Before and after weight lose pictures -

Before and after weight lose pictures
You then try to have a piece of fruit as desert. How I look at it, you have to break down a wall. I will only be eating 1 meal a day, nothing crazy. I am excited because most of what everyone has said on here, comments about not liking to eat breakfast because you tend to eat more, is simply my experience, so I relate to what everyone has said. I am currently at 116kg and mt goals are small my first being to get to 110kg and so on. I do need to ask, is it ok to drink 2-3 cups if coffee with sugar, no milk or cream. I have been trying to drink more water to fill up. I have been discussing this with my friends and you know the same old age formulas are there every where. I generally do this at least 5 times per week and the weekend 2 meals per day. When I started preparing the bulk of my meals at home, I realized that I could have scrambled eggs and toast or a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast instead of donuts or cold cereals loaded with sugar. Fifth, if I have to eat something then I go ahead and eat enough to get me to dinner. Fortunately, because the early stages of my diet were largely trial and error I got a chance to experience the quick way and the slow way. and for sure i ll loose some weight in this week also. However. I used to go to class at 8am, with back to back classes, I did not any time for lunch. I think you have given us something excellent. This is especially true of sugar and carbs. Snacking at other times in the day is fine, but of course the trick is not to continue eating. before 1:00 pm when it gets too hot. Midmorning(around 11:00) I eat fruit with low fat plain yogurt. With 4 low fat crackers I had the half of the pan. U lose the max in this week because you lose all the water weight and the bloating is gone. I could order what I would normally order and get up the next morning and do the same thing. It makes sense that I need fewer calories to maintain 175 lbs than 205 lbs. David if you know of any or if you can start one please post it here on your blog ( I check your blog regularly:). I think you have the balance exactly right. AND it will take me at least a week of starving to shed them. I now feeling hopeful that I will be able to loose more weight. i am eagerly waiting for this week ending. ) They suggested to skip dinner. 25 more lbs to go. I really really need to lose at a minimum about 60 pounds. In about 8 months I lost 55 pounds, bringing me down to 125. However, I have found a few techniques that seem to help. When I feel hungry it reminds me that there are others much worse off and if they can go without food for days, then I can certainly manage it for a few hours. I did do one meal a day at the age of 19 and I lost 50 pounds. Yes i can have a tendency to overthink so good advice. Nothing else was working, not eating three healthy meals a day and not running long distance several times a week. I think that if the beer is ice cold it has fewer calories. I wanted to say thank you for this article I have two children under two and Im a stay at home mom. I look at your pictures and I can see such a difference in your body. I am sleeping much better with my empty stomach than with full one. And that is frankly IMO a sad way to live given the social emphasis placed on food, the environment we live in which encourages eating, and all the temptations out there. Evening meal meat and 2 veg, dessert fruit and yoghurt. Actually I have been losing weight with the 6meal plan but all of a suden I just stoped losing for the past 2 months. I am back down to 165 within 2 weeks but struggling to keep it going. Eat what you want once a day and still lose weight. I need to cut out around 30-35 lbs too, so I hope to have the same experience you had within 5-6 months from now. Sticking to any diet for a long period of time is going to be challenging, so you have to do it in a way that feels least like a diet. The great thing about this is I eat what the familiy eats. You mix it with water (you have to, all you will burn your throat), and slug it. I like doing this diet as i enjoy socialising and i do not want it to affect my life going out for meals with friends etc. How long did it take you to lose that much weight. The last place we tend to lose it is where we most want to see it gone. I hope the diet is still working for you. You mentioned a lot of great things there, but the key for me was how you said it made you feel. I actually enjoy food more and look forward to dinner with my family more as well. After thinking about your reply especially the comments that im in the early stages of my weight loss plan im taking your advice on fine tuning what can work best for me. I am hoping to get under 150 within the next 2 months, and hopefully stay there with the right exercise and diet. The problem is I end up not just tasting the food, but actually eating it. 2. I began eating a small sandwich at a lunch time and a fruit and snack etc. What I wanted to say was congratulations on the successful weight loss. Sir i do ur efforts and congratulate that you are doing this. Please do come back and let us know how you get on. I saw this site last year and started for a while. After some careful shopping and studying, I discovered that for the same amount of money or less than what I was spending on junk food, there were some much more nutritious foods I could eat. What I would like to know is whether you ever drink alcohol and if so beer, wine or spirits. My expectation was to lose 1. I find that it intensifies my irritability, so I think I may have to limit my coffee to a twice weekly (during weekends) indulgence. If you go to eat Chinese have rice rather than noodles. Then I eat dinner around five after I come home. It would be the worst thing in the world to faint while at the wheel of a car or operating machinery. By the end of the month you will definitely lose 3-6 kgs I lost 4. I have not weighed under 200 for many years so its very encouraging. Thankyou so much for this amazing insight into your Journey, and a double thankyou for confirming to me and reminding me what I have to do. One of my friends was following that diet and god it was awful. The diets sometimes claim that the timing of meals is crucial for optimum fat loss. I want to start back because eating once a day is liberating for me. Tracking is a good idea because it shows you the trend. I am a lady aged 32 and I have been having trouble losing weight. The thought of doing that keeps me going all day, and means that I can put up with small bland snacks for the rest of the day. I was just surfing the web and found your blog. It took me a while before I was able to where you are. The way I always saw it, one meal a day is more natural from an evolutionary standpoint. i am aware not to be too obsessive so am prepared to have some neutral days. Oh and i forgot to mention my weight today stands at 12 stone 8 a drop of 30 pounds. David, just like you, I do not have breakfast. They get injured and disillusioned and let the eating plan slide. A plate full of lard is obviously different to a plate full of lettuce. It gave me something to look forward to and kept me from raiding the larder. I have fallen off the wagon for a couple of days, but back on today. Thank you David your comments are very kind and positive. The most important thing for me is that I eat fewer calories than my body needs each day. Unfortunately, I went through some major tough times and and everything went out the window. I have not been exercising but have promised myself that once I got under 200 I would start. I am planning to start this diet plan from 1st August. not very fat but I do have this gut that ive been trying to get rid of since I was About 14 years old. My target weight is stone 12 stone 10 and i continue to feel amazing. I typically aimed for between 1500-1800 calories a day. only difference is that i was drinking milk all over the day and full meal in the evening. Today I weight 61kg (I m very short) and I will let you guys know how much I loose next weekend. Mrunmayee and I have joined in full fledgedly. This will not only keep our motivations up but will also help us achieve our target. Sorry Jackson as a nurse I just cannot let that one pass. I think you are nicely placed for anotheer good month (one day at a time, of course). I was unhappy about something in my life and this was my way of pushing back. I eat very light breakfast and drink coffee, just to accompany my husband and my kids like most of normal people do. Some of my progress pictures from earlier in the year. You can lose several pounds and see no real difference in the way you look. This diet is split in 4 weeks period with the diet changing every week. I have been eating one meal a day for years like my father has done his whole life. I have decided to stop drinking water and and do a complete dry fast till 6pm. The law of diminishing returns certainly seems to kick in. but i have left that habbit of mine now. As of tomorrow I am going to do it and keep my own little blog. I have planned to change this and decided that today would be the day id finally post on here as i think we could all deffinitely spur eachother on to lose weight. It might not fall off like some of the other fad diets like the atkins diet, (no carbs what-so-ever) but it may come off. I work out twice a day and eat one substantial meal for lunch. I have been doing one meal a day for about 2. First weigh in is this friday so its exciting the fact that every friday im going to post my weight loss for the week. This is not about starving myself this is about controlling when I eat so that I can be assured of creating a moderate caloric deficit every day. I have to thank you and everyone who has kept me motivated. Smita, my blog likes to play games sometimes. In the future I will gradually add to treats if I want to, but I need to know what I can eat each day, it works better for me and I dont pick. And, like you I would prefer people I know, not to know I am on another weight loss kick. You need to apply common sense to this diet. I used to do Judo (when I was younger and less broken) and the weight categories were in Kgs. I keep seeing stories about people who change what they eat radically in order to lose weight only to go back to their old diet and put the weight back on. Things still going well and I am finding it easier to stick to this and the hunger pangs are becoming more easier to manage and ignore. god i can never do that. So far i have had some improvement but until monday this week was still struggling. Anyway, your plan to leave it for two weeks feels like a good one. How to Lose Weight in 4 Weeks- Diet Chart for Weight Loss. I can imagine you feel very happy, and so you should, because you did all the hard work, you made the sacrifices and you showed the discipline to stick to the plan. i am so so happy that you people are liking my post. Its now day 8 and i continue to feel wonderful. I do excercise 2-3 times a week, 2 hour session, but not Saturday-Sunday. So maybe 2 meals a day would work well for you. Or do i have to follow a strict diet eating only veggies and fruits. I did not weigh myself, but I knew I was losing weight because my clothes were getting much looser. I have honestly never been successful with losing weight, never been able to lose more than a few kilos and thanks to you I know I have finally found what works. When I had a similar problem I started measuring myself with a tape measure and it showed that I was losing fat whilst not losing weight. Even eating one good meal per day is not as easy a diet as I thought it would be. Mankind was made to eat big meals rather than munch all day like the 6 meals a day has you think. This is my account of how I lost a significant amount of weight when I adopted the idea of eating one main meal a day. I have been dieting now for a year off and on. Instead tap into areas of your mentality where you have a track record of success and power. On weekends I still eat pizza, pasta, ice cream and chocolate, not as much as I used to but enough to make me happy and ready to start the week again eating one meal a day, this meal is usually very healthy but sometimes not but I still lose weight despite this. I did this before i ever read this and i lost 5lbs in one week i wasnt hungry during the days so i would eat 1 time a day closerto the evening but would eat chips and cakes to snack on and drink water it worked but next week i am going to do this diet really since i realize you did it too and seen your results. old, 5ft10 220lbs and the goal is 175. A regular exercise routine and a healthy diet is your route to salvation. Will shorten the window for eating to an hour and then find something to occupy my mind and time. I generally get hungry around 11. I am happy to have lost weight, but I am uneasy about not drinking water because I know I should. If I feel I need a burst of energy then I drink a 5 Hour Energy drink. My own experience has taught me to master the mindset of the diet first and then progress to the strenuous. Hi Jake, I aim to eat around 1500 to 1800 calories. At 5 foot 7. At least for me I have found that the more I eat, the more I want to eat. The sorts of things an army officer, like the General, might get served up in the mess tent. Hey David im 17 years old and i wanted to start this diet. First things first, If everything with you is fine your weight gain is due to lethargy, wrong dietary habits and erratic routine. I read your blog sumtime back and i know that you want to lose weight as well. leave alone a good one. I went from my normal weight of 140 lbs to 176 lbs within 3 months. I work from home while my husband works in the city. I just got done with a three day fast Im now Im starting this diet today. Please see my disclaimer at the foot of this post. Third world body builders put on massive muscle on dreadful diets. I am a confirmed believer and want to get down to 250lbs in the next three months. i monitor my mood using a scale of 1 to 10 were 1 is practically suicidal and 10 is elation. Just wanted to share that i slipped off plan by eating leftovers and snacking over the last few days. There have been some days when I am really hungry either mid morning or early afternoon. Add to that the fact that a heavy lunch made me sluggish at work, and then I decided I had to go to extreme measures. I have been doing one meal a day for 6 weeks and it is working well. Thank you for the affirmation I needed to stick to what my instincts have told me for many years is best for me. Thanks Lydia. P. I started work and found that as I was so busy, I was only eating dinner with my family (I lived at home with my parents at the time). I have gastritis and ulcer and also suffering from IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) so I know how terrible it can be having gastrological issues. Most of dieting is mindset, breaking old habits and forming new ones. I started drinking spirulina powder with water this morning. I went from 238 to 244 and back in 7 days. I do go to bed early, as suggested, though. I think that the bottom line is that in order to loose weight, you have to eat less calories than you burn. I ended up getting all the way down to 157 before stopping. But they say we should not eat anything 3 hours before or after gyming. I can just order normal meals and eat them without drawing attention to myself. I enjoyed reading the posts here and have just embarked myself on a similar quest. I have been doing this for 2 months with great success (32 lbs lost). ) with 1 bowl ( normal sized katori ) of dal. If i am eating one meal a day which i am will that do it on its own or do i need to refine my strategy. I have a question for you: After you lost the first 20 pounds and waited a while to lose the last 10 pounds, how long did you wait and did you continue with the 1 meal a day. I feel fuller doing this vs eating six times a day. Only working there for 1 month but I gain up to 5 kg. Sort of need a bit of encouragement here. I may do that at some point, but for now, I find that my priority is to lose the weight first, however I can do that, and this kind of diet has allowed me to finally stick to weight loss plan. I gave the wretched thing to my wife and she ate it. If you get to within 80% of sticking to your eating plan then you will do just fine over time. I just found this but wanted to share that I followed a similar regimine about 3 years ago and lost 110 lbs. Its funny that eating less gives you more energy. The food is all over the place in my office. I had a cup of tea when I got to the office, and I was fine until mid morning when I started to get hungry. Mrunmayee it would be best if you stick to the plan. However, as I decide to follow this life style, I believe I will stick it it. I do love coffee, and I can buy a whole pound of coffee and make it myself at home for less money than a single cup of one of those fancy coffee shop concoctions i use to buy several times a day. So, I have decided not to weigh me every day. I should probably also mention I lost about 100 pounds doing so. I am confident i will hit my target as i am at least half way there. I got to a point where I started to doubt almost everything I read and wanted to see for myself. Two meal with one of them eaten late evening, like suppertime, also works very well for me and I sometimes slip into that routine when I get bored with just one meal. I think the biggest issue with making a change like this is when people try to change their basic nature. Keep at it and please let us know about your porgress. I enjoyed eating once because I could have small meals and still have my favourite biscuits or even some chocolate after my meals. If I work all day and am focused then food becomes secondary. Sandwiches, chicken burritos, fish tacos, soup, fish and rice, lean hamburgers, etc. I needed it to be something I could sustain over a long period of time and something I could adapt to a permanent lifestyle when I lost the weight. We all were totally impressed and agreed to every word he said. I do some running although not consistently maybe 4 times a week. Want to have my dinner between 6pm and 8pm and never let anything pass my lips after that. I love your attitude to falling off the wagon. Just one thing, what does it mean when you wake up still really full from the night before. It was all trial and error in the beginning and I made a lot of errors. Jennifer, it was good to see an update from you. I also have progressed in my exercise and now walk for a bit over an hour, 3 days a week. At that point i was frustrated at my efforts at weight loss. So glad to read your story and know there are others out there who are experiencing the benefits of this lifestyle. I needed it to be simple and inexpensive. Somehow that sinks into my subconscious mind and helps me on the days when I under-eat. So on days where I am REALLY hungry, and decide to make an early big meal, then at night right before bed, I will have a small bowl of fiber cereal (with a little milk) and an apple- so that I go to bed with food in my stomach and can sleep. The relaxed approach worked very well for me for the first 30lbs. There are millions of people in the world who survive on a lot less food than I do. I am way thinner but not food obsessed and actually find organising only one meal a day quite liberating. Also I want to know what according to you is the best time for exercising, in case I plan to join gym too. Its more of a mental challenge to stick with this in my opinion, but the further you go, the more encouraged you are. Any how i lost another one pound today so weight is now 13 stone 13. 5 lbs. Exercise and diet are the two sides of a coin. I think that is likely something promulgated by people who freak out when they feel one bit of hunger and cannot deal with it. My Basal Metabolic Rate (from a website) is about 2500 calories. Things are still tough, but I want control of my life again, so I decided to start with my weight. I can have a normal dinner at tea time, healthy eating, meat,fish with veg. I took part in the fasting period of Lent earlier this year and gave up eating two meals, so just had the one in the evening. Having said this, I honestly think that your issue is due to WHAT YOU EAT, RATHER THAN HOW SELDOM YOU EAT. I am now 38 yrs old and six months ago my sister passed away and a few weeks later my 17 yr old dog passed away too. If I want fish and chips occasionally I dont feel guilty, but I prefer to eat proper food. So, the scale is always wrong in some way or another. My youngest is now 5, so the baby days are long gone. Hi Julie, you sound very upbeat and excited about this. Maybe I need to shock my body into letting go of fat as it seems to be holding on for dear life. Hi Gary, I love the honesty in your writing. I know it works for me because I did this ten years ago and lost 20 kg in 4 months, from 105 to 85. I drink lotsa water, coffee (no sugar or cream) or tea (plain) all day long. That will fill up my stomach and I can get on with my day and not worry about food until dinnertime. I think you added a great point to the discussion in that you touched upon the impact of budgetary restraints on your eating habits. Anyway, if I wanted to drink it I would, but more than likely only at the weekend. Seriously though, you should be very proud of yourself. The small intake of food for breakfast and then the small snack later in the day if you feel you need it works really well. What is the best way of shifting the final bit of belly flat around my stomach. Being In control of your destiny is a great feeling. I write this as if a friend had asked me to describe the diet. Following a balanced diet as outlined by the NHS is good enough. because then this chart is the only thing i follow and i dont put anything in my mouth other than whats mentioned in there. I think that counting calories is the better way to go with this diet. I ate all the time, any kind of food I wanted. See it as a long term thing but also something where you get to win or succeed every day. HI evryone today i intend to share this good news to those who have been discouraged in anyway. One problem with the weight loss industry is that there seems to be a counter argument for almost everything. This is pretty much how I feel about the whole deal. Working through lunch and into the early afternoon is a bonus. Sorry about the kg and cm, German influence. This allows me more freedom to eat the foods I really enjoy in moderation at the one larger evening meal. It feels good to cut free of the trivialities and see the future for what it could be if we make just a few small changes in the present moment. I wanted to do push-ups and sit-ups every day. Just know that what you want to do is possible and that you can do it. No doubt you feel great for having made such progress. My beverage of choice is plain old tap water. I choose to eat aroiund 5 or 6pm because it fits in with family life. It could be the time of day you weigh yourself. I like your blog David so thank you for sharing. That is a fantastic summary and reflects my own experience and thinking. Now in my 40s i dont want to be a 6 or an 8 but i want to be a darn lot smaller then i am, so tomorrow will be my first day trying it out, how much i weigh isnt the issue so i am not going to weigh myself i am going to go off my clothes size. Over the following months, I lost about 20 pounds and am now happily in the maintenance phase. The thing is, you have to learn to live with this. Reading some of the other comments and your story I am Super excited to start this. I am back from vacation and ate waaaaaaay more than once a day. I have not check my weight but I feel very light. I trained myself to want food at certain intervals, get hungry, etc. I definitely liked two meals a day and I did lose some weight doing that. I do have a mid morning snack (boiled egg or celery or apple) and mid afternoon snack (like the mid morning one) then eat my meal after 5 sometime. I re-read your blog and have only just seen that you had two meals on the weekend. Does anyone of you have the one meal at lunch. Even if you can afford once a day, you really try hard to have that single meal as nutritious and healthier as possible for your body. Today, I tried drinking a liter of water an hour before noon. Losing the last of the fat has been more difficult. Extended periods of fasting can lead to feeling faint or dizzy. For the past months, after we moved to new neighborhood, I was trying so hard to blend in. I often observe in the fasting participants that by four days of fasting, concentration seems to improve, creative thinking expands, depression lifts, insomnia stops, anxieties fade, the mind becomes more tranquil and a natural joy begins to appear. so that i can weigh my self again. Some things you need to follow this diet. Instead of dividing up my calorie intake between a breakfast that I never really wanted in the first place, and a so-so diet lunch and then making do with the few calories I have left to eat a weird meal different to everyone else in the household or at at the restaurant. Hi guys, I really am struggling for over 10 yrs now. Every now and then I may squeeze in a small snack. Hoping to have some summer support for one meal a day. I think its important to realize that not every diet is for everyone. Drinking water seems to cause hunger pangs, whilst not drinking anything, including water, I can go the whole day without feeling hunger. Today, I weighed myself and WOOOW I lost 1 kilo (2. Eating one (roughly) balanced meal at the same time every day is about as simple as it can get. I then continued drinking tea, but the cravings began hitting me again and again, every damn hour: 1:30pm, then 3:30pm, then 4:30pm. To be honest, it was tough for me to handle food and NOT indulge. I mean the diet was pretty much like what you have written. 5 kg. 2 kgs in one month. At the time I read it I was busy eating six small meals a day, going to the gym and running almost every day. So my main goal is to lose the last bit of fat (15lbs). I love only eating 1 lunch a day as I feel I sleep better at night without needing to digest food in my stomach. So if someone follows the diet and loses weight on it. Hence why so many studies contradict each other in dietary research. Obviously, I had to watch the plate size, because I wanted to lose those saddlebags, but now while maintaining, I have my huge dinner, my dessert on weekdays,and indulge profusely on weekends. I failed a lot to begin with, and I fail less often now. But I intend to start walking more once I get under 200 lbs. I looked better but more importantly i felt great at that weight. I did eat some of the things you mentioned but not all the time. When you go out with friends try to have your lunch or dinner at subway. I am just wondering though, did you ever have trembles at some stages. Hi Sonam, sorry for the delay in replying to you. I found the best way for myself by experimenting and I still do experiment. I knew I was in it for the long haul so it was motivation for me to be strict throughout the week. If I like to plan things, then I make detailed plans of what I will eat and when. so that i know where i have faltered but when on diet i dont usually write it down. I know I do have a lot of body fat around my middle, but I thought with eating once a day, cutting down on carbs and killing myself at the gym would show good results. Then in office will pick up a sub (6 inch) and veggi preferably(I am not vegeterian). If you get to the end of your meal without really tasting and savoring it, you might not feel inclined to go through it all again tomorrow. Hi David, thanks for taking the time to make a comment. Down from 177 several weeks ago to 171 as of today. Anyways on the one meal a day diet: I used to do that in High School along with running every day and dropped from 203 lbs to about 158 to get in shape for AROTC (although I was really skinny runner type, and after a couple months of PT was up to about 170 from putting on muscle). It was so bad that around 5pm I was seeing everything around me as food. I admire your resolve to stick to the plan 7 days a week. This book gave me the insight I needed to see this thing through and re-train myself. On the other hand, i hate sleeping hungry. In the evening i went out for a meal with some friends and i went to a steakhouse. Not particularly scientific, but if nothing else it gives me a nice reward every 7 days. I have to try and drink at least 2lts of water from 6pm. This type of diet suits my lifestyle perfectly and I wish I had found out a long time ago. I started drinking water this week, and things are not going well. My initial motivation to get going with the diet came from negative emotions. After I have my mind set to loose some weight. I also tried the healthy approach, not really dieting, but watching what I eat and doing heaps of exercise. There were some days I got greedy and that slowed my progress. ) 5 soaked almonds with the skin. The exact weight is less important than the trend. We now know today that nothing on the face of the earth gets more complex with time (ie evolution), but rather all things after being Made tend towards the simple or breakdown in complexity. I hear lectures all the time how bad it is for me. How to Lose Weight in 4 Weeks- Diet Chart for Weight Loss. According to myfitnesspal log I have had a calorie deficit of 150-200 calories below my 1600-calorie limit every day. Hello my name is Gary i am 51 years of age single and have just had the worst 18 months of my life following a loss of job and a relationship beak up. The biggest benefit I get from eating once is that I can prepare a healthier, more rounded meal. I was 18, and had gone from being a skinny child to weighing 180lbs by the time I finished college. I have long suspected that starvation mode (in the context of dieting) was a myth and I also suspected that the metabolism thing was just rubbish too. I could have roasted chicken, missi roti(which I like). Is it because of the low level of sugar in our blood or what. My logic was that I could save the calories I was drinking (and not enjoying) from the shakes and add them to my evening meal so I could enjoy a good sized meal with my family. I have been asked most by women how to stay slim while I still eat dinner as most of them skip dinner just to stay in shape. My question is once I get to my goal weight how do I maintain it. A lot of people would think that if you only eat once a day that you would be lethargic, tired or unproductive. I was wondering what types of food you would eat when you did eat. After I lost the first 20lbs I was pretty much straight into the next 10lbs. Your weight loss is stready and not too extreme. I was told the reason for this was because I was eating too seldom, the body and brain assume food is scarce so it will store more. I do need to work on being more physically active though. I am unable to do aerobics as got confused which video to be followed. im sure you will lose your post pregnancy pounds soon and will be back to your svelte self soon. Though, generally the diets given by dieticians are personalized. The beauty of eating one meal a day is I ate what I wanted and I ate with the family. so i used to keep two 1 litr bottles of water and kept sipping from it the whole day. At first I was worried that it would hurt the weight loss, but not at all- I continue to lose steadily. As my new years resolution i decided to do the one meal a day diet as it worked so well for me before (previously i lost 3 stone doing this a few years back). I wrote earlier and just thought I would check in. I found your site because I just started this diet and went looking for others trying it. For me I wanted something close enough to my normal diet. I eat my one meal around 6:30 and 7:30 everyday. Your advice for maintaining the weight makes perfect sense and is much appreciated. My very light is to feel a little hungry but not until gassy. But if you have any doubts at all you should see a doctor. And ill make sure that my One meal a day consist of mostly healthy foods majority of the time. Which is largely why I stopped weighing myself and trusted the feel of my waistband and the view in the mirror (and later, the tape measure). Its so empowering creating meaning and purpose in my life because i feel in control. I managed to sneak in a bag of chocolate popcorn yesterday and justified it. This is a routine I follow during the weekday and I have my cheat days on the weekend as well. 5pm per week. You start to make better choices (not always but often enough to make a difference). I weighed myself at the start so that I have. She keeps munching or eating every hour and keep offering me. Once you get the hang of skipping breakfast then you have that meal out of the day. And we all have lost a considerable amount of weight to say the least. I eat all the regular foods like pasta, pizza, potatoes, bread, rice, chciken, fish, beef, pork, pies, pastries, cakes, ice cream and lots of fruit and vegetables. My stomach is smaller and my thighs are getting smaller. My husband is so happy now that I eat a normal adult portion size, because with the 6 small meals. I then began going throughout the day without eating, and in the evenings when I got off would actually go through a drive thru such as Taco Bell or whatever I wanted. My big lunch makes me feel satisfied all day. Do try this out its pretty easy you just have to be strict with yourself about the aftre 7 salt thing. I see opportunities every were before there was sadness and despair. I immediately lost weight by the second day of doing this. I drink herbal tea all day with a small amount of maple syrup and lemon throughout the day. Good luck and thanks for leaving a message. I really believe everyone is different so everyone will respond differently to diets, something you have clearly shown and I am grateful to you for sharing. Good stuff Renier I downloaded and read last night. From time to time I have no doubt I will run 2-3 miles, again without eating before doing it. I needed a diet that suited me and my existing lifestyle. I have always found that eating that many times a day to stay full just seemed too tedious. I wake up around 5:30 am M to F, and I would go through the motions of eating breakfast because I thought it was the right thing to do. The key thing here is that you started again and have lost another totally amazing 38 lbs. When I started out on this I had some very powerful reasons to want to achieve my goal. Luckily I was never told to have all that. Yesterday i went for a run, only about 2 or three miles, no food, and it was a piece of cake. Mixing the two approaches helped me (albeit unwittingly) to keep my interest and helped me to accommodate whatever was going on in my life at the time. The first thing I did was substitute Diet Mountain Dew for my normal Mountain Dew. : I really want to thank Rati for giving me a platform to share my thoughts and ideas without having me to bear with the responsibility of making a whole blog work. I drink tea or coffee (both decaf) and fresh juice and 1 smoothie, again anytime during the day. but if you really dont like bread then you can substitue it with a bran roti but make sure that its a small and light roti not a heavy one. for five weeks now, I have been eating one evening meal a day and having fruits for breakfast and lunch. Excersing was not for me and eating salads put me into a bad temper. I thought this would be a place where I can post my results along the way. I usually give up on traditional diets very quickly but this approach seems very easy to conform to. I read your reply very carefully and i reread your original post on the one meal a day plan that worked for you. For me that time is 6pm which gives me an hour to eat and limits my opportunity to damage my diet. I am very proud of my achievement but its all thanks to you. I am about to start, I only have 4 kilos to lose, nonetheless, i have a couple of questions that maybe you could help me answer. Until, I guess, I got used to eatting the real lunch. And when I did start back eating I over ate every time so what weight I did lose I gained back and more. What I love the most about this, though, is that I sleep so well when I go to bed with an empty stomach. I plan to wean myself off the morning smoothie (perhaps save it for dinner, since I love it so) and replace it with an apple. I think i have only been eating about 1000 calories per day which is not enough. I think half the battle is believing you can do it, seeing your success has motivated and inspired me so much. ALL the best to you too and all on this thread. If two meals a day is shouting out to you as the way to keep it sustainable, it has to be worth experimenting with for a while. (I was 165cm, 57 kgs. I even felt embarrased by month small portions when eating with friends. For one week I did not eat or drink anything, even water, until 6pm. I admit I did not read the entire thing, But I have been eating 1 meal per day for 4 years because I am poor and I have gained 20 kilos from doing so. What I do now is drink coffee (with Equal) for breakfast and another for lunch. living on onion roti one day, then fruits without salt the other and panner diet for another 2 days. I am going to now track weight loss and see if I cant get a little slimmer with one meal a day and some excersize. How to Lose Weight in 4 Weeks- Diet Chart for Weight Loss. second week is going on. Just a quick update my 1st weeks weightloss is 2 lbs but hey im still pleased because if i lose 2 lbs a week for 10 weeks thats a 20lbs loss. The one trick that was working for me was that i would make sure that 1-meal was really tasty or something i really looked fowrard to eating (for example) a nice cut of steak w a baked potato and veggies and a nice dessert like a slice of chocalate cake. I find that I often learn more from my failures than my successes. I would described my dinner but am African, our food is different. Today is my first day and I am so ready to do this. I plan on taking a Cup of tea with milk and sugar, If i feel weak. I live in Bavaria, maybe we could share more of our experince about the One meal a day:-). Also is it OK to exercise to speed up the weight loss. maybe we can have a part 2 as well. Hey rati n priyanka thanx fr sharing dis useful actually vry useful diet plan. Anyway thats the negative stuff out of the way. It will be interesting to see how this works out now. Me, my cousin, some of her friends and a lot of people I know have taken diet from this dietician. 5 meals a day. I think the trick is to always keep the body 2nd guessing, as in changing the amount of calories and meals every day. 5 -2 kgs dumbbells for toning your upper body. All we seem to do when they come to town is go out to eat, constantly. Ive been reading this website for quite a few days as i googled One Meal a Day diet as this is the only type of diet that has ever worked. 54 pounds in 5 months was an amazing feeling. I hope this lifestyle change will get me back to my normal self. We may update it every time we eat something or all at once by the end of the day. And I guess it depends what you mean by oily food. This suited me at the time as I could eat at a restaurant next to my workplace and as I then lived alone I could have soup in the evening. I really would like to be back to 170 or less. I have strong hunger pangs and i seem to have increased my eating window from one hour to three or even four hours. My problem is that I suffer from acid n reflux syndrome, so when my stomach is empty I get these awful burps. So its a case of experimentation and finding out what works for me. I started this diet exactly a month ago now simply bcos I was tried from carrying excess weight around. Here is a quote which i found the other day which i feel is bang on the money. I started following a similar eating plan about a year ago. A human being is far more flexible with eating adaptability than most nutritionists or health experts are willing to admit. You really try to get more vegetables, protein (any meat and eggs) with fat (olive oil) and a little bit of carbs (rice, potatoes, beans, pasta) in to your plate each day. I sort of new before that i was overeating to cover up negative emotions but didnt have the power to stop myself. Last week, I started back on eating one meal a day and I actually lost half a stone ( 7lbs). It sounds like you have a good thing going on there. I enjoyed this article and all the comments. Just out of curiosity i am 57kg and want to drop down to 50kg in preferably a month or two maximum. Well done of dropping the 11 pounds and good luck on getting to your 25lb target. I think this is an ideal diet for me as there is only one rule. I know the one meal a day plan does work because i did lose some weight when adhering to it. Sometimes, I just go out with Protein-Shake with low fat milk or coffee or simply drink water. positive vibeszz o wow. Yes, around my waist, clothes are looser, but my stomach looks arwful, much more bloated looking. While I work out now twice a week( intense 2 on 2 basketball for an hour and a half), I am having problems not snacking at work again. otherwise its a breeze. During the day I do however drink cups of tea (with two sugars) as I find that helps. I vowed right then and there that I would not let myself hit 170. So far i feel wonderfull and the old Gary is returning. Last week, I ate between 6 and 7pm, but this week, I eat between 6 and 9pm. So basically I will be fasting till dinner time, but I will be drinking water through out the day. Maybe one day you could describe your food to me, I would love to hear about your diet. I also eat a balanced diet so that I get the nutrients I need. I keep a pitcher of splenda sweetened tea in the fridge in the house. Also i was thinking that i am the only guy doing this way, but really got impressed and motivated seeing that there are many people in the world who are thinking in similar lines. People in the old days used to eat twice a day. I generally find that I do enjoy eating a small breakfast within an hour of waking after having fasted since 7PM or so the previous evening. How to Lose Weight in 4 Weeks- Diet Chart for Weight Loss. Besides who says that eating once a day is less healthier than eating 6 times a day. Do it for how it will make you feel to have achieved a small step towards your goal every single day. You are right about others saying that I look slimmer. 5 kg in first week of this diet. Daily walks with my dog of 3-4 miles have done nothing to help me lose, lifting weights at the gym did zero. Granted I have only done 2 days with 1 meal per day as, like you I plan to eat lunch on the weekends. Take less gravy since it is the most fattening. Thanks for leaving a comment (and a compliment). I find that business with the weight happens to me too. It is generally used in Japanese and Latin American cooking. I am 74 kilos and need to get down to 57 by end June 2014. you can clean up your diet a little at a time. How to Lose Weight in 4 Weeks- Diet Chart for Weight Loss. It needs to be simple because as a work at home parent with full time responsibility for the childcare, my life is already complicated enough. Rather than give up and quit, tread water for a while. In fact, when I eat in the morning, especially heavy breakfast, I get stomach ache. By the way: STAVIA is a natural plant that looks a bit like sage or mint. Im also doing 30 minutes on a step machine with free weights every 2 or 3 days just to feel strong in my body but i realise that its not central to my weight loss as you rightly said, its more a bonus or add on. I think in summary, the trick is to have a new eating plan to take over from the one meal diet and then to monitor your weight periodically. Believe me there is a way of doing this, it will not be costly, you just need to search a bit more. Those of us who continue to get up after we fall will surely reach our goals. It is very motivational and inspirational to read about all the success that others have experienced who are also eating one meal a day like myself. Then I found a 10 lb. Can I tell you that I have been eating this way for around 3 months now and I have effortlessly dropped 15 kilos. I did notice yesterday when I weighed myself in the middle of the day I weighed 235, so I knew it was just a matter of time until I weighed that in the morning. If eating Indian, order tandoori chappati rather than butter naan or parantha. I am overweight by 25 kgs (55lbs) and have been struggling with for the last ten years. The Gall Bladder is a one way organ that stores concentrated bile to add to digestion when fats arrive in the gut. So my suggestion would be to stick with natural fiber like fruits etc and not adding bran to chapattis. If any readers of your blog also can share tips,ideas or light snack suggestions that get them thru the day that would be appreciated big time on my part. When I tell people what I weigh, no one can believe its that high. Over the years I have associated my failure in dieting with failure in other areas of my life. I also have lots of meat and little carb. Therefore, it is extremely hard for me not to eat anything. The simple idea behind one meal a day is that your task is simply to eat fewer calories than your body needs. Maybe some of it is water weight, and maybe some of it is fat. I love to exercise, first thing in the morning, for about 1 hour a day 6 days a week in addition to eating only one meal a day. No matter how long it takes me I will lose this weight. This was not due to a conscious efford, basically I was studying, working and then did my degree etc and I only had time for the evening meal, or my body seemed to be happy, perfectly tuned, I did not put on weight and I did not lose weight, I was in perfect weight. I eat an Atkins bar for lunch and drink tons of water through the day. I read more of your blogs the other day and you write very intuitively. The opinions stated here are my own, I am not medically trained nor am I a qualified nutritionist. Beyond that, I let experience be my guide. The one meal a day diet, has been working great for me. GOOD news was that I never gained either. I too will keep this quiet as I feel the more I announce im on a diet the more I fail. Just wanted to say thank you for writing a very informative and relevant article. This was my high estimate of weight loss. But I feel so much better already, not to mention how much better I look. Hi Shannon, it sounds like this might suit you quite well. Of course you can tweak it to suit your needs, but as a general framework, it works quite well. On this diet can i eat the foods i normally eat. and thats a first one, i never thought i am a writer at all. EAch time I tried to lose weight I was successful. My failure to lose weight has bothered me for years and eventually I came to associate it with failures in other areas of my life. But in my cousins case all her tests wer e ok, she was gaining weight because of her erratic routine and the junk food she so loved. I need to catch up on a few things around here, including replying to those of you kind enough to leave comments. Build up fitness and exercise regimes slowly and deliberately to get the most enjoyment and benefit. I have an app called myfitnesspal on my iPhone and I use it to track my food and exercise. lb) since yesterday. In a short period of time I went from 140 to 176. Also, your website is very interesting to say the least. I like eating good food (pizza, fried rice, bacon, etc) and I like feeling full, but I can deal with hunger, so one meal a day was the obvious diet for me. Hi Priyanka could you summerize the Shikha Sharma diet plan. Like you, on weekends I will eat twice, with snacks. For example,last night I had salad, oven cooked fresh salmon with soy and ginger, brown rice (a lot) and broccoli and 3 glasses of red wine. Keep in mind that this can be a long process and try to get your feelings of success from sticking to your plan rather than the apparent lack of physical results. Alright so ill take it into consideration that certain foods have to be eatin in moderation. I really want to Take Part in the race, and i want to lose weight too. I used to be on a prescription drug a few years back that seriously suppressed my appetite and it just occurred to me that this was exactly how I ate. This caused my weight to go up to 148 after the birth. Or perhaps it does work to keep your metabolism going, but the fact is that severe deficits also work, and the one meal a day (without a drastic deficit, works great too.


i was actually very bad at it. My blood sugar, cholesterol level etc were all optimum. The problem is that physically there is a big difference. The tape measure is a great way to monitor your progress and an inch is a fantastic achievement. Planning to go for a food shopping today. Anyway the reason I am posting is this is currently day one of the diet for me. I can really relate to you wanting to keep it to yourself. Eating during the day just makes me tired and bloated. Fantastic read and just want I was looking for. S. Hey, i wanted to start this diet and i had a question. I turn 40 in September and I want to be on my way to my ideal weight then. The results have been shocking, to say the least. Eating one meal a day got me from 205lbs to 175lbs over a reasonable time. It really helps to pick the positive angle and just get back to it. My weight can fluctuate up to FIVE POUNDS in a given day. I once did this kind of diet, but unknowingly. If I do get hungry, I would pop in a few grapes, or two or three crackers. What has amazed me the most is that it is like my hunger has been switched off, I used to be starving hungry an hour after breakfast each morning, then hungry again after lunch and in the evening I could easily put away another big meal and desert and was ALWAYS craving things. When you start eating like this, you will see that there is hardly any difference in terms of cost but it will be better for you even if you can eat only once a day. I started it in January of this year and my progress is a 70 pounds of weight loss. I am not necessarily on a strict one meal diet but it is very close, I have two Biscuit and tea(whole milk and sugar) first thing in morning followed by a smoke. I did a few months of low carb, and a few months of one meal per day and took lots of time off between diets. As you know yesterday was my first day of trying this diet. Strain out the methi seeds and drink the water. The evening meal is not an open ended thing. After alot of false starts, I managed to stick to it and lost 20lbs. The one meal a day thing is a bit of a mad idea, but it can be adapted to suit your own needs and modified as you go along. Still going strong eating once a day, but having some difficulty establishing a cut off time for not eating. bag of chicken quarters at Walmart for about 6 dollars (American), lots of frozen veggies on sale for pennies a serving, and some fresh fruit that comes in large bags much cheaper than buying loose fruits by the pound. I would say that I need to lose a GoOd 15-20 pounds. It then becomes much more of a lifestyle than a diet which helps to keep the weight off. From listening to David, losing slowly is definitely the best option. If I do not lose any more weight by end of January, then I know that this meal plan is not for me. Eating one main meal at dinner time of what you actually WANT to eat rather than what your told is healthy makes this way of eating easier to sustain for life. I actually feel healthy while doing this diet, And this one meal i have is lunch not dinner. Like thyroid checkup, blood sugar, serum insulin in my case since I have PCOD. I wanted to do push ups and sit ups every day. He also gave me some really good gyan as well. I started doing this out of a huff with myself because no diets were working and I feel wonderful. And exercise seems to make me hungry, I am going to start this one whole meal a day, mashed potatoes, pasta salad and yes something sweet but small. There are lots of great comments and perspective from others who are trying to make this diet work. My honest suggestion to you is that you learn to cook healthily. actually i forgot to mention. 3 kgs in a month with PCOD. I am sure the health benefits realized by losing several pounds will be good. I know it was only because I stopped caring about taking care of myself during the last six months tho. All the while I am also tending to chickens, goats, dogs, meat rabbits, and my daughter. , as much as I want. Also if I get bored I can have an apple as a treat. No need to get the supposed optimal balance between protein, carbohydrate and fat. How to Lose Weight in 4 Weeks- Diet Chart for Weight Loss. I use a small dinner plate and fill it to the edges. How to Lose Weight in 4 Weeks- Diet Chart for Weight Loss. I appreciate your sharing your experience on this blog. I needed a diet that limited my choices and left me to make only good decisions. As I continue my own fat loss journey I may well decide to experiment to discover for myself whether the conventional fat loss wisdom holds true. Hiya, I agree completely with all that you say. Having a wider window during which to eat sounds like a great way to do it. Not too fast and not too slow but still allows you some room to manoeuvre. Besides, starting early stretches your stomach out so you eat more to feel full. Actually, I started out first with intermittent fasting to gain the control of when to eat. The last thing you want having waited all day to eat, is to sit at a table with your family and referee fights and arguments between the kids. I would feel terrible if you tried this and it made you poorly. All morning until 11:30am I was perfectly fine but around 11:30am (which is my danger zone. I never felt craving just a healthy hunger before dinner times. Without further ado I present you with the Indian diet. Now my mind which previously craved sugars and carbohydrate seems to know what is good and what isnt. Same thing because of work etc no one knew I was on a one meal a day plan. I will explain what Stavia is at the end of this post but now let me go back to the morning. I run because I like to run a couple of times a week, but I go for higher intensity over shorter distances which also seems to help. And as you doubtless know, comfort eating often seems like a way to relieve the stress. How can it be natural for people to eat every 3 hours. This got me down to 172 in less than 5 months. The fibers in the salad fills u up which in turn prevents false hunger that makes u overeat. If I get hungry during the day, I eat some natural almonds or a spoon full of yoghurt or have some coffee and that seems to work. I had more energy, slept better and felt good in myself. I was able to stave it off with a handful of almonds. Eventually, by shopping and planning carefully and taking advantage of coupons, sales, and free items offered with a minimum purchase, I found it was actually costing less than eating out or loading up on junk. Losing 8lbs in 5 weeks is a great result. But I knew sticking to not eating at all, for several days was not my cup of tea. Dave,thanks for the encouraging words that I truly need right now. I am now married, 34 yrs. I am so pleased for you and delighted that you shared your success with us. I have given myself rules about what I can eat each day and I dont deviate. How to Lose Weight in 4 Weeks- Diet Chart for Weight Loss. I pretty much went into a state of depression. Unfortunately your weight is not an accurate indicator of fat loss. All they see is me sitting at the dinner table in the evening eating what they eat, enjoying my food and feeling full and happy afterwards. Ordinary, regular food served up in decent portions that fills your belly and keeps you feeling satisfied for hours afterwards. Will keep you guys updated with my weekly weigh ins xx. 30am) I began heaving terrible cravings. Basically, on the farm I get up at 7:00 am and do all the hot sweaty work like hand harvesting food, hand weeding, moving dirt (with a shovel), construction, etc. So, I decided to have my dinner early(despite I generally eat my dinner around 6:30pm-7:00pm). On a day to day basis tracking weight can be tough but you just have to have faith that as long as you stick to your eating plan the weight will come off. Since I just started yesterday, I have no results to post yet. Limit your salt intake, because you will retain water on a high salt diet. I was also drinking almost every night back then too. Bile is not returned to the gallbladder if unused in digestion. You will have to take it a step further and take care of your diet in order to lose weight. Throughout the day I drink water and tea. For dinner, I take buckets of vitamins as well as my cholesterol medicine, then I feast. this even works with the ones having PCOD what else could i ask for. I made sure my evening meal was small to medium size and as I stopped feeling hungry, my meals got smaller. Of course, if we drop calories too much or increase the energy output too much, the body will adapt to slow the rate of fat loss and preserve energy thinking that food is obviously in short supply. Being able to eat the things the family eats makes it all so much easier. i keep a record of all that i eat. I started this about few days ago — to be on 1-meal a day strictly. How to Lose Weight in 4 Weeks- Diet Chart for Weight Loss. Even i dont like fried stuff at all, but yes i used to have diet colas like once evryday. How to Lose Weight in 4 Weeks- Diet Chart for Weight Loss. Superfoods are super but they are also expensive and they are not the miraculous missing link in a successful diet. I would have done some exercise last week but I got a wicked sunburn on my lower back and then I got sick. This way you know where you started and you feel good to see the scales going down. Somewhere along the line I think we have to learn to make better choices about our nutrition and this diet has been a great way for me to do that. Avoid those thick soups they are no good. I was doing this for some time and as you said, it is working good for me. Skip breakfast, have lunch with enough carbohydrates, Then Dinner with Low carbs or with carbs. My biggest achievements were the result of negative motivations I felt. 1 bran chappati (mix wheat flour and wheat bran in equal proportions. So, I was doing some reseach about age and gain weight. Give it another little while and you may discover that your scale weight drops by a pound or two overnight. do jointhe thread Rati is starting at the Forums. I typically will go to sleep at about 11:00 pm after I have put all the dogs to bed. I realised that I was eating more and during the school year, I only had time for 1 or 1. How to Lose Weight in 4 Weeks- Diet Chart for Weight Loss. The Dude, thanks for dropping by and sharing your success. but yes, if I really wanted to eat something I would. The small snacks are a brilliant idea because they keep you on track. Today was the first full day I tried this approach. Judging by the pictures I saw, the man looks in great shape and clearly manages to find enough energy to go running every day AND command the day to day operations of the military in a war zone. I even refused a dessert which is highly unusual for me. I am very glad to come across your article. I want to lose another 58lb by Christmas and I figure I can if I lose around 2. I just discover I need to stick to my one hour window by reading some of the comment. Im really looking forward to getting slim for the summer, i am currently at 10st7 my starting weight was 10st9 and i would like to get down to 8 stone. You can eat whatever you want since its once a day. The way we feel determines what we do, so make sure you feel strongly about it. A little will power during the day goes a long way. I am so tired of counting calories and points and watching what I eat. But I also found it way too hard to eat rabbit food multiple times a day for six days a week with only one or two cheat meals on the weekend. Eat two meals a day and gradually work back to having one when you feel like it. You must do your own research and you should consult a medical professional before embarking on a diet. There are a few different mental attitudes that really help. Right now, I am planning to make sure that my body gets adjusted to this meal plan, I will not worry about weight lost and then, I will worry about losing weight. I also enjoy the fact that I feel satisfied during the evening so I get the psychological boost from spending a few hours with food in my belly. So this one meal a day diet is the best of both worlds. I last did this way of eating in my 20s and it worked fabulously for me. In addition the temptation is to replace carbs with fat which is double the calorie density of carbs or protein. The idea of adopting a one meal a day diet first came to me when I read an article about an American General, Stanley McChrystal. I felt good about myself and had so much energy. And the best part is that when you are doing something you know is good for you, you actually feel really light and happy. Maybe you feel the same way, but for me it was more important to do something about my weight, see some results and feel good about what I was achieving. Soman, there are no rules to this diet, you just make them up to suit yourself. fingers cross. i have lost 2. I just reasoned that most of what we see regarding diet and weight loss is either wrong or designed to get us to part with our money. Instead I take my reward from having stuck to the eating plan. So far i have gone from 11 stone to 10st 4 but i has taken me a couple of months and i dont know whether my metabolism has slowed down or im not drinking enough water but i cant get the rest off. It was difficult to tell because for me it was mostly guesswork. Very yummy indeed and when having hunger pangs during the day from not eating knowing what my evening meal would be sustained me. I tell myself that the hunger is a good signal and that if my body really needs energy it can get it from my fat stores. I intend to stick with the one meal a day plan pretty much forever, because it lets me have the body I want without obsessing over calories. A piece of fruit here and there is a great way to get through the day. And besides, I find it easy to eat one meal a day without getting hungry. So wait ten or fifteen minutes and then eat your dinner in peace. I know this is once a day, but I decided to do breakfast and then dinner. One thing I had to remember to do was to recalculate my maintenance calories for my new weight. There are certain things I avoid like sodas, but from time to time I still enjoy a glass of cola. Because, naturally when one cannot afford food, there will be a tendency to choose the cheapest food items on offer. I must admit I ate normal hearty meals, the only thing I scrapped was bread. I often worry that some people think diets like this are a license to eat 1500 calories of chocolate every day and end up effectively starving themselves. Eating one meal a day is WAAAYYYYY easier for me than eating many small meals. if Rati allows me to. For dinner, I ate whatever I wanted plus dessert. Do you cut out carbs or just eat a regular meat and 2 veg. I pretty much eat anything and everything that takes my fancy. Unless you want to exercise A LOT, you have to decrease the amount of food you eat. I am now on a journey which i hope will be a positive and life encompassing one. I have tried so many things and I had honestly forgotten the one meal a day diet. Even the gym instructors would tell you so. In that way the body never goes into starvation mode as it never knows from one day to the next how many calories its going to get. Its great not to have to think about food all the time, which is what I always did, I was always hungry. I caught this on your blog and it made me laugh. This resulted in me making a slight gain in weight. I started the 1 meal a day a couple weeks ago (with a snack too) and have lost 6 pounds. But instead of stuffing myself with any food that I can put my hands on, this time I decided to stuff myself healthily. Regarding the second issue, I will be the first to admit that I am mentally addicted to the idea of lunch. The slow process teaches you something about yourself and helps you to change the eating habits that got you overweight in the first place. Before starting the diet weigh yourself and write it down somewhere. I had to have another small snack and cup of tea in the mid afternoon because my stomach was growling so loudly. But when you step onto the weighing machine and notice the pounds melting that is some other worldly bliss. I saw you drank tea alot during the day but i am not a