Mom2Annie's Progress Thread
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I haven't noticed that about hotel mirrors, but definitely dressing room mirrors.
On the flip side, I've noticed that microwave doors are like instant mini makeokers. They give you a romantic airbrushed look. God bless microwaves.
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Gym mirrors, dojo mirrors . . . . the full wall treatment is rough.1
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I haven't been in enough hotels to know
but I used to go to this one store that had a mirror in it that made you look thin, but then when you get home it's a major let down when you look in your own mirror and see what you really look like in your new clothes 
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The mirror in our staff washroom is the best, great lighting haha2
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Hey chatty ones! You guys are keeping our group forum hopping today. I love it!
Below is my 6-week OMAD update. I finished 6 weeks as of Thursday morning.
As of this morning, I'm down another 2lb. I just love OMAD!
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You are crushing it, congratulations!0
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What awesome news!! All your hard work is paying off. I'm so happy for you!1
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I'm officially disenchanted with LCHF+OMAD and feel like I need to make an adjustment.
I don't think the high fat part is right for me. I want to stay low-carb, but super low carb (my aim has been 20-30 grams a day) is very difficult for me when combined with OMAD. I try to keep my eating window from 4:30pm to 7:30pm and I simply cannot get in enough HEALTHY food to achieve the macro ratios that are part of a LCHF diet. If I ate three meals a day, then I don’t think it would be so hard. As it is now, I'm eating significantly more processed foods and less vegetables & fruits which makes me feel like I’m regressing in my healthy habits, not progressing. I miss my green smoothies! I miss eating oranges and apples. I miss carrots, rice, potatoes, artichokes, etc.
And as of yesterday, I am super tempted to eat some serious carbs. I'm talking donuts, pizza, brownies, and cookies...not relatively healthy carbs like whole grain bread/pasta. I wasn’t craving that stuff before I combined LCHF with OMAD. It only just hit me yesterday which was my 8th day of integrating LCHF.
I'm also backed up and having abdominal pains. I think it's all the fat and less fiber. I can only fit so much high fiber veggies into 3 hours of eating. At the end of the window, I am miserably full and uncomfortable.
I was watching this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKUJpkO5FyU&t=2s this morning by a bariatric doctor named Matthew Weiner (author of A Pound of Cure) titled, “Should I have weight loss surgery?” which…
(1) is the first time in several weeks that I’ve shown any interest in actually having the gastric sleeve surgery that I’m technically prepping to have done this summer or fall; and
(2) he said something that struck a chord in me. He said (paraphrased): Whatever nutritional changes you make (with the intention of making them permanent) has to be something you can enjoy or you won’t be successful long-term. In that moment, it hit me that I am definitely not enjoying LCHF. I do, however, enjoy OMAD.
Is OMAD sometimes a challenge? Definitely, but it’s something I can see myself doing (at least partially) for the rest of my life. I don’t struggle with feeling deprived on OMAD because there really aren’t any restrictions. If I want an orange with my meal, then I have an orange and I can feel great that I ate something natural and full of nutrients! If I eat an orange on the LCHF diet, then I get to feel like crap because I’ve immediately blown my diet and kicked my body out of ketosis. In other words, I face failure more often through the day on LCHF than on OMAD. Once you get accustomed to OMAD, it’s like running on autopilot. You don’t have to think so hard and try so hard to stay on track toward meeting your goals.
So, I’m going to go back to OMAD only but be mindful of excessive carbs and try to consume mostly healthy ones, but not obsess about the amount so much.
Sorry for the novel! I hope everyone is having a great day.
I find myself obsessed with Low carb also and it is hard to do plus omad. It takes away so many choices. I don't miss the sweets but yes the potatoes and pasta stuff I really do. I think it is harder to stay on and my chances of slipping up are more when i don't have variety... but I've been making it so far. I do very low carb lately... I'm thinking of starting to switch up once in awhile0 -
The Ketogenic diet/LCHF is not for everyone. And there are a lot of women who don't do well on it. OMAD is challenging enough, don't throw another very difficult thing on top. It seems like you are really enjoying OMAD which is awesome! Listen to your body, enjoy your fruits and veggies and don't stress. I totally understand how you feel I'm facing similar challenges as well. At the end of the day you need to find out what works for you. When you eat your one meal you want to really take it in and enjoy it. You deserve that!3
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@ShantelRae72 I'm glad you could relate. Like you, I missed variety and options. I make this amazing green smoothie (1 cup kale, half a banana, half a pear, 1 tbsp almond butter, 1 cup unsweetened almond milk) and it was off-limits. I used to drink it almost every morning for breakfast and add chia seeds, flax seeds, bee pollen...stuff that can be hard to disquise in regular food... and not having it as an option really got on my nerves. I haven't had it yet since stopping LCHF but knowing that I can if I want has been freeing. Have fun adding back in some carbs. LCHF mindset is hard to shake...I find myself often eating LCHF without even trying now. But when I don't, there is no guilt to face.2
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@KetoKaHee I'm DONE with the LCHF eating, but thanks. OMAD is sustainable (with pleasure!) for me. LCHF is not. So there was no point in continuing. The LCHF way of eating has been hard to shake but my goal is to be carb conscious, not carb stupid lol, so some LCHF ways are helpful as long as I don't allow guilt into the equation. 1
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That's what I'm doing now too, being carb conscious 1
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I decided to have my first splurge day today. Ate lunch, dinner, and dessert. I'm a little scared of what the effect will be...0
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you'll have a bump up in weight that will last a day or two, most probably. In the long term it will help you last from splurge day to splurge day.2
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I have better losses from week to week if I do my splurge day once a week. It might differ for each individual but I was going without splurge days for a couple weeks here and there and my losses weren't as good.3
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Thanks guys. The scale showed about 1.5 lb increase but the biggest side effect I'm noticing is hunger. I sort of feel like I'm back to day one. Hopefully it is just in my head.1
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You are going to be just fine!! I'm definitely incorporating 2 meals lunch/dinner on the weekends if I have social plans. But Mon - Friday strict OMAD. I hope you have a delicioius splurge day!1
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At one point, I made splurge days mandatory for me. I didn't like leaving them open and having to make decisions each time and feeling guilty about it and I felt I needed it for the long haul. Everyone is different but that is what I felt I needed. I think it did slow weight loss down but I'm still here a 18 months later!2
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I've had a splurge day once a week since I started back in September, I couldn't do it without them 3
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I'm officially disenchanted with LCHF+OMAD and feel like I need to make an adjustment.
I don't think the high fat part is right for me. I want to stay low-carb, but super low carb (my aim has been 20-30 grams a day) is very difficult for me when combined with OMAD. I try to keep my eating window from 4:30pm to 7:30pm and I simply cannot get in enough HEALTHY food to achieve the macro ratios that are part of a LCHF diet. If I ate three meals a day, then I don’t think it would be so hard. As it is now, I'm eating significantly more processed foods and less vegetables & fruits which makes me feel like I’m regressing in my healthy habits, not progressing. I miss my green smoothies! I miss eating oranges and apples. I miss carrots, rice, potatoes, artichokes, etc.
And as of yesterday, I am super tempted to eat some serious carbs. I'm talking donuts, pizza, brownies, and cookies...not relatively healthy carbs like whole grain bread/pasta. I wasn’t craving that stuff before I combined LCHF with OMAD. It only just hit me yesterday which was my 8th day of integrating LCHF.
I'm also backed up and having abdominal pains. I think it's all the fat and less fiber. I can only fit so much high fiber veggies into 3 hours of eating. At the end of the window, I am miserably full and uncomfortable.
I was watching this videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKUJpkO5FyU&t=2s this morning by a bariatric doctor named Matthew Weiner (author of A Pound of Cure) titled, “Should I have weight loss surgery?” which…
(1) is the first time in several weeks that I’ve shown any interest in actually having the gastric sleeve surgery that I’m technically prepping to have done this summer or fall; and
(2) he said something that struck a chord in me. He said (paraphrased): Whatever nutritional changes you make (with the intention of making them permanent) has to be something you can enjoy or you won’t be successful long-term. In that moment, it hit me that I am definitely not enjoying LCHF. I do, however, enjoy OMAD.
Is OMAD sometimes a challenge? Definitely, but it’s something I can see myself doing (at least partially) for the rest of my life. I don’t struggle with feeling deprived on OMAD because there really aren’t any restrictions. If I want an orange with my meal, then I have an orange and I can feel great that I ate something natural and full of nutrients! If I eat an orange on the LCHF diet, then I get to feel like crap because I’ve immediately blown my diet and kicked my body out of ketosis. In other words, I face failure more often through the day on LCHF than on OMAD. Once you get accustomed to OMAD, it’s like running on autopilot. You don’t have to think so hard and try so hard to stay on track toward meeting your goals.
So, I’m going to go back to OMAD only but be mindful of excessive carbs and try to consume mostly healthy ones, but not obsess about the amount so much.
Sorry for the novel! I hope everyone is having a great day.
Love Dr. Weiner. I have watched all his videos...have the book too. Very informative about the realities of bariatric surgery and metabolism as opposed to the myths which most people still believe.1 -
I don't like LCHF. Actually I like the HF just not the LC!0
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Just popping in to say hello. I'm still eating OMAD but I'm in a funk. I've definitely hit a speed bump.
Hope you all are well.0 -
Funks come and go, it happens. Just keep up the fundamentals you've learned, you know it will work. Some food for thought in the meantime: When the Weight Loss Honeymoon is Over0
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Thanks @leveejohn0
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Those are really good numbers! Just keep slugging away.2
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Hope you're out of your funk soon...You are doing good so dont give up
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Funk is over and I'm back on track.
I've been neglecting my exam prep and the big day is one week away. If I fail, then I'm out $400 and will be super disappointed. So I took off today to study without distractions at the library. I studied like my life depended on it. 8:15am to 4:15pm. No need for lunch break (yay omad). I feel better prepared now but I still have a long way to go. I used a practice exam to prep and got 110 out of 175 done. It took me 8 hrs to muddle through 110 questions/problems and I'm only going to have 4.5 hrs to finish 175 of them next Thursday. I'd do it all again tomorrow but it's my birthday and my team has stuff planned. I was told I couldn't take off. Sweet...but I need to study!
I'm exhausted.1
