OMAD For Fat Loss

[Poppa47]

Hello, I am thinking about doing the omad diet for fat loss. Has anyone had any success using this method?

[T3hPwnisher]

I’ve seen success with one Healthy Solid Meal per day, ala the Velocity Diet. Using Metabolic Drive to keep protein elevated.

[Poppa47]

Awesome…I will check that out.

[T3hPwnisher]

Here is a great place to start

Velocity Diet Plan

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[Poppa47]

Thank you Sir !

[TrainForPain]

For my $0.02, I did better on the Velocity Diet that just straight fasting. Curbing my hunger a little before the big meal kept me from justifying as much insanity.

[Cretin78]

I can imagine it would be rough when you’ve went all day without eating then once you are ready to start prepping your 1-big meal after finishing your work day and hopefully a workout………

The power goes out……….

[TrainForPain]

I dunno why that brings to mind for me, but an unrealized benefit of taking time to really cook (vs microwave) a meal: I don’t really care to eat after I cook, for some reason.

[marine77]

Sardines

[Cretin78]

How would you not be hungry after cooking, not eating all day and after training especially doing squats or deadlifts?

Not having an appetite after lifting is a bad sign. You should be ready to devour a cow.

No also need power for the microwave, but I’ll chalk that up as “well, bodybuilding isn’t about enjoying your food”.

Ok, here’s another assumption, you don’t eat all day, you train, now it’s time for your big super meal, then some type of emergency happens, could be anything. You gonna stop and eat first?

[Poppa47]

Good point.

[Cretin78]

Sardines for one meal……….

I do recall the Ultimate Warrior saying he was so broke when he started wrestling that all he could afford to eat was tuna from the can and he said he never looked so good.

BUT my observation was he already had built the mass and it wasn’t from OMAD tuna. The OMAD tuna was his cut phase.

[s.gentz]

@Poppa47

I am thinking about doing the omad diet for fat loss.

I’ll give you one piece of advice. If you don’t plan on making this a lifestyle then don’t do it. Once you shift away from this diet you will gain the weight back.
You need to eat in a fashion that will become a lifestyle.

[Poppa47]

I agree. Looking at your meals made me understand that if I change up what I am eating then that should help a lot.

[Chris_Shugart]

@Poppa47

I am thinking about doing the omad diet for fat loss. Has anyone had any success using this method?

Some things to consider:

• For fat loss, the goal is just to consume fewer calories than maintenance (maybe 300 to 500). Lots of easier ways to do that.

• It’s tough to get in the minimal amount of protein in one sitting. You’d have to at least meet the Protein Threshold for hunger control or get .8g/lb for good muscle protein synthesis.

• You’d also need to get plenty of healthy fats (omega-3s) and adequate micronutrients or it would be easy to slip into a deficiency depending on the length of the diet. You could get around this of course by supplementing.

• I’ve seen people actually gain fat on OMAD: they lost control, ate a ton, and kept on eating. Very tricky especially for anyone with disordered eating tendencies.

• In short, there are lots of easier, risk-free ways to lose fat. I get the appeal though: it’s simple. But, lots of potential drawbacks.

[Poppa47]

Good advice. Thank you !

[TrainForPain]

@Chris_Shugart

lost control, ate a ton

This is my experience. I haven’t eaten all day… I can’t do that much damage with a couple pizzas… look away!

[s.gentz]

@TrainForPain

with a couple pizzas

I love this!! Nothing better than crushing not one but multiple pizza’s!!! I’ve been there!!!

[T3hPwnisher]

@Chris_Shugart

I’ve seen people actually gain fat on OMAD: they lost control, ate a ton, and kept on eating. Very tricky especially for anyone with disordered eating tendencies.

Yeah, I should note that I’ve used my one meal a day approach for both weight loss AND weight gain. I honestly like it because it’s VERY simple to manipulate in that regard. With the Velocity Diet baseline, I only have ONE meal I need to alter in order to get whatever effect I want. So when I wanna lose weight, it’s a reasonable meal. When I want to gain weight, it’s basically an eating competition.

It helps that I have a large stomach capacity. I can definitely take that one meal to task if I need to. But, in turn, as you and @TrainForPain : if you’re eating out of hunger rather than for a purpose, it’s too easy to binge in that one meal and throw away the good will from the day leading up.

Which is, again, where the Velocity Diet shines through: it can do a great job mitigating hunger leading up to that meal.

[Cretin78]

Add tuna to the pizza to make it nasty, and or sardines.

I’ve done it post workout. 1-can on a large slice is all I need because it takes 20minutes to get it down with the tuna.

I did this with leftover pasta a few times in the last month.