Hello! I am pretty used to OMAD now, and want to try switching things up a bit. I only eat dinner most days now. The main concern is that I have sleep problems (no other health issues). I think cold turkey may be challenging and I worry I may ended up no sleep at all, and no sleep usually cause a lot of stress (young children at home).
I am thinking of more gradual change. I wonder what would be the best approach. To minimize the risk of sleep impact, I am thinking I can move my one meal earlier, say having one meal at lunch and only dinner the next day, and later do breakfast one day and then dinner the next day to gradually extend the fast window.
Thoughts and advice? How did you do to get into longer fast if you also sensitive to sleep loss?
You could try easing into ADF by having a smaller meal every other day, some people go up to 500 or 600 calories on their fast days, but you could always just slowly decreasing your meal size and see how things go. Then you could have an earlier OMAD, like lunch, and then a late “fasting” meal to help with sleep the following day. Rinse and repeat.
If melatonin works for you, try that.
But be careful with the kids. They’ll notice your eating habits, especially if you’re not eating with them, and they might try to emulate you. And kids need to eat and have structure. Skipping breakfast can be explained easily, skipping dinner with them might not be.