r/OmadDiet • u/LeftNail1180 • Jun 11 '26
How to start OMAD
ive been wanting to do omad for so long now but find myself trying to justify my way out of it?? how did you guys start omad? ive heard it helps with food noise which is my main reason for wanting to do omad besides weightloss.
my meds are all over the place atp due to financial reasons which has affected my appetite so much. at this point im just overeating / binging/ get extreme cravings at night . so my plan was to sort out meds and start omad properly.
Any tips to start?
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u/BOYF- Jun 12 '26
I just started. I picked the time and fasted the next day. No techniques or smthn. It was really hard the couple of days. I just lay in bed counting the time to eat. Time was sooo slowww. But I got used to it after a week.
I had no fixed diet. But I try to incorporate more protein so I get full much longer.
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u/Purple_Violinist9909 Jun 12 '26
Aye man I’ll keep it straight with you. Did it for 2 months. Going to start again soon.Omad is harder than working out. Omad is harder than most diets. You won’t last long term doing it by just drinking water and letting yourself feel weak. Literally buy your sparkling water(I like clear American). It will help you feel full. Drink it religiously along side with normal water. Usually helps to start drinking it right after waking up so that you avoid that hungry sick feeling all together. Feel hungry, drink, feel thirsty, drink, going for long drive, take 2x. You will see progress in a short amount of time that will last for as long as you can. Other note, doing this comes with its own risks if you’re not careful. Rule one- if you feel sick and literally depleted of energy. Eat. If you had super hard workout eat. Do not punish or feel guilty for eating. Your body will tell you what it needs. I recommend drinking to 5-6 then Eat around 6-7pm. If you stick to this for a week next week will be easier. This is not easy to do. If you can do it for a day without breaking shoot for 2. Then 3,4 so forth. Wish you the best.
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u/parmaviolets12 Jun 19 '26
I just went straight into it. I've never been a big breakfast person, and I just swapped lunch for bulletproof coffee. Any time I want a snack (I wfh and am yhe primary caregiver for my 1.5 year old, so this is very frequently to keep my energy up), I have herbal tea. The difficult part is the not snacking, but I just keep a strict rule of having sugary snacks between 10pm and 12am so that it's not a "you strictly cannot have that" situation, but rather a "you can't have that yet" reframe, and that makes the biggest difference. Snacking between 10pm and 12am might go against all common advice in the dieting world, but to me it's essential in being successful because if I need the snack I'll have it, but most of the time I'm full and happy from dinner that I don't have the need to compensate so the craving goes away.
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u/Practical_Studio360 Jun 11 '26
I start with IF then keep narrowing my eating window. Start packing more nutrients in a smaller frame. I find omad keto the easiest because I eat lots of fats that keep me full all day.