Do not be hard on yourself, @Sunny Shelley , the only real requirement for an OMAD diet is that you only have the one meal each day, and there are not really any restrictions for that meal except what you decide yourself, based on your health history, and the foods you want to eat.
Also, since OMAD is not just a diet, but actually a new way of life, it HAS to be something that you can live with for a long time. This means that it is important to allow yourself some days to just enjoy eating more than usual because it is a special occasion.
Who wants to go to a birthday party and not have cake and ice cream ? When we do this (and I have done it, too) then we start to resent the diet, and look for ways to stop doing it, which is usually just to binge eat and then quit altogether.
To avoid this, I eat what I should it when it doesn’t matter, so that I can eat what I want when it does matter, and then get right back on the program afterwards.
I think that it is unrealistic to expect to be able to follow any kind of a diet that restricts foods for every single day of our lives.
Also, I was just reading that Apple is donating 1,000 Apple Watches for research on binge eating. Here is the link to the article in case you are interested in signing up for the research study. You do have to have an iPhone to be able to be in the study because the watch needs to be connected with your phone.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/14/app...es-for-a-new-study-to-track-binge-eating.html
@Happyflowerlady Thank you so much for your kind words. I needed to hear that! Because I think I was getting into a rut of wanting results quickly and therefore needed to change my diet swiftly and eliminated all the "bad' foods from my diet! I will go gently on myself as I have been staying within my one hour eating window successfully!!!
And Yes! OMAD is a new way of life for me that I need to embrace as a forever behaviour and eating pattern. Plus the weight did take on day to add up and it will take time for me to loose the weight!
I will look into the new study that you mentioned! Thank you so much!
I value you comments!!!!