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103kg
178cm
Always fluctuated, but spent a couple of periods at very high weight.
~85KG
4-8PM
Jan 16, 2017

I've done some variation of IF or OMAD the last 2 years but I've fallen into ruts where I'm suddenly eating a box of cookies a day and it goes to *kitten*. But it's prevented me from getting into the excess I would hit before. It's a lot easier to just get everything done in one sitting as opposed to within a feeding window in more routine IF. I also apply monastic principles to how I eat my one meal and have everything out of one bowl and eat mindfully. My macros are Keto so I sometimes have a high fat drink with my meal to ensure I come close to my macros. I cook and prep my food for the week on Sundays to reduce the amount of work I need to do during meal time. Less decisions related to food make it easier to focus on other things. I meticulously track myself like a science experiment and adjust things like activity, macros, calories, and supplements as needed.

your name or preferred username: foomsy
...your weight 81.1kg
...your height. 5'8.5
...your goal weight range: 66-70kg
...the time of your OMAD: 3pm-7pm - still working it out.
...and your OMAD start date: Feb 20 2017

i started IF a while ago following the 5:2 and 16/8 i have lost 14kg so far last year i basically lost and kept the same 2-3kg all year round. My initial goal was to get to 70kg but from watching the OMAD video i need to have a range of about 10-15lbs i believe as a buffer of some sort so i will be looking at working between 66-70kg. So far its been good but i seem not to be able to get a lot of my calories in but i am working on that and maybe increasing m eating window or eating more dense and calorific food. The following weeks will be a learning curve. And hoping for a steady weightloss.

@chrissyworksit Welcome I was in the same boat as you. You'll love OMAD I know its done wonders for me

...your name or preferred username - Mandy or MandyxSchmitz
...your weight - 364 (started at 387)
...your height - 5'4"
...any past struggles you've faced or are facing - I've always struggled with my weight. The last time I lost 88 pounds but I was starving myself to do it so unfortunately gained back all that weight plus another 60 pounds.
...your goal weight range - 250, for now. I will reevaluate when I reach that goal
...the time of your OMAD - 5pm - 7pm
...and your OMAD start date. - Sometime in January 2017

I started OMAD before even realizing that there was such a thing. I just liked eating all of my calories in one meal instead of spacing them out. When I space it out I tend to overeat but this way I can just indulge at supper and be done with it. My body seems to like it, I lose weight much faster this way and this is so much more simple.

Hello everyone,
My name is Aidee
5'4"
160 when I was last weighed a month ago
my goal is 125-135
My feeding window is between 5 and 7pm.

I started OMAD on 2/21 so I'm about 2 weeks in. Since I have a tendency to obsess about numbers, I am going by my clothing size. Gaining the weight over the last 3 years has allowed me to acquire a nice range of clothing sizes in my closet so I won't have any trouble tracking progress .
I started at a snug size 14 and I'm now comfortably in a 12. Based on all I've learned from Joe, I don't anticipate results that dramatic going forward but I'm okay with that. After the first few days things got somewhat easier but the end of the second week finds me at peace with it all. One thing I really like about this way of eating is that you just "set it and forget it" so to speak. I don't have to make decisions multiple times a day or do extraordinary things to stick to it. I just established my meal time and got on with it.
Based on what I've read of other peoples experiences, I've decided not to worry about how many calories I eat at my meal and to simply eat until I am full. I try to include raw and cooked veggies, meat, a starch of some kind and fruit. I have a cup or two of coffee in the morning with my dear husband. I make him breakfast as I always have but I was surprised that it doesn't bother me at all to sit with him and enjoy my coffee while he eats his eggs, toast, fruit etc.
During the day I drink water and green tea. In the beginning the hunger went away better with hot tea than with just water. I am still amazed at how much energy I have now and how much better all around I feel. I thought that cutting way back or eliminating alcohol would be hard but I admit, I'm not bothered so far.
Life did throw me a curve ball this week. Day b/4 yesterday I fractured my ankle so I am side lined from my walking for a while. I was also afraid that working from home would cause me to go off plan and eat all day. But so far so good. Maybe the fact that I already had almost 2 weeks of established pattern is helping.
Anyway, looking forward to getting to know the folks on here. Good luck to us all!

Aidee

Welcome aboard Jason, and thank you for your service! Start your own discussion thread so we can follow your progress.

Hello everyone! My name is Jim Flanagan and I'll be having my first OMAD meal later today...
I'm 285, 5' 6" and will be 80 yrs old come September. My initial weight goal is to get under 250 and my eating window is 10 am to 2 pm. I'm very sedentary and arthritic (I hobble around on a walker) and I'm guessing that around a thousand cals per day will be my sweet spot for weight loss/nutrition requirements. I've spent many hours viewing Joe's videos and I'm inspired by his amazing breadth of knowledge, especially his insight into what makes compulsive overeaters like myself tick. I live alone here in Phoenix in one of those HUD apartments for old farts like myself and except for weekly visits by my son and daughter I'm basically a hermit. Like most fat people I've tried pretty much everything (do I really need to list them?) to lose weight of which the most successful was Overeaters Anonymous which is based on the AA 12 Steps. I lost all my excess weight because I joined a group withing OA that used a strict food plan called the Grey Sheet. I had to call my sponsor every morning to share exactly what I was going to eat that day. In other words my "eat the world" habit was reigned in by honesty and clear cut limits...which to me is why OMAD works for so many people. Ironically, the powers that be in OA decided that using a food plan was too restrictive and disbanded the "extreme" group which was so effective in helping me lose my excess weight. Guess what....the meetings (and myself) got fatter and fatter and I eventually left. One of the main reasons I'm embarking on OMAD is that right now I feel useless.
I'm an artist (if curious you can view my paintings at www.paintingsilove.com/artist/jimflanagan) and about eight months ago I lost my creative mojo. I've just been feeling lousy, very low energy, lacking the ability and desire to paint. I spend my days eating, reading, watching TV or on my computer and it feels like I'm just hanging around waiting to die. That's why I perked up when I heard Joe describe the mental/spiritual benefits of intermittent fasting: I just want to feel productive and useful again.

Welcome aboard @flanaganjim1 !!! I'll be excited to follow your progress and to learn if you rediscover your muse.

Please start a discussion thread so we can follow your progress. Judging by your introduction, your updates will be good reads.

I am quite familiar with the frantic, panicky hunger urges . . . you will be happy to know they subside. Most days, hunger just feels different . . . I feel empty, not frantic hunger pangs. Now and then hunger gets worse than that, but it's not that often. Like @Mom2annie has called it, "head hunger".

A big part of it (for me) seems to be to decide to 'chill out' and calm myself down before it's my eating period.

Howdy all!

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KaHee
Weight: 125lbs
Height: 5'1.5"
Goal weight: 115lbs
Time of OMAD: 6:15pm
OMAD start date: March 6th, 2017

Hi Everyone! I started doing the Ketogenic diet about 2 months, however, I started to gain weight. I have a background as a Personal Trainer and love all things health and fitness. I have a lot of food sensitivities and therefore I can't eat things like bread, pasta, sugar, etc. I spent years constantly being hungry eating 6 small meals. I was never satisfied. At 35 years old I was tired of doing the same thing without any results. I was eager to find a way to balance my hormones, control my hunger and not overstress my body with crazy workouts. I didn't want to stop doing Keto since the high fat has helped with my mood but I desperately wanted to see some results. I'm on my 4th day of OMAD and I love it so far! I always feared being hungry and it caused lots of anxiety and binge eating. So far I feel lighter in my clothes and surprisingly I know longer fear hunger. I like looking forward to my Keto dinner every night. I know there has been some research stating that Intermittent Fasting isn't good for women. I hope I am one of the lucky ones and have great success on this eating style. I wish everyone great success!!

@KetoKaHee Welcome to the OMAD site!!! You will do great and those 10 lbs will be gone before you know it