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I'm a big fan of intermittent fasting, but OMAD doesn't work for me. I find it difficult to get all the necessary calories and nutrients in a single sitting and

by nsbk 2y ago

I'm a big fan of intermittent fasting, but OMAD doesn't work for me. I find it difficult to get all the necessary calories and nutrients in a single sitting and not feel completely bloated afterward. Especially if there has been an intense workout on the same day or the day before (me hungry!)

shadow28 2y ago
Yup, I've had the same experience and found that 2MAD works a lot better for me.
snvzz 2y ago
I was a 2MAD (18:6) before, and it worked well but I was trying to lose weight, and hit some sort of barrier. After almost a year of that, I switched to OMAD, broke through it, and it's been over a year now. Now I have good BMI, not overweight at all, and good energy levels through the day. I do not get hungry, and eating once saves me a lot of time and effort I can direct towards more interesting endeavors. Edited parent from "and OMAD" to "or OMAD", because either method works. Ultimately OMAD is just the form of intermittent fasting that seems to work best for me.
tigrezno 2y ago
OMAD looks like it will deliver a huge glucose spike and you'll be fighting the rest of the day against it. Horrible
- snvzz 2y ago
  Not at all. e.g. consider you could elect to not eat carbs at all in your one meal. And metabolism doesn't work like that in the first place. Even if you actually spiked your glucose by eating something silly such as sugar, it would go quickly up then quickly down, unless you're severely insulin resistant.
  - sneak 2y ago
    Being constantly on the edge of keto but not actually in ketosis means, for most people, low energy, headaches, and irritability. Restricting carbs severely without the intention of entering ketosis is very not fun for most people, I find. It’s keto flu without any of the benefits.
    - snvzz 2y ago
      A body that's working properly is in ketosis most of the time, and enters this mode, its normal mode, very easily. Intermittent fasting is about letting the body be like this, as it naturally would. That's why meals are time-boxed to a small window within the day: To let it fast during the rest of the day. The more frequently a person eats, the less likely his body is to enter ketosis. Until it becomes unable to; it just gets hungry every few hours instead, where the person just feeds and perpetuates the cycle of not entering ketosis.
      - sneak 2y ago
        The naturalistic fallacy doesn’t explain away the simple fact that when I haven’t eaten for 12 hours I’m slow and stupid and hangry. You can invoke “working properly” and “naturally” but I think my body is working properly when I can code, and isn’t when I can’t, and unless I’m keto-adapted (48-72h since carbs) I can’t without blood sugar.
        snvzz 2y ago
        >The naturalistic fallacy It is no lie that humans were hunters/gatherers until very recent history. >doesn't explain... How do you explain the fact I only eat once a day, and I am fine in that regard? Note that my meal usually includes rice (aka carbs).
imhoguy 2y ago
The same, what I found working for me is breakfast as soon as I feel hungry (~8AM) and then main meal around ~4PM, and not much in between. I couldn't do OMAD or IF waiting till 10AM or 12 even, I got very sleepy afterwards, which my intuition tells me wasn't much healthy. So I think everybody needs to listen to own body and adjust these.
- deepvibrations 2y ago
  Snap - I have an almost identical eating pattern, 2 meals a day suits me great.

by nsbk 2y ago

shadow28 2y ago

Yup, I've had the same experience and found that 2MAD works a lot better for me.

snvzz 2y ago

I was a 2MAD (18:6) before, and it worked well but I was trying to lose weight, and hit some sort of barrier. After almost a year of that, I switched to OMAD, broke through it, and it's been over a year now. Now I have good BMI, not overweight at all, and good energy levels through the day. I do not get hungry, and eating once saves me a lot of time and effort I can direct towards more interesting endeavors. Edited parent from "and OMAD" to "or OMAD", because either method works. Ultimately OMAD is just the form of intermittent fasting that seems to work best for me.

tigrezno 2y ago

OMAD looks like it will deliver a huge glucose spike and you'll be fighting the rest of the day against it. Horrible

snvzz 2y ago
Not at all. e.g. consider you could elect to not eat carbs at all in your one meal. And metabolism doesn't work like that in the first place. Even if you actually spiked your glucose by eating something silly such as sugar, it would go quickly up then quickly down, unless you're severely insulin resistant.
- sneak 2y ago
  Being constantly on the edge of keto but not actually in ketosis means, for most people, low energy, headaches, and irritability. Restricting carbs severely without the intention of entering ketosis is very not fun for most people, I find. It’s keto flu without any of the benefits.
  - snvzz 2y ago
    A body that's working properly is in ketosis most of the time, and enters this mode, its normal mode, very easily. Intermittent fasting is about letting the body be like this, as it naturally would. That's why meals are time-boxed to a small window within the day: To let it fast during the rest of the day. The more frequently a person eats, the less likely his body is to enter ketosis. Until it becomes unable to; it just gets hungry every few hours instead, where the person just feeds and perpetuates the cycle of not entering ketosis.
    - sneak 2y ago
      The naturalistic fallacy doesn’t explain away the simple fact that when I haven’t eaten for 12 hours I’m slow and stupid and hangry. You can invoke “working properly” and “naturally” but I think my body is working properly when I can code, and isn’t when I can’t, and unless I’m keto-adapted (48-72h since carbs) I can’t without blood sugar.
      - snvzz 2y ago
        >The naturalistic fallacy It is no lie that humans were hunters/gatherers until very recent history. >doesn't explain... How do you explain the fact I only eat once a day, and I am fine in that regard? Note that my meal usually includes rice (aka carbs).

imhoguy 2y ago

The same, what I found working for me is breakfast as soon as I feel hungry (~8AM) and then main meal around ~4PM, and not much in between. I couldn't do OMAD or IF waiting till 10AM or 12 even, I got very sleepy afterwards, which my intuition tells me wasn't much healthy. So I think everybody needs to listen to own body and adjust these.

deepvibrations 2y ago
Snap - I have an almost identical eating pattern, 2 meals a day suits me great.