Will eating atkins bars slow weight loss -

Will eating atkins bars slow weight loss
If I do get hungry, I would pop in a few grapes, or two or three crackers. Not only this i take only home-cooked food and no packet food, no oily food for the last 2 moth. Not particularly scientific, but if nothing else it gives me a nice reward every 7 days. Best of all you feel good about the whole thing. The last thing you want having waited all day to eat, is to sit at a table with your family and referee fights and arguments between the kids. Sorry for the delay in approving some of the comments, and apologies for appearing to ignore you. The first twenty took me five months and the last ten took me just one month. Not great but just keeping my head above water. After alot of false starts, I managed to stick to it and lost 20lbs. So this one meal a day diet is the best of both worlds. Actually I have been losing weight with the 6meal plan but all of a suden I just stoped losing for the past 2 months. I will only be eating 1 meal a day, nothing crazy. Within 3 or 4 days, i lost about 3 pounds. David if you know of any or if you can start one please post it here on your blog ( I check your blog regularly:). It can be hard to fall asleep when hungry, especially in the beginning when I was still adjusting to not grazing from the time I wake up till the time I go to bed. I can eat them TODAY, just not right now. My target weight is stone 12 stone 10 and i continue to feel amazing. I see opportunities every were before there was sadness and despair. I was 18, and had gone from being a skinny child to weighing 180lbs by the time I finished college. I am about to start, I only have 4 kilos to lose, nonetheless, i have a couple of questions that maybe you could help me answer. I think you will eventually see the difference in the mirror but if not maybe taking photos will help you. You can read conflicting arguments both of which seem very credible and you become paralyzed by confusion and uncertainty. If you mean deep-fried food, I guess that would make sense. I lie to eat big meals, my husband is a fantastic cook. You are rewarded by eating your favorite meals every single evening, and because of that, unlike other diets, this diet is sustainable. I had to have another small snack and cup of tea in the mid afternoon because my stomach was growling so loudly. I appreciate your sharing your experience on this blog. Because, naturally when one cannot afford food, there will be a tendency to choose the cheapest food items on offer. they say 10lbs loss is a dress size smaller, and i want to be 4 dress sizes smaller so watch this space as Arnie once said I WILL BE BACK. The Atkins bars can be helpful between meals, but eat them in moderation, especially in earlier stages of the diet, to stay within your carb budget. Bile is not returned to the gallbladder if unused in digestion. I read more of your blogs the other day and you write very intuitively. 5pm per week. How can it be natural for people to eat every 3 hours. The diet has improved my sense of mastery so that i feel that i can shape my life rather than be a victim of circumstances. I am 43 years old. Sorry about the kg and cm, German influence. I did a few months of low carb, and a few months of one meal per day and took lots of time off between diets. Ive been at the same weight for a while now. The flavors range from harvest fruit and nut versions to chocolate-and-nougat options. The beauty of eating one meal a day is I ate what I wanted and I ate with the family. I needed to the time to arrange my return and I wanted to make sure I rememebered my summer for something other than my diet. i am aware not to be too obsessive so am prepared to have some neutral days. I feel as if I was ment to find ur article thank you again. I am way thinner but not food obsessed and actually find organising only one meal a day quite liberating. Want to have my dinner between 6pm and 8pm and never let anything pass my lips after that. I have been asked most by women how to stay slim while I still eat dinner as most of them skip dinner just to stay in shape. I think that the bottom line is that in order to loose weight, you have to eat less calories than you burn. If two meals a day is shouting out to you as the way to keep it sustainable, it has to be worth experimenting with for a while. Two years ago I was 226 pounds and I have this diet to thank for that. The key thing here is that you started again and have lost another totally amazing 38 lbs. I generally do this at least 5 times per week and the weekend 2 meals per day. For a long time I suspected that it was possible to lose weight eating a normal balanced(ish) diet. I am sleeping much better with my empty stomach than with full one. When I started out on this I had some very powerful reasons to want to achieve my goal. I often observe in the fasting participants that by four days of fasting, concentration seems to improve, creative thinking expands, depression lifts, insomnia stops, anxieties fade, the mind becomes more tranquil and a natural joy begins to appear. Regarding the second issue, I will be the first to admit that I am mentally addicted to the idea of lunch. I ended up having a few bites of chicken kebab (a handful) which ended the cravings. If I feel I need a burst of energy then I drink a 5 Hour Energy drink. It looks like a promising forum with some nice people. It looks like we do have some similarities. One thing I had to remember to do was to recalculate my maintenance calories for my new weight. The results can be seen pretty quickly certainly within a week. I wanted to do push-ups and sit-ups every day. But instead of stuffing myself with any food that I can put my hands on, this time I decided to stuff myself healthily. When I tell people what I weigh, no one can believe its that high. Instead of getting on with doing something positive you end up in a perpetual state of inaction and unable to commit. I managed to sneak in a bag of chocolate popcorn yesterday and justified it. I would described my dinner but am African, our food is different. The meal will be big enough to fill my stomach and even make me feel slightly too full. The thing is, you have to learn to live with this. Its mental torture to watch this and a diet killer. The food is all over the place in my office. I could easily see myself eating a chicken salad for my evening meal (during the summer at least). If I got it 80% right on a daily or weekly basis I could end the day or the week feeling good about my achievement. Sir i do ur efforts and congratulate that you are doing this. Net carbs are counted on the Atkins plan. I do some running although not consistently maybe 4 times a week. Does anyone of you have the one meal at lunch. In about 8 months I lost 55 pounds, bringing me down to 125. It needs to be simple because as a work at home parent with full time responsibility for the childcare, my life is already complicated enough. There are certain things I avoid like sodas, but from time to time I still enjoy a glass of cola. There are some pictures here from my 10,000 push up challenge. Losing 8lbs in 5 weeks is a great result. The idea to treat lunch as a small snack instead of a meal is a good one. I am currently at 116kg and mt goals are small my first being to get to 110kg and so on. you can clean up your diet a little at a time. I felt good about myself and had so much energy. I started 1 meal a day 3 days ago with the following aims:-. My logic was that I could save the calories I was drinking (and not enjoying) from the shakes and add them to my evening meal so I could enjoy a good sized meal with my family. 5 lbs. The beauty of this diet is that it prevents the one mouthful leading to another effect, which was my downfall and the only reason I ever got fat in the first place. Having a wider window during which to eat sounds like a great way to do it. It really helps to pick the positive angle and just get back to it. Its now day 8 and i continue to feel wonderful. And, like you I would prefer people I know, not to know I am on another weight loss kick. The first time I started eating one meal a day, it was totally accidental. Today I weight 61kg (I m very short) and I will let you guys know how much I loose next weekend. I ended up getting all the way down to 157 before stopping. Its so empowering creating meaning and purpose in my life because i feel in control. I think its important to realize that not every diet is for everyone. I failed a lot to begin with, and I fail less often now. Basically, on the farm I get up at 7:00 am and do all the hot sweaty work like hand harvesting food, hand weeding, moving dirt (with a shovel), construction, etc. I am now on a journey which i hope will be a positive and life encompassing one. I have honestly never been successful with losing weight, never been able to lose more than a few kilos and thanks to you I know I have finally found what works. How long did it take you to lose that much weight. I would drink lots of water or coffee with no sugar. This is about a 1250 calorie deficit per day. Rather than give up and quit, tread water for a while. If two meals works best for you, you should definitely stick with that. I began eating a small sandwich at a lunch time and a fruit and snack etc. My youngest is now 5, so the baby days are long gone. I sort of new before that i was overeating to cover up negative emotions but didnt have the power to stop myself. Hello David i have got a question for you and anyone else who is interested. I am actually at DAY 1 of this diet since having stumbled upon your blog yesterday. It also has the benefit of stabilizing your blood sugar so you have fewer cravings. First weigh in is this friday so its exciting the fact that every friday im going to post my weight loss for the week. I feel fuller doing this vs eating six times a day. Drinking water seems to cause hunger pangs, whilst not drinking anything, including water, I can go the whole day without feeling hunger. I also eat a balanced diet so that I get the nutrients I need. I last did this way of eating in my 20s and it worked fabulously for me. So, your body uses the energy that it gets from the food that you eat. Also if I get bored I can have an apple as a treat. On week one, I was seeing a daily loss result on the scales but annoyingly it seems to have stalled for the last five days. HI evryone today i intend to share this good news to those who have been discouraged in anyway. Snacking at other times in the day is fine, but of course the trick is not to continue eating. I enjoyed eating once because I could have small meals and still have my favourite biscuits or even some chocolate after my meals. It gave me something to look forward to and kept me from raiding the larder. My biggest achievements were the result of negative motivations I felt. I did do one meal a day at the age of 19 and I lost 50 pounds. I wanted to do push ups and sit ups every day. Because I know that this is the only way I can maintain a healthy weight. Such is the beauty of this diet, fasting during the day means my stomach feels fuller quicker at meal times and stops me over eating. It took me far too long to lose the weight and I could have done it much quicker had I created a tighter structure. When I started preparing the bulk of my meals at home, I realized that I could have scrambled eggs and toast or a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast instead of donuts or cold cereals loaded with sugar. 5 meals a day. Regarding the coffee, I think one of the best things about this diet is that you can adapt it to suit yourelf. Hi Clair, well done on the early progress. My own experience has taught me to master the mindset of the diet first and then progress to the strenuous. bag of chicken quarters at Walmart for about 6 dollars (American), lots of frozen veggies on sale for pennies a serving, and some fresh fruit that comes in large bags much cheaper than buying loose fruits by the pound. not very fat but I do have this gut that ive been trying to get rid of since I was About 14 years old. I made sure my evening meal was small to medium size and as I stopped feeling hungry, my meals got smaller. Anyhoo, I will drop back during the week and let you know my progress and check up on yours. I hear lectures all the time how bad it is for me. My weight can fluctuate up to FIVE POUNDS in a given day. I decided to try this, after all, like most other overweight people, I had tried absolutely everything over the last 10 or more years with zero success. I found your site because I just started this diet and went looking for others trying it. This really seems do able for me and I want to be sure to give it a decent try. Did you find eating two meals on Sunday make eating one meal on Monday more difficult. I wish I had thought of doing this sooner. In a short period of time I went from 140 to 176. Soon I realised I was losing weight, and decided to stick with it. Some of my progress pictures from earlier in the year. I want to lose another 58lb by Christmas and I figure I can if I lose around 2. Its funny that eating less gives you more energy. However, I have found a few techniques that seem to help. All morning until 11:30am I was perfectly fine but around 11:30am (which is my danger zone. In the evening i went out for a meal with some friends and i went to a steakhouse. I have planned to change this and decided that today would be the day id finally post on here as i think we could all deffinitely spur eachother on to lose weight. The Dude, thanks for dropping by and sharing your success. It requires practice and practice often brings failure. Obviously, I had to watch the plate size, because I wanted to lose those saddlebags, but now while maintaining, I have my huge dinner, my dessert on weekdays,and indulge profusely on weekends. Once you get the hang of skipping breakfast then you have that meal out of the day. So, I decided to have my dinner early(despite I generally eat my dinner around 6:30pm-7:00pm). Mankind was made to eat big meals rather than munch all day like the 6 meals a day has you think. I went from 238 to 244 and back in 7 days. Some days I over eat, some days I under eat. From time to time I have no doubt I will run 2-3 miles, again without eating before doing it. The law of diminishing returns certainly seems to kick in. I think i have only been eating about 1000 calories per day which is not enough. I deal with this by eating only a moderate calorie reduction every day. I have been doing this for 2 months with great success (32 lbs lost). I stumbled across this site and it looks like the perfect plan for me. I found I was able to make up for it by making slight alterations to the quantities of food I ate. Ordinary, regular food served up in decent portions that fills your belly and keeps you feeling satisfied for hours afterwards. Feeling lethargic mid afternoon is a productivity killer for me. Since I just started yesterday, I have no results to post yet. There are just some days when I have to snack. I also have lots of meat and little carb. I want to look at this as something I can adapt to for the rest of my life. I did this before i ever read this and i lost 5lbs in one week i wasnt hungry during the days so i would eat 1 time a day closerto the evening but would eat chips and cakes to snack on and drink water it worked but next week i am going to do this diet really since i realize you did it too and seen your results. 5 months now and have gone from 220 pounds to 199. I saw this site last year and started for a while. The prospect of always being within 5 or 6 pounds of my ideal weight instead of 35 or 36 pounds is exciting. This suited me at the time as I could eat at a restaurant next to my workplace and as I then lived alone I could have soup in the evening. EVEN if I get to 115, I will feel healthy and fit into all of my clothes. I so often feel this and giddy too when I am dieting especially when I tried the one meal a day diet the first time like a year ago and did quit for that reason back in the days. Fortunately, because the early stages of my diet were largely trial and error I got a chance to experience the quick way and the slow way. I am back from vacation and ate waaaaaaay more than once a day. The exact weight is less important than the trend. What I wanted to say was congratulations on the successful weight loss. Thanks for sharing the important point of being too strict and highlighting that there can be medical implications and complications. The sorts of things an army officer, like the General, might get served up in the mess tent. I would love to hear how you get on, so please do come back and let us know. Im also doing 30 minutes on a step machine with free weights every 2 or 3 days just to feel strong in my body but i realise that its not central to my weight loss as you rightly said, its more a bonus or add on. The small snacks are a brilliant idea because they keep you on track. On the other hand, i hate sleeping hungry. I plan to wean myself off the morning smoothie (perhaps save it for dinner, since I love it so) and replace it with an apple. Give it another little while and you may discover that your scale weight drops by a pound or two overnight. Fasting suits me especially on weekdays (working days). I strongly love this one meal a day plan just need to find the best way to make it sustainable for me looooong term. Though things are still tough, I am taking back control of my life, starting with my weight. Instead of dividing up my calorie intake between a breakfast that I never really wanted in the first place, and a so-so diet lunch and then making do with the few calories I have left to eat a weird meal different to everyone else in the household or at at the restaurant. I think that is likely something promulgated by people who freak out when they feel one bit of hunger and cannot deal with it. Your story really spoke to me, especially since I am a stay-at-home mom with a preschooler. The Effect of Atkins Bars on a Low-Carb Diet. I read your reply very carefully and i reread your original post on the one meal a day plan that worked for you. Is it because of the low level of sugar in our blood or what. I keep on sipping iced tea through out the afternoon. Its more of a mental challenge to stick with this in my opinion, but the further you go, the more encouraged you are. I keep a pitcher of splenda sweetened tea in the fridge in the house. 5 kg. I will explain what Stavia is at the end of this post but now let me go back to the morning. I find that business with the weight happens to me too. I made a conscious decison not to take on any additional exercise other than walking once or twice a day with the dogs. The most important thing is to do something. Sandwiches, chicken burritos, fish tacos, soup, fish and rice, lean hamburgers, etc. I started this diet exactly a month ago now simply bcos I was tried from carrying excess weight around. At the time I read it I was busy eating six small meals a day, going to the gym and running almost every day. Last week, I started back on eating one meal a day and I actually lost half a stone ( 7lbs). I used to be on a prescription drug a few years back that seriously suppressed my appetite and it just occurred to me that this was exactly how I ate. I have to try and drink at least 2lts of water from 6pm. So, I have decided not to weigh me every day. Instead I take my reward from having stuck to the eating plan. And over time, for those who feel inclined to do so, we can make changes to the types of food we eat. I plan to weight myself tomorrow and will use that and the benchmark to start. The way we feel determines what we do, so make sure you feel strongly about it. The food I was eating was homely, traditional, stews with vegetables, a bit of meat and carb and fat. One meal a day, plus quality food, organic, farm raised etc. So glad to read your story and know there are others out there who are experiencing the benefits of this lifestyle. Where I am not successful is keeping it off. and 65 pounds overweight. There have been times when I felt tired too, but they were short lived and as with your own experience I found that over time I became less tired and infact I had more energy throughout the day. I am totally amazed at how little food I really need. So far i have had some improvement but until monday this week was still struggling. I chose a 14 oz steak with french fries and salad and alittle alcohol. Make yourself happy first and that happiness has a way of spreading. I choose to eat aroiund 5 or 6pm because it fits in with family life. I think you have a good way of looking at it. For one week I did not eat or drink anything, even water, until 6pm. Believe me there is a way of doing this, it will not be costly, you just need to search a bit more. Most of dieting is mindset, breaking old habits and forming new ones. Please do come back and let us know how you get on. Of course you can tweak it to suit your needs, but as a general framework, it works quite well. All the while I am also tending to chickens, goats, dogs, meat rabbits, and my daughter. I have long suspected that starvation mode (in the context of dieting) was a myth and I also suspected that the metabolism thing was just rubbish too. It is very motivational and inspirational to read about all the success that others have experienced who are also eating one meal a day like myself. I drink lotsa water, coffee (no sugar or cream) or tea (plain) all day long. I guess if you could classify it as snacking. Eventually I was able to transition to one meal. After a while everything I ate turns to runny bowel movement. I am going to now track weight loss and see if I cant get a little slimmer with one meal a day and some excersize. It was so bad that around 5pm I was seeing everything around me as food. I was all the way back up to 176 when a weight loss contest began at work. Thank you David your comments are very kind and positive. 2. I admire your resolve to stick to the plan 7 days a week. Last time I weighed (a week ago) I was down 16lbs. Daily walks with my dog of 3-4 miles have done nothing to help me lose, lifting weights at the gym did zero. I do excercise 2-3 times a week, 2 hour session, but not Saturday-Sunday. The most important thing for me is that I eat fewer calories than my body needs each day. You mentioned the wild variation in your calories and although I have nothing to back it up, I think that can be a good thing. Throughout the day I drink water and tea. This allows me more freedom to eat the foods I really enjoy in moderation at the one larger evening meal. Beyond that, I let experience be my guide. A meal is the food I want plus the dessert I want. Over the years I have associated my failure in dieting with failure in other areas of my life. So far i feel wonderfull and the old Gary is returning. The thing that keeps discouraging me is my weight on the scale which is still the same at 93kg. Alright so ill take it into consideration that certain foods have to be eatin in moderation. I have fallen off the wagon for a couple of days, but back on today. It is generally used in Japanese and Latin American cooking. I know it works for me because I did this ten years ago and lost 20 kg in 4 months, from 105 to 85. The slow process teaches you something about yourself and helps you to change the eating habits that got you overweight in the first place. I was just surfing the web and found your blog. Perhaps what you need to do is give it some more time. I too will keep this quiet as I feel the more I announce im on a diet the more I fail. Again this weight fluctuates even throughout the day. Like you im not counting calories and all foods are allowed when having my one meal usually i have it in the evening. I think this is something I can stick to long term. I was wondering what types of food you would eat when you did eat. Not too fast and not too slow but still allows you some room to manoeuvre. I would break down 1600 calories into little chunks thru the day — 250 calories here, 100 there, and then I would be so hungry at dinner I overate every time. My honest suggestion to you is that you learn to cook healthily. Now, this is the interesting part: until 30 of age I was eating (generally speaking) once a day (at dinner). Eating one (roughly) balanced meal at the same time every day is about as simple as it can get. I came across this site whilst researching calorie restriction and the effect on mood. I generally find that I do enjoy eating a small breakfast within an hour of waking after having fasted since 7PM or so the previous evening. There is no way to lose weight without feeling that feeling (whatever that feels like to you). Until last month, holidays started and I started putting on more. It could be the frequency with which you weigh yourself (ie the quality and quantity of your data). The vacation may be an interesting challenge for you but you can definitely come out the other side better off. I intend to stick with the one meal a day plan pretty much forever, because it lets me have the body I want without obsessing over calories. And besides, I find it easy to eat one meal a day without getting hungry. I think that having the main meal at lunch time is better in several ways. In addition the temptation is to replace carbs with fat which is double the calorie density of carbs or protein. ALL the best to you too and all on this thread. I am also doing such thing by taking a meal in morning every other day. The tape measure is a great way to monitor your progress and an inch is a fantastic achievement. Today is my first day and I am so ready to do this. Anyway, if I wanted to drink it I would, but more than likely only at the weekend. On Thursday I started the 1 meal a day approach and you know what, I lived. When i first got depression i scored myself a one. This is pretty much how I feel about the whole deal. Eating one meal a day is WAAAYYYYY easier for me than eating many small meals. See it as a long term thing but also something where you get to win or succeed every day. I have not check my weight but I feel very light. I did only one 24 hour day to challenge myself. I started this about few days ago — to be on 1-meal a day strictly. However, as I decide to follow this life style, I believe I will stick it it. Had I done so I think I would have lost the weight a lot quicker. I thought this would be a place where I can post my results along the way. Let me know David how you are getting on with your diet i am very interested in the concept of fasting and mood so would be interested on other folks experiences. I hope the diet is still working for you. So on days where I am REALLY hungry, and decide to make an early big meal, then at night right before bed, I will have a small bowl of fiber cereal (with a little milk) and an apple- so that I go to bed with food in my stomach and can sleep. A human being is far more flexible with eating adaptability than most nutritionists or health experts are willing to admit. If I do not lose any more weight by end of January, then I know that this meal plan is not for me. Unless you want to exercise A LOT, you have to decrease the amount of food you eat. I am at the moment, fantasising being down by 80lbs. I think you are nicely placed for anotheer good month (one day at a time, of course). Will keep you guys updated with my weekly weigh ins xx. Limit your salt intake, because you will retain water on a high salt diet. This was my high estimate of weight loss. I turn 40 in September and I want to be on my way to my ideal weight then. I have gastritis and ulcer and also suffering from IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) so I know how terrible it can be having gastrological issues. The idea of adopting a one meal a day diet first came to me when I read an article about an American General, Stanley McChrystal. Project your eating plan through that powerful part of your psyche. With more than 20 years of experience in the fitness industry, she coaches cycling and running and teaches Pilates and yoga. It will be interesting to see how this works out now. I am very glad to come across your article. So David thank you for your advice and tips on this method of weight loss and for sharing your heart. During the First Gulf War they apparently had to airlift a couple soldiers to Germany because of critical digestion issues caused by them. Now my mind which previously craved sugars and carbohydrate seems to know what is good and what isnt. But I want you to know that I fell off the wagon A LOT to begin with and had quite a few false starts. What I love the most about this, though, is that I sleep so well when I go to bed with an empty stomach. When I began having the cravings around 10pm I finished of the rest of the food in the pan. It was difficult to tell because for me it was mostly guesswork. I have tried so many things and I had honestly forgotten the one meal a day diet. For the past months, after we moved to new neighborhood, I was trying so hard to blend in. old, 5ft10 220lbs and the goal is 175. Recently, I did gain a few kgs. Just one thing, what does it mean when you wake up still really full from the night before. You start to make better choices (not always but often enough to make a difference). Good luck as you continue towards your goal. I think in summary, the trick is to have a new eating plan to take over from the one meal diet and then to monitor your weight periodically. When I get it badly wrong, I start over again the next day. I am so pleased for you and delighted that you shared your success with us. I am now married, 34 yrs. The great thing about this is I eat what the familiy eats. I love only eating 1 lunch a day as I feel I sleep better at night without needing to digest food in my stomach. Build up fitness and exercise regimes slowly and deliberately to get the most enjoyment and benefit. I get around this by having a cheat day every Saturday. 54 pounds in 5 months was an amazing feeling. 00am 1 apple. I ate all the time, any kind of food I wanted. Today, I weighed myself and WOOOW I lost 1 kilo (2. I like eating good food (pizza, fried rice, bacon, etc) and I like feeling full, but I can deal with hunger, so one meal a day was the obvious diet for me. Your diet is actually is THE MOST HEALTHY DIET FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME. Mixing the two approaches helped me (albeit unwittingly) to keep my interest and helped me to accommodate whatever was going on in my life at the time. My readings in the am are around 120, I am not on any insulin. The way I always saw it, one meal a day is more natural from an evolutionary standpoint. I would have many lunch appointment with many new moms around here. It could be the time of day you weigh yourself. I have to thank you and everyone who has kept me motivated. Being In control of your destiny is a great feeling. Yes, around my waist, clothes are looser, but my stomach looks arwful, much more bloated looking. Without a doubt my own progress was slowed down because I refused to count calories. The small intake of food for breakfast and then the small snack later in the day if you feel you need it works really well. As of tomorrow I am going to do it and keep my own little blog. Just keep trying different approaches until you find what suits you. With force reductions and the government looking for ways to cut back, Sailors are being let go for not being within body composition standards. Having said this, I honestly think that your issue is due to WHAT YOU EAT, RATHER THAN HOW SELDOM YOU EAT. Very yummy indeed and when having hunger pangs during the day from not eating knowing what my evening meal would be sustained me. Skip breakfast, have lunch with enough carbohydrates, Then Dinner with Low carbs or with carbs. There are lots of great comments and perspective from others who are trying to make this diet work. I really believe everyone is different so everyone will respond differently to diets, something you have clearly shown and I am grateful to you for sharing. All we seem to do when they come to town is go out to eat, constantly. Mostly meals based around meat, chicken or fish, with either potatoes or rice, and vegetables. Then, I moved to a new city, live alone and changed everything. Andrea Cespedes is a professionally trained chef who has focused studies in nutrition. Sort of need a bit of encouragement here. I keep a case of water in a small fridge in my workshop on the farm. Maybe some of it is water weight, and maybe some of it is fat. What is the best way of shifting the final bit of belly flat around my stomach. I am over 40, no children and I need to lose 30 pounds. This caused my weight to go up to 148 after the birth. I am confident i will hit my target as i am at least half way there. I would say that I need to lose a GoOd 15-20 pounds. I also want to shift emphasis from always reading about cures for depression to something more positive like health. I am so tired of counting calories and points and watching what I eat. I usually give up on traditional diets very quickly but this approach seems very easy to conform to. Midmorning(around 11:00) I eat fruit with low fat plain yogurt. I typically aimed for between 1500-1800 calories a day. I am back down to 165 within 2 weeks but struggling to keep it going. When my health started to suffer, I realized it was going to cost me a lot more in the long run to continue my poor eating choices than to find a way to eat healthier. Let me share with you all, my first experience with this diet. It makes sense that I need fewer calories to maintain 175 lbs than 205 lbs. I run because I like to run a couple of times a week, but I go for higher intensity over shorter distances which also seems to help. I am happy to have lost weight, but I am uneasy about not drinking water because I know I should. And ill make sure that my One meal a day consist of mostly healthy foods majority of the time. You really try to get more vegetables, protein (any meat and eggs) with fat (olive oil) and a little bit of carbs (rice, potatoes, beans, pasta) in to your plate each day. Thank you for the affirmation I needed to stick to what my instincts have told me for many years is best for me. Anyway, your plan to leave it for two weeks feels like a good one. And I guess it depends what you mean by oily food. Being adaptable is an amazing characteristic to have, it will serve you well. Today is Sunday and i am down to 14 stone. I need to cut out around 30-35 lbs too, so I hope to have the same experience you had within 5-6 months from now. According to myfitnesspal log I have had a calorie deficit of 150-200 calories below my 1600-calorie limit every day. Being able to eat the things the family eats makes it all so much easier. Reading some of the other comments and your story I am Super excited to start this. Besides, starting early stretches your stomach out so you eat more to feel full. When it is the only one of the day i wanted to take my time tasting the textures were normally i would just gulp without hardly chewing. Well, that depends on whether you can handle it. This resulted in me making a slight gain in weight. Just another question, i cant always have my meal at the same time for some reasons but always between 6-8 pm so can i have my meal for ex: the first day at 6 the second at 8 the third and 6:30. The simple idea behind one meal a day is that your task is simply to eat fewer calories than your body needs. My question is once I get to my goal weight how do I maintain it. You can eat whatever you want since its once a day. My big lunch makes me feel satisfied all day. I admit I did not read the entire thing, But I have been eating 1 meal per day for 4 years because I am poor and I have gained 20 kilos from doing so. Somehow that sinks into my subconscious mind and helps me on the days when I under-eat. I once did this kind of diet, but unknowingly. Atkins bars have 3 to 6 grams of fiber per bar, depending on the type you choose. I really would like to be back to 170 or less. i monitor my mood using a scale of 1 to 10 were 1 is practically suicidal and 10 is elation. I have been eating one meal a day for years like my father has done his whole life. One of the biggest favours I did for myself with this diet was to ignore all the conventional wisdom about starvation modes and the like and I just got on with it. I saw you drank tea alot during the day but i am not a tea or coffee drinker. You just do it your way and in your own time. I am done with all that pressure thanks to your website. I was thrilled to receive a reply from you. I am very proud of my achievement but its all thanks to you. Maybe one day you could describe your food to me, I would love to hear about your diet. You might choose a snack or trail bar to tide you over until the next meal, while a meal-replacement bar is just that -- a bar instead of a whole-food lunch or breakfast. On a day to day basis tracking weight can be tough but you just have to have faith that as long as you stick to your eating plan the weight will come off. Snacking a few times a day is no bad thing. After thinking about your reply especially the comments that im in the early stages of my weight loss plan im taking your advice on fine tuning what can work best for me. Like you say, the type of diet working for every individual probably varies. Fifth, if I have to eat something then I go ahead and eat enough to get me to dinner. I eat eggs, rice (1 -2 times a week ) and one meal. I did notice yesterday when I weighed myself in the middle of the day I weighed 235, so I knew it was just a matter of time until I weighed that in the morning. If I sat down at the table to liver and bacon casserole I would not be a happy bunny. I generally get hungry around 11. The thought of doing that keeps me going all day, and means that I can put up with small bland snacks for the rest of the day. You must do your own research and you should consult a medical professional before embarking on a diet. To me, a calorie is a calorie, and so long as you have a deficit, you will lose. I should add that this was not visible to me in the mirror, am just glad I was not discourage. I am excited because most of what everyone has said on here, comments about not liking to eat breakfast because you tend to eat more, is simply my experience, so I relate to what everyone has said. It seems like so much to lose because my body just wants to hang onto this weight. And when I did start back eating I over ate every time so what weight I did lose I gained back and more. The evening meal is not an open ended thing. I have decided to stop drinking water and and do a complete dry fast till 6pm. for five weeks now, I have been eating one evening meal a day and having fruits for breakfast and lunch. Why better than any refined or unrefined sugar. lb) since yesterday. AND it will take me at least a week of starving to shed them. I do plan to drink at least 2-3 lts of water. I even felt embarrased by month small portions when eating with friends. I had to force myself to eat and felt even worse. If anyone has some snack ideas, I too would love to hear them. As I continue my own fat loss journey I may well decide to experiment to discover for myself whether the conventional fat loss wisdom holds true. Down from 177 several weeks ago to 171 as of today. Well done of dropping the 11 pounds and good luck on getting to your 25lb target. I even refused a dessert which is highly unusual for me. I drink herbal tea all day with a small amount of maple syrup and lemon throughout the day. No doubt you feel great for having made such progress. You mentioned a lot of great things there, but the key for me was how you said it made you feel. Breaking down 1600 between 2 meals though is definitely easier, and I like that I am letting my stomach have a rest. Losing the last of the fat has been more difficult. After I lost the first 20lbs I was pretty much straight into the next 10lbs. There are many companies sell Stavia but I prefer this label because it is organic and the others seem to taste bitter. They get injured and disillusioned and let the eating plan slide. Taking on exercise as part of your diet may seem like a good idea, but my own experience is that exercise hampers my efforts. Sorry Jackson as a nurse I just cannot let that one pass. On weekends I still eat pizza, pasta, ice cream and chocolate, not as much as I used to but enough to make me happy and ready to start the week again eating one meal a day, this meal is usually very healthy but sometimes not but I still lose weight despite this. For me that time is 6pm which gives me an hour to eat and limits my opportunity to damage my diet. GOOD news was that I never gained either. Atkins bars come in a variety of types and flavors. I started drinking spirulina powder with water this morning. I am doing 1 meal a day and fruit but recently the last week ive not had any fruit. Then I eat dinner around five after I come home. There have been some days when I am really hungry either mid morning or early afternoon. But these foods are generally very HIGH carbs foods such as breads, sugary cakes, pastas with added preservatives and treatment agents which are all very bad for the digestive system. My initial motivation to get going with the diet came from negative emotions. At 5 foot 7. I eat very light breakfast and drink coffee, just to accompany my husband and my kids like most of normal people do. Snacking is dangerous for me, I have to be so careful or the flood gates open. What I do now is drink coffee (with Equal) for breakfast and another for lunch. Of course, if we drop calories too much or increase the energy output too much, the body will adapt to slow the rate of fat loss and preserve energy thinking that food is obviously in short supply. I am a lady aged 32 and I have been having trouble losing weight. My husband showed me your blog, he started doing this a few days ago and he said he loves it. Only working there for 1 month but I gain up to 5 kg. I now feeling hopeful that I will be able to loose more weight. I think that if the beer is ice cold it has fewer calories. Just a quick update my 1st weeks weightloss is 2 lbs but hey im still pleased because if i lose 2 lbs a week for 10 weeks thats a 20lbs loss. While on this diet i wanted to go jogging or walking everyday to speed up the weight loss process. I lost about two stone over the course of a couple of months doing a low carb diet but have since put it all back on. , as much as I want. When I feel hungry it reminds me that there are others much worse off and if they can go without food for days, then I can certainly manage it for a few hours. If I get hungry during the day, I eat some natural almonds or a spoon full of yoghurt or have some coffee and that seems to work. The biggest benefit I get from eating once is that I can prepare a healthier, more rounded meal. The problem is that even though I am over the moon for losing the weight, i am uneasy with the notion of not drinking water. Here is a quote which i found the other day which i feel is bang on the money. You are right about others saying that I look slimmer. I do have a mid morning snack (boiled egg or celery or apple) and mid afternoon snack (like the mid morning one) then eat my meal after 5 sometime. From listening to David, losing slowly is definitely the best option. A big part of why this works for me is how I feel about it. This is my account of how I lost a significant amount of weight when I adopted the idea of eating one main meal a day. Its David from May 2012 in the post up above. I started work and found that as I was so busy, I was only eating dinner with my family (I lived at home with my parents at the time).


as my gym friends said the older we are, the less calories burnt. It pays to have a rough idea of how many calories your food has but if you start to micro manage your food intake it starts to get tedious and adds an extra pressure. I drink tea or coffee (both decaf) and fresh juice and 1 smoothie, again anytime during the day. All they see is me sitting at the dinner table in the evening eating what they eat, enjoying my food and feeling full and happy afterwards. I like doing this diet as i enjoy socialising and i do not want it to affect my life going out for meals with friends etc. One meal a day was a means to an end for me. My stomach is smaller and my thighs are getting smaller. I can have a normal dinner at tea time, healthy eating, meat,fish with veg. I never want to go anywhere or do anything anymore because o this weight. Extended periods of fasting can lead to feeling faint or dizzy. I also have progressed in my exercise and now walk for a bit over an hour, 3 days a week. Actually, I started out first with intermittent fasting to gain the control of when to eat. It would have killed me to wait a whole day just to tuck into a bowl of salad and mung beans. I immediately lost weight by the second day of doing this. I agree with you on trying to make this diet not feel like its a diet,and to m ake it as close to my normal and still giving me results. I also enjoy the fact that I feel satisfied during the evening so I get the psychological boost from spending a few hours with food in my belly. I just reasoned that most of what we see regarding diet and weight loss is either wrong or designed to get us to part with our money. I started eating only meal last week and lost half a stone, but i did it by not eating or drinking anything at all until 6pm. So, I was doing some reseach about age and gain weight. Keep in mind that this can be a long process and try to get your feelings of success from sticking to your plan rather than the apparent lack of physical results. If I like to plan things, then I make detailed plans of what I will eat and when. In fact I got it wrong a lot in the beginning. I used to be under 115 pounds all my life. I needed it to be simple and inexpensive. By the way: STAVIA is a natural plant that looks a bit like sage or mint. I am overweight by 25 kgs (55lbs) and have been struggling with for the last ten years. On Monday I feel bloated because I eat more on the weekend. I love to exercise, first thing in the morning, for about 1 hour a day 6 days a week in addition to eating only one meal a day. I needed a diet that suited me and my existing lifestyle. The article was about his capability as a leader, not about dieting or weight loss, but as an aside it was mentioned that he ate only one meal a day. I started out yesterday at 102. Still going strong eating once a day, but having some difficulty establishing a cut off time for not eating. I do love coffee, and I can buy a whole pound of coffee and make it myself at home for less money than a single cup of one of those fancy coffee shop concoctions i use to buy several times a day. The relaxed approach worked very well for me for the first 30lbs. No counting, remembering when to eat next etc. If I was going out to dinner, I just had a bowl of soup at lunch. I need to catch up on a few things around here, including replying to those of you kind enough to leave comments. I should probably also mention I lost about 100 pounds doing so. I typically will go to sleep at about 11:00 pm after I have put all the dogs to bed. Two meal with one of them eaten late evening, like suppertime, also works very well for me and I sometimes slip into that routine when I get bored with just one meal. Eating during the day just makes me tired and bloated. Cheating is creeping into my day and the small cheats are really starting to add up. She keeps munching or eating every hour and keep offering me. Anyway the reason I am posting is this is currently day one of the diet for me. I enjoyed this article and all the comments. Yesterday i went for a run, only about 2 or three miles, no food, and it was a piece of cake. Understand that the real result is not what the scale says but whether you stuck to your eating plan. Im really looking forward to getting slim for the summer, i am currently at 10st7 my starting weight was 10st9 and i would like to get down to 8 stone. I trained myself to want food at certain intervals, get hungry, etc. I would also drink green tea with some vinegar and honey in it which helped suppress my appetite after dinner. I am struggling to figure out what diet to follow that will work. Keep at it and please let us know about your porgress. With 4 low fat crackers I had the half of the pan. I often worry that some people think diets like this are a license to eat 1500 calories of chocolate every day and end up effectively starving themselves. This worked so well because I promised myself I could have three courses everyday if I wanted: Soup, main course and dessert. So basically I will be fasting till dinner time, but I will be drinking water through out the day. But found myself struggling a bit of late and would gladly appreciate any advice or tips on how to get back on track and succeed like you did. So far i have gone from 11 stone to 10st 4 but i has taken me a couple of months and i dont know whether my metabolism has slowed down or im not drinking enough water but i cant get the rest off. 25 more lbs to go. I think you added a great point to the discussion in that you touched upon the impact of budgetary restraints on your eating habits. The key to mental strength is to tap into areas of your life where you are ALREADY STRONG. I know that you put the weight back on again but sometimes when life hits you hard you just have to find a way to survive. Will shorten the window for eating to an hour and then find something to occupy my mind and time. I am constantly hungry and I have increased my window of eating from one hour to three hours. I started it in January of this year and my progress is a 70 pounds of weight loss. For example,last night I had salad, oven cooked fresh salmon with soy and ginger, brown rice (a lot) and broccoli and 3 glasses of red wine. Somewhere along the line I think we have to learn to make better choices about our nutrition and this diet has been a great way for me to do that. This is not about starving myself this is about controlling when I eat so that I can be assured of creating a moderate caloric deficit every day. I eat my one meal around 6:30 and 7:30 everyday. I caught this on your blog and it made me laugh. before 1:00 pm when it gets too hot. My beverage of choice is plain old tap water. I do need to ask, is it ok to drink 2-3 cups if coffee with sugar, no milk or cream. The one meal a day thing is a bit of a mad idea, but it can be adapted to suit your own needs and modified as you go along. I started doing this out of a huff with myself because no diets were working and I feel wonderful. For me, the tea with whole milk and one sugar got me through the day. So wait ten or fifteen minutes and then eat your dinner in peace. I wrote earlier and just thought I would check in. I posted a few comments on here, last year and started the one meal a day lifestyle with your advice and support and the support of many on here. I thought it was going to be easy for me to stick to the diet, but I deviated from it when family came to town. So the more I feel it, the more progress I am making. My husband is so happy now that I eat a normal adult portion size, because with the 6 small meals. Anyways on the one meal a day diet: I used to do that in High School along with running every day and dropped from 203 lbs to about 158 to get in shape for AROTC (although I was really skinny runner type, and after a couple months of PT was up to about 170 from putting on muscle). I am now 38 yrs old and six months ago my sister passed away and a few weeks later my 17 yr old dog passed away too. In that way the body never goes into starvation mode as it never knows from one day to the next how many calories its going to get. I pretty much went into a state of depression. I decided to eat one meal a day with only an apple or piece of fruit during the day. I am hoping to get under 150 within the next 2 months, and hopefully stay there with the right exercise and diet. I was so impressed by it, I decided to investigate it more. I decided on New Years Eve that I didnt want to be fat anymore and if I didnt start the year right I never would. 5 this was a great weight for me. Update day 15 and weight down to 13 stone 12 target is 12 stone 10. Or perhaps it does work to keep your metabolism going, but the fact is that severe deficits also work, and the one meal a day (without a drastic deficit, works great too. Could you tell me what you eat on your cheat days. I am sure the health benefits realized by losing several pounds will be good. There are a few different mental attitudes that really help. If any readers of your blog also can share tips,ideas or light snack suggestions that get them thru the day that would be appreciated big time on my part. ) They suggested to skip dinner. I have been discussing this with my friends and you know the same old age formulas are there every where. Unfortunately your weight is not an accurate indicator of fat loss. Do it for how it will make you feel to have achieved a small step towards your goal every single day. I am not greedy to get back to 110 pounds. Adopting this as mid to long term lifestyle change helps. On this diet can i eat the foods i normally eat. Or do i have to follow a strict diet eating only veggies and fruits. I was told the reason for this was because I was eating too seldom, the body and brain assume food is scarce so it will store more. But I also found it way too hard to eat rabbit food multiple times a day for six days a week with only one or two cheat meals on the weekend. Hi Sonam, sorry for the delay in replying to you. By the way, I once lived on nothing but MREs for 2 months and lost 20 pounds as a result. While I work out now twice a week( intense 2 on 2 basketball for an hour and a half), I am having problems not snacking at work again. I wish you well, and I look forward to hearing about your progress. Judging by the pictures I saw, the man looks in great shape and clearly manages to find enough energy to go running every day AND command the day to day operations of the military in a war zone. Anyway, when I started reading about OMAD I thought I would try it. I realised that I was eating more and during the school year, I only had time for 1 or 1. After some careful shopping and studying, I discovered that for the same amount of money or less than what I was spending on junk food, there were some much more nutritious foods I could eat. Superfoods are super but they are also expensive and they are not the miraculous missing link in a successful diet. Following a balanced diet as outlined by the NHS is good enough. Hey David im 17 years old and i wanted to start this diet. After I have my mind set to loose some weight. Which I almost never did but I could if I wanted to. Things are still tough, but I want control of my life again, so I decided to start with my weight. I look at your pictures and I can see such a difference in your body. The one trick that was working for me was that i would make sure that 1-meal was really tasty or something i really looked fowrard to eating (for example) a nice cut of steak w a baked potato and veggies and a nice dessert like a slice of chocalate cake. I like how you say the snack is to fight off hunger pangs and not to have a pleasurable experience. That internal clock has now been reset and its great being in control. I just started doing this about 15 days ago, and came across your site while checking to see how it works for other people. For me, this has been the most successful diet ever. I hope it continues to work well for you, and thanks for taking the time to leave a message. I have been doing one meal a day for about 2. I have been doing one meal a day for 6 weeks and it is working well. Hi Krystal, I think you summed it up very nicely. I am exercising as well so i am seeing positive results quickly. Still no sign of depression coming back and i love being on this journey of self discovery. I used to do Judo (when I was younger and less broken) and the weight categories were in Kgs. It tastes like pond water which I guess it is actually. Things still going well and I am finding it easier to stick to this and the hunger pangs are becoming more easier to manage and ignore. I have been dieting now for a year off and on. For dinner, I take buckets of vitamins as well as my cholesterol medicine, then I feast. If you get to the end of your meal without really tasting and savoring it, you might not feel inclined to go through it all again tomorrow. Every now and then I may squeeze in a small snack. It may be critical for people with diabetes or hypoglycemia and other conditions to eat regularly throughout the day, but for a plain old food addict like myself it just perpetuates the obsession and preoccupation with food by all the shopping, planning and preparing of meals and snacks for each feeding. I plan on taking a Cup of tea with milk and sugar, If i feel weak. I keep seeing stories about people who change what they eat radically in order to lose weight only to go back to their old diet and put the weight back on. For dinner, I ate whatever I wanted plus dessert. Fiber, or indigestible plant matter, has a positive impact on digestion. Granted I have only done 2 days with 1 meal per day as, like you I plan to eat lunch on the weekends. I just found this but wanted to share that I followed a similar regimine about 3 years ago and lost 110 lbs. The Atkins Diet calls for an extremely low-carb induction phase and then slowly increases your carb intake to help you find your carb tolerance level -- the number of carbs you can comfortably eat daily and maintain a healthy weight. I just got done with a three day fast Im now Im starting this diet today. I too only eat dinner, with no snacks to speak of during the day, MAYBE a piece of fruit if I stumble across some. I like your blog David so thank you for sharing. The last place we tend to lose it is where we most want to see it gone. You sound very motivated and disciplined which is a great inspiration to us all. Now in my 40s i dont want to be a 6 or an 8 but i want to be a darn lot smaller then i am, so tomorrow will be my first day trying it out, how much i weigh isnt the issue so i am not going to weigh myself i am going to go off my clothes size. I want to stress that I am not paying attention to WHAT I eat or HOW MUCH I eat. Third world body builders put on massive muscle on dreadful diets. I really really need to lose at a minimum about 60 pounds. I would like to start this as well. Evening meal meat and 2 veg, dessert fruit and yoghurt. I work out twice a day and eat one substantial meal for lunch. Working through lunch and into the early afternoon is a bonus. And 2) I am worried about what will happen when I re-introduce lunch to my diet. This was not due to a conscious efford, basically I was studying, working and then did my degree etc and I only had time for the evening meal, or my body seemed to be happy, perfectly tuned, I did not put on weight and I did not lose weight, I was in perfect weight. Thankyou so much for this amazing insight into your Journey, and a double thankyou for confirming to me and reminding me what I have to do. I am not necessarily on a strict one meal diet but it is very close, I have two Biscuit and tea(whole milk and sugar) first thing in morning followed by a smoke. Thanks again for all the encouraging and enthusiastic remarks. In fact for me that has been the toughest part but ultimately very rewarding. I would have done some exercise last week but I got a wicked sunburn on my lower back and then I got sick. But I sure as heck would like to have it. With a wife (who cooks good meals) and a baby and a lack of time to exercise, I gained a LOT of weight. Hi David, thanks for taking the time to make a comment. I must admit that I too am surprised at the number of people trying this diet. I have a question for you: After you lost the first 20 pounds and waited a while to lose the last 10 pounds, how long did you wait and did you continue with the 1 meal a day. I particularly like the way you no longer feel like a victim of circumstance. Can I tell you that I have been eating this way for around 3 months now and I have effortlessly dropped 15 kilos. I may do that at some point, but for now, I find that my priority is to lose the weight first, however I can do that, and this kind of diet has allowed me to finally stick to weight loss plan. Besides who says that eating once a day is less healthier than eating 6 times a day. I maintained this weight for 3 years, even after I stopped being so strict on the diet. I do drink a cup of coffee and then another one or tea three hours later, with a light snack, maybe a piece of bread or fruit. Sticking to any diet for a long period of time is going to be challenging, so you have to do it in a way that feels least like a diet. I then went through a very trying time and no longer felt in control of my life and as a result, I put everything back and because I stopped working out, I look and feel flabby. Eat what you want once a day and still lose weight. Today was the first full day I tried this approach. At least for me I have found that the more I eat, the more I want to eat. Maybe I need to shock my body into letting go of fat as it seems to be holding on for dear life. I had some very specific reasons for choosing this approach and I had tried other methods first. When I had a similar problem I started measuring myself with a tape measure and it showed that I was losing fat whilst not losing weight. During the day I do however drink cups of tea (with two sugars) as I find that helps. only difference is that i was drinking milk all over the day and full meal in the evening. I go for about 1000 calories on my dinner plate and the other 800 comes from the dessert and any snacks I eat during the day. I just discover I need to stick to my one hour window by reading some of the comment. Tracking is a good idea because it shows you the trend. I am 19 years old going on 20 soon. So, the scale is always wrong in some way or another. I find that it intensifies my irritability, so I think I may have to limit my coffee to a twice weekly (during weekends) indulgence. In the future I will gradually add to treats if I want to, but I need to know what I can eat each day, it works better for me and I dont pick. I was happy that I knew enough and was willing to adjust along the way. I needed it to be something I could sustain over a long period of time and something I could adapt to a permanent lifestyle when I lost the weight. It sounds like you have a good thing going on there. While I hardly ate chocolate or cream cakes in the past I began eating the food items that I did not used to eat. I am just wondering though, did you ever have trembles at some stages. Having the discipline to keep going and make the progress you have made is well worth celebrating. No matter how long it takes me I will lose this weight. So instead of just eating from 6-7pm, I eat from 6-9pm. I use a small dinner plate and fill it to the edges. Also is it OK to exercise to speed up the weight loss. My expectation was to lose 1. If I work all day and am focused then food becomes secondary. Ive been reading this website for quite a few days as i googled One Meal a Day diet as this is the only type of diet that has ever worked. I know from my own experience that it takes persistence and it takes time. Gary, overthinking is also an affliction of mine. I live in Bavaria, maybe we could share more of our experince about the One meal a day:-). Jennifer, it was good to see an update from you. Seriously though, you should be very proud of yourself. I do need to work on being more physically active though. Sometimes you need a bar to hold you over until your next meal. Also i was thinking that i am the only guy doing this way, but really got impressed and motivated seeing that there are many people in the world who are thinking in similar lines. I weighed myself at the start so that I have. I enjoyed reading the posts here and have just embarked myself on a similar quest. Hiya, I agree completely with all that you say. To be honest, it was tough for me to handle food and NOT indulge. However. If i am eating one meal a day which i am will that do it on its own or do i need to refine my strategy. I was able to stave it off with a handful of almonds. But I knew sticking to not eating at all, for several days was not my cup of tea. The one meal a day diet, has been working great for me. Which is largely why I stopped weighing myself and trusted the feel of my waistband and the view in the mirror (and later, the tape measure). I pretty much ate anything I wanted, but to be fair I already had a reasonably balanced diet with fruit and vegetables featuring stron