The Truth About Exercise at a Calorie Deficit
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Nice on the recovery. I've noticed I recover much better also. I think some of it is I make sure I get my vitamins/etc. and also I sleep much better without snoring now since I lost weight. Could be other things too!2
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So happy to read all the information on this thread. Its liberating, to say the least, to finally learn and realise that, I should be focusing on what I eat and when instead of all that taxing physical torture we have been brainwashed to believe is very good for us when we a losing weight. It makes so much sense what Joe has said, just so much sense.0
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If all I have to lose is 20 lb and just started OMAD, I don't exercise , will it help me ? I know it would it just makes sense that it will but it not being accompanied with exercises is not very efficient for me right?
FYI, I had about 15 lbs I've been wanting to lose for a bit, and stumbled into this way of eating, and in 3 weeks, already lost 10, no exercise1 -
I've been trying to explain this to so many people for so many years, and it falls on deaf ears! It's nice to find a group who gets it!1
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If all I have to lose is 20 lb and just started OMAD, I don't exercise , will it help me ? I know it would it just makes sense that it will but it not being accompanied with exercises is not very efficient for me right?
FYI, I had about 15 lbs I've been wanting to lose for a bit, and stumbled into this way of eating, and in 3 weeks, already lost 10, no exercise
I only had 20 lbs I wanted to lose and I lost it very quickly on OMAD and it was crazy easy (2 months or so). Probably too fast but it worked and I rarely, if ever, was hungry.
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I feel into OMAD inadvertently (busy at work) and quickly lost 20 lbs (no exercise). I'm now down to / close to my goal weight (125) and have started working out for last 6 weeks. Now I am hungry all the time and finding it difficult to stick which OMAD, which I love because it's so easy to do and keeps me alert all day. Anyone deal with this?0
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I feel into OMAD inadvertently (busy at work) and quickly lost 20 lbs (no exercise). I'm now down to / close to my goal weight (125) and have started working out for last 6 weeks. Now I am hungry all the time and finding it difficult to stick which OMAD, which I love because it's so easy to do and keeps me alert all day. Anyone deal with this?
A little coconut oil will tide me over tell fast time. I take that and then workout at the end of the fast. Do you work out early before the fast or after it?0 -
Thanks for all of the great information, guys. I like to walk for a half hour on my lunch breaks, since I'm stuck at a desk all day. But it's good to hear about all of your success without intense workouts. I've done extreme workouts, and felt better, but never lost weight on them. I will say, my arms looked awesome when I was doing P90X. Maybe I'll give it a go when I'm closer to goal. Right now, pretty content to ride this out and just move more.0
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I feel into OMAD inadvertently (busy at work) and quickly lost 20 lbs (no exercise). I'm now down to / close to my goal weight (125) and have started working out for last 6 weeks. Now I am hungry all the time and finding it difficult to stick which OMAD, which I love because it's so easy to do and keeps me alert all day. Anyone deal with this?
A little coconut oil will tide me over tell fast time. I take that and then workout at the end of the fast. Do you work out early before the fast or after it?
I generally eat around 2 pm, and work out first thing in the morning. I can't seem to push back the meal any longer -- maybe I'll try some coconut oil. Lately I've been eating a 300 cal meal around 10am, b/c I'm so hungry and then my second meal is the big one. But had more energy when I was just eating one meal.0 -
I feel into OMAD inadvertently (busy at work) and quickly lost 20 lbs (no exercise). I'm now down to / close to my goal weight (125) and have started working out for last 6 weeks. Now I am hungry all the time and finding it difficult to stick which OMAD, which I love because it's so easy to do and keeps me alert all day. Anyone deal with this?
A little coconut oil will tide me over tell fast time. I take that and then workout at the end of the fast. Do you work out early before the fast or after it?
I generally eat around 2 pm, and work out first thing in the morning. I can't seem to push back the meal any longer -- maybe I'll try some coconut oil. Lately I've been eating a 300 cal meal around 10am, b/c I'm so hungry and then my second meal is the big one. But had more energy when I was just eating one meal.
Can't do that. Gotta be able to handle the hunger or else the day will come, inevitably, when that looming hunger will snag you and throw you off. Make peace with it now and accept the hunger. Otherwise, that's "all she wrote."
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I should have pulled this up earlier. Only made it until 10:30 today and had my "meal". Will have to try to sort this out.0
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What I decided to do was to eat a large / heavy protein meal last night, to try to "switch up" my eating patterns so that I'm not hungry during the day and can wait until evening.
As an aside, I'm not clear on what you are saying about coconut oil? Are you eating it? I'm not sure that I'm up to that, but could eat some guacamole or something else high fat if I can't make it through the day. But so far so good !!0 -
Do you need to eat in the evening? I have my meal at around 11 and sometimes earlier. I love the feeling of fullness that follows me right up to evening. I usually drink coffee with a small amount of milk in the evening and that gets me over till the next day. If I’m ever really hungry to the point of feeling like I want to binge, I’ll eat a couple of hb eggs.
BUT this works for me because my meals are huge and calorie dense. I eat a lot lol.
Just giving you some other options to try.0 -
Do you need to eat in the evening? I have my meal at around 11 and sometimes earlier. I love the feeling of fullness that follows me right up to evening. I usually drink coffee with a small amount of milk in the evening and that gets me over till the next day. If I’m ever really hungry to the point of feeling like I want to binge, I’ll eat a couple of hb eggs.
BUT this works for me because my meals are huge and calorie dense. I eat a lot lol.
Just giving you some other options to try.
Thanks for the options. No I don't have to eat in the evening, but I find if I eat "too early" in the day, that I'm too hungry to make it through the rest of the day. My meals are not huge if eaten in the day (so I don't slip into a food coma) which is why I prefer the evening. But working out has made me all that much hungrier. If I can't get back on track with the "evening" 'meals, I might just try what you're doing -- got to love the hard boiled eggs!
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Ah okay, I've never experienced food coma. In fact, it's the complete opposite. I tend to get really restless after my large meals and start getting up a lot whenever I can (I have a desk job).
Good luck with the plan!
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What I decided to do was to eat a large / heavy protein meal last night, to try to "switch up" my eating patterns so that I'm not hungry during the day and can wait until evening.
As an aside, I'm not clear on what you are saying about coconut oil? Are you eating it? I'm not sure that I'm up to that, but could eat some guacamole or something else high fat if I can't make it through the day. But so far so good !!
Take 1/2 tsp of the coconut oil and let it melt in the mouth and get it down ya. It really works, for me anyways. I will do that if I can tell I'm going to have a really hard time and it has always gotten me through. I will also take that amount at the end of a fast and then go run for up to an hour after fasting for about 19-hrs or so and I have plenty of energy to get through the run doing that. I will bonk if I don't do that.
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Do you need to eat in the evening? I have my meal at around 11 and sometimes earlier. I love the feeling of fullness that follows me right up to evening. I usually drink coffee with a small amount of milk in the evening and that gets me over till the next day. If I’m ever really hungry to the point of feeling like I want to binge, I’ll eat a couple of hb eggs.
BUT this works for me because my meals are huge and calorie dense. I eat a lot lol.
Just giving you some other options to try.
I would just eat twice as much in the evenings. It doesn't stick with me that long.0 -
Thanks for all of the input. I'm going out to eat tonight and tomorrow, so clearly will wait until evening to eat - don't have any coconut oil or eggs on me today, but will get this all a try next week starting Monday and see if I can't get back to my "sweet" spot. At this point I am trying to maintain the weight (while also building muscle) and keep the high energy that I've experienced this this type of eating. Was so much easier before introducing exercise into the equation.0
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Thanks for all of the input. I'm going out to eat tonight and tomorrow, so clearly will wait until evening to eat - don't have any coconut oil or eggs on me today, but will get this all a try next week starting Monday and see if I can't get back to my "sweet" spot. At this point I am trying to maintain the weight (while also building muscle) and keep the high energy that I've experienced this this type of eating. Was so much easier before introducing exercise into the equation.
Update, took off a week from exercising and now finally getting back into OMAD0 -
Really interesting thread!
I have a lot to lose, over 70lb.
I exercise (play rugby) because I enjoy it, not to lose weight. I think this is the key with exercise really, to find something you love
I have just started OMAD and have gone to rugby training sessions fasted which have been fine energy-level wise.
I have a match tomorrow (80min) and am thinking I should not do OMAD tomorrow as I think I will need to eat before it to give me enough energy? I also want to eat (and drink!2 -
Im taking a construction job for Blattner energy as labor to start work between 10 hrs and 12 hrs days 6 days a week how many calories should i have on my plate for my ONE MEAL A DAY??? Thanks for sharing!0
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I don't count calories, just use a regular sized plate and fill it up 1
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Thank you!0
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I’m almost to the point of stopping calorie counting. However, continue to keep a food log. Keeps me honest and able to detect potential deficiencies easily.
Also, it just makes sense that one will be more hungry some days versus others, based on nutritional needs and activity.
There are many OMAD athletes today. They are using it for a body hack. Know of two professional wrestlers that are transforming their bodies in their early 40s. There is a huge drug free movement out there today. OMAD is free and legal HGH/Testosterone.
On a personal level, my endurance has increased to a shocking degree. Can workout fasted or fed. My performance is reduced a little with weights while fasted, but believe the gains are better, via the hormone hacks.
When I start playing basketball again this Fall, will be splitting my meal to maximize performance on game days. (Same amount of food)
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Keep up the great work!0
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ILL JUST STAY WITH THE ONE PLATE RULE THEN I REALLY DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT COUNTING CALORIES OR KEEPING A FOOD LOG I THINK THAT THE BEST WAY FOR ME TO GO! THANKS!0
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I have been doing OMAD for a month now and I love it. I'm 92kg and need to lose 20 kg to get to my ideal weight. I used to an avid jogger 4 years ago, I used to do 50km a week until I stopped and gain a ton of weight. OMAD has helped get back me get my life and health slowly back in shape. I recently decided to go back to jogging but I've realized that jogging three times a week on one plate of food a day is extremely difficult, my stress level goes off the charts and I can't sleep at night. I guess I would have to do reduce my jogging to casual walking and see how that would work until I reach my target weight.0
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I'm finding that, regardless of diet, if I want any appreciable weight loss, my exercise suffers. I can maintain a pretty intense training while losing VERY slowly (as in, maaaybe a pound a month), but anything measurable and I can't muster up the energy to keep going.
I'm not extremely overweight, either - I have at most 25 pounds to lose, but as soon as I'm in a deficit, the workouts go by the wayside. Things that are "light" activity (such as going for a hike, easy jog around the block, some easier weight lifting) is fine, but my "normal" workouts just ain't happening. Basically have to decide which is more important to me (which goes in phases, right now, sick of the weight and my fitness is reasonable).0 -
My personal experienze is, that following supports weight loss additionaly:
1. de-stress your life - very important
2. if you have too much cortisol you will never loose weight
3. what helps to stay in balance?
4. exercise daily - means - move your body - no matter how. I have a tracker and I do average 10000 steps every day - no matter what wheater we have - oh well- in italy we have almost good weather ;-)
5. exercising on empty stomach is better than after snacking / eating - don't believe the sport food industry - they only want your money
6. do not drink to much coffee and black tea - instead camomilla or best "still" water - this lowers the cortisol level
7. track you stress leves for example with the health app on samsung telefone - works perfect
8. go more offline - no need to check mails/postings/news feed after eating dinner, or?
9. sleep enough - yes, sleep enough - at least 7-8 hours / night - trust me, I slept for years only 4-5 hours and even with heavy sport I did not lose a KG - instead I got bigger and fatter.
without OMAD but following above rules, I was able to loose about 10kg
and maybe also important "don't take life / business too important - enjoy every day"
hope it helps!
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