I guess I shouldn't dive in so fast...

Hey everybody! It's so good to find a forum like this where we can partake in each other's journey! I'd love to know your comments on my short experience with OMAD.

So after finding out about OMAD and how much sense it made (especially because I meditate daily and meditation on an empty stomach is the best!) I wanted to start right away. So the first day I decided I'd do 4/20, which meant I'd be having my normal lunch at 1 PM + a good sized early dinner at 5:30 PM. No biggie.

As a matter of fact, I found it so easy that I decided to just jump ahead and do OMAD the following day (yesterday). Things got a little more challenging but I still managed to do it and at 4:30 when I ate I stuffed my guts with healthy foods. It didn't feel that good afterwards but I reasoned that as I'd get better at this OMAD thing I wouldn't feel so desperate to eat so much in my only chance of the day. Then at night I was nearly dreaming of a good omelet for breakfast (which surprised me as I've never been the kind of person to idealize food and was never overweight).

Well, today maybe because I stayed home most of the day (and thus just a couple of steps from the kitchen) or maybe because it's the third day, things got really difficult. I pushed myself through being hungry the entire day and ate quite a lot (of the good stuff, but a lot nonetheless) when 4:30 came.

Now I have this feeling that things shouldn't be like this. It can't be healthy to stuff myself with food once a day just for fear of the hunger to come.

Is it the case that I should start with a larger eating window and slowly progress to OMAD? Or is it always like this and I just have keep on keeping on and my hunger will diminish?

I appreciate any thoughts about it.

PS: I even feel kind of sad now, after eating, as if I allowed a strong stress to go on for too long
 
Well just a follow up: today I was totally OK if hunger came early but guess what? 2:40 PM and still pretty much ok with the meal I ate yesterday at 4:30! Yay!
 
Marco, I'm fairly new myself. I'll just ramble a bit and hope some of it works for you. A lot of this for me is a mental thing. Towards the end of the day I have lately made the days meal all ready to go but not eat it. I set it in the micro or fridge and keep saying one more hour, then do it again, usually I don't eat until 8pmish. I think it was tough at first but now weeks later it is just normal. What a major burden has been lifted with not prepping, counting, and time saved.

In time as with anything you will get in your own rhythm. I'm getting too stuffed in my one hour window so I fidget a little and not feel guilt in any sense. Lighten up on yourself and remember the health benefits compared to last months 3-4-5 meals flowing through your system. When I feel hunger now I just smile and know good is happening. I wish this forum had more daily goings on, but search past conversations for good info. Luck
 
Thanks Jimbo, indeed it seems to have a lot to do with our mental state. Just watched a guy on a video saying that whenever he is busy he doesn't feel hungry, but if he's just sitting on his butt all day he thinks of food often. Isn't it cool to discover ourselves on that level? I'm finding the adventure very interesting.

By the way, have you read the book "The Fasting Cure", by Upton Sinclair? I'm quite enjoying it!
 
Busy makes sense. But frankly, no difference for me. I have no interest in jamming unwanted food in my face until the end of the day. I still struggle, but one day I know eating once is simply going to be a no thought. For me the personal daily routine will be a just what I do thing. And going off track will be when I'm out with friends or holidays or wine & munchies with a female. I will not torture myself. I don't weigh myself on a schedule, just when I'm curious. I know and feel the flab disappearing.

The fasting cure? Still new, I will check it out. PS I wonder if our ancestors woke up to donuts?
 
Hello, and welcome to the OMAD forum, @marcopontual ! What an interesting username, what does it mean ?
I think that no matter what new thing we incorporate into our lifestyle, there are days when it fits better and days when it does not go as well. At least that is how i goes for me.
When I first started OMAD, I sort of sneaked my way into it. I first started having an earlier dinner, and hen cut my breakfast down to a morning protein shake, and then went from that into the one meal per day.
Some days I do OMAD, and some days I do intermittent fasting, and have something for my main meal around noon, and then a protein dink or small salad in the evening if I am hungry. Even though this does not give me as much time for autophagy as the OMAD does, it is sill a better option for me than just going off my eating plan altogether.
 
Truly, this forum is awesome. Myself I've never been on any other OMAD forum and don't want to, to be honest. This forum has everything I need and require! :)
 
I have been doing OMAD for maybe a couple weeks. If I end up eating more than once a day, I don't eat the following day "to make up for it". Though currently I am trying to eat every other day. No specific amount of time except that it is obviously over 24 hrs. I eat when I feel hungry.
I noticed when I had gone over 24 hours that I could only eat about half my planned meal because I was so full (stomach got smaller??? the meal itself was filling??? It was meat, cheese, pasta and coleslaw)
Another thing I have noticed thru the years (without eating OMAD) was that I can be starving in the evening - but I choose not to eat. When I wake up the next morning and don't feel hungry at all. (??)
With this and having listened to people like Jimmy Moore and Jason Fung, I realize that I do not necessarily need to eat simply because I *feel* hungry - especially since I am still overweight. I am 5'6" and currently weigh 175.
 
Welcome to the OMAD forum, @Hispoiema ! It sounds like you are doing a great job of following your OMAD plan.
I have noticed the same thing as you mentioned, about being hungry at night, but not eating, ad then not being hungry the next morning. If I do have something to eat before going to bed (even if it is just a little bit of something), I am much more apt to be hungry when I wake up the next day than if I don’t eat.
 
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