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My dirty adapted sustainable one-meal-a-day (OMAD) diet
tl;dr: my intermittent fasting golden ticket is a one-meal-a-day framework that doesn’t chase making calories or macros. Sometimes my daily calories will be 800 and sometimes 2,000, and that’s OK.
It’s WorkingBoth my cardiologist and my primary are pleased with my progress. My most recent labs clear me on diabetes and all my other labs are within normal ranges. I will tell you what I have been doing. I will also admit all of my foibles. I'll be as honest as possible.
Three-In-OneThis won’t be a very long post because it’s very simple. So, tl;dr: I only eat one meal a day, whether it meets either my macros or my calorie count. It’s never perfect and I fail and fallback and overeat all the time—but I force myself to track all my mistakes on MyFitnessPal and I always rejigger my Zero IF app to reflect my adapted eating windows and fasting windows. If I am going to cheat, I want to cheat transparently. I sometimes feel like I am three distinct people: my id, who binges and suffers from extreme gluttony; my ego, who generally stays pretty silent; and my superego, who is incessantly trying to steer this bi-articulated bus that is me. So, while my id is being a dick and insisting on eating whole bags of chips and dip, my superego is desperately trying to minimize damage and soberly try to enforce accountability by not allowing my ego to hide behind not tracking everything into the calorie and fasting logs.
One Meal, That’s ItOne meal, and that’s it. It can be a large meal, it can be a salad, it can be a restaurant meal, or it can be a carefully prepared nutrition-dense and macros-perfect bespoke meal I made a home. One eating period, that’s it.
Never Be Chasing CaloriesI will never chase calories. Today’s one-meal was probably ~900 calories. So, today will be a calorie-restricted day. Not intentionally, but it’s OK to under-eat one whole day. Tomorrow, it might be 1,500-2,000 calories. I had been a little obsessed with making sure I get up to 1,500 calories-a-day, but it’s not worth it, especially since everyone generally underestimates rather than overestimates calories. So, who knows? And, as I said before, science and medicine and even hallowed pseudoscience shows clearly that it’s way healthier, over the course of your life, to miss a few meals than it is to overeat. If quality longevity is what I risk, I am in!
To repeat, most people develop a sort of limiter after eating high protein, low carb for a while but I don’t seem to have a quality seity setting. I don’t have a working fullness gauge. So, I need to do it in emulation. So, that’s why I have such short eating windows. I am allowing time to replace fullness.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chrisabraham/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chrisabraham/supportS7E3: Reflections on Faith, Populism, and Personal Anecdotes; Navigating Spirituality, Politics, and Mystical Experiences in Modern Times
S7E2 Existential Threats: Personal and Global Reflections; Drawing Parallels Between Personal Conflict and International Relations
S7E1 Reflections and Musings: A Personal Journey; Exploring the Intricacies of Daily Life and Broader Perspectives
S6E35 Exploring Influence and Authenticity: The Emma Chamberlain Phenomenon; A Deep Dive into the World of Internet Celebrities and Self-Discovery
S6E34 Navigating Global Perspectives: A Deep Dive into Cultural Sovereignty and International Relations; Exploring the Intricacies of Global Politics and Cultural Identity in a Rapidly Changing World
S6E33 Ringing the Art Bell of the Past: Navigating Through Timeless Narratives; A Journey through Radio History, Gun Culture, and the Perpetual Nature of Societal Concerns
S6E32 Divine Warning or Natural Course: Orthodox Christianity and the Climate Crisis; Exploring the Intersection of Faith, Prophecy, and Environmental Change
S6E31 Crossroads of Politics and Technology: Navigating Complex Waters; A Deep Dive into Legal, Political, and Technological Discussions
S6E30 Exploring the Mind's Eye: A Journey Through Aphantasia and Hyperphantasia; Unveiling the Diversity of Human Perception
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S6E28 6-Year-Olds: The Weight of the World: Youth, Affluence, and Environmental Anxiety; Exploring the Psychological Impact of Eco-Activism on the Next Generation
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