your height
5'1.5"
...past struggles you've faced/are facing
I could likely write a book here; but I won't ...lol. I am almost 49 (July). I was always around 110 lbs most of my life until I was apx 44/45 and had a medical situation whereby I wasn't allowed to do any activity (even normal daily activity was restricted). It was during this time I gained my weight. I was up to 189 lbs. In 2013 I did do some fasting, for religious reasons, whereby I ate once a day and that is when I was able to successfully lose about 20 lbs (I wasn't trying to lose weight at the time but it was just a by product of the fasting and eating once a day). In July 2014, I joined MFP and was losing weight by eliminating potato chips, pop and other things. I was down to 149 but then my mum was diagnosed with cancer and my goals were set aside. I went back up to 168 (apx). I rejoined MFP in Nov/Dec 2015 and my mum passed away Feb 10, 2016. Since rejoining I have gotten down to 152 lbs. In reflection I found the easiest manner for weight loss (for my personal situation) was OMAD. I discovered the gentleman who started this group and decided I would start it when I was ready. And today is the day. There are lots of other issues, such as having no thyroid, heart problem, chronic pain, scoliosis, edema, having radiation and surgeries, severe hypoglycaemia, etc.; but I'm being very cautious and monitoring things, so that things will go well. I also have suspected insulin resistance, so I also am implementing a low carb diet (in process over apx the past week), and thus far, it has made a difference, except when I are too many carbs and was ill. I do have to take my synthroid at the opposite time of day when I take my multivitamin, so I can't take all my items at meal time, so I will have to work around this.
...your goal weight range
105-120 lbs (tentative)
...the time of your OMAD
Dinner time unless special reason
...and your OMAD start date
April 16, 2016 (except I had meal in am)

blambo61 wrote: »

Welcome Maryam! Good luck.

Thank you

Hi everyone ,I've been a fat person all my life ever since my childhood. I finally solved this problem in the middle age of my life. Low or no Carb plus intermittent fasting(16/8 at first), But couldn't reach my idea weight no matter what I try, and then there comes the 23/1 or One meal a Day, I finally have the control over my body, My user photo show I'm trying out 29in jean or snutty jean if you will. I'm doing OMAD for life!!!


My name: Arch
My starting weight: 106kg/233lbs
My current weight: 65.5kg/144lbs
My Height: 180cm/5'11
My goal weight: as low as I can?
OMAD Start Date: 12/4/2016

Arch,

Good to meet you! Your 5'11" and 144-lbs. What % body fat are you? You seem pretty lean already. Do you need to lose weight? Do you have very much muscle?

arguablysamson wrote: »

blambo61 wrote: »

Arch,

Good to meet you! Your 5'11" and 144-lbs. What % body fat are you? You seem pretty lean already. Do you need to lose weight? Do you have very much muscle?

Very good questions, Bob.

You need a legit goal, Arch. Weight loss can get out of hand (from both ends of the spectrum) without one.

You're right Joe, I do need a goal, But when you been fat and obese for so long, It's just feel so good to feel that finally I have some control over my body instead the other way around like before. But I heard you, Joe, thanks.

Arch155 wrote: »

blambo61 wrote: »

Arch,

Good to meet you! Your 5'11" and 144-lbs. What % body fat are you? You seem pretty lean already. Do you need to lose weight? Do you have very much muscle?

thanks, My BF is roughly 17% , at least according to TANITA. I've got some lean muscle on me but nothing to write home about. I thinking about balking up a bit, but that means I have to increase my caloric intake which something I really trying to avoid all my life.

IMO you need more muscle but could still lose a little fat. Your fairly lean already and where your at is pretty good. Not sure how old you are.

I think if you do weights and eat a little protein you can gain muscle and lose more fat even with a cal deficit if you have not been lifting in the recent past. What is your gial % bidy fat?

Hello Everyone! I'm so happy to have found Joe's website and this group!

Introduction - I'm a 64 year old female who struggled with weight before having children, although I was never seriously overweight (I just thought I was). Motherhood came at 28 and for the next 20+ years I was actually thin, but then menopause came along. Long story short, I began to gain weight and although I've had some success taking it off (several times) it's the same old, same old...it would come back, with extra.

Over the last 18 months or so I've experimented with intuitive eating, but although I've learned a lot about myself, I just couldn't lose any weight. I'm heavier than I have ever been and I'm now pre-diabetic, so something has to give.

I'd experimented with IF both with the 16/8 plan as well as the 5:2 (AWFUL!) But one day about 3 weeks ago I had something happen that kept me from eating all day, and by the time I did get to eat I discovered that I really didn't need much to eat at all. So the idea came to me that perhaps this could work for me. I played around with it for a week or two, and then I got serious about it and started in earnest early last week (don't remember exactly which day I started, though). I discovered the OMAD website and you tube channel by googling one meal a day and that's how I arrived here!

I have to admit that I don't use a scale - I've discovered that it's an instrument of torture for me, so the only time I get on one is at the doctor's office. My last visit I weighed 172, and I'm pretty sure I got up into the mid-70's before finally getting a grip. But because I knew I was coming here, I went ahead and weighed this morning, and I weighed 168.6 - just about where I thought I would be. I always have a pretty good idea of what I weigh, even without a scale.

And I won't get on it again for awhile. I have other ways of knowing if I'm losing weight.

My name: Cathy
My starting weight: 168.6 lbs
My current weight: 168.6 lbs
My Height: 5'2"
My goal weight: 120-130 lbs
OMAD start date: 05/16/16

As I said, I've been doing OMAD for about a week, but since I didn't know my starting weight and I can't remember exactly when I started I'm going to put today's date as my official start date.

I'm so glad to be here!

..Hi, I'm Rebecca. I weigh 175 lbs, 5'3'. Been struggling with weight as long as I can remember, but especially in the past 10 years. Goal weight 135-145. I eat one meal between 4:00-6:00/ Began June 9, 2016.
..Stumbled on Joe's videos by accident...or fate. Hard at first but getting easier. I have tried just about every diet and tired of being denied one food group or another, carbs, meat, fat, etc. Failure at counting points. Constantly obsessed about what I'm supposed to eat and blowing it and binging. Love the thought of being about to eat evening meal with my family especially at a restaurant and not worry all the time. I enjoy exercise and really want to feel a little less weak so I can resume that. I think Splurge days sound scary and too good to be true. I am a woman of 55 and would love to hear from any women around my age. Menopause is a bear, and I think losing weight at this age is 2X as hard.

arguablysamson wrote: »

This is a thread to let others know you are beginning again on OMAD. Get involved by posting...

...your name or preferred username
...your weight
...your height
...any past struggles you've faced or are facing
...your goal weight range
...the time of your OMAD
...and your OMAD start date.

You might elaborate on what brought you around to OMAD as opposed to other weight-loss methods. This thread lets others know they are not alone in the struggle.

Alice...your name or preferred username
207 ...your weight
5'7 ...your height
Candy/Sugar addiction ...any past struggles you've faced or are facing
150-160 ...your goal weight range
6 pm ...the time of your OMAD
6/21/2016 ...and your OMAD start date.

I would like to pick OMAD back up because last year I had a lot of success with eating once a day. I hadn't done any official research, only fell into the lifestyle. It was easier to maintain than I had anticipated. I need to get back into it!

...your name or preferred username: Bobo
...your weight: 240
...your height: 5'7
...any past struggles you've faced or are facing: emotional eating, impulsive eating, binging, and constantly feeling deprived on other diets
...your goal weight range: 180-190
...the time of your OMAD: 6-10pm (depending on work schedule)
...and your OMAD start date. : June 25th Saturday.

I need to lose 30-40 lbs by October in order to pass a physical aptitude test to have my dream job. Hoping to get support and read about all the success stories of other Omaders...

Bobo