One Meal A Day

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I am thinking about eating one meal a day as well, mostly because I get annoyed having to eat so often when I do Intuitive Eating. I seem to have a fairly fast metabolism, though, and can lose weight quickly if I don't eat enough, so I'll have to be careful to get enough calories.

But it seems like a good idea. A lot of times I'll get hungry, but don't want to bother eating, because its a hassle, and I have some troubles distinguishing hunger/fullness cues. So eating one meal a day would take all the annoyance out of eating and streamline things a bit.

i started out on something called the 12-hour diet, which segued into the 8 hour diet, now it is the 6 hour diet, i cram all my eating* into a 6-hour window which ends about 3-4 hours before bed time. it has improved my blood pressure, blood cholesterol levels, inflammation levels, body fat %, skin tone, fluid retention, and mood. i recommend it highly.
*i drink copious non-caloric fluids throughout the waking day, and an occasional fatty or protein-rich snack containing NO carbs.

I seem to be settling in nicely to this way of eating. It's now been OMAD for four and a half weeks and I eat once a

day (within two hours) now five days per week and and have a very late lunch on two days giving me a wider eating

bracket. This allows me to fit in some extra food as I was loosing weight quickly. Really like the food, very low carb,

and lots of fat. Tummy very happy, feeling better overall as well.



Shopping is less stressful, eating well is more affordable, skin good too

Update

Three weeks ago I weighed myself and found I'd lost over a stone (15lb). I looked in the mirror and freaked out at the sight of my ribs (never seen them before) despite quite a few naughty treats such as cake and McDonald and cramming a lot of dinner in.

So I decided to scale back to IF which means eating lunch and dinner but stay low-carb. The first week was fine, still felt good but then started to feel sluggish, digestion and other end not as good as on OMAD. Still better than before though. Also more shopping and prepping and effort

So I'm going back to OMAD but I have had a word with work and they have agreed to me having a break at 4.30 every day which means my eating window will be wider (4hrs) and I think that will help. I am also going to roast my veg before I put them in my stews and I'm swapping sugar for extra nuts hopefully this will stop me loosing drastically again but will give me a flatter tummy.

Will let you know how it goes.

This would definitely work for weight loss. I have only been a healthy weight in the past by being extremely careful about what I eat. It is also good for digestion. And it's nice not feeling either blotted or hungry all the time .

I've not done much roasting so I thought I'd do some research before going out to buy some roasting dishes and I came across this.



It looks sop good. I am going to attempt a simpler version, hopefully next weekend.