Some background: 38M, been eating better/living a healthier lifestyle for almost exactly 2 years.
Between late November 2020 and this spring, I lost about 150lbs doing a combination of mostly OMAD, and then regular keto, and then more paleo/keto, and finally a quasi-carnivore diet. Every now and then I’d have cheat days, but would get back on track pretty quickly. At my lowest point, this spring, I got within about 20-30 lbs of my target weight (I’m 6’1”).
This summer and fall, I’ve been traveling a LOT - and not only have I loosened up my diet, but I also was eating 2 or even 3 meals a day, because I found it impossible to eat enough at one meal to last me for a full day. Additionally, while I was walking a lot, I wasn’t able to do the resistance exercises that I had been doing pretty regularly at home
I’m finally back home for a while as of two weeks ago, and over the summer and the fall I had gained about 16lbs from my lowest point. I’ve been pretty strict since I got back, but have been getting super hungry in the early afternoon, so I’ve been doing 2MAD, but pretty strict paleo/keto or carnivore.
I haven’t lost any weight in two the two weeks I’ve been back, despite eating MUCH better and less frequently than I was during my months of travel, and resuming my resistance training.
Did a year and a half of OMAD make it so that I can’t eat 2 meals a day? Or is it just that several months of bad eating is going to take longer to undo? I’m kind of scared that I’m on an upward trend, and I don’t want that!
It’s probably more due to the fact that you lost 150 pounds. It’s harder to lose weight after losing weight. OMAD and keto probably decrease the impact on your metabolism, but just losing a massive amount of weight after being overweight will affect your metabolism. Just keep going, try to get back to OMAD, and throw in some longer fasts as well.