My 7-Day Experiment With OMAD

I have no idea where this is going

Friday, March 28 -

I have been back on Carnivore for about 3 weeks, give or take. I initially dropped a few pounds, but then immediately stalled. I wasn’t surprised. I knew I was still eating more than I should, even though it was all BBBE approved. And I also knew I was far to sedentary to really make much headway. Anyway, as I thought about intermittent fasting (which I have never really done successfully), I decided to try OMAD, One Meal A Day, for seven days just to see if I could and see if it made a difference.

I actually started 2 days ago, but I’ve just now decided to sort of write about it every day for a week. So, this blog is starting on a Friday. I’ll put my last entry in on Tuesday and launch the blog on my usual Wednesday schedule.

I haven’t paid a lot of attention to OMAD. It never really appealed to me. And, as I sit here typing realizing I’m still 3 1/2 hours away from eating again, I’m not really sure it appeals to me now. :)

I am going to track my progress for 7 days with weight loss and waist loss. I bought a new scale to start this process. My old one was just too unreliable. I could get on three times in a row and come up with three different weights. And it apparently wasn’t very accurate. It weight me lighter than I really am.

So, now I have a Renpho Health scale I picked up on Amazon. It is bluetooth enabled and sends my weight, BMI, Body Fat, Skeletal Muscle, Subcutaneous Fat, Visceral Fat, and so much more to my phone. Right now, its all very depressing. But I’m a big boy (no pun intended), so I can take it.

The image above is from Friday, March 28. I’ll post another later in this blog from Tuesday.

Currently, my waist size, as measured by my pants, somewhere just shy of 40”. My waist size as measured just above my belly button (the only measurement that counts) is 48”. In my neck of the woods, we call that fat.

That’s my intro. More tomorrow.

Saturday, March 29 -

I made it through. yesterday, but not without some longing for food later into the evening. :) It wasn’t bad, but it did take some will power to stop myself from going to the refrigerator. That is a habit I have been in after 7 PM. Grazing. It is catastrophic to weight loss goals.

But I woke up this morning, and I have to admit, I’m not hungry. The last time I ate was 12:30 PM yesterday. I’m writing this close to 6:30 AM. However, my stats are not very pleasing. Since starting OMAD I’ve lost 1/2” around the girth of my stomach. Good news. I’ve also gained a pound. Not so good news. The process continues.

Sunday, March 30 -

Eating one meal a day is already getting easier to do. I no longer wake up and immediately want breakfast (my favorite meal of the day TBH). Getting to noon, or even later, without eating from noon the day before is no longer a constant battle with the refrigerator. However, the weight loss is still zero. I realized last night this is not unusual in the first few days of changing the way you eat. Your body is making adjustments. One of which is the fact that the regular bowel movements to rid your body of waste temporarily stop. I don’t mean to be crass. Just documenting my progress. This is why they encourage you to only weigh once a week rather than daily.

Monday, March 31 -

Still no progress on weight loss. My entire meal yesterday consisted of a 1 lb T-Bone steak, 2 hard boiled eggs, 2 slices of bacon, and butter. It was less than I have eaten on previous days, and that was on purpose. This morning I woke up feeling a bit hungry, but I will soldier on until lunch. But, man, do I miss my breakfast. LOL

Tuesday, April 1 -

I don’t know if my new scales are accurate, or if they just gave me my first April Fools’ joke, but I lost a pound yesterday. Yes, yes, it was the same pound I had gained earlier, but it is at least in the right direction.

Yesterday was hard. And I failed slightly at OMAD, but not enough to throw me off track evidently. I had some problems with my contractor yesterday after he refused to finish the job by fixing two mistakes he left me with. I got a bit emotional about. I could feel it churning inside of me. And, as is my life-long habit, the only thing that made those feelings go away was food. Ordinarily, it would mean just eating and eating until I found just the right thing to satisfy my emotional distress. But last night it was a total of six bites. Just something small. And I felt better. It isn’t a fix, but it is a step in the right direction.

Wednesday, April 2 -

One last minute addition before this post goes live. I lost another 1/2 pound yesterday. And I’m down around my waist as well. OMAD is starting to work. Will I keep going? No.

While this may be an interesting experiment for me, it is not a sustainable way for me to eat. However, for the next 30 days, I will eat a small breakfast and larger lunch. My goal is to be finished eating by 1 PM. On those rare occasions where I have to eat dinner due to social obligations, I’ll skip lunch and wait for dinner. Two meals per day. With a fasting window approximately from 1 PM to 5 AM. So about 16 hours.

I’ll post my results again at the end of 30 days. See you then!