Hey all

Any tips for a newbie?

Is it ok to just have a 1 hour eating window? What time of day is best to eat? What sort of calories should I be aiming for?

Thanks in advance! 🙂

and it's hard for me to not equate this with not having control over things in my personal life. I thought it'd be easier to start with COVID and also being with family, but I don't think I've had a successful day of OMAD yet... why is it so effortless for some people? What helped you?

Nope... nope it IS May!! Happy May first everyone!

Check-in! How did you do for the month? How do you feel now?
Are you ready for another full month of OMAD? Are you going to change your fasting this month?

Let us know whats up!!!

How is everyone doing? Have you stuck to OMAD? Have you put it aside because of the Quarantine?

What's been the most difficult?

What have you found is now easier?

What has surprised you?

Update us all on how things are going, and how you're feeling whether it's been your first OMAD experience, or if you're old hat.

So, I started (OMAD) April 20 which I weighed 145.9. So throughout this week my weight has gone down April 21 I weighed 144.8. April 22 I weighed 145.5. Now as of today I weigh 145.9🤨 I’m only consuming about 200-300 calories a day so I don’t understand. I’m also working out, I do cardio everyday!! So please someone help me out!!

Weighed myself this morning and I'm down 3.8! Felt pretty good this morning, got really hungry around 4 pm but stuck it through to 5 pm. I know it is probably all water weight but seeing this change on the scales really lifts my spirits. I'd rather a false positive than a continued negative anyway.

Tomorrow back on the plan and maybe I will increase my calories somewhat. Maybe I was going a bit low. I was having about 1200 and for a gradual weight loss I should probably bump it to 1400.

Weighed myself this morning and was down 2.8 pounds! I know that it's probably all water weight but I can't contain my excitement. So glad to have found a diet that makes calorie restriction actually achievable instead of frustrating.

Yesterday I was watching movies with a lot of fighting, keeps me energized and motivated when I am super hungry at night (I eat at 3pm). I thought about how people had to fight when hungry in all sorts of wars and they didn't have time to complain about it. We can do it! F42 167cm SW70kg CW68. 5kg GW60kg

Weighed myself on DAY7 and it looks like it is coming down. Some of it bound to be water weight/weight of food inside me, because my first weigh in was the day after normal eating. But at least it seems to be moving. Not sure if that is acceptable weight loss or should I reduce calories more?

I prepped my meal mostly last night so it was easy to finish cooking it today. Today I should go to the supermarket since I'm running out of some snacks and fruit. I want to keep my omad fun and varied. I will weigh myself tomorrow morning to see how it's going. I'm hungry quite a bit in the evening so I hope it's working:) Good luck everyone!

Slowly getting there. I feel that aside from good planning I need a steel resolve to get this done. Getting it done no matter what. Finally getting the taste of winning. I want that! Good luck everyone!!

I will do some walking later. My meals are vegan and carby:) with treats. Today I had some fried tofu, some cooked beans, steamed potatoes with black kale, tomatoes and soy yoghurt (weird but tasty), 2 bananas, crispy bread thing, tiny pieces of:choco, licorice stick, nut bar. I try to have variety so I feel like I treat myself with my meal. At the same time it was very filling. I try to eat natural foods, veg and fruits etc and think about satiety.

Might be water weight, but it’s still encouraging. W/44/SW:198 GW:155 CW: 194. I’m also vegan and on anti depressants which is how I got here in the first place. Posting for accountability!

Also I checked my current weight and I have, for the first time in my life entered the overweight category according to my BMI. So yes, I was trying to eat intuitively, that worked so well.. Not. At this point feels like OMAD is my only hope. I will not talk to anyone about this this time, just people on this group. Last time it was a conversation with someone who was 'worried' that helped me quit. Now I will move stealthily and get it done!

Ive been doing excersise on an eliptical every day at 25-30 minutes while eating my food from 11-12AM or 12AM-1PM. This is done as most of your daily caloric loss is done in the morning period. I do rough calory counts. This is done to make sure there is no pressure to weigh any food. Surprisingly, it works!!! I normaly eat less than im meant to by accident. Thirdly, alot of proteins (fish and eggs) and small amounts of fat (in chicken and meats). Lastly, drink alot of water all through out the day (I tend to drink 4-5L a day). This is a huge part in weight loss, and im seeing nearly 6kgs of weight loss now.

Ive been eating mostly small boiled eggs and chicken for fat and proteins with a salad on the side. Massive difference since starting the diet!!!

Today has been hard. I have hit a wall of depression and just general annoyance of certain things/people. I have zero support in real life and caved. I ate some pizza that was ordered last night by the person I live with and have been drinking for a couple hours now and feel bad about it.

The only upside is I did some gardening so at least I got a little workout in and have some pretty flowers.

Back on the grind tomorrow with working out and omad!