My allergy to eggs is completely gone!

These come from 1) reduced inflammation as your body begins the rebuild process, and 2) more HGH release in the body and mind -- in the mind to help you go out and "get food", which we manipulate to a better life.

newmeadow wrote: »

I walk in the sun, not as a form of obligatory exercise or a weight loss technique, but just to treat chronic low mood and get some Vitamin D. It's about one mile with one tiny hill and one small hill at the end. I walk about every other day.

Today, after I took the second hill and was a block away from home, I felt a strange but wonderful sensation. It felt like my legs were walking themselves and I was just along enjoying the ride.

It's such a relief to know I don't have to go to a gym or take a class or even exercise at all. We can thank our mentor Joe for that assurance. And the walking is getting easier and turning into a real pleasure.

This was a sweet share! Thanks!

newmeadow wrote: »

Today, after I took the second hill and was a block away from home, I felt a strange but wonderful sensation. It felt like my legs were walking themselves and I was just along enjoying the ride.

Just curious, were you on a longer fast when this occurred? LOVE those moments!

Newmeadow and Minigrrll, your posts are spot on. I originally did OMAD to follow the process to lose weight and be healthier. I got distracted by not making the progress I thought I should and seeing other losing at faster speeds and added extended fasts. I am now thinking that after just around 33 days I did not give the OMAD process a chance to really work. With that being said, I am going to drop the extended fasts and just do OMAD. I will get to where I want to be in time and there is no need to rush. Staying true to the OMAD is where my focus needs to be. Thank you for the great insight.

- Tracey

I'm ok with extended fasting, especially for very over-weight people but not if it will cause people to quit. There is the danger of that.

I only fast my 23 hours after OMAD as well. I'm expecting my losses to slow though as I am creeping out of the land of obese and into the land of overweight, lol. 9 pounds to go! I enjoy eating everyday as well and the weight loss has significantly reduced many of my poor health issues, so I don't need to fast for health reasons.

I have to say that I find this attitude refreshing as for a few weeks now I've felt like an OMAD outsider with all the extended fasting suddenly popping up all over he place. Thought I was doing something wrong. I don't have a problem with people doing it, but I started thinking I missed something in the OMAD toolbox, combing through all of Joe's videos and writings helped me realize I wasn't missing out on anything because it isn't advocated. He doesn't say not to, but he didn't do it.

minigrrll wrote: »

Me too! I was like, I've GOT to do some extended fasts, I'm such a loser and everybody else is doing them and they are losing weight so fast...

I'm going to stop thinking like that and stop worrying so much about how long this is all going to take. I feel like I can totally do this long term and if I only lose 0.5 pounds a week I'll eventually get there. It is a nice relaxing way of eating and losing 0.5 pounds a week is sure better than the alternative of gaining 0.5 pounds a week!!

.5 is a great weekly loss. One of my favorite journals to go through is Brenda's @brendagaudette because she had slow and steady weight loss. She charted every single week the whole way. Also, the less someone has to lose, the slower the weight comes off--from what I've seen over the decades anyway. No matter what someone does to lose weight, obese people tend to take off a lot of pounds at first before it slows down. I didn't get fat overnight, so I know I can't expect to get thin overnight either. I don't know about others, but OMAD is the only thing I've done to get healthier and lose weight where I don't feel like I'm on a diet. The health benefits far outweigh the pounds I've rid and it's honestly something I feel I can do for life. :-)

No one is forcing anyone to do anything. Personally I like to hear about experimentation including extended fasts. I haven't done them and don't feel obligated to do so but it is a tool and I may try it sometime. The "standard" OMAD routine is one meal, one plate, one drink I believe. There are those that do less and do extended fasts, there are those that eat more in a longer window (me), there are those that do low carb, and there are those that don't do low carb. Some do different amounts of splurge days than others. Some exercise and some don't.

I think we all center around the standard OMAD and some deviate from it a bit but I see no harm in discussing it myself and I think all these variations and tools might help some with who those things work for them.

I do think OMAD is the sweet spot though that will probably be the program that will work the best for most. I would have a very rough time with the one plate rule, I also would have a very rough time with extended fasts, I would have a very rough time going low carb, and I would have a rough time without a weekly splurge day and without exercising. We are all in different places and have different backgrounds.

I try to take a little bit from everything and make what works for me. Discussing and sharing experiments I think can help people tailor stuff that will be optimal for the individual at that individuals current state and circumstances.

Understand, it is a new trend seems like, I guess I could see how people may think that is standard.

I want to fast eventually for health & spiritual reasons but I'm going to wait a little while. As along as things are moving along as they should, I think I'll save it as a tool for when I may need one.

This has been really helpful as I was wondering if the extended fasts were the norm. I'm happy with my one meal a day plus I normally have a snack or two in the evening. I'm not really counting calories at the moment - if I do that I feel like I'm dieting and therefore failing if i go over. All good though - I feel so much more in control and happier because I'm not beating myself up for over eating during a day.