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Weight: 156.6
Exercise: 10-minute HIIT
OMAD at 5:15PM:


Note to self: Getting to eat 6 oz of potatoes is so much better than a 1-cup serving of rice volume-wise and much less calorie- and carb-laden. Less bloating today with potatoes than with rice - might have a rice sensitivity.

@blambo61 I did it about 5 hours before I ate because I thought we would be leaving town for a day trip that eventually got canceled. It wasn’t too bad because I was able to distract myself with the Chapelle Show marathon and then decided to wash my hair, but I was definitely hungry. I have been drinking green tea right before exercise, and that’s really been giving me energy and focus, but I think I will still stick to working out no more than an hour before I want to break my fast. I think I can make that work even when school starts back up by using the university’s gym.

@minigrrll thank you! I’ve been on some sort of a diet since I was 5, so I really don’t feel young in that sense, but you’re definitely right. My mom is almost 62, and she still yo-yoes — she has been for most of her life. I’m really determined to break that and keep it off this time so I can convince her that I am not crazy for following this. She has seen me get super low and then balloon back up like she has been doing for years and rightfully assumes anything I try will just be a temporary quick fix. She still sends me and follows random “lose 15 pounds in 3 days” diet plans. I know OMAD/IF and FAA would work for her, so I really have to prove it and hope she follows suit.

@katjustkat thank you! I’m really trying to get this plan together before school starts back up again. I figure it makes the most sense to do the trial and error while I have time than to try to do it when things get hectic again.

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Weight: 154.8 (-1.8/21.6)
Exercise: 15-minute body weight resistance training workout
OMAD at 4:15PM:

@minigrrll Man, yo-yoing/dieting truly does suck, and it is SO hard to break that mindset. I know you wish you had started while you were younger, but I bet you are feeling so much liberation now!

@blambo61 I think the later I can do any type of cardio, the better. I seem to get hungry almost immediately, so I will likely just get those workouts in at the end of my fast. I wasn't hungry after resistance training, though, so I may do that in the mornings to start my day.

@jeanona Thank you, and likewise! I am finding that the green tea is really helping pre-workout. I think because my workouts are short, it gives me just enough energy to get through them without needing food, but then I definitely have to eat shortly after.

@blambo61 I agree!
@katjustkat don't be silly! I'm not too busy for my OMAD fam

@tlblanksfit I sure hope so!!!
@arguablysamson thank you!