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How do I get started on the OMAD (one meal a day) diet?

Discussion in 'Self Improvement' started by Deleted Account, Aug 8, 2019.

  1. Hello fellow fapstronauts and health nuts, it's been a while since I've been on this forum. I have relapsed to porn twice during this summer alone due to the urges and I have been so lazy, demotivated, and bored lately.

    So after my last relapse one month ago, I realized I needed to fucking man up for once. Once I finally matured again, the idea of doing PMO disgusts me, even when the urges occasionally come to haunt me.

    There's no way I will ever fall for the temptations of the devil; I know what would happen afterwards if I wasted a few hours, fapping my life away to soul-consuming pornography, only to finish and end up feeling like a monster afterwards. No thank you.

    Anyways, even though I have a six pack and follow a vegan lifestyle, I have always found myself eating way more food than my body needs throughout the day. It wasn't until now that I realized that eating three meals a day and snacking constantly isn't doing my body any good, even on a healthy, plant-based diet.

    It wasn't until now that I noticed that the more I eat, the more demotivated, fatigued, and unfocused I am. Whereas, the longer I go without food, the more energy, stamina, and focus I have.

    I need to start fasting again; fasting felt so damn good. I need to start getting into the habit of eating one meal a day for now on starting tomorrow. Hopefully this will help me on my path to becoming my greatest version!

    Anyone have advice that can help me on my fasting journey? How do I get enough protein from just one meal a day? How do I deal with the hunger pangs throughout the day? Et cetera, et cetera.

    -Captain Rex
     
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  2. MarkoSkoricFit

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    As someone that has been working in the fitness and health industry for over 10 years, I will tell it to you straight:


    The benefits of fasting have been overblown way out of proportion. It might have benefits for obese people as a last resort.


    First thing that you need to do is eat meat.


    Are you a man ? You will need meat to have optimal Testosterone. I am in no way debating you from an ethical standpoint.

    I do understand where vegans come from but being vegan will KILL YOUR TEST !


    How much do you weigh ? Fasting won't give you more focus, a balanced diet will.

    Fasting might make you lose muscle that is necessary for a healthy metabolism and hormonal balance.
     
  3. I think it's great what you're up to!

    I've been experimenting with OMAD for a few weeks now.
    My experience so far: It's fucking awesome!

    But it's not easy to do, that's true. Especially if you have eaten at least 3 times a day before.
    I have to say that I have rarely had breakfast in recent years, my main meal has always been lunch.
    Now I eat everything in a 2-3 hour window in the evening. But I am still experimenting with it.

    So I would gradually shorten your meal window if I were you. I think that makes it a lot easier to get started.

    To your questions. How do I get enough protein?
    Well, I eat beans, legumes and nuts, for example.
    How do I deal with hunger?
    I drink black coffee, green tea or chew gum.

    I will be happy to answer further questions!
     
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  4. Lilla_My

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    I've done OMAD for years. I wouldn't worry too much about getting too little protein (that's actually good for autophagy, immune system and possibly longevity). Look into the research done by scientist Walter Longo on this subject, it's rather ground-breaking. Your muscle mass will be preserved by the huge increase of HGH fasting gives you, as well.

    The hunger pangs occurs almost exclusively in the beginning. Sipping black coffee or tea (unsweetened) during the day keeps them further at bay. Also, don't restrict yourself during your one meal. Allow yourself to eat basically whatever you want. For me, my palate changed over time and I started to crave more nutrient rich foods. Regardless of what I eat, I don't gain wait (and I was a chubby kid that ALWAYS struggled with overeating before).

    It's really the best lifestyle and I will never go back to eating several times a day, as doing so destroys your metabolism. You want that glucagon to do its magic almost around the clock!
     
  5. Hey capt rex!

    Do you really think plant based is better? Whaat about eating fish and eggs?

    I’m so confused on whether eating meat is better or worse, can you explain your reasoning for going plant based
     
  6. Ad4gio

    Ad4gio Fapstronaut

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    If you are so lean that you have a six-pack, you really aren't "eating more than your body needs", as you say. It seems to me that a lot of us who try out 'extreme' diets like OMAD and IF are flirting with socially acceptable eating disorders. Like someone above said, those can be good short term solutions if you are fat, but otherwise I'd opt for something more reasonable.

    I tried IF for several months and found that, after awhile, I could not physically or mentally perform well during the day. I would look forward to the glorious binge I would be having in the evening. It was really not a healthy lifestyle, and really made me a weirdo when people at work would eat lunch, for instance. I did lose weight, however, which was great. But it doesn't sound like you need to lose weight.

    That said, if you are dead set on trying it, you can go cold turkey and suffer for a couple days before your body realizes that it's starving and makes the proper adjustments, or you can ease yourself into it a bit and have an 'undereating' portion of your day rather than full-on fasting, where you could have a couple of easily digestible snacks. Be sure to eat enough in the evening - have a snack or another small meal later in the evening, after your 'one meal', if you feel like you need it.

    As for your question about protein, you do put yourself at an disadvantage being vegan. The only thing I could say is to supplement with a big ol' vegan protein shake or two.
     
  7. Lilla_My

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    It's hazardous to call intermittent fasting an eating disorder. Humans were not made to snack all day long and doing so causes insulin resistance, rotting teeth and age related diseases. I'm always surprised at how people can think it's weird to go without food for 8-24 hours, when a healthy human can manage 30 days of no food without much issues. Eating often is a cultural invention that has little to do with medical research or even basic human biology.

    Further, big meals (or snacks) should never be eaten close to bed time, as the digestion needs to rest as much as you during the night. Most researchers and practitioners don't eat after 6 pm.

    Don't be afraid to have a coffee with family, friends and co workers at lunch. Yes, people will always question why you don't eat. Personally, I don't care. I'm in the medical field and I love to have a nice conversation about the latest scientific research of fasting.

    I think the freedom intermittent fasting provides is unbeatable. I can eat what I want without restriction, and I'm not hungry in between. If I wanna break my fast for a family event or a birthday celebration I do so without guilt, much unlike calorie counters, Atkins people or gluten phobics who always have their work cut out for them. IF is lifestyle defined by simplicity instead of scarcity, of real results and research instead of snake oil.
     
  8. That is more speculation than fact. Most vegans consume enough protein.

    And excessive protein consumption has more health disadvantages than benefits, especially protein from animal sources.
     
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  9. alexg1709

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    It also depends how hard you work out.

    If you workout hard and heavy being vegan could really put you at serious health risks.
     
  10. How?
     
  11. alexg1709

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    If you are doing HIT type of training and you are not ingesting enough protein your muscles start breaking down.
     
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  12. NitricOxide

    NitricOxide Fapstronaut

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    Whats hilarious to me is all of this is conjecture at this point no matter what your fav online doctor or website told you. And might possibly will be debunked in another 10 years. Websites and doctors don't want to go against the grain , they don't want their credibility questioned when the majority of people seem to be on the IF bandwagon. Have you noticed how there's always one video warning you of the ill effects of something and another expounding the benefits of the same. Guess why that is? Because they're clueless af.

    IF gives me heartburn after the 14 hr mark. Omad, I dare not undertake. But if it works for you , then all the power to you bros. Go get that autophagy. But if you're somebody that works out religiously, sweats a lot, has an active lifestyle, does hard labour of any kind, I'm afraid deterioration is in your near future. Maybe I'm wrong. But that's been my experience.
     
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  13. NitricOxide

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    Not to mention those electrolytes that you lose just by sweating from hit type workouts. Replenishing them with omad seems highly unlikely.
     
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  14. alexg1709

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    it really all depends on how you plan to work out. Terry crews has intermittent fasting diet and a lot of professional NFL players follow it. However it's from 2 pm to 10 pm eat meals with complex carbs and lots of protein.

    There type of guys would die on omad diet.

    But maybe for average Joe that sits on a bike for 15 to 20 minutes it could work. As I said it will really depend on the workload you put in the gym / sport
     
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  15. Different views are inevitable, but I think we are talking past each other, I'm out :)
     
  16. briguy71

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    I walk a good amount of the 8 hours i put in at work and i can do it most days on a empty stomach... when im on day shift i dont have my first meal until 3:30pm.. some days i eat 2 meals... intermittent fasting and OMAD has worked well for me.. im not losing muscle.. im 48 years old and in the last 6 months I've put on muscle thru bodyweight weightlifting.. think of it this way.. our ancestors did not eat 3 or 4 times a day with snacks in between.. they went along time without eating and survived
     
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  17. NitricOxide

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    That our ancestors bit always gets my goat. Smh. There's a lot of things our ancestors didn't do or didnt have. But what our ancestors did do is evolve. With the times. Which is why we're here today.

    As for IF the whole reason for doing it, is so our digestive processes get a break from breaking down food all the time. Less insulin spikes etc. The irony is, when you cram yourself full of food in a 6 hr window with big meals that exactly what you're doing.
     
  18. alexg1709

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    There is some scientific proof that intermittent fasting does help with weight loss and that it could help with healing injuries aches as the body actually has to focus on cellular repair instead of focusing energy on the digestive processes.
     
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  19. I have been fasting but in a forced way. Maybe I was busy grumbling to realise the benefits.
    How awesome has it been for you
     
  20. If you're interested in the most up-to-date science on the topic that I know of, Fung's "Obesity Code" is worthwhile reading. It is written in a very accessible way.
     
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