OMAD diet

happynres
happynres Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2021 in Getting Started
Just curious if anyone has tried once a day diet. I have been heavy all my life around 220 5’7 and have overeating as a consistent behavior. I most recently lose 20 lb with a 1300 cal a day diet and did laps 3-4 miles a week, constantly hungry. But gained it back and ate anything I wanted went back up. So, I did not know it was a thing but I did eat only dinner for four weeks and lost ten lbs. I feel physically better great boost in energy, I drink less Diet Pepsi down to two a day and will continue till at 159lb BMI 29 unless it stops working. I only had like sluggishness moderate hunger first two weeks and now am on a roll. Has anyone else tried it? BTW I eat about 1250 in cal one tb sp peanut butter around 11am and dinne 5pm.

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  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,244 Member
    PS there’s a graphic somewhere around here that shows a weighed tbsp of peanut butter versus an unweighed one. There’s a considerable difference in size, hence in calories.

    I’m female, old as dirt, 5’7”, and started a few pounds higher than you. I lost consistently eating 1470, which I soon increased and then increased again, because I was doing a ton of walking at the beginning like you.

    I’ve since added other exercise, and maintain at around 2600. If you’re as active as you say, you’re under-eating.
  • wunderkindking
    wunderkindking Posts: 1,615 Member
    I did OMAD for a while because it worked for me and I enjoyed it.

    I also ate about 1800 calories a day while losing. If I ate 1250 NOW I'd be miserable and drop weight too fast and I now weigh 125lbs (and I'm 5'5, so I'm well past a need to lose weight).

    Don't do that.

    Doing the same thing you did last time is going to result in the same thing, again.

    Learn a thing. Go slower, eat more, find a way to maintain your loss instead of setting yourself up to regain.
  • musicfan68
    musicfan68 Posts: 1,144 Member
    I do OMAD just because it fits my schedule. I eat at night. But it isn't foolproof. You can still eat a ton of calories at one meal.
  • mirianyusm
    mirianyusm Posts: 89 Member
    edited December 2021
    I can only speak from my experience, and IMHO OMAD doesn't seem sustainable. I know there are many people doing it with success, but I wonder for how long you can sustain it successfully. Anything that you (I) can't or won't do for ever will end up in the same place where I started or worse. When I started to lose weight this time, it felt that it was going to take for ever. 7 months have passed and I can't believe the difference in my weight, how I look, how I feel. I still have 35ish lbs to go, but I am not hungry and am enjoying food. Isn't that crazy? Good luck to you on your journey.
  • wunderkindking
    wunderkindking Posts: 1,615 Member
    mirianyusm wrote: »
    I can only speak from my experience, and IMHO OMAD doesn't seem sustainable. I know there are many people doing it with success, but I wonder for how long you can sustain it successfully. Anything that you (I) can't or won't do for ever will end up in the same place where I started or worse. When I started to lose weight this time, it felt that it was going to take for ever. 7 months have passed and I can't believe the difference in my weight, how I look, how I feel. I still have 35ish lbs to go, but I am not hungry and am enjoying food. Isn't that crazy? Good luck to you on your journey.

    Honestly, this is mostly a matter of preference and lifestyle. If it's fitting right it's pretty danged easy/comfortable. If you're a person who is habitually used to eating frequently, or actually hungry often, less.

    When I do OMAD it's because it's what I slip into naturally. Is it forever? No, because I'm not rigid, but me being hungry at breakfast and lunch is rare. I just sometimes have things where I eat then (schedule conflicts, social things). Then I list right back to OMAD.

    Not a s a rigid strict thing or even a weight management one - I did OMAD a lot, accidentally, while obese.
  • Walkywalkerson
    Walkywalkerson Posts: 457 Member
    Eating very low calories and going all gung ho with exercise almost always leads to a starve and binge cycle.
    I have done OMAD and it was effective for a short time - I play around with intermittent fasting but not all the time.
    It's what works for you.
    But what almost always doesn't work for anyone is very low calories that leaves you hungry all the time.
    The only thing that has worked for me is realising that there is no end to this 'diet' its a way I need to eat forever if I want to keep the weight off.
    So to play around with calories/ macros/ mealtimes etc to make it as sustainable as possible.
    And I also needed to drum into my head that it's not a race.
    Learning a new way of life takes time and trial and error.
    Be kind to yourself.

  • Xellercin
    Xellercin Posts: 924 Member
    Intermittent fasting + extreme caloric restriction is not likely to be a great combo.

    How are you feeling eating this way? I personally really enjoy OMAD and could absolutely do it for life, but I literally never have an urge to binge because I eat enough.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    edited December 2021
    OMAD is a form of IF (intermittent fasting) which is a style/form of dieting that some people like as a form of calorie restriction.

    there is nothing magical about it, if you stay in your calories. same as if you spread your calories out over 24 hours and eat 3 meals. or 6.

    Do I have days where I eat OMAD. sure. especially busy ones where I'm not home until late afternoon. Do I have days where I eat 'mini meals' all day. yup. Most days I eat 2. an early lunch (we live on a farm and get up at stupid o'clock in the morning) and an early dinner (again, farm life and we go to bed at early o'clock in the evening LOL). I dont eat breakfast (usually) because I dont want it. On weight training days, my trainer prefers it if i have SOMETHING. so... I try to remember to do so, so he doesn't yell at me.

    But if the OMAD plan is causing you to be hungry and binge and eat OVER your calories, then it is NOT working for you.
  • mirianyusm
    mirianyusm Posts: 89 Member
    wunderkindking wrote: »
    mirianyusm wrote: »
    I can only speak from my experience, and IMHO OMAD doesn't seem sustainable. I know there are many people doing it with success, but I wonder for how long you can sustain it successfully. Anything that you (I) can't or won't do for ever will end up in the same place where I started or worse. When I started to lose weight this time, it felt that it was going to take for ever. 7 months have passed and I can't believe the difference in my weight, how I look, how I feel. I still have 35ish lbs to go, but I am not hungry and am enjoying food. Isn't that crazy? Good luck to you on your journey.

    Honestly, this is mostly a matter of preference and lifestyle. If it's fitting right it's pretty danged easy/comfortable. If you're a person who is habitually used to eating frequently, or actually hungry often, less.

    When I do OMAD it's because it's what I slip into naturally. Is it forever? No, because I'm not rigid, but me being hungry at breakfast and lunch is rare. I just sometimes have things where I eat then (schedule conflicts, social things). Then I list right back to OMAD.

    Not a s a rigid strict thing or even a weight management one - I did OMAD a lot, accidentally, while obese.

    I agree, flexibility is key.

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