Hi,
...your name or preferred username: Yael (not real name)
...your weight: 161.1
...your height: 5'3"
...any past struggles you've faced or are facing:
Wow, where to start. I'll try to keep it simple.
I was never "overweight" as a child, always healthy or skinny. I was a late bloomer and I hit puberty around the same time that my family and I moved to the UK from South Africa. The perfect storm.
I gained weight through puberty, not excessively, but enough to send my self-esteem into a downward spiral. I started running in 2008 to soothe homesickness, loneliness, and also to try and lose weight (I was 16). Over three years I got down to my ideal weight (but if I'm honest, I was never happy, I always thought I had weight to lose). I actually became a great runner, placed in races - won a title or two. All amazing considering I definitely did not have the typical "runner body". At 5'3 I weighed between 115-120 lbs, but I had a lot of muscle too. In 2012 I got a severe degenerative injury (Planter Fasciitis) and was put out of the sport for almost two years. I fell into a sort of depression and gained 40lbs over a very short period of time.
Fast forward to today, and I have tried to lose the weight in a myriad of ways (too much running, inaccurately counting calories, low carb, keto etc. ) but I've always believed that there must be a simpler way of doing things. I had experimented with fasting in the past, or "OMAD-ing" back when I was a fit, lean runner, and I always seemed to return to some kind of fast-eat-fast pattern because it made me feel good and in control.
I can run now, and currently I run about 30 miles a week, but I've come to realise that it is my eating patterns and calories that really influence my weight. I can maintain my weight with running, but I don't seem to be able to lose with running alone - my body is too efficient at running I suppose.

So now I'm here. I've been lurking for awhile not sure if I should make myself accountable or not in some way, but I've decided that I've got nothing to lose!

...your goal weight range: My old weight, 115-120lbs - if I could get to 110 I'd be over the moon.
...the time of your OMAD: It will vary somewhat , but ideally between 5:30 PM and 8:30PM
...and your OMAD start date: Yesterday, I fasted til 5:30PM and finished at 7:30 PM.
Overnight I lost 1.7lbs - but I don't expect that to continue at that rate.

I should probably add that I'm twenty-four years of age.

brendagaudette wrote: »

@Yael452 Welcome

Thank you!
I've read your entire personal thread - it's extremely inspiring! Well done on your losses!

arguablysamson wrote: »

Yael452 wrote: »

Hi,
...your name or preferred username: Yael (not real name)
...your weight: 161.1
...your height: 5'3"
...any past struggles you've faced or are facing:
Wow, where to start. I'll try to keep it simple.
I was never "overweight" as a child, always healthy or skinny. I was a late bloomer and I hit puberty around the same time that my family and I moved to the UK from South Africa. The perfect storm.
I gained weight through puberty, not excessively, but enough to send my self-esteem into a downward spiral. I started running in 2008 to soothe homesickness, loneliness, and also to try and lose weight (I was 16). Over three years I got down to my ideal weight (but if I'm honest, I was never happy, I always thought I had weight to lose). I actually became a great runner, placed in races - won a title or two. All amazing considering I definitely did not have the typical "runner body". At 5'3 I weighed between 115-120 lbs, but I had a lot of muscle too. In 2012 I got a severe degenerative injury (Planter Fasciitis) and was put out of the sport for almost two years. I fell into a sort of depression and gained 40lbs over a very short period of time.
Fast forward to today, and I have tried to lose the weight in a myriad of ways (too much running, inaccurately counting calories, low carb, keto etc. ) but I've always believed that there must be a simpler way of doing things. I had experimented with fasting in the past, or "OMAD-ing" back when I was a fit, lean runner, and I always seemed to return to some kind of fast-eat-fast pattern because it made me feel good and in control.
I can run now, and currently I run about 30 miles a week, but I've come to realise that it is my eating patterns and calories that really influence my weight. I can maintain my weight with running, but I don't seem to be able to lose with running alone - my body is too efficient at running I suppose.

So now I'm here. I've been lurking for awhile not sure if I should make myself accountable or not in some way, but I've decided that I've got nothing to lose!

...your goal weight range: My old weight, 115-120lbs - if I could get to 110 I'd be over the moon.
...the time of your OMAD: It will vary somewhat , but ideally between 5:30 PM and 8:30PM
...and your OMAD start date: Yesterday, I fasted til 5:30PM and finished at 7:30 PM.
Overnight I lost 1.7lbs - but I don't expect that to continue at that rate.

I should probably add that I'm twenty-four years of age.

Hi, and welcome!

I, too, have had degenerative plantar fasciitis and even had to have my left foot worked on surgically. Lots of conditions like that can make life unlivable. Remember that every pound you drop creates MUCH less shock on your joints and tissues.

Indeed! That's another motivating factor for me. A lot of my running friends are trying to get me back into races, but I simply don't see the point in trying to push my (heavier) body to race right now; I'd much rather start racing once I'm back in a healthy weight range. I run very gently right now, and am hyper-aware of the extra weight I'm carrying.
I look forward to being light again.

Thanks for starting this group, your experience and wisdom is a real gift!

Hi all,

Name: Sarah
Current weight: CW: 88.8 kg / 195.4 lbs
Height: 5'6"
Age: 48 (49 next week)
Past struggles you've faced or are facing:

• Clearly I eat too much!
• Injured my leg/hip a few years ago while running which has really made my exercise suffer.
• Totally burnt out on the gym as up until a few years ago I'd been going pretty much consistently since I was about 10 years old (competitive swimmer when I was a kid).
• Swimming is my preferred method of exercise but I can't find a pool that is close that isn't:
  1. gross
  2. outdoors in full sun.
• Up until a year ago I was swimming, in the lovely 50m outdoor pool, 2500m on 5 or 6 days a week - I quickly stopped that when my partner mentioned that my skin looked like it was aging really quickly and I realized that the constant Australian sun on my body was doing me no favors (this is with putting massive amounts of sunscreen on, before and between sets)
• Since stopping exercise other than walking, I've gained close to 15 kg/33 lbs and I was overweight even before the weight gain!
• I miss swimming SO MUCH!
• I work from home which means the fridge is always there!

Goal weight range: Would be ok with 73 kg / 160 lbs but my body is most happy when it is around 68 kg / 150 lbs
Time of your OMAD: around 6-8pm
OMAD start date: 23 May 2017 (this time)
Weight lost so far: 1.9 kg / 4.2 lbs

I've been doing some form of IF (Leangains, ESE, etc.) for years - this is a way of eating that has always worked for me and worked for the large amount of exercise I do (did). I was doing OMAD sometime about a year ago to try and get my weight down - can't remember exactly why I stopped and started the eating free-for-all!!

Anyway, will probably start a separate accountability thread and go from there!

Everybody's results look encouraging and I need all the motivation I can get...

Sarah

Thanks!

Welcome Newbies, I hope you all create a journal

Hello, I have just joined My Fitness pal so I can join you all.

Name Katie
Female. Age 54.
Live in New Zealand.
Starting weight in 2010 was around 110kg. Last weight seen on the scale 108kg. Stopped weighing after that (denial anyone!) but did go up a dress size, so that is an estimate. Could have been more I suppose, but prefer not to think about that!

A dramatic event made me decide to lose weight, and I stared by cutting out sweet stuff. From there I tried loads and loads of diets, including Atkins which led me to Low carb which led me to Paleo and when that didn't work, finally I was zero carb (and therefore obviously ketogenic) for almost a year with no cheats. I remained stuck fluctuating between 90-95kg all that time.

Then I discovered Dr McDougall and lost most of the rest of my weight, down to around 65kg. I have remained vegan, but not as strict and drifted back up to 73kg. (73.7 if we want to be precise!)

Since discovering intermittent fasting and OMAD from there, I am back down to 68.3kg as of this morning. I am not as strict as many of you. I am losing vanity pounds and I don't mind if progress is therefore slower. During the week I eat OMAD but don't count calories. At the weekend I tend towards a 4 hour window. I don't plan splurge days but go with it if hubby and I decide to go out for morning tea at the weekend. (Maybe once a month...chocolate cake! Yum! Hubby and I share a slice )

I run because I love it, and have also taken up Aikido, which is fun.

So hello from a not so strict OMAD-er

...your name or preferred username
...your weight
...your height
...any past struggles you've faced or are facing
...your goal weight range
...the time of your OMAD
...and your OMAD start date.
Ryback
600
5 foot eight inches
The truth of the matter I have been a chronic binge eater and grazer my whole life. Was 280 pounds in the second grade alone and the weight only climbed as I went from grade to grade. Now I am 33 and the last time I weighed was back in February at 584 pounds. That should have been a huge wake up call but I continued to emotionally binge eat till may 21st when I finally decided to do intermittent fasting because being around 600 pounds was just taking its toll on my body. Since I started intermittent fasting and then omad I have not looked back not one bit.

175 to 200 pounds
5 pm
May 21st

Thank you for the hearty welcome! A progress thread is a good idea! Take your time, when ever you get the chance there is no rush. It is good to know that it went to the right e-mail.

Hi there! I'm Brenda in New Zealand, and I just finished my first week of OMAD with a 1.6kg (3½lb) loss which I find thrilling! I'm so happy I found this plan. I won't bore you all with my version of the "tried everything, always gained again" but suffice to say in January this year I tried ADF. I stuck to it religiously, only eating every second day, and when at month's end I had only dropped 2 kg I thought 'to heck with it' and for the following months I tried to eat intuitively. Managed to pretty much maintain so at least THAT :-) but the other day I felt so desperate and disillusioned I decided to eat nothing all day and then just eat dinner.

Well I then remembered a "one meal a day" comment someone had made sometime, so I googled and found omad.info. Watched the videos and got hooked! Thanks Joe!!

I am so loving this plan. All the diet books, websites, articles etc etc that you see now seem so redundant. I've got a LOT to lose (like, about 80kg!) but I know I can stick to this, so I know I'll get there eventually.

Welcome Brenda and kayem.