I’m not sure if omad is possible or right for me but I’m curious. How do you handle hunger?
With the family at 5-6.
Water + 1 tspoon of salt + 1 tbl spoon of apple cider vinegar + a squeeze of lemon. Keeps the hunger away for a few hours.
Also, it gets easier with practice. I remember first weeks trying 8/16 was tough, my first 24/48 hour ones were hard too… but it gets easier.
i started IF on the 11th last month. first week was hunger headaches galore but i think i’m pretty lucky that i’m able to work through my hunger/cravings pretty well. i either try to sleep more or walk more (depending on when i’m feeling hunger). i also drink 130-150oz of water a day. i started IF with ranging hours but my average fasting period is 21 hours and i usually just eat one meal a day and eat a snack or two before i’m ready to fast. today i ate rather early, around 2pm but i usually can wait until 3, 4, or sometimes even 5.
I handle it by drinking water when I get hungry, but I’ve been doing it for 6 months at least and I don’t usually get hungry anymore, I don’t drink coffee or tea and eat between 13:30 and 15:30
On week days im doing like a 22-2 fasting, sometimes 21-3; since I came back to the office I can schedule my hours and dedicate the rest of the time to work
Saturday and Sunday I don’t fast for 20 hours, mainly 16-8
So I do OMAD+, which is basically OMAD with a snack or small meal added. I usually have that around 3-4pm and then my OMAD meal around 6-7pm.
As for hunger, obviously having an additional time to take calories in helps, but I also eat a lot of protein to support my work outs. I honestly don’t do OMAD because it’s just too much protein in one sitting for my size. But as an added bonus it helps with the hunger too.
Personally, I fast between 23-24 hours everyday, doing OMAD to break the fast. I usually eat at around 6-6:30pm.
For handling hunger, I drink carbonated/“sparkling” water as I find it more compelling to drink (I have a Soda Stream at home). Adding apple cider vinegar and/or lemon juice is known to help keep the hunger at bay as well!
2 days a week I eat meals, the rest of the days I eat snacks. If I do more than this I will not lose weight. I eat an iron pill at noon, energy vitamin at 2 pm then a multivitamin at 4 then one hour of food on a timer a 6pm.
Tonight I had a bowl of Big mac salad, a 1/4 cup of mixed nuts, a single serving bag of skinny pop and a bag of smart sweets.