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Sunny Shelley · Nov 16, 2018

Yesterday Day #46

@KabiruYoungshark ...you are so right. I never did envision the challenges as I didn't know the challenges. But in the middle of this challenge I am learning how to cope and how to bounce back!

Yesterday was a challenge.

Yesterday I did a foolish thing.

I never took my lunch to school as I had an engagement that I knew would take up all my lunch time.

BUT I didn't plan on having a very emotional morning. I even cried...immigration blues

So when I got back from my appointment...I was starving and yes! ...I made some BAD eating decisions.

And then I got home and had my BIG OMAD for exactly an hour!

.....That said....

...this morning I was curious and I went on the scale....(I should not have done this). I am very sadden by what I saw.

BUT...I am NOT NOT NOT giving up.

Today is a new day and yes...I will be OMADing!

I sometimes wonder!!! Why am I doing this BUT I have to .... My goal is to complete this 3 months challenge and maintain my weight loss and have a Merry Christmas and Enjoy my New Year!!! I have BIG plans for my health and wellness for 2019 and this process of getting into my weight range is the first step towards accomplishing these 2019 superstar goals!!!!!

So....if you are like me and fell of the wagon yesterday...please please join me this new day and let us eat healthy OMAD meals and know that WE GOT THIS

Have a fabulous OMAD day and NEVER GIVE UP!!!!

Nuff love

Sunny Shelley · Nov 17, 2018

Yesterday: Day #47

Yesterday started out a great OMAD day.

I said no to two sweet temptations and went to lunch and had my lunch and enjoyed tasting some traditional Canadian food that my Syrian friend bought. It was a little bite and it was great! It was her first time eating outside her home! So she insisted I tasted what she was having and it was vegetarian and great! Plus it was just a bite

Yesterday was the first snow for the season...and we had to go supermarket shopping. We shop weekly at a really great supermarket about half and hour ride from our home (the fruits and vegs are FABULOUS!) and when we go back I was so famished .... plus my husband was eating and it was snowing and I ate....no regrets here!

So this morning, I am going to eating "normally' for today. I am going to do a 16/8 intermittent fasting protocal.

I need a little break...to re-group and focus on what it is that I want to accomplish for the rest of the year (as it pertains to OMAD and other aspects of my life) and how I am going to meet the challenges. I just need a minute to relax and not not be looking towards that one hour and then berating myself for not doing it 'right'.

So today is is National Take a Break Sunny Shelley! (NTABSS Day)

This is my first 3 months weightloss challenge and I need to re-assess where I am and how I need to adjust to get to where I want to be on December 31, 2018. It is about about one month and a half (half way through the challenge) and somethings are not working out the way I planned. So I am going to take stock and adjust what needs to adjust and move forward.

No...I am not going to eat whatever I want...but I am going to keep it healthy and eat when I am hungry. But the major goal of today is to relax and assess and have a plan to move forward.

All plans will include OMAD .... but I know myself...I need more structure to work with.

So ....enjoy OMAD or extended fast or NTABSS Day!

Nuff love

Happyflowerlady · Nov 17, 2018

This sounds like a good idea , @Sunny Shelley , to just take a day off, look at things, and re-focus. That way you can see where you want to be with your next goal, and how you want to get there.
Do not worry about the day of emotional eating ! These kinds of things happen to us all of the time, and it is a temporary thing, and not a life-changing event. No different then if we stumble when we are walking, we just pick ourselves back up and continue our walk.
For me, all of the years of feeling like a “diet failure” person made me think that all it took was one off-program meal, and then I had failed everything (yet again), and I would be in despair until another diet plan came along.
Now, I just look at this as a way of life, and some days go more smoothly than others, and so does my eating, but I am just continuing onward each day, as a new day in my life.

katarinamurtin · Nov 17, 2018

Sunny Shelley said:
I start my OMAD lifestyle today!!!!

I know that I need to make myself accountable to myself.

No one in my life (family and friends) understands OMAD and they are very much against this lifestyle. They think it is starving oneself and unhealthy!

Having this online community is therefore very important to me.

I have been visiting the forums for the past month and finally joined today!

My goal is to lose the 15 pounds I gained since moving to a new country and to maintain this weight lose.

Please feel free to give me any and all the advice you have as I begin my journey into the OMAD lifestyle.

My family didn't understand either! Don't worry when they see the results they are going to do OMAD as well (that is how I comfort myself)

Good luck, I hope you will see the results really fast but you'll continue with OMAD. Because OMAD is not a diet it is a lifestyle!

Sunny Shelley · Nov 18, 2018

Happyflowerlady said:
This sounds like a good idea , @Sunny Shelley , to just take a day off, look at things, and re-focus. That way you can see where you want to be with your next goal, and how you want to get there.
Do not worry about the day of emotional eating ! These kinds of things happen to us all of the time, and it is a temporary thing, and not a life-changing event. No different then if we stumble when we are walking, we just pick ourselves back up and continue our walk.
For me, all of the years of feeling like a “diet failure” person made me think that all it took was one off-program meal, and then I had failed everything (yet again), and I would be in despair until another diet plan came along.
Now, I just look at this as a way of life, and some days go more smoothly than others, and so does my eating, but I am just continuing onward each day, as a new day in my life.

@Happyflowerlady ....You are the best voice in my head right now. I so need you in my corner. Thank you for your kind words. And...as always..you are right and very wise.

You message gives my hope. I think I will be reading this message everyday until the end of this challenge.

Yes! Today is a new day in my life and I will treat it as such. This is the new me and I can reinvent and upgrade myself today....

THANK YOU...NUFF LOVE AND KISSESS!!!!!!!

Sunny Shelley · Nov 18, 2018

katarinamurtin said:
My family didn't understand either! Don't worry when they see the results they are going to do OMAD as well (that is how I comfort myself) Good luck, I hope you will see the results really fast but you'll continue with OMAD. Because OMAD is not a diet it is a lifestyle!

@katarinamurtin ...OMAD will be a part of my life similar to how bathing and brushing my teeth are a part of my everyday life!!!!

Thanks for your encouraging message!!!

Nuff love!

Sunny Shelley · Nov 18, 2018

Yesterday: Day #48

Yesterday was an intermittent 16/8 day.

I took the time to relax and reflect and re-commit myself to the OMAD lifestyle and my goals.

My goal for this OMAD is to make it a lifestyle and to also use it as a tool to reach my weight goal range of 120lbs - 125lbs.

It was good to reflect in the middle of this process and just re-confirm my commitment and to let myself know that I can do this.

It was good to breath.

And we are back at it.

It's going to be a sunny day here in Canada and I have already started my day!

Heading to the gym this morning and have a long list of to dos for today.

Have a fabulous day and yes!!! .....Enjoy you OMAD today and WE GOT THIS!!!!!

Nuff love and forever OMADing!

Sunny Shelley · Nov 19, 2018

Yesterday: Day #49

Yesterday was a great OMAD! It was a busy morning and I had my OMAD late evening. I do however prefer to have my OMAD mid-day to early afternoon. I usually have my OMAD at 12:30-1:30 during the week. But on weekends, this time does not usually work out. But, that OK, as I usually busy during these times on weekends.

So.... it is new week and a new day to do OMAD!

My aim this week is to do OMAD for the entire week!!! I will reward myself with a little treat on Sunday if I do OMAD Monday-Sunday and don't mess up

. I am a bit competitive and so I was thinking that this short term competition with myself may work out for the good of my waistline

So, that is the challenge....Sunny Shelley will do HEALTHY OMAD ONLY with no 'messing up' Monday - Sunday of this week and if she is successful she will get a small treat ($1) of her choice! on Sunday... (yes, I am referring to myself in the first person

)...I will have the treat during next week as a part of my OMAD meal

cool

...YES>>> my treat will be a small special thingy from Dollarama

I always did long term rewards but they never seem to work. I am trying something new this week to change up things. A one week challenge and a small treat if I am successful.

So the challenge is on!

I just completed packing my lunch and am proud to say it is all healthy and beautiful!!!!...Low carb

Wish me luck!

Have a fabulous OMAD and if you want to...join me on this challenge...

Nuff love

Panpiper · Nov 19, 2018

You don't need luck. You can do it without luck. But good luck anyway. ;-)

Sunny Shelley · Nov 20, 2018

Panpiper said:
You don't need luck. You can do it without luck. But good luck anyway. ;-)

@Panpiper ...THANK YOU

Sunny Shelley · Nov 20, 2018

Yesterday: Day #50

Yesterday was a fabulous OMAD. I brought my lunch to school an ate it and was satisfied.

I must admit that typing 'Day#50' made me think "OMG 50 days have passed!!!".

I am still on the road to success. I have not given up and these have been long long days. But we never surrender!!!!

It always amazes me how much better I feel with OMAD. Your digestion is great and you feel overall so much better than when you have
been eating constantly. I know this is NOT a diet but it feels sooooo good...and if someone wants to call OMAD a diet ...this is the only diet (lifestyle) that makes you feel sooooo good!!!!

That said...I am feeling good. Just taking in one OMAD at a time and moving forward.

I think the thought for today is 'NEVER GIVE UP'. I must admit I have felt disappointed and frustrated and felt like throwing in the towel. But, I cannot! I can take a rest but I must continue. Sometimes, I don't feel like I am making progress but I know that I still am...even if it is that I am more resolved to succeed.

Today is going to be a fabulous OMAD day and we should embrace every second of it. We can do this...JUST DO IT (...thanks Nike!)

Have a great day!!!!

#OMADing for Life

Nuff love

Sunny Shelley · Nov 21, 2018

Yesterday: Day#51

Yup! I did OMAD perfectly yesterday! ...well as perfect as Sunny Shelley Can do....I had a little cookie BUT I stopped at one.

That is my confession... But I ate once within my one hour and it was all low carb ...except for the cookie

...I am a little disappointed with myself BUT today is a new day and I will make a change!

I am running a little late this morning and just wanted to say...I am OMADing and I hope you are having a great time and seeing results.

I just read @Meshack Bwoyele Keya progress report and I am delighted by his progress. I am excited to also report the same come December 31st

So my mini goal is to NOT eat cookie today. And eat only what I brought to school today! All within my OMAD eating window.

What is your mini goal for today?

Whatever it is....I know you got this!!!! Plus we can do anything we set our minds to!

Have a fabulous OMAD today and let us continue to be the best version of ourselves...

Nuff love

Panpiper · Nov 21, 2018

A word of advice. If you are going to 'cheat' on your OMAD, try really hard to make whatever it is that you are cheating with, 100% Keto. That means nothing that would spark an insulin spike, so nothing with any sugar or carbs. One of the prime benefits of OMAD is the fact that it reduces insulin spikes to one a day. Sneaking in a cookie 'will' trigger an insulin spike, seriously reducing the effectiveness of the rest of the day's privation. Instead, eat a piece of cheeze, or a hard boiled egg, or maybe have a bag of pork rinds somewhere. Those contain zero sugars or carbs and will not trigger anywhere near the same response.

If you really want the cookie, put it aside for part of your meal, so you aren't depriving yourself, just delaying if for a bit. In the meantime, fulfill that desire to 'cheat' with something that will do the least harm.

Sunny Shelley · Nov 22, 2018

Panpiper said:
A word of advice. If you are going to 'cheat' on your OMAD, try really hard to make whatever it is that you are cheating with, 100% Keto. That means nothing that would spark an insulin spike, so nothing with any sugar or carbs. One of the prime benefits of OMAD is the fact that it reduces insulin spikes to one a day. Sneaking in a cookie 'will' trigger an insulin spike, seriously reducing the effectiveness of the rest of the day's privation. Instead, eat a piece of cheeze, or a hard boiled egg, or maybe have a bag of pork rinds somewhere. Those contain zero sugars or carbs and will not trigger anywhere near the same response.

If you really want the cookie, put it aside for part of your meal, so you aren't depriving yourself, just delaying if for a bit. In the meantime, fulfill that desire to 'cheat' with something that will do the least harm.

You are again right @Panpiper . I did indeed make the cookie apart of my meal. I ate it as a part of my OMAD. The 'cheat' was that I should not have had the cookie!" Yesterday was a much better day and I will find a better 'cheat' treat I can have with my OMAD.

Any suggestions?

All suggestions are soooo welcomed!!!!

Again, thanks for your usual ON POINT comments and advice!

Sunny Shelley · Nov 22, 2018

Yesterday: Day #52

Yesterday was a great OMAD! I hope you had a great OMAD toooooo

@Panpiper suggestion about finding a new 'cheat treat' had got my brain ticking! I never thought I could find a good 'cheat treat!" with my OMAD.
I just associate cheat with bad

....

Today will be another busy day and I am excited for the day!

It feels like -25C here but I am Sunny Shelley ....so it is going to be a sun-filled day

Packed lunch ready to go and no cheat meal in sight!!!!

Have a great OMAD today and we talk soon!

Nuff love!

Sunny Shelley · Nov 23, 2018

Yesterday: Day #53

Yesterday was a very good OMAD!

I was really busy during the day and had broke my fast in the late afternoon.

This worked out well as I had an online class and eating late helped me have some energy for the second class of the day!

Tis' Friday ...a fly day...so lets have some fun!

I have a test later today and then classes for the reminder of the day. Plus a deadline to meet on Sunday!

Lots to do

But its all good....have to fun as I need to practice more!

Have a great fly day Friday OMADing...

Talk soon!

Nuff love

Panpiper · Nov 23, 2018

One of the benefits to OMAD is that because you have fewer meals to prepare and eat, you have more time to study!

Happyflowerlady · Nov 23, 2018

Panpiper said:
A word of advice. If you are going to 'cheat' on your OMAD, try really hard to make whatever it is that you are cheating with, 100% Keto. That means nothing that would spark an insulin spike, so nothing with any sugar or carbs. One of the prime benefits of OMAD is the fact that it reduces insulin spikes to one a day. Sneaking in a cookie 'will' trigger an insulin spike, seriously reducing the effectiveness of the rest of the day's privation. Instead, eat a piece of cheeze, or a hard boiled egg, or maybe have a bag of pork rinds somewhere. Those contain zero sugars or carbs and will not trigger anywhere near the same response.

If you really want the cookie, put it aside for part of your meal, so you aren't depriving yourself, just delaying if for a bit. In the meantime, fulfill that desire to 'cheat' with something that will do the least harm.

I agree with this, but I also think that we should not totally limit ourself to just eating keto food for every single meal. One of the best things that I have read was “eat what you should eat when it doesn’t matter, and then you can eat what you want when it does matter”.
Basically, OMAD allows any food, provided that it comes in the eating window.
Most of the time, I am just eating some protein, healthy oils, and lots of veggies. But when something special comes along, like a birthday or anniversary, or just a holiday party, then we are going to feel resentful if we go and don’t eat, or just munch on celery sticks. (At least , I feel that way)
I think that when we plan ahead for something, and it is part of our planned food for that day, then it is not the same as cheating. To me, cheating would be something like going to the grocery store and buying a bag of donuts, just because you passed by and they smelled wonderful.
You are not eating that donut as part of any special occasion, you are just giving in to the “inner pig” that is squealing for food.

Sunny Shelley · Nov 24, 2018

Panpiper said:
One of the benefits to OMAD is that because you have fewer meals to prepare and eat, you have more time to study!

@Panpiper ...this is so true!!!!!

Sunny Shelley · Nov 24, 2018

Yesterday: #Day 54

Yesterday was a great OMAD day.

The oral exam went well. I was too nervous to prepare my usual lunch so I have my OMAD when I got home.

It was well earned and I had a good time eating within my window.

It has already started to be a great day ... it will be a sunny day here in Canada!

Looking forward to the Sun!!!!

Its the weekend....lots to day and sticking to the OMAD plan!

Since, I had my cookie treat this week...I think that was my treat for the weekend!

So ...cheers to a healthy and happy OMAD weekend to everyone!!!!

Enjoy today and if its sunny where you are...get out doors!!! ...even if it is -6C

Nuff love