I would really appreciate to get some answers, before i start OMAD
Please note I also have PCOS (PMOS)
Hi, I’m someone who has gained weight recently after being skinny my whole life - and I am in the overweight category of BMI now. When I was skinny I maintained the weight by doing 2MAD unintentionally, and I still eat that way but it isn’t enough. I am considering trying OMAD, and possibly limiting/cutting carbs, but I am worried that cutting them would make my daily intake way too little. I have dabbled once or twice with OMAD before but no matter what I did, I couldn’t eat more than a normal meal’s worth of calories. Back then the maximum amount I could eat at one sitting was 1000 kcals, and that was with carb consumption. For reference, I am 158 cm (5’2) so I am quite short, and around 72 kg (159 lbs), and my maintenance calories were at 1700 kcals when I got it measured at a dietitian’s office.
I want to limit my carb intake for health reasons, but idk how I wouldn’t undereat that way. It would be much appreciated if you guys had any tips.
Hey everyone, I’m really curious to see how much people are spending on their daily meal across the world. Since we pack all of our nutrition, proteins, and calories into one single sitting, budgets can look completely different compared to a standard three-meals-a-day routine.
Whether you cook everything from scratch at home or eat out, I'd love to know your numbers!
• Where are you located? (Country / City)
• What is your average daily cost? (In your local currency or USD)
• What does a typical meal look like for you? (e.g., home-cooked steak and potatoes, vegetarian lentil dishes, takeout, etc.)
Looking forward to seeing the baseline differences across different regions!
I have a friend who is prediabetic who speaks Spanish and broken English. Could someone help me out with Spanish resources?
Hey people,
How do you do it? Im moderately overweight and have tried omad multiple times. I also did keto a few times and omad came somewhat naturally with it. But keto is kind off boring and a bit restricting. But with carbs? I always fall off on week 1 or 2.
Im insanely addicted to carbs. Even if i plan my omad meal with the exact macros and vitamins, i just last a few days until the healthy meal just doesnt satisfy my tastebuds and i go absolutely crazy with the junk. Then, the fasting the next day gets harder and harder and i binge worse and worse in my eating window - if i make it at all to my eating time. Often i just bring my eating window forward one or two hours because i go insane. I could literally have the perfect meal of some rice, some meat, some veggies in a reasonable amount, perfectly set up - and if i do that for a few days my body goes like „nope, this is not fun we need more stimulation“.
Seriously, are there people who have been fat and carb addicted and then just did omad and suddenly had self control with carbs? What the f*ck is this?
And in my case, week 1 is easier than week two. In week 1 i might get carried by motivation, and if i make it to week two, my biology starts to f*ck with me. All i think about is food.
I dont care about you „normal“ people, who can easily control carbs and have been that way forever, honestly dont even bother to comment because what works for you is a WHOLE different game compared to people like me.
I want to hear from the people with crazy food addictions and obesity since like forever, and who used food to regulate their emotions. Did you have to quit the carbs? Have you found a way to keep them in? How did you get through the first weeks
I’m curious what everyone does. I’m sure some of you have no cheat days but it’s always good to enjoy life a bit.
Do you eat OMAD but the meal is whatever you want without calorie restriction?
Do you eat what you want but limit calories still?
Do you take a break and let yourself eat all day?
Hi everyone! I’m planning to start OMAD for weight loss. I think this will work for me because no matter what I eat throughout the day, I always crave a big dinner. I could eat a balanced breakfast and lunch and by dinner time I’m starving and don’t feel satisfied without a big meal. I already prefer a small lunch and then big dinner.
Anyways - does OMAD work if you eat plain fruits and vegetables throughout the day? They’re so low calorie it would probably only add 100-300 calories for the day. Has anyone had success doing this?
Hi folks! I've been experimenting with intermittent fasting and omad for a while now, but finally feel like I've found what works the very best for me - having my one meal for breakfast! I love feeling satiated the whole day, not thinking about eating, and then sleeping so soundly excited for the meal the next morning.
But I was wondering - what do you fellow breakfast OMADers do about having dinners with friends/family? I don't have much of a social life so it's not a huge problem, but a few suggestions for inspiration would be wonderful!
I'm currently thinking - maybe that day I would just have a smaller breakfast? Or maybe even skip it and go for a 36hr fast?
Thank you! :)
I have about 10 lbs to go to get reach my goal but, the bellyfat is fighting me every step of the way. I lift 4 times a week and walk a lot. The bellyfat is reducing but I think at this rate my belly will still be there when I reach my goal. Any tip or ideas how to solve this?
I'm in my earlier OMAD stages, so I'm still eating a beef stick for lunch with my black coffee (I've found this helps a lot... not ready to give it up just yet). When I sit next to my coworkers to attempt to chit-chat as I take my OSHA-Mandated 30 minute lunch break, I had to explain to them what I was doing or else I looked weird just watching them eat while sipping my water bottle every 5 seconds.
Now for the question: what do you guys do for lunch, if you eat lunch with others? For nearly my entire life lunch was a social act, so doing it without the "lunch" component is not only an adjustment for myself but for others around me. Anyone else experiencing this? I'm super lucky to have a social office that eats lunch together, but it causes some weird conversations lol.
I eat a nice big meal of my choosing at 6 PM everyday of my choosing, as long as it's 1500 calories or less. What exactly then happens to my body for 23 hours? Am I burning fat? Mind you, I'm exercising 1-2 times a day as well (depends on how I'm feeling). I'm trying to lose 40 lbs.
I have gain a lot of weight while eating and studying 12 + hours day.
I want to start omad but I get hungry every 4 hours and I also fear gall stones because last time when I did prolonged fasting my gall bladder would hurt pretty badly.
Has anyone here done OMAD with PCOS? I have PCOS and insulin resistance. I’ve been doing omad for 22 days and I’ve found I’ve been getting a little light headed and feeling sick to my stomach a few hours after eating. I really can only lose weight on omad. I did omad last year but fell off the wagon at December and had lost 30 lbs in 4 months but I don’t remember feeling this dizzy and sick to my stomach a few hours after eating. For my eating window I usually have it be 2 hours because I eat a bowl of berries and Greek yogurt an hour before my meal. If I don’t do that I get terrible non stop diarrhea. I’ve read there can be blood sugar crashes but I don’t fully understand the blood sugar crashes and blood spikes eatting once a day. Has anyone gotten worse pcos symptoms by doing omad? Any tips or cautions you can explain to me about doing omad with pcos? Thanks for reading
Hi All! i just started OMAD
a little background about me , 25F 170cm 76kg
since October 2025 till last month i did KETO and lost almost 33 lbs (14 kgs) and reached 74 kgs (i was 88kgs in October) a bit slow but sustainable
but i stopped since it got really hard and i was having a bad relationship with food so i just did an keto exit plan where i reintroduced carbs gradually to avoid health problems
anyways doing so i gained 4 lbs (2kgs) but not really that bothered that i gained weight since its probably a kg of water weight and a kg of fat so its fine by me
but due to my busy lifestyle i decided to start OMAD to reach my goal weight (60 kg) 132 lbs
but i’m struggling to do it the right way i’m lost so is it literally one meal a day or an eating window of 1 hour ? and how do eat all my cals in one meal ? i’ve been eating a max of 1000 cals i can’t do more in one meal honestly any advice would help honestly since i plan to do it long term
mm 4 scrambled eggs with grilled chicken and tomatoes 🤞🤞
idk the calories i'm doing omad bc i'm on adhd meds which make food extremely hard to stomach. I just add a lot of oil and hope for the best idk
I started at 526.6 lbs.Today I'm 354.8 lbs.
That's 171.8 pounds gone in 8 months.
And I still got 130 ibs left but I'm still proud of what I did so far.
It's been fun documenting this on tik tok so far.
All follows and likes will be appreciated thanks for support.
I have been doing restricted eating for years now and played around with the strict carnivore diet as my OMAD for 3 months. In my experience I lost a ton of weight and it was fast and looked very slim in the mirror. I done my blood work and LDL was high so I went back to eating normally again. I can say I did feel amazing and was never hungry but the cholesterol level freaked me out lol. Anyone got any thoughts on carnivore OMAD?