OMAD = freedom over food, sorta 237 pounds.
Diet: "a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons." I hate this term, but it's true I am on a diet. I am restricting my eating to one meal daily and on the weekends setting up a treat snack. But by definition a diet has a beginning and an end and coming from 16/8 intermittent fasting (IF) I can see using 16/8 to maintain and if the weight starts coming back up go back to OMAD. One Meal A Day lets me eat, lots! I do it dirty. I can eat anything I want, just in moderationa and I have found myself eating healthy. Wife does all the cooking at I eat at noon. This works out great since I work 2-10pm. I don't have to worry about snacking during the day because I work in a prison and dont have access to food. I don't feel hungary and a few meals i've actually left food behind.
I estimate calorie and am around 2000 calories daily. I walk 6 miles daily on my post and I climb a flight of steps 25 times per shift. I am so tired of restrictions I hear of people talking about. Keto, High protein, vegan....Not for me, folks. One meal my wife made included a cup of raisin bran cereal. Why? because I was craving it. No biggie. Another meal was homemade hot buttered cheese steaks, better than Mr. Hero's. Instead of waffer fries she oven baked some red skin potato wedges. Added some Mrs. Dash and WOW!. I'm not crashing weight off but I'm over 50 pounds down in 6 months.
In all honesty I just did my first full OMAD week. I started off with 16/8 for 5 months and started incorperating OMAD last month. Weekends off are the toughest time. I eat out of bordom, and for any other reason you can think of. I love eating and the taste of food. But my body is looking better, I feel better, I have more energy. Nothing tastes as good as getting thin feels. One of my montras I'm constantly reminding myself with is "i'm not a dog, so I don't treat myself with food." If I have a craving I find a reasonable amount to treat myself with during my eating window. Might be a few days but I work it in. Pretzles, cereal, pizza, icecream, cakes, cookies,... (Singing the theme) "These are a few of my favorite things."
BTW, I write this blog for me. I hope it helps someone else who happends to get on it, but my spelling and grammar suck. I type like I speak and I am proud of my weight loss.
EGO: " the part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious and is responsible for reality testing and a sense of personal identity."
This is my enemy. The "thinner" I get the easier it is for that little voice to whisper "Rick, you've done so well, go celebrate." Time to eat the items described above in rediculous portions or graze the whole day. And like the weight didn't come off overnight, over weeks and months it creeps back up. The easiest person to lie to is yourself. I would hear myself saying "i'll get back on the wagon, tomarrow." Tomarrow becomes next week, next month and a year later I'm hating myself. I remember going to my doctor for my blood pressure pills and she badgered me on being 286 pounds. I defended myself by saying I was 333 pounds at one time....REALLY? It's like I was a raging alcoholic and was bragging about only drinking myself silly over the weekend or being a weather forcaster that only got the weather right once a week. Back to my inner montra " I am not a dog, so I don't treat myself with food."
I am healthier than I've been in years. Size 44 pants. Still over 40 pounds to go but I'm almost 60 down from 296. I'm still listed as obese class 2 but I'm close to being class 1. Being a low risk obese indiviual is my next mini goal.
I've broken down my mini goals into 25 pound incrmements. I'm on #3 of 4. My final mini goal is 221-196. At that time I will look at myself and my fat percentages and get a better idea of how low I need to go. I realize that the less I weigh the slower my weight will come off but It's a life long marathon, not a race. I crash dieted and lost over 1000 pounds over the last 36 of my 50 years.
Another thin I'm letting everyone reading this know is just like I wouldn't take financial advice from a broke person, I am no expert. I am working on my food sobriety and ask me how to loose and maintain weight loss 6 years from now when I've lost and maintained the weight loss for over 5 years.
This is the littness test for me. My analogy is I can not pay bills for 3 months and claim to have saved $7000.00. I can crash weight off and take photos and like the biggest looser contestants, several months later I am back on the fat path.
I eat above my BMR (basal metabolic rate) to keep my body from thinking it's starving. Like I hate people that tell me I have to restrict a food or food group I feel sorry for those that eat rice cakes, exercise 2 hours daily and don't loose weight. Your body is starving and THAT will cause your metabolism to close down. I am eating like my ancestors. Whatever is available, once daily and not worrying about food for 23 hours daily. I am not feeling true hunger and I love it.
I just finished a big dog meal and am full. I wont touch food again till 12 noon tomarrow. I'm on the waggon and feeling strong. This is my only day that counts. I can't change yesterday and tomarrow hasn't arrived yet. I am gratefull for the "me" of the last 6 months and 6 months from now I don't want to feel that today was one of the many days I screwed up and didn't become and maintain being thin.
maintaining this weight loss is going to be my life long goal and struggle. I will never be one of those people that for a few decades can eat whatever I want all day long. But I can for 1 hour daily, within reason. This is my compromise and my burden. I'm not a drug addict, except to food, I am not an alcololic except to food. I am a recovering glutton,Binge eater and grazer.
Please, if you see my food photos (i plan on uploading 7 days worth weekly) don't commnet negativly. I've had someone say "wow, to much food for me." Or as for a description and mention that I forgot to add an item. Forget about my spelling. If it offends, dont read my blog. If I can be of help as I continue this journey I will help with support and MY opinion. Just remember I am not a doctor and Can't offer medical advice. BTW: I think most of modern medicine had it wrong or why else do we have 30% of americans being overweight? Thank you fast food and processed food markets.
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8/18 237 |
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7/18 250's |
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12/17 290's |
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7/18 300-333 pounds? |
300's |
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always chunky, even as a child. |
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