Having an "Off" Day

[Beally]

Everything gets easier when you know that you are in full control. That you have all the freedom you need to do whatever you want at any time you want. OMAD unlike other dieting plans doesn't spell out what you should eat which makes it a lot easier to follow than the other dieting plans. The hard thing for many at the beginning is the question of how long it takes before their bodies adapt to the one meal a day diet. They focus more on how they'll feel when they fail.

The point is instead of thinking about failure, give yourself an "off" day when you can have your three meals or more meals as you previously did. Use this freedom to your advantage to motivate yourself to stick to you one day a meal plan. You can do this and "reward" yourself with an "off" day each week until you no longer need this reward.

Do you think this would help or prove to be counterproductive?

 

[Happyflowerlady]

Everything gets easier when you know that you are in full control. That you have all the freedom you need to do whatever you want at any time you want. OMAD unlike other dieting plans doesn't spell out what you should eat which makes it a lot easier to follow than the other dieting plans. The hard thing for many at the beginning is the question of how long it takes before their bodies adapt to the one meal a day diet. They focus more on how they'll feel when they fail.

The point is instead of thinking about failure, give yourself an "off" day when you can have your three meals or more meals as you previously did. Use this freedom to your advantage to motivate yourself to stick to you one day a meal plan. You can do this and "reward" yourself with an "off" day each week until you no longer need this reward.

Do you think this would help or prove to be counterproductive?

I think that a large part of the key to this , is planning, and that way it is part of your planned schedule, and not something that you just did unexpectedly. As an example, with the holidays ahead, it makes sense to plan for days when we will just enjoy friends and meals , and not be fasting. We know when that day will be and so it becomes part of our meal-planning.
On the other hand, if we are shopping at the grocery store and buy a bag of hot donuts and eat them on the way home, then that is a totally unplanned and unacceptable way to be off of our OMAD program, and let the “hungry pig” inside us control our eating, instead of us being in control. Binge eating is never a good thing.

 

[jaymish]

I agree@Happyflowerland. Cheat days are all about planning. On any diet you need to be super strict with yourself and having unplanned binges is not good for your psychology. You feel horrible and guilty. I plan my cheat days and I think that they help me to accomplish my weight loss goals by staying on OMAD. I plan to stay off OMAD during the holidays and start back on it in January. I have had days and weeks when I have been off OMAD because of sickness. I have had no problem getting back on it. Giving yourself a cheat day as a treat helps in my opinion.

 

[Henrywrites]

I have had the temptations of having to take a day off, but the benefits of doing Omad is far better than trying to lower the tempo. Also, always reading motivational posts on this forum have been of help to me as well.

 

[ajahcuizon]

I agree on this matter. I have my off day during weekends in which me and my boyfriend will eat somewhere and have a date. On that way, we can still eat what we love but only in one day. It helps us to keep inspired all throughout the week as we keep on looking forward on the weekend that we will have our off day. We also inspire each other that once we reached our off day again, we will be treating each other to a restaurant the we like.

 

[Meshack Bwoyele Keya]

Everything gets easier when you know that you are in full control. That you have all the freedom you need to do whatever you want at any time you want. OMAD unlike other dieting plans doesn't spell out what you should eat which makes it a lot easier to follow than the other dieting plans. The hard thing for many at the beginning is the question of how long it takes before their bodies adapt to the one meal a day diet. They focus more on how they'll feel when they fail.

The point is instead of thinking about failure, give yourself an "off" day when you can have your three meals or more meals as you previously did. Use this freedom to your advantage to motivate yourself to stick to you one day a meal plan. You can do this and "reward" yourself with an "off" day each week until you no longer need this reward.

Do you think this would help or prove to be counterproductive?

Am scared to try this. I do not know whether it will help or not. Am wondering if it will drive me away from my dieting. What If I will give myself an off everytime I feel hunger pangs? I will not try this honestly

 

[Beally]

Am wondering if it will drive me away from my dieting. What If I will give myself an off every time I feel hunger pangs? I will not try this honestly

There is a possibility that someone could tell themselves it's their "off" day each time they feel hungry but IMO I think that since OMAD works much better than other dieting plans, there are others ways to motivate yourself to do what you must in order to obtain the benefits that will follow should you decide to try the one meal a day diet. This way if one strategy doesn't work, you could try another and another until you find one that works.

 

[Martinsx]

Only on Sundays are my off day in OMAD because it going to be very difficult to avoid not breaking my fasting. I don't have time to visit families and friends all through the weekdays, so it's only on Sundays that I get to visit and it would very embarrassing to rejected eating anything offered to me in such situation.