Hi everyone!
I'm new here, but I followed an OMAD lifestyle two years ago and got within 10 lbs of my goal weight before falling in love and gaining that ever-so-wonderful "happy weight." Being happy after being so profoundly unhappy in my previous toxic relationship has been 100% worth every pound, but now I am ready to get back to it. I want to be happy AND healthy!
I have always struggled with my weight. I was put on my first diet at 5 years old, and I have been dieting in some form ever since. I have struggled with multiple eating disorders. The only time I lost weight effortlessly was when I followed OMAD (before I knew what it was) in middle school. It was much harder to follow a couple of years ago, but I always remember what it was like to feel like I was in complete control of my eating back in middle school: I ate whatever I wanted, and I stopped when I was full after my meal, and I didn't think about food the rest of the day. It worked like a charm, and while I got smaller at later stages in my life due to EDs, it was the only time I didn't feel neurotic, I didn't look or feel sick, and I was genuinely happy with how I was eating. I'm 31 now, and back then I thought I had finally figured everything out and would never be overweight again. Not so much. I told myself two years ago that I would enter my 30's back in shape. Again, not so much. So I'm now accepting that I WILL be back in shape at thirty-something, even if it's 39. I'm going to take it slow so it's sustainable, and even if it takes all 8 years, I am going to get there.
HW: 179+ (stopped weighing before seeing 180s, but I'm sure I got there)
LW as an adult: 132 (went from 179 - 132 on low carb/keto and gained it all back in 3 months); got down to 137.8 with OMAD 2 years ago before relationship
CW: 168.4 (this was rough to see -- never thought I'd see the 160s or 170s again. I hit 170 last week)
GWR: 127 - 130
I'm new here, but I followed an OMAD lifestyle two years ago and got within 10 lbs of my goal weight before falling in love and gaining that ever-so-wonderful "happy weight." Being happy after being so profoundly unhappy in my previous toxic relationship has been 100% worth every pound, but now I am ready to get back to it. I want to be happy AND healthy!
I have always struggled with my weight. I was put on my first diet at 5 years old, and I have been dieting in some form ever since. I have struggled with multiple eating disorders. The only time I lost weight effortlessly was when I followed OMAD (before I knew what it was) in middle school. It was much harder to follow a couple of years ago, but I always remember what it was like to feel like I was in complete control of my eating back in middle school: I ate whatever I wanted, and I stopped when I was full after my meal, and I didn't think about food the rest of the day. It worked like a charm, and while I got smaller at later stages in my life due to EDs, it was the only time I didn't feel neurotic, I didn't look or feel sick, and I was genuinely happy with how I was eating. I'm 31 now, and back then I thought I had finally figured everything out and would never be overweight again. Not so much. I told myself two years ago that I would enter my 30's back in shape. Again, not so much. So I'm now accepting that I WILL be back in shape at thirty-something, even if it's 39. I'm going to take it slow so it's sustainable, and even if it takes all 8 years, I am going to get there.
HW: 179+ (stopped weighing before seeing 180s, but I'm sure I got there)
LW as an adult: 132 (went from 179 - 132 on low carb/keto and gained it all back in 3 months); got down to 137.8 with OMAD 2 years ago before relationship
CW: 168.4 (this was rough to see -- never thought I'd see the 160s or 170s again. I hit 170 last week)
GWR: 127 - 130