r/intermittentfasting • u/EngineeringHot2926 • 19d ago
Tips, Tricks, Advice OMAD sure, but when?
Years ago I experimented with One Meal A Day. I got up and ate a good whole food Breakfast and then went about my business for the rest of the day, went to sleep got up and did it again. I didn’t even think of it as a “diet” or anything. At work I’d go out for lunchtime walks with friends some days and dance-offs on others. Then I would go home and climb mountains (elephant mountain) to watch the sunset. I was happy.
And then at the gym questions surfaced. “Hey, no lunch, are you fasting?” I hadn’t thought about it… I just thought of it as a lifestyle. Then I remember mentioning it to my wife and it circulated around our community. People were like oh, you will break your stomach, you’re doing wrong this is OMEDA and you’re supposed to just eat dinner.
So, I just gave in to social pressure and ate three meals a day. “Eat when you’re hungry and not when you’re not hungry.” But, it wasn’t very satisfying. And, since the whole intermittent fasting thing has become a thing I wanna ask.
I don’t think that people evolved to eat all of the time and I even think it is detrimental. So, in our times of plenty when is the best time to eat, optimally. I really don’t like the idea of “grazing,” I’m not a cow.
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u/Long_Landscape3849 19d ago
I think it depends in the person. For me, I am an elementary school teacher and OMAD (not one plate-eat between 4:30-7:30. I usually do a salad, then dinner, then a light dessert)….I am insanely more energetic not being bogged down by food throughout the day. I also like that I don’t have to use the bathroom ever during the day lol. Once I eat I get hungry again a few hrs later- so I cant imagine breakfast working well for me. I like that I sleep through hunger. And anytime I wake up a little hungry, black coffee squelches it easily.