Oh, this is sadly not my first "last time."
This started about 4 years ago when I noticed that no matter how hard I tried the standard dieting routine I ultimately gained 10lbs each year.

I'm a trained chef, have eaten organic for decades, and now live on my farm/ranch raising my own food - produce, eggs, and grassfed beef. I eat Paleo 90% of the time.

The type of food has never been the problem for me. I don't like junk food or soda.
Amounts didn't seem to be either as my BMR should be (I say should be because it's obviously not) 1586. That's hard to eat with a diet that limits bread, corn, and rice.
The problem is no matter how little I ate I kept gaining, but where I live being 50 lbs overweight is so normal no doctor would look at any reason for my chronic weight gain other than accusing me of lying about my food intake. I've got almost 4 years of MFP logging - that got the attention of one doctor. She said my caloric needs might be lower than a standard formula would set it, she set it at 800-1000, and an MRI showed diverticulosis. That made me search Leaky Gut and Metabolic Disorders.
Eating that low and still eating 3-5 times a day following the erroneous "stoke my metabolism" theory was impossible.
So...now I'm doing this.
It fits the idea that my insulin and metabolism are out of whack and gives me a better way to control those.
It allows me to eat the dinners I make for my family instead of just a salad.
It also is more in line with our beliefs of protecting the health of the planet.

I feel a little lighter, and I've lost 2.4 lbs with 12 days of OMAD and 2 days of not OMAD in the middle of the past 2 weeks.

wsandy8512 wrote: »

Awesome on the loss!

Thank you. I got on the scale, accidentally, about an hour later while changing clothes and I was down another 0.6lbs. That put me in a very good mood!

blambo61 wrote: »

Nice to be able to eat a normal dinner!

Yes! Also, I realized I can eat breakfast food for dinner, or make a plate of my dried fruit/ nut bars, yogurt, and a protein shake. I miss those things now, plus I still have them in my refrigerator and don't want to waste them.

Where do you live blambo61? I saw in your journal that you ski. I lived in Boulder and Steamboat before having to move here. I miss skiing, bluebird skies, and living with altitude.

Holy moly! I just saw that in my original post MFP auto-editing or something changed the 3-letter euphemism i used for rear-end to kitten. That's .... just... No. In case anyone was shocked into thinking I was referring to some other part, no. It was my backside. Just my backside.

My stomach must be shrinking. Despite being gripped by mind altering hunger at 5 pm, I couldn't even eat a whole plate full of dinner. But I did enjoy a Kona chocolate coconut beer (not as good as Dale's Death by Coconut stout, but very good nonetheless)

wsandy8512 wrote: »

Are you keeping a log of your food you eat, even on bad days? Are you still only eating between 800-1k calories? If so, that's not enough, and I'm sorry but I disagree with your doctor on that--unless you are morbidly obese. Being that low can only slow things down for your weight loss and wreak havoc on your metabolism--if it's already slow, it will only make it slower. I'd try to shoot for 1200 calories/day at least, build a meal up with about 800 calories of food and add in a 400+ calorie smoothie or shake, anything to boost it. You may gain at first, but then you should start losing. Not eating anything with flour is a good goal. Maybe consider walking at least 30 minutes a day as well to help aid your physical well-being.

I've been over 1100 every day. I have a Fitbit but am usually 5000-7000 steps only. It's very hard to not have something before mealtime. Nuts or fruit only, right? If I'm taking a forkful of leftovers is that setting things off? Maybe that's it.

wsandy8512 wrote: »

Yes, lol, those forkfuls of leftovers can and do add up. I used to do leftover and pre-meal forkful testers... because a little bite won't hurt, at least that's what I told myself.

There aren't any food restrictions on OMAD, as long as you are logging your pre-meal snacks, you should be good.

I'm neurotic about my calories. I count the forkful calories, nothing sneaks up on me like that. I meant breaking the fast too much. A serving of fruit or nuts is said to be ok, so I'm wondering is the protein of the leftover the culprit.

I was 199 last Saturday and despite bouncing up to 202.1 midweek I landed at 199.4 this morning. I'll take it. Good see at 1 at the front again. I've been around 200 for two months and it depresses the hell out of me.