Ah Trade. Now you’re confusing me.
That was a HUGE meal. Aren’t gnomes little spooky dwarfs?
Weight maintenance is so much harder than it used to be!
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That was a HUGE meal. Aren’t gnomes little spooky dwarfs?
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Remember in the 70s when novelle cuisine hit big time? Teeny-tiny portions. I'd go out on a dinner date and find myself eating another dinner when I got home.
Catlady
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It's okay if you eat that snack during your ''eating window''. If you eat ANYTHING during your fasting window, it will break up the fast and your body will use up the sugar/carb of the snack instead of your fat cells. This diet is very forgiving, you can cheat if you want but you will not lose weight as fast as you could. I've cheated plenty and skipped many days at a time and it took me one whole year to lose 13 lbs whereas I could have lost my 24 lbs in 3 months or so. @Invictus and I plan to cheat plenty this holiday season and then get back on the horse in January. When I do the 72 hour water fast I lose about 6 lbs, so doing that in January I will get rid of whatever extra weight I gain during the holidays.
If this diet is too hard for you, you can always just try to fast for 16 hours and eat the other 8 hours during the time of day when you're the most hungry, mine is the afternoon and evening. Or, you could just skip one meal in the beginning, even that will help with weight loss.
Fruit gets a bad rap because it tastes sweet. Most fruit is actually low glycemic. It is high in vitamins, micronutrients & fiber. Dark-colored fruit is high in antioxidants. Berries are even lower in sugar. A medium-size fruit (the size of a tennis ball) has only 15 gms of carbs & 4 gms fiber.Not for me it isn't. Basically fruit is all sugar. And since I'm pre-diabetic and insulin resistant if I eat a piece of fruit I will feel like I am STARVING TO DEATH in about 1/2 hour. I need protein and fat, lots of fat, to ward off hunger. That why my preferred is a can of sardines in olive oil. And I drink all the oil.
Not to mention, fruit gives me gas.
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What is your height and your goal weight?
According to this article the goal weight for my height of 5'5'' is 114-144. I now weigh 150 and my goal is 140. I used to weigh 125 when young, but when old that 125 lbs would make me look like a skeleton, since the skin is not elastic and the muscle not as robust.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323446.php
Just for reference purposes here’s a standard teaspoon and a large egg on the plate.
It’s a huge plate so was a huge meal.
Yesterday I jogged one hour but didn’t do my one hour workout. I was too tired but will do it today.
Yesterday rained all day so I jogged in the rain. Today it snowed.
Catlady
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I'm puzzled, if you're not overweight why then are you doing the OMAD (or whatever?) diet? Just doing a minimum of weight training will tone you up and you'll look good.
When I was going to the gym and doing moderate bodybuilding I looked very toned and when I went to put on my pants one day they fell to the floor. LOL I was soooo proud of myself. And at the time I weighed 147, which WAS overweight according to the chart. Back then it worked for me because I worked the third shift and on my way home at 7am I would stop at the gym and do my weight lifting then. Then when I retired I was/am too lazy to leave the house and go to the gym and am too lazy to do it at home. I do have dumbbells but I like machines better. I should do some weight lifting because strong muscles prevent falls and falls are the biggest enemy of old people.
Why am I wanting to lose 20 pounds by Christmas?
My entire life I’ve been very trim and fit. 5’7” - 125 pounds and it looked good on me.
I stayed thin by eating well and staying active but after some serious trauma , I hibernated and purposely gained weight with the goal to look unattractive. After gaining all the weight I then had one more reason to hate myself so two years ago I finally lost all the weight and loved it, except for the saggy skin.
Then I started caring for my parents so I was putting other people’s health before my own and gained about 30 pounds so am at 155. After being so thin, this feels frumpy now. I can’t flex as well as I used to, things don’t fit like they used to.
I love food, especially special holiday foods including cakes and candies and I don’t want to be dieting during the holidays. If I lose 20 pounds then my favourite clothes will fit like they used to and I won’t feel guilty for indulging in my food favourites this Christmas
. I think once I reach 135 I’ll decide if I want to lose any more.
I’ve got some places I will be playing my
saxophone at so I want to look my best this for that also.
Those are my reasons.
My entire life I’ve been very trim and fit. 5’7” - 125 pounds and it looked good on me.
I stayed thin by eating well and staying active but after some serious trauma , I hibernated and purposely gained weight with the goal to look unattractive. After gaining all the weight I then had one more reason to hate myself so two years ago I finally lost all the weight and loved it, except for the saggy skin.
Then I started caring for my parents so I was putting other people’s health before my own and gained about 30 pounds so am at 155. After being so thin, this feels frumpy now. I can’t flex as well as I used to, things don’t fit like they used to.
I love food, especially special holiday foods including cakes and candies and I don’t want to be dieting during the holidays. If I lose 20 pounds then my favourite clothes will fit like they used to and I won’t feel guilty for indulging in my food favourites this Christmas
. I think once I reach 135 I’ll decide if I want to lose any more. I’ve got some places I will be playing my
saxophone at so I want to look my best this for that also.Those are my reasons.
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Trade
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The only thing that looks like it might be OK are those little brown things on the bottom right.
What are they? Chicken McNuggets? If so I could eat about 30 of them.
Trade
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If you say so Win.
I'm just going by how I feel after I eat it which is about the same as if I'd had me an RC Cola and a Moon Pie.
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@Keesha - Yeah, I'm trying to decide what to do once I reach 140. Whether to continue the OMAD diet, start eating 3 small meals (won't work, I'm sure), or force myself to eat fruit for lunch and one meal at dinnertime. I would like to do at least some weightlifting, no matter what I decide to build up those muscles and get stronger.
No they are chicken thighs baked in the oven. My oven . You could eat 30 chicken thighs?The only thing that looks like it might be OK are those little brown things on the bottom right.
What are they? Chicken McNuggets? If so I could eat about 30 of them.
I don’t eat McNuggets
It’s two Baked chicken thighs. Caesar salad and veggies including Brussel sprouts, zuchinni, carrots, green beans and yams. All good healthy food.
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fancicoffee13
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I got up this morning and had a cup of coffee and ate absolutely nothing until supper. Then I had plain fried rice with chicken, a burrito and slice of pecan pie. About 900 calories. I have drank lots of water during the day. What is the eating window? I ate nothing in between the coffee and supper.
Catlady
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The eating window is the hours you allow yourself to eat. It can be any time during the day up to a maximum of 8 hours. I allow myself an eating window of only two hours, from 5 to 7pm and eat nothing the rest of the 24 hours. You did wonderful! How many hours are you allowing yourself to eat and what times? Just curious. Just remember, the more hours you fast and the less you eat during your eating window the more weight you will lose, and more if you also exercise of course.
Trade
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No there are chicken thighs baked in the oven. My oven . You could eat 30 chicken thighs?
I don’t eat McNuggets
Maybe your plate is bigger than I thought. I thought they were nugget sized. I like chicken thighs. I get the boneless skinless ones. I generally eat 4 at a time.
That’s what I thought and why I showed you the actually size of the plate in comparison to a teaspoon.
Anyway, I like chicken thighs also. These were on sale with the skin on / bone in but I took the skin off.
Tonight I had drumsticks with a plateful of assorted roasted vegetables.
You are doing great. Great meal planning.
My window of eating is 6 hours - from 12 to 6.
It seems to be working well so far. I’m not hungry at all and still feel energized.
Yayyy.
fancicoffee13
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Well, I will create a eating window of probably 3-4 hours and fast the rest. I will eat a big meal (right foods and proportions) one day at lunch and another day at supper. I will drink plenty of liquids and exercise. Does a person do this everyday of the week or just 3 days a week. I want to lose a lot of weight - 40 lbs - even during the holidays. Does that help?
Catlady
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What you're doing is an entirely different version of what I'm doing. I eat everyday at the same time, I don't want to have to remember when I need to eat at breakfast or lunch or dinner. But, whatever works for you, this diet is very forgiving. Try different ways and see what works for you. There is even one intermittent diet called the 5:2 diet where you eat five days a week and fast two days. I tried it and didn't like it, it meant I had to fast 36 hours twice a week, that was rough.
You don't want to lose weight too fast, your skin won't have time to shrink along with the weight loss and you'll end up with bags of skin hanging. My gym trainer told me it was not healthy to lose more than 2 lbs a week, she said one lb a week is the best. And once you lose the weight, you'll need to figure out how to maintain the weight loss. I'm still trying to figure out how to do that once I lose my 10 lbs. I'll either keep up this way or try to eat smaller portions in 3 meals and then go back to OMAD when/if the weight creeps back on.
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