OMAD- One meal a day!

Whenever I want to lose weight I don't eat as much. It's not rocket science.

There's science to be had behind the body's reaction to the fasting period.

yes, works great, simple, awesome results. cheers

It would have to be food that foils me up like Cuban food

Fills me up that I would have to go to sleep

I tried this for the last two days. I wasn't hungry so I didn't eat. Late at night I had a sammich. Then sleep and the next day I had energy and no hunger.

Maybe it's just Spring.

So it's like anorexia?

What's not to love! The only problem is socializing, where people are expected to stuff their faces.

Same with bars and clubs, where people are expected to drink constantly.

I ate omad majority of my life until I got pregnant. I ate whatever I wanted too and looked like a little skinny crack head. People used to tell me I would get fat eating the way I did but they didn't know that was all I would eat until the next day. I think I consumed about 1100 to 1500 calories a meal. I didn't understand why they thought that either because it was normal for me and I hadn't changed or gained weight.

Been doing this for 20+ years, I never was a breakfast eater as a child and once I started working was not very big on eating a lunch either as it would make me feel tired. It happened naturally for the most part and I just eat a large dinner plate after getting home from work. Most of the day is drinking black coffee or water and staying hydrated.

I eat whatever I want after work and weight has stayed between 125-140lbs my entire adult life.

One of the Buddha's teachings for the Sangha- (1 meal a day before noon)

In the sixth precept, it speaks of eating at one time only. Is it wrong to eat more than once?
Before this question can be answered, one must know the 'time' first. The time for meals are two in number:
purebhatta-kala — the time before the meal.
pacchabhatta-kala — the time after the meal.
The time from dawn to midday (noon) is called purebhatta-kala. From midday to dusk is called pacchabhatta-kala. One may eat as many times as necessary in the first period. From dusk to the next dawn is called ratti (night), and meals may not be taken at this time. This is the reason for the passage with the words to the effect that one refrains from eating at night.

In the Pali of the sixth precept, it states that one will refrain from food in the vikala. What time is kala and what time is vikala?
From dawn to midday (noon) is called kala (proper time) or the time that Buddhas and Ariyas take their meal. From midday to the dawn of the following day is vikala or the improper time for meals.

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How about taking a complete meal and dividing each portion to be eaten at different times daily.

I bet you that works better for weightloss due to the body burning it as fuel faster instead of storing it longer.

No, because the body never goes into ketotic fat burning.

nope, it has to be a small window of time and the digestive system can stop being the main energy source and the body starts using fat as fuel.

We said almost the same thing. How do you handle the social aspects of not eating when you're expected to, such as meals out, parties, etc.

i've never seen a fat anorexic


it works.

I don't put myself in those situations and it was hard when I was younger because I just always told my granny I wasn't hungry and didn't want anything and granny would always answer me back "we don't have nothing" so I would just eat some fruit she took the time to cut in front of me. I've never been forced to really eat anything other than with granny.

I'm working towards NMAD - No meal any day!

Then after a while I'll work towards NALAD - No air or light any day!

Body uses around 2500 cal a day, I dropped down to 1500 cal a day and lost 60lbs that way in about a year, a bit less than year

12 hour of more fasts between meals is the best way to lose weight or stay slim.

I had a professor that did this to fool/trick the body to not go into "saving mode". He ate on day real well then the next two days very little, then the next very well, then the next two days little. Keep doing this to fool your system not to lower it's metabolic caloric usage.

Ditto. And my weight has stayed the same since HS.

Grows the brain, too.

"Fasting Increases Levels of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF)

BDNF is a protein that interacts with neurons in the hippocampus, cortex, and basal forebrain (the parts of the brain that regulate memory, learning, and higher cognitive function – uniquely human stuff). It helps existing neurons survive while spurring the growth of new neurons (neurogenesis) and the development of synapses (lines of communication between neurons). Low levels of BDNF are linked to Alzheimer’s, and supplementary BDNF prevents neuronal death, memory loss, and cognitive impairment in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease."
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Question is what is the best meal time to gorge out on? If I don't eat something in the morning my stomach will be growling so loud at work it is embarrassing. I like my beer too after work.

Goal #1 will not coincidentally accomplish goal #2.

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Wow. Think about that 'feedback loop' and the stereotyped obese & stupid person. IQ and weight correlation study needed. (IQ & self-discipline may or may not be related? So many rabbit trails .... )

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Fair enough. It's more difficult when you're single and looking.

That generally happens when you're six feet under.

I don't know if it's the same for everyone but there was a late morning early afternoon time that I got hungry every day, like ravenous for my one meal and I went got it and pigged out and didn't get hungry again until the same time the next day. I think around 11 am, even now I get hungry at that same time but I keep my eating window open until 4 so I eat between 11-4.