I have never followed the one plate rule. I would if it was required for me to lose weight but I've been lucky and it hasn't been necessary for me. When I started OMAD (252-lbs) I would eat in a 3-hr eating window and would have deserts every night and I lost about 45-lbs in 7-months. Since then, I've only done OMAD part time and also have had some gout issues that have kept me from exercising for some long stretches. I gained back a little a couple of times then (10-lbs twice) and have not lost very quickly because of those things. If I do the OMAD (21:3 for me, I eat ad libitum tell full and graze after that in the eating window) and exercise and only do 1 16:8 splurge day a week, I will lose about 1-lb/wk. If that doesn't work, then I I would shorten my eating window or go lower carb or both. The last thing I will try is limiting quantity and not being able to get full. The things you can work with as I see it are:

1. How often you have a spurge day and how much of a splurge day it will be. (for weight loss, the less the better but for my mental well-being, I usually did a once-a-week 16:8)
2. How long an eating window (I've always done about a 21:3 but not all can get away with that)
3. How much allowed in the eating window (I've always eaten tell full and grazed after that but also most will not be able to get away with that)
4. What type of foods you allow (lower carb will help with weight loss if it doesn't drive you crazy)

Keep working with it and you will figure out what you need to do.

I do think some exercise is good, fiber is good, ACV is good.

Bob and Brenda have given great advice. I was only giving thoughts based on why you may be having trouble with OMAD using the plate rule, as well as the most general topic of why weight can't be lost after so long... eating more calories than you think, which I wouldn't have mentioned if you were losing on OMAD. That's just what I'd personally examine, first, if in your shoes. If someone else is cooking your food and using butter or oil, those should be counted. And the "zeros" plastered all over the backs of cooking sprays is very misleading, btw. That's for a spray that lasts 1/3 of a second. After that, fat and calories start entering in. I don't know about you, but my sprays coat an entire pan and I don't count the seconds, lol. More like a "chhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, chhhhh, chhh, chh, ch-ch" sound when I use the sprays. :-)

I've lost 28.6 pounds (as of this morning and if that sticks until my official weigh-in on Friday) on OMAD since April 13th, and I'm just shy of overall having lost 40 pounds since March 5th of this year. I eat my meal and dessert in one sitting because that's what works best for me and then I'm done until the next day. I don't do purposeful extended fasts, I don't do purposeful low carb, nothing, strictly OMAD. I like using things like olive oil to flavor my food and all so I don't trust myself to not go over my calorie range which is why I count. I eat my meals with my family, sometimes, but only if they are hungry at my meal times, or sometimes I just wait awhile for my meal so I can eat with them. I'm doing this so I can be around longer and live a healthier life. Whether eating or not, I will still sit with them if they eat at the table. Most of the time, food is eaten in the living room though so it's no biggie. :-)

Just didn't want you to think I was coming down hard on you or anything. You can do it :-)

I'm overjoyed for you, what a wonderful loss! I'm glad you had your tooth looked at and that it feels better!

brendagaudette wrote: »

The reasoning behind my water fast was because when I had a splurge day I would not count anything definitely no low carbs and I would eat whatever I wanted for the entire day and it was a lot!!!

That makes sense, Brenda. I don't splurge every week, that's probably why I don't feel a need for them, even when I have the occasional one like my margarita fest last Friday! lol

Sounds like a good plan! I like the treat box idea. I do think once in a while splurge can help to make the long term commitment easier.

Absolutely fabulous loss! Congratulations :-)

That's amazing - what a boost!!

If you see a sudden gain, it's not fat. We can't gain fat that fast. I can gain 3-lbs on a splurge day and in two days of OMAD it is gone. It's just food weight in the guts or water weight and maybe a little bit of fat gain. congrats!