OMAD - One Meal A Day - anybody have experience?

[Daves_Not_Here]

Hey guys - is anyone here eating One Meal A Day (OMAD)?  Here's my situation & experience -- I lost 50 pounds and leveled out around Christmas.  I stopped logging food or trying to lose.  Now that ski season is ending, I'm ready to lose 20 to 30 more pounds. 

I'm currently eating Keto to satiety and LOVING the side effects, but I need to change something, so I'm trying OMAD, eating all my food at dinner -- this gives me 23 hours of intermittent fasting per day.  My first 3 days experience is:

Day 1:  Light hunger increasing through day, moderately hungry at dinner, ate 1050 calories

Day 2:  More hunger in the morning, lethargic after 2:00 PM, famished at dinner, ate 1550 calories.  

Day 3:  Light hunger as of 2:30, much higher energy than yesterday.  Down 4 pounds, which I assume is water.

More to follow.  Would love to receive advice from others who have tried or are familiar with OMAD.

[Dominique]

@Mediajky : it’s great it only took you 10 days to find a way of eating you could fall in love with 

I hope you don’t expect to lose at the same pace (6 pounds every 10 days) in the months to come.

[robocat]

I've done this accidentally when I get obsessed with video games or books or work. It just makes me sick lol. And it doesn't seem to make me lose weight at all, and I weigh a lot. Of course, the longest I've done this is a few weeks (I think), because once I realize I'm doing it I start trying to eat more regular meals lol.

[Dominique]

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@robocat wrote:

And it doesn't seem to make me lose weight at all

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Changes in body weight aren’t determined by meal frequency, but by energy balance: you will lose weight if you are in a caloric deficit and gain some if you are in a caloric surplus. It is possible to be in a caloric deficit while eating infrequently (e.g. OMAD) or while eating frequently.

Whatever approach you choose regarding meal frequency, it’s usually a good idea (for optimal weight management) to stick to a regular schedule, i.e. eat the same number of meals at more or less the same times. I know it’s not always easy if you happen to be have a busy life, what with work, family, friends, hobbies etc.