Hi team,
Been trying OMAD again lately (glad that it no longer trigger gastric like how it used to), but I can’t really manage to eat 1200 cals or more in just one meal. Maybe if I’m eating fast food that would “help”. But how do you eat 1200 cals in just one non-fast food meal? Been recording what i eat, i definitely didn’t hit 1200 cals in my OMAD each day.
Appreciate if you guys can shed some lights on this, thank you!
What’s one of your typical OMAD meals look like?
The answer to adding calories is always to add more healthy fat, ideally lard, ghee, or tallow (all of which can be bought easily online or in stores — not like you have to have your own livestock or anything). Acceptable fat alternatives would be extra virgin olive oil, avocado oil, or coconut oil.
Add these various fats to any meal and watch the calorie count blossom
My friend believes she has a second stomach just for dessert. We could gorge ourselves on food until we’re stuffed and she’ll be like “I could go for something sweet”. Real whipped cream (you can control your sugar intake if whipping yourself, or use calorie free sweetener if keto/low carb) and berries. Hwc is calorie dense, and doesn’t taste too heavy. Or maybe add an after dinner beverage. I’m a fan of decaf and real cream, it’s easy to add about 200 calories at the end of the meal.
Adding beans is usually how I boost calories, added fiber and very filling. I don’t do OMAD but when I was younger I definitely had big lunches that satisfied most if not all my caloric needs, think diner food.
One meal plus snacks, you can eat peanut butter with celery stick.Or just assorted nuts.
Maybe have a fruit salad with yogurt…
Popcorn is a healthy snack you can flavor it however you want I think it has fiber and protein
Eating a lot in one sitting takes practice. It gets easier as your body adapts I think. Try a 4 hour window and then shorten it down to OMAD as it gets easier.
My go-to when I need a bunch of calories is muesli. It’s not normal muesli loaded with sugar and carbs…
From memory that’s around 1400-1600 calories.
I would generally break my fasts with bacon, eggs, avocado, mushrooms, spinach, whatever and drizzle a bunch of olive oil over the top (as well as cooking with olive oil). That would also be around 1000 calories. It also reduces the blood glucose levels from the subsequent muesli if you go for that in the next couple of hours too.
200g of Yoghurt with the seeds listed above is also a good calorie booster. I prefer coconut yoghurt.
100g of peanut butter with a sliced up apple, or carrot if you’ve met your fruit limit, is also good. Sprinkle chia seeds on it for more goodness.
Just ease into it!