John's OMAD journey
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Nice job, that is great! How many cals are you eating a day?0
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Nice job, that is great! How many cals are you eating a day?
I am happy to report that I have no clue! In the past I have had some success with strict portion control, weighing food to the gram and looking up calories, macronutrients, etc. It always ended up by driving me crazy. I've never lasted more than 45 days on such a program.
I have been searching for a while for a way of eating / exercising / living that was NOT a program. In other words, I've been searching for a lifestyle change that I could adopt and stay on forever. I'm starting to think I've found one.
OMAD is so simple! And I'm quite lazy when it comes to personal planning and organization. OMAD takes less planning and organization than trying to have 3 meals a day. I don't have to worry about having a healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Just a dinner where I know I will feel full.
All that being said, the only thing I'm really trying to avoid is refined sugar, although a little creeps in with flavored yogurt and stuff like that. A typical evening meal starts with 2 tbs ACV and 1 tsp honey in diluted grape juice (LOTS of sugar there! Just not unrefined cane sugar. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it), and typically has a large green salad with either olive oil or dressing, with a small avocado if available, and a reasonably full plate of food. Not heaping, but not spare either. The food is generally fresh food prepared at home, nothing packaged, but still pretty much a traditional "four food groups" meal. Not paleo, low carb, or anything like that. I feel quite full when I'm done, but I don't feel stuffed.
After that I'm usually done, although I may have a dessert of yogurt and grapes or skim milk and an apple an hour or two after dinner. Then I'm done, nothing but coffee, tea, and water until the next evening. I may have one diet soda a day, but lately I haven't been having that.
Sundays are my splurge day when I have "three squares".
No measuring. For me, that's important, if I'm going to live this way.1 -
I don't count calories either, too much work!!!1
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I've tried several ways to drink ACV but haven't been able to do it yet. I'll try this and see how I do. I'll find something that I can tolerate eventually.
Congratulations on the 5 pound loss. You're doing great!! When I started OMAD I did count calories but now I enjoy the freedom of not counting. I splurge every two weeks with lunch, dinner, and a dessert.1 -
@SavedByGrace26356 I have come to crave that ACV/honey/grape juice/water mixture. It's the first thing I want when I break my daily fast.2
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I've been making salad dressing out of acv, olive oil and lots of Italian spices. It tastes like a vinaigrette over Spring greens, grape tomatoes, red onion slivers, English cuke, mozzarella balls, black olives, celery and carrots.
The holiday weight is starting to come off for me. I've cut back on white flour as it makes me bloat up and gain water weight for a few days after consuming a meal with a large proportion.
I seem to be able to have a little sugar as long as it is in combination with protein and fiber. This makes it lower glycemic, and I don't get hungry afterward like I do with a carb dish by itself.2 -
Is it Concord grape juice, John?0
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Is it Concord grape juice, John?
You made me go look
Yes it is. Nothing particular about this juice, except that I really like the combination of flavors.
One other thing I should note is that I started actually measuring out tablespoons of ACV, in my case using leftover medicine cups. A tablespoon was actually much more than me just filling a big spoon from the silverware drawer. Also, I could never pour from the ACV bottle without it trickling down and getting everywhere, until I started using a medicine cup.
welchs.com/products/100-juices/grape-100-juices/100-grape-juice0 -
I watched a video that said that dark purple veggies and fruits have a compound that helps one to lose weight. They said really dark purple plums and purple carrots are good also. I would imagine that Concord grapes must have it also.
ETA article~
http://m.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/what-colours-our-plate-optimises-our-wellbeing/2171175/1 -
I am happy to report that I have no clue! In the past I have had some success with strict portion control, weighing food to the gram and looking up calories, macronutrients, etc. It always ended up by driving me crazy. I've never lasted more than 45 days on such a program.
I have been searching for a while for a way of eating / exercising / living that was NOT a program. In other words, I've been searching for a lifestyle change that I could adopt and stay on forever. I'm starting to think I've found one.
I'm with you on that, no counting here either, haven't done it once on OMAD. For me, that really signals that it's a lifestyle and not a temporary diet.
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Nice job, that is great! How many cals are you eating a day?
I am happy to report that I have no clue! In the past I have had some success with strict portion control, weighing food to the gram and looking up calories, macronutrients, etc. It always ended up by driving me crazy. I've never lasted more than 45 days on such a program.
I have been searching for a while for a way of eating / exercising / living that was NOT a program. In other words, I've been searching for a lifestyle change that I could adopt and stay on forever. I'm starting to think I've found one.
OMAD is so simple! And I'm quite lazy when it comes to personal planning and organization. OMAD takes less planning and organization than trying to have 3 meals a day. I don't have to worry about having a healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Just a dinner where I know I will feel full.
All that being said, the only thing I'm really trying to avoid is refined sugar, although a little creeps in with flavored yogurt and stuff like that. A typical evening meal starts with 2 tbs ACV and 1 tsp honey in diluted grape juice (LOTS of sugar there! Just not unrefined cane sugar. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it), and typically has a large green salad with either olive oil or dressing, with a small avocado if available, and a reasonably full plate of food. Not heaping, but not spare either. The food is generally fresh food prepared at home, nothing packaged, but still pretty much a traditional "four food groups" meal. Not paleo, low carb, or anything like that. I feel quite full when I'm done, but I don't feel stuffed.
After that I'm usually done, although I may have a dessert of yogurt and grapes or skim milk and an apple an hour or two after dinner. Then I'm done, nothing but coffee, tea, and water until the next evening. I may have one diet soda a day, but lately I haven't been having that.
Sundays are my splurge day when I have "three squares".
No measuring. For me, that's important, if I'm going to live this way.
I hear ya. When I started I logged but gave it up after awhile and have only done a little sense. I never had a set calorie goal and would eat anywhere from a low of 1400 to a high of 3000 in an evening usually about 2000. I did that just to learn what food has in it. This diet was the first time I've ever logged anything. I gave up logging though cause I don't like taking the time to do it so I totally understand that! This way of eating can be truly liberating. Keep up the good work.2 -
SavedByGrace26356 wrote: »I've tried several ways to drink ACV but haven't been able to do it yet. I'll try this and see how I do. I'll find something that I can tolerate eventually.
Congratulations on the 5 pound loss. You're doing great!! When I started OMAD I did count calories but now I enjoy the freedom of not counting. I splurge every two weeks with lunch, dinner, and a dessert.
Easiest for me is mix with tart cherry and chase with vegetable juice. Hardly any after taste at all.1 -
Completed 5 weeks of OMAD. Down 1.5 lbs this week, 18.25 lbs total loss. Still loving this.
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That is some serious progress!1
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Losing 18 pounds in 5 weeks is amazing!2
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I keep thinking this can't be real! Probably like many of you, I've tried so many different things over the past 30 years (well, not many of you for the 30 years part, but you know . . . ). Nothing has worked this well. Waiting for that plateau . . . . . . I know it's coming.Losing 18 pounds in 5 weeks is amazing!0 -
Stellar progress! OMAD is the best.1
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Thanks @vinyladdict, just read your plans for the superbowl, sounds like a wonderful splurge day!0
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@SavedByGrace26356 I have come to crave that ACV/honey/grape juice/water mixture. It's the first thing I want when I break my daily fast.
Thank you for sharing this! It really is good.1
