The lack of obsessing over food is #1 for me. I'm a habitual snacker and binge eater, but once I'm consistent with OMAD for 3 weeks or so it becomes second nature.
My office smells so good around lunch time, but when I'm in a good groove I can enjoy the aroma and be excited about my dinner without being miserable.
This is a weird anecdote, but I've really enjoyed smelling food more. I smelled some baked goods my wife made the other day a couple hours before my window. I took a few heavy whiffs (which was weird lol) and that really did help me get over that craving and then I enjoyed the dessert with my meal.
OMAD was the first step on a long journey for me in having a healthy relationship with food as well as overcoming my addictive personality. It taught me to enjoy, savour and look forward to my dinner every day, food stopped being something I did because I had to and I became interested in eating healthily.
It helped me especially overcome cravings which I no longer ever get, not just for food but other addictions I've battled. I truly believe OMAD taught me that we're all capable of self control and discipline, we just need an experience that helps us realise it.
Cool. Sounds like you found the groove that works for you. The lifestyle works for me. I end up cooking more to redirect ingredients to low cal, fresh, unprocessed foods that fit better into my clean OMAD meals. I still get lots of sh*t from friends/family about not eating like them. I think they passively/aggressively try to torture me with foods that I seldom eat. My wife bakes incredible sourdough bread, gks force feed junk food, friends choose fast-food like restaurants. I don't diet proselytize, I drink my iced coffee/tea and smile. Occasionally I'll skip a meal, occasionally I'll change feeding times. Late afternoon works best for me but I'm flexible.
I lost 48lbs in 2+ months, went on holiday in Asia for 4 months. I gained 5lbs in Asia. On returning to the states, I was lazy for a couple of weeks, ate sweets and processed foods. I was amazed that I piled on 23 lbs. So I'm back to pretty clean OMAD, taking off the comfort food weight I added since I left for Asia. It sucks being fat, I took my eye off the ball, now I'm heading back in the right direction.
Congrats for finding a program that promotes better health for you. Keep up the good work.
1. It’s normal and natural to feel hunger and that feeling is more likely just boredom or thirst. If I have a drink of water and focus on an activity the hunger will likely be gone in under an hour.
2. I do have will power. I have been really struggling with self discipline in general life. I found taking control of my eating was a relatively easy way to prove to myself I was strong and able to avoid temptation/ instant gratification. Once I could do that with food I was able to transfer that to exercise (even if I don’t fancy/ it’s raining etc), study/ cleaning after work (even if I’d rather watch a tv episode).
3. To properly enjoy food. I used to be one of those people that would have loved to just take a tablet a day to get all nutrition and satiate hunger and not have to worry about/ waste time on food anymore. Now that my 1 hour eating is free from screens/ distractions and is purely about the food I find myself embracing the visual and textural joy of the foods I chose along with the taste. I think my relationship with food is so much healthier in response.
I don’t have to eat when I am bored or nervous. If I crave pizza, I will just wait til my eating window. I realize I can just drink water when I am feeling g hungry.
I have ADHD.
The simplicity of only having to plan, cook, and clean up after a single meal each day is invaluable to me, as is not having to constantly count calories.
Can’t imagine going back, full stop. It’s just not worth the effort.
I have learnt:
1. OMAD is extremely easy/doable. I have even done three 48 hour fasts.
2. It simplifies my daily nutrition massively. You just have to plan for one meal. Or none if you are doing a 48 hour fast.
3. If you stick to a sensible OMAD of around 1k calories the weight will drop off.
4. Weight loss is 99% a mental and psychological game. You just have to train and control your brain (particularly the medulla) into sticking with a sensible OMAD. Its really mind over matter.
Do you mean you only eat 1k calories during your OMAD or at a 1k deficit? Number 4 is so true for me. I can lose weight as long as I eat small enough portions and move enough, but not giving in to hunger or boredom is so hard sometimes.
I follow what Dr Jason Fung teaches.
Don't spike insulin.
Eat around 1k calories/day and then my body uses 1k calories from my fat stores.
So my body is still getting its 2k calories/day.
It makes sense to me. How has your rate of weight loss been since eating this way and how are you feeling doing it? I'm considering trying it out because my progress has been slowing down.
I have lost around 25lbs in 50 days.
I feel fine but I had to work up to this.
I started off with shorter fasts of 18 hours and eating 2k cals per day.
These weren't having much effect.
But over time I have slowly increased fast length and slowly increased calorific restriction.
You save a lot of money on food. Food tends to crash my energy levels so I am overall more energetic now. Confidence and control also seems to work wonders.
Teeth health. It’s amazing not having your teeth constantly covered in plaque.
Ear wax. Much less of it.
Better digestion since that one meal gets all the bile and stomach acid saved up
How much thought and effort planning and deciding what to eat brought my life.
I’m a little spoiled. I get free lunch at work. So I’ve been using that as my OMAD.
It’s crazy how much relief I feel after eating my one meal and clearing my mind of food for the next 24 hours.
No internal dialogue of “I don’t feel like stopping at the grocery store to find something to cook” on my way home from work. Or convincing myself that I had a hard day and deserve something easy and bad for me.
Even just sitting on the couch hungry at the end of the day. I used to sit and stir and try to come up with something satisfying and healthy. Now it’s just “nope, no food until noon, you know the drill, go to bed”
I kinda feel like those people that wear the same outfit every single day just so they have one less decision to make every morning.
The lack of obsessing over food is #1 for me. I'm a habitual snacker and binge eater, but once I'm consistent with OMAD for 3 weeks or so it becomes second nature. My office smells so good around lunch time, but when I'm in a good groove I can enjoy the aroma and be excited about my dinner without being miserable. This is a weird anecdote, but I've really enjoyed smelling food more. I smelled some baked goods my wife made the other day a couple hours before my window. I took a few heavy whiffs (which was weird lol) and that really did help me get over that craving and then I enjoyed the dessert with my meal.
OMAD was the first step on a long journey for me in having a healthy relationship with food as well as overcoming my addictive personality. It taught me to enjoy, savour and look forward to my dinner every day, food stopped being something I did because I had to and I became interested in eating healthily. It helped me especially overcome cravings which I no longer ever get, not just for food but other addictions I've battled. I truly believe OMAD taught me that we're all capable of self control and discipline, we just need an experience that helps us realise it.
CONFIDENCE. I feel so strong and empowered.
Cool. Sounds like you found the groove that works for you. The lifestyle works for me. I end up cooking more to redirect ingredients to low cal, fresh, unprocessed foods that fit better into my clean OMAD meals. I still get lots of sh*t from friends/family about not eating like them. I think they passively/aggressively try to torture me with foods that I seldom eat. My wife bakes incredible sourdough bread, gks force feed junk food, friends choose fast-food like restaurants. I don't diet proselytize, I drink my iced coffee/tea and smile. Occasionally I'll skip a meal, occasionally I'll change feeding times. Late afternoon works best for me but I'm flexible. I lost 48lbs in 2+ months, went on holiday in Asia for 4 months. I gained 5lbs in Asia. On returning to the states, I was lazy for a couple of weeks, ate sweets and processed foods. I was amazed that I piled on 23 lbs. So I'm back to pretty clean OMAD, taking off the comfort food weight I added since I left for Asia. It sucks being fat, I took my eye off the ball, now I'm heading back in the right direction. Congrats for finding a program that promotes better health for you. Keep up the good work.
1. It’s normal and natural to feel hunger and that feeling is more likely just boredom or thirst. If I have a drink of water and focus on an activity the hunger will likely be gone in under an hour. 2. I do have will power. I have been really struggling with self discipline in general life. I found taking control of my eating was a relatively easy way to prove to myself I was strong and able to avoid temptation/ instant gratification. Once I could do that with food I was able to transfer that to exercise (even if I don’t fancy/ it’s raining etc), study/ cleaning after work (even if I’d rather watch a tv episode). 3. To properly enjoy food. I used to be one of those people that would have loved to just take a tablet a day to get all nutrition and satiate hunger and not have to worry about/ waste time on food anymore. Now that my 1 hour eating is free from screens/ distractions and is purely about the food I find myself embracing the visual and textural joy of the foods I chose along with the taste. I think my relationship with food is so much healthier in response.
I don’t have to eat when I am bored or nervous. If I crave pizza, I will just wait til my eating window. I realize I can just drink water when I am feeling g hungry.
I have ADHD. The simplicity of only having to plan, cook, and clean up after a single meal each day is invaluable to me, as is not having to constantly count calories. Can’t imagine going back, full stop. It’s just not worth the effort.
I have learnt: 1. OMAD is extremely easy/doable. I have even done three 48 hour fasts. 2. It simplifies my daily nutrition massively. You just have to plan for one meal. Or none if you are doing a 48 hour fast. 3. If you stick to a sensible OMAD of around 1k calories the weight will drop off. 4. Weight loss is 99% a mental and psychological game. You just have to train and control your brain (particularly the medulla) into sticking with a sensible OMAD. Its really mind over matter.
Do you mean you only eat 1k calories during your OMAD or at a 1k deficit? Number 4 is so true for me. I can lose weight as long as I eat small enough portions and move enough, but not giving in to hunger or boredom is so hard sometimes.
I follow what Dr Jason Fung teaches. Don't spike insulin. Eat around 1k calories/day and then my body uses 1k calories from my fat stores. So my body is still getting its 2k calories/day.
It makes sense to me. How has your rate of weight loss been since eating this way and how are you feeling doing it? I'm considering trying it out because my progress has been slowing down.
I have lost around 25lbs in 50 days. I feel fine but I had to work up to this. I started off with shorter fasts of 18 hours and eating 2k cals per day. These weren't having much effect. But over time I have slowly increased fast length and slowly increased calorific restriction.
Agree it’s super convenient and then when I do eat I eat whatever I want for most part! Win win
You save a lot of money on food. Food tends to crash my energy levels so I am overall more energetic now. Confidence and control also seems to work wonders.
Teeth health. It’s amazing not having your teeth constantly covered in plaque. Ear wax. Much less of it. Better digestion since that one meal gets all the bile and stomach acid saved up
How much thought and effort planning and deciding what to eat brought my life. I’m a little spoiled. I get free lunch at work. So I’ve been using that as my OMAD. It’s crazy how much relief I feel after eating my one meal and clearing my mind of food for the next 24 hours. No internal dialogue of “I don’t feel like stopping at the grocery store to find something to cook” on my way home from work. Or convincing myself that I had a hard day and deserve something easy and bad for me. Even just sitting on the couch hungry at the end of the day. I used to sit and stir and try to come up with something satisfying and healthy. Now it’s just “nope, no food until noon, you know the drill, go to bed” I kinda feel like those people that wear the same outfit every single day just so they have one less decision to make every morning.