Hello Peer OMAD Community!
I wanted to write this out for 2 reasons.....
1. To keep myself accountable and have something to refer back to when things get TOUGH (work lunches, weekends with the kids, etc, etc, etc)
2. I WISH I had something like this to read last time I did this. But there just isn't enough paper (or support) on the topic. SO SO much negativity.... But at the end of the day its about choice and what works for YOU (and ME!)
First, a little about myself. I am 34 years old, HAPPILY married, mother of 3 babies (13, 3 & 10mo) and just plain FAT. I am loved, but unhappy about my personal appearance. Everything from the cottage cheese on my booty to the 17 thousand rolls of my stomach, to the fact that I cant link my hands around my legs. I am so tired of saying/seeing I weigh 220lbs (5'5'') and hearing 'but you carry it so well', or 'you would never guess'. Really??? I can barely buckle my belt and none of my clothes fit. YOU know I am fat, just as much as I do! But sigh.... that's just not how realty works.
I lived an OMAD lifestyle about 10 years ago when there wasn't a known name for it. I had recently quit smoking for the 3rd and final time and was in the throws of ending a long-term relationship that wasn't for me. I don't remember starting it.... but I remember DOING it. I easily turned down lunch offers and remember coming home and cooking for my kid and just plain NOT being hungry. Because after a little while, it wasn't hard... it was just MY LIFE. THEN, I started craving better/healthier foods. I miss that, I really do.... and I hope I can get back to that. In my last journey I had gone from about 215 down to 165 in a course of 6 months. 50 pounds in 6 months, totally not kidding! I remember being sluggish and slow (like now), exhausted if I tried anything active.... and then towards the end, I had the energy to workout and I did it regularly. I remember the clothes - they were HOT. and most of all, I remember being HAPPY with MYSELF.
Fast forward to now... I could give you every excuse under the sun about how I ended back up to square 1, but the bottom line is I am here.... In my story, I had a spinal fusion, I found a great man, I had 2 more babies and I LOVE to drink (lets be real, most of us do). But at the end of the day - I am fat and unhappy again and ready to re-venture into my own personal OMAD Journey. I tried it a few months ago, but didn't commit. I did my up/down yo-yo that we all see - but ultimately gave up when the holidays rolled around (excuse, excuse, excuse).
But now I feel I am truly ready for giving it another GO, Just started day 1 and HOPE I can see a secondary success (Pretty girl, party of 1 - here I come).
So I welcome my challenges, I know the 1st week is ALWAYS the worst. I look forward to a ton of Coffee, a ton of Water, having to pee every 5 seconds, and looking forward to what I am going to make for dinner every night. I already know that tonight is Grilled Cheese with Bacon and a side of Garlic Broccoli (my kids are gonna LOVE ME tonight). And honestly, for me... looking forward to my dinner makes it easier than regretting what I am not eating right NOW. (PS, I choose dinner because I can skip breakfast and lunch, still make things for my kids - but we sit down every night as a family and have dinner. I can't skip that without giving up my family time - which is WAY too important to me).
Sorry for the long read - I think I am done now If you are starting this, or thinking about this.... just remember you CAN do this. Iron willpower only comes into play in the beginning. You can to ANYTHING you set your mind too. Even if its not mainstream. All that matters is it works for YOU! I know it works for ME and I know it will work for ME, AGAIN!
Good Luck on your Journey!!!
Carrie Campbell
I wanted to write this out for 2 reasons.....
1. To keep myself accountable and have something to refer back to when things get TOUGH (work lunches, weekends with the kids, etc, etc, etc)
2. I WISH I had something like this to read last time I did this. But there just isn't enough paper (or support) on the topic. SO SO much negativity.... But at the end of the day its about choice and what works for YOU (and ME!)
First, a little about myself. I am 34 years old, HAPPILY married, mother of 3 babies (13, 3 & 10mo) and just plain FAT. I am loved, but unhappy about my personal appearance. Everything from the cottage cheese on my booty to the 17 thousand rolls of my stomach, to the fact that I cant link my hands around my legs. I am so tired of saying/seeing I weigh 220lbs (5'5'') and hearing 'but you carry it so well', or 'you would never guess'. Really??? I can barely buckle my belt and none of my clothes fit. YOU know I am fat, just as much as I do! But sigh.... that's just not how realty works.
I lived an OMAD lifestyle about 10 years ago when there wasn't a known name for it. I had recently quit smoking for the 3rd and final time and was in the throws of ending a long-term relationship that wasn't for me. I don't remember starting it.... but I remember DOING it. I easily turned down lunch offers and remember coming home and cooking for my kid and just plain NOT being hungry. Because after a little while, it wasn't hard... it was just MY LIFE. THEN, I started craving better/healthier foods. I miss that, I really do.... and I hope I can get back to that. In my last journey I had gone from about 215 down to 165 in a course of 6 months. 50 pounds in 6 months, totally not kidding! I remember being sluggish and slow (like now), exhausted if I tried anything active.... and then towards the end, I had the energy to workout and I did it regularly. I remember the clothes - they were HOT. and most of all, I remember being HAPPY with MYSELF.
Fast forward to now... I could give you every excuse under the sun about how I ended back up to square 1, but the bottom line is I am here.... In my story, I had a spinal fusion, I found a great man, I had 2 more babies and I LOVE to drink (lets be real, most of us do). But at the end of the day - I am fat and unhappy again and ready to re-venture into my own personal OMAD Journey. I tried it a few months ago, but didn't commit. I did my up/down yo-yo that we all see - but ultimately gave up when the holidays rolled around (excuse, excuse, excuse).
But now I feel I am truly ready for giving it another GO, Just started day 1 and HOPE I can see a secondary success (Pretty girl, party of 1 - here I come).
So I welcome my challenges, I know the 1st week is ALWAYS the worst. I look forward to a ton of Coffee, a ton of Water, having to pee every 5 seconds, and looking forward to what I am going to make for dinner every night. I already know that tonight is Grilled Cheese with Bacon and a side of Garlic Broccoli (my kids are gonna LOVE ME tonight). And honestly, for me... looking forward to my dinner makes it easier than regretting what I am not eating right NOW. (PS, I choose dinner because I can skip breakfast and lunch, still make things for my kids - but we sit down every night as a family and have dinner. I can't skip that without giving up my family time - which is WAY too important to me).
Sorry for the long read - I think I am done now If you are starting this, or thinking about this.... just remember you CAN do this. Iron willpower only comes into play in the beginning. You can to ANYTHING you set your mind too. Even if its not mainstream. All that matters is it works for YOU! I know it works for ME and I know it will work for ME, AGAIN!
Good Luck on your Journey!!!
Carrie Campbell