Counting Calories and Macros with omad?

[Judy34]

For those who do one meal a day, do you count your calories and macros with omad? I'm just curious because I'm trying to figure out what I should be eating for my one meal.

 

[Carissa]

I don't count calories no more, just eat until I feel full but not overly stuffed. Theres no need to count calories on omad.

 

[Jamie Foreman]

Nope don't count calories at all - I like to keep my macros at 70+ % fat - 20% protein and 5% carbs -

 

[Stachen]

I don't think it matters much. If you like to count and it helps, then by all means count. Don't think you have to stop just because other people don't count.

I used to count everything but I've eased in to appetite control and no longer feel the need to. Plus the counting was starting to get on my nerves

 

[VinceM]

No I eat until I am satisfied one meal a day.

 

[Jimmy Swartz]

For those who do one meal a day, do you count your calories and macros with omad? I'm just curious because I'm trying to figure out what I should be eating for my one meal.

Hi Judy. With one meal a day, there is no need for calorie counting. However, as you move forward, I always encourage a healthy lifestyle which includes getting the food groups in your meals.

 

[Enyi]

No I don't longer count calories.i think the beautiful thing about OMAD is the right of eating whatever we love only during our eating window.So I eat healthily despite that but no calories counting for me.

 

[Happyflowerlady]

I use an app called Carbmanager to track my food intake; but I don’t do it because of OMAD, I do that because of eating a low carb diet. I have found that since I also started intermittant fasting, and usually doing one meal a day, I can be more lenient on what kinds of carbs I allow, and have added a little more fruit back into my diet. I think that because of the one meal, and then fasting, it burns up the sugar and puts me back into fat-burning mode better than if I were eating 3 meals a day, even when they are low carb.
What I do try to do , is to eat healthy, natural foods, so that I get the nutrients from what I eat. I will still have treats with my meal on occasion, but just not very often, so that it does not get to be a habit.
I know that some people do fine with just having the one meal, and eat whatever they want for that meal, and still lose weight; but for me, it works better when I manage my carb intake.