My name is Donnie weigh 530 lbs and am 6'2 my goal weight is 250 lbs.I started OMAD 6/24/2019 I usually have my OMAD around 6:30 pm. Cravings and hunger are my 2 main enemies. I feel like I am doing a little better after reading everyone's post where they have the same struggles I have been having and hearing them say it gets better helps me to keep going. I found OMAD through one of the discussions I was on where arguablysamson posted about it. I feel like I have tried everything else but this and surgery and I definitely don't want surgery so why not give it a shot.

Female
Age 43
Height: 5'4
Starting weight: 166
Current weight: 166
Goal Weight: 150
Fasting start date: 7/8/2019

A few years ago I starved myself down to a size 4 @ 145 pounds. Over the past 3-4 years I have lost and regained the same 5 pounds. I've tried counting calories, low carb, and it's still the same 5 pounds. So, I'm doing something different.

I forgot to post my name.....Rebekah

Welcome Rebekah! I second Steph's post. OMAD is a great tool and it does work

@iquash Welcome! So far I love OMAD. I'm starting a 48 hour fast today. Before I started OMAD I though it was crazy to not eat all day. Now I know it's not so bad. You can do it!

@daniabrioschi Welcome! This place is great.

Thanks 🙏🏻. I just had dinner

Welcome Neya!!!

Hello,

My name is Emilie. I’m 28, female.
I weigh 211 pounds (96 kilo).
Height is 5’5 (1.65 meter).
Technically am from EU but MFP didn’t let me post here from my country.

Why OMAD... long story.

Im desperate. They found some heart problems and I’m so young still. The doctor also told me I cannot get pregnant because of this constant terror on my body yoyoing so extremely.

I have such difficulty eating normally in general. I’m a stress/bored binger mainly. Sometimes it disappears for a couple weeks. Then some small or big stressful event happens and the bingeing comes back, sometimes lasting a couple months.

4 years ago I was morbidly obese with fatty liver pains and lost 121 pounds with strenuous exercise and starving after the doctor told me I should lose fat. I still binged a couple days or weeks here and there but my insane exercise kept my %fat in check.. I also picked up my old smoking habit back then even though it is horrible for the liver, because I was hungry all the time. Aside bingeing or starving I had no and have no idea to eat.

Since I stopped smoking and became unemployed only four months ago I have gained back to 211 lbs... Smoking traded places for bingeing more than ever. I isolate myself again. I’m constantly tired. I’m feeling depressed, at the same time I hate my own negativity. People around me are rightfully concerned with my rapid weight gain and I get constant comments on my increasing size and bags under my eyes. Everyone is only worried when talking to me. It is exhausting. Just like back then. I know it is my own fault for letting myself fall in this hole again and coping in a destructive way.

I don’t want to skip from one destructive habit to the next any longer to cope. I also cannot do the insane diet/exercise mentally any longer, nor physically. I want to give OMAD a chance. Joe speaks of gaining mental clarity and confidence in his videos. Of a new relationship with food. This speaks to me so much. I want this to be the way for me to break through these horrible coping mechanisms/eating habits. I want to be in control. I want to love myself and find a balance and a renewed interest in life. I want to find proper ways to deal with the stressors in life. I want a new relationship with food.

Words of encouragement would be appreciated, or someone who may recognise my problems. I know I have to want this on my own, I do. Some help to get me on this track at the start would be so appreciated and helpful however. To know I’m doing the right thing. My partner is incredibly supportive and started taking hour long evening walks with me. I’m grateful for that.

Goal weight is fit my proper clothes again, so around 154 pounds (70 kilo).

I started OMAD 2 days ago, August 27th ‘19.
My eating window is 7PM-8PM.

If someone has tips for mood improving exercise that fits this lifestyle beside walking, I’m all ears.

Thank you for reading, good luck to all also on OMAD.

Best,
Emilie

Welcome Emilie!
I also am a binge eater, and I hate to tell ya this but nothing will magically make that disappear except therapy and mental work. BUT OMAD feeds right into the natural tendencies of it, and allows you actually feel SATIATED. If you're anything like me, eating tiny meals a few times a day is MISERABLE because I want volumes of food. That sounds awful, but it's the truth that I've accepted. And managed to go from 212-about 150 with OMAD So my weights are very similar to yours (though I'm a bit taller, 5'7".

I wish I had advice for the stress relieving exercise, but I find all exercise stressFUL so I'm no help lmao