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I also have progressed in my exercise and now walk for a bit over an hour, 3 days a week. Hi David, thanks for taking the time to make a comment. Eventually I was able to transition to one meal. I do some running although not consistently maybe 4 times a week. Eating one meal a day is WAAAYYYYY easier for me than eating many small meals. I have been eating one meal a day for years like my father has done his whole life. When I tell people what I weigh, no one can believe its that high. 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. Every now and then I may squeeze in a small snack. Eat two meals a day and gradually work back to having one when you feel like it. With force reductions and the government looking for ways to cut back, Sailors are being let go for not being within body composition standards. This week, I decided to start drinkin g water and things have not been going well. I started 1 meal a day 3 days ago with the following aims:-. And when I did start back eating I over ate every time so what weight I did lose I gained back and more. It would be the worst thing in the world to faint while at the wheel of a car or operating machinery. During the day I do however drink cups of tea (with two sugars) as I find that helps. Somehow that sinks into my subconscious mind and helps me on the days when I under-eat. 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. 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. Does anyone of you have the one meal at lunch. After I have my mind set to loose some weight. At the moment it suits me to have one main meal (slightly smaller than I would usually eat) and then a good sized snack of something awesomely tasty just before I go to bed. I also found that putting in two good days at the start of the week where I ate a small meal in the evening, would allow me to be less stringent for the rest of the week. I have been dieting now for a year off and on. Your diet is actually is THE MOST HEALTHY DIET FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME. It was all trial and error in the beginning and I made a lot of errors. I have been dieting now for a year off and on. It pays to have a rough idea of how many calories your food has but if you start to micro manage your food intake it starts to get tedious and adds an extra pressure. This really seems do able for me and I want to be sure to give it a decent try. 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. My Basal Metabolic Rate (from a website) is about 2500 calories. You are right about others saying that I look slimmer. I see opportunities every were before there was sadness and despair. for five weeks now, I have been eating one evening meal a day and having fruits for breakfast and lunch. 5 kg. I ended up getting all the way down to 157 before stopping. I even refused a dessert which is highly unusual for me. I knew I was in it for the long haul so it was motivation for me to be strict throughout the week. This diet is making me feel wonderful, walked into work today with a spring in my step. The biggest benefit I get from eating once is that I can prepare a healthier, more rounded meal. Working through lunch and into the early afternoon is a bonus. I must admit that I too am surprised at the number of people trying this diet. I am sleeping much better with my empty stomach than with full one. It then becomes much more of a lifestyle than a diet which helps to keep the weight off. This is especially true of sugar and carbs. For dinner, I take buckets of vitamins as well as my cholesterol medicine, then I feast. I found the best way for myself by experimenting and I still do experiment. 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. 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. Thanks for sharing the important point of being too strict and highlighting that there can be medical implications and complications. It can be hard to fall asleep when hungry, especially in the beginning when I was still adjusting to not grazing from the time I wake up till the time I go to bed. I am constantly hungry and I have increased my window of eating from one hour to three hours. I read more of your blogs the other day and you write very intuitively. i monitor my mood using a scale of 1 to 10 were 1 is practically suicidal and 10 is elation. i am aware not to be too obsessive so am prepared to have some neutral days. I do some running although not consistently maybe 4 times a week. Does anyone of you have the one meal at lunch. 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. Just know that what you want to do is possible and that you can do it. I plan on Jogging 7km for two days and Then One day rest. but yes, if I really wanted to eat something I would. Its mental torture to watch this and a diet killer. With a wife (who cooks good meals) and a baby and a lack of time to exercise, I gained a LOT of weight. My husband showed me your blog, he started doing this a few days ago and he said he loves it. I enjoyed this article and all the comments. Losing the last of the fat has been more difficult. This allows me more freedom to eat the foods I really enjoy in moderation at the one larger evening meal. I would feel terrible if you tried this and it made you poorly. 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. Your advice for maintaining the weight makes perfect sense and is much appreciated. If anyone has some snack ideas, I too would love to hear them. You mentioned the wild variation in your calories and although I have nothing to back it up, I think that can be a good thing. I would like to start this as well. Until last month, holidays started and I started putting on more. With 4 low fat crackers I had the half of the pan. If I like to plan things, then I make detailed plans of what I will eat and when. No doubt you feel great for having made such progress. Anyway, I got overweight again so I want to use this method. I have given myself rules about what I can eat each day and I dont deviate. 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. What I do now is drink coffee (with Equal) for breakfast and another for lunch. Then, I moved to a new city, live alone and changed everything. It requires practice and practice often brings failure. 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. I have not weighed under 200 for many years so its very encouraging. I began eating a small sandwich at a lunch time and a fruit and snack etc. I can eat them TODAY, just not right now. Taking on exercise as part of your diet may seem like a good idea, but my own experience is that exercise hampers my efforts. and 65 pounds overweight. I was 150 in high school, and after starting a desk job ballooned up to 226, when I decided it was time for a change. Instead I take my reward from having stuck to the eating plan. Today, I weighed myself and WOOOW I lost 1 kilo (2. I saw this site last year and started for a while. But these foods are generally very HIGH carbs foods such as breads, sugary cakes, pastas with added preservatives and treatment agents which are all very bad for the digestive system. I write this as if a friend had asked me to describe the diet. I saw this site last year and started for a while. I just discover I need to stick to my one hour window by reading some of the comment. I was so struggled and never lost any grams. Point here is I go to gym to get those negative 1000 Calories. I have been toying with the IF lifestyle and doing loads of research for a while now. I know it was only because I stopped caring about taking care of myself during the last six months tho. Now, this is the interesting part: until 30 of age I was eating (generally speaking) once a day (at dinner). I sort of new before that i was overeating to cover up negative emotions but didnt have the power to stop myself. I am also doing such thing by taking a meal in morning every other day. I strongly love this one meal a day plan just need to find the best way to make it sustainable for me looooong term. Its now day 8 and i continue to feel wonderful. Unfortunately your weight is not an accurate indicator of fat loss. 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. I see opportunities every were before there was sadness and despair. 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 like how you say the snack is to fight off hunger pangs and not to have a pleasurable experience. I needed it to be simple and inexpensive. Its mental torture to watch this and a diet killer. So much of your success on a diet comes from what you tell yourself. Feeling lethargic mid afternoon is a productivity killer for me. 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. I love your attitude to falling off the wagon. 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. GOOD news was that I never gained either. You can eat whatever you want since its once a day. Hi Shannon, it sounds like this might suit you quite well. Alright so ill take it into consideration that certain foods have to be eatin in moderation. When I get it badly wrong, I start over again the next day. Yes, around my waist, clothes are looser, but my stomach looks arwful, much more bloated looking. But I intend to start walking more once I get under 200 lbs. The first thing I did was substitute Diet Mountain Dew for my normal Mountain Dew. I should tell you how am following this diet, I drink a cup of coffee in the morning before going to work and another cup around midday with lot of water throughout the day. Can I tell you that I have been eating this way for around 3 months now and I have effortlessly dropped 15 kilos. The Dude, thanks for dropping by and sharing your success. Sorry Jackson as a nurse I just cannot let that one pass. But I feel so much better already, not to mention how much better I look. I used to do Judo (when I was younger and less broken) and the weight categories were in Kgs. I eat an Atkins bar for lunch and drink tons of water through the day. Can I tell you that I have been eating this way for around 3 months now and I have effortlessly dropped 15 kilos. It would have killed me to wait a whole day just to tuck into a bowl of salad and mung beans. For me that time is 6pm which gives me an hour to eat and limits my opportunity to damage my diet. Hello David i have got a question for you and anyone else who is interested. I am so pleased for you and delighted that you shared your success with us. I wanted to do push-ups and sit-ups every day. The most important thing for me is that I eat fewer calories than my body needs each day. I think this is an ideal diet for me as there is only one rule. So, your body uses the energy that it gets from the food that you eat. Soon I realised I was losing weight, and decided to stick with it. I have been doing this for 2 months with great success (32 lbs lost). 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. Down from 177 several weeks ago to 171 as of today. Just another question, i cant always have my meal at the same time for some reasons but always between 6-8 pm so can i have my meal for ex: the first day at 6 the second at 8 the third and 6:30. On Thursday I started the 1 meal a day approach and you know what, I lived. It will be interesting to see how this works out now. You just do it your way and in your own time. You are rewarded by eating your favorite meals every single evening, and because of that, unlike other diets, this diet is sustainable. If you mean deep-fried food, I guess that would make sense. 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. I did eat some of the things you mentioned but not all the time. I never want to go anywhere or do anything anymore because o this weight. Hey David im 17 years old and i wanted to start this diet. Working through lunch and into the early afternoon is a bonus. And in Theravada Buddhism, monks may only have one meal a day before noon, and that was considered the middle path (half way between 2 and 0). People in the old days used to eat twice a day. My beverage of choice is plain old tap water. I have argued to exhaustion with people about this ridiculous concept of eating small meals a day every few hours. According to myfitnesspal log I have had a calorie deficit of 150-200 calories below my 1600-calorie limit every day. When it is the only one of the day i wanted to take my time tasting the textures were normally i would just gulp without hardly chewing. But I sure as heck would like to have it. For me, this has been the most successful diet ever. Just out of curiosity i am 57kg and want to drop down to 50kg in preferably a month or two maximum. My youngest is now 5, so the baby days are long gone. There have been some days when I am really hungry either mid morning or early afternoon. I re-read your blog and have only just seen that you had two meals on the weekend. So wait ten or fifteen minutes and then eat your dinner in peace. Which I almost never did but I could if I wanted to. If I have a big breakfast and some chocolate milk then I could weigh 240. I strongly love this one meal a day plan just need to find the best way to make it sustainable for me looooong term. And when I did start back eating I over ate every time so what weight I did lose I gained back and more. 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. The tape measure is a great way to monitor your progress and an inch is a fantastic achievement. When I started out on this I had some very powerful reasons to want to achieve my goal. I am just wondering though, did you ever have trembles at some stages. I think you will eventually see the difference in the mirror but if not maybe taking photos will help you. It was difficult to tell because for me it was mostly guesswork. I was just surfing the web and found your blog. I decided to eat one meal a day with only an apple or piece of fruit during the day. I enjoyed eating once because I could have small meals and still have my favourite biscuits or even some chocolate after my meals. I went from my normal weight of 140 lbs to 176 lbs within 3 months. You mix it with water (you have to, all you will burn your throat), and slug it. Over the years I have associated my failure in dieting with failure in other areas of my life. If I work all day and am focused then food becomes secondary. I would have many lunch appointment with many new moms around here. They get injured and disillusioned and let the eating plan slide. 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. The same motivation also got me back on the diet after I fell off the wagon a couple of times. I am constantly hungry and I have increased my window of eating from one hour to three hours. Fantastic read and just want I was looking for. Because, naturally when one cannot afford food, there will be a tendency to choose the cheapest food items on offer. I guess if you could classify it as snacking. Actually I have been losing weight with the 6meal plan but all of a suden I just stoped losing for the past 2 months. Limit your salt intake, because you will retain water on a high salt diet. David, just like you, I do not have breakfast. 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. But I feel so much better already, not to mention how much better I look. During the day I do however drink cups of tea (with two sugars) as I find that helps. In fact, when I eat in the morning, especially heavy breakfast, I get stomach ache. For dinner, I take buckets of vitamins as well as my cholesterol medicine, then I feast. At 5 foot 7. I will put on 3 pounds overnight if I had full meal. I was also drinking almost every night back then too. I am so pleased for you and delighted that you shared your success with us. A meal is the food I want plus the dessert I want. For the past months, after we moved to new neighborhood, I was trying so hard to blend in. After I lost the first 20lbs I was pretty much straight into the next 10lbs. Hi Julie, you sound very upbeat and excited about this. Now my mind which previously craved sugars and carbohydrate seems to know what is good and what isnt. So, your body uses the energy that it gets from the food that you eat. I am done with all that pressure thanks to your website. 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). I started this diet exactly a month ago now simply bcos I was tried from carrying excess weight around. The exact weight is less important than the trend. I do drink a cup of coffee and then another one or tea three hours later, with a light snack, maybe a piece of bread or fruit. For dinner, I ate whatever I wanted plus dessert. 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. I needed a diet that suited me and my existing lifestyle. Its David from May 2012 in the post up above. Actually, I started out first with intermittent fasting to gain the control of when to eat. 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. Snacking at other times in the day is fine, but of course the trick is not to continue eating. I caught this on your blog and it made me laugh. I used to exercise hours and hours a day just to maintain my weight. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience. Very yummy indeed and when having hunger pangs during the day from not eating knowing what my evening meal would be sustained me. There have been times when I felt tired too, but they were short lived and as with your own experience I found that over time I became less tired and infact I had more energy throughout the day. 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. It makes sense that I need fewer calories to maintain 175 lbs than 205 lbs. I got to a point where I started to doubt almost everything I read and wanted to see for myself. lb) since yesterday. So its a case of experimentation and finding out what works for me. I so often feel this and giddy too when I am dieting especially when I tried the one meal a day diet the first time like a year ago and did quit for that reason back in the days. I do need to work on being more physically active though. At the time I read it I was busy eating six small meals a day, going to the gym and running almost every day. You are going to feel hungry on a diet, learn to get comfortable with it. 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. Eating one meal a day got me from 205lbs to 175lbs over a reasonable time. First weigh in is this friday so its exciting the fact that every friday im going to post my weight loss for the week. My question is once I get to my goal weight how do I maintain it. If I got it 80% right on a daily or weekly basis I could end the day or the week feeling good about my achievement. Hoping to have some summer support for one meal a day. This was my high estimate of weight loss. HI evryone today i intend to share this good news to those who have been discouraged in anyway. The scales showed a difference of 3 lbs in two weigh-ins within 10 seconds of each other today. Then I realized that this is exactly or close to the 1-meal a day plan. The tape measure is a great way to monitor your progress and an inch is a fantastic achievement. So David thank you for your advice and tips on this method of weight loss and for sharing your heart. I do go to bed early, as suggested, though. The scales showed a difference of 3 lbs in two weigh-ins within 10 seconds of each other today. The way I always saw it, one meal a day is more natural from an evolutionary standpoint. The law of diminishing returns certainly seems to kick in. In about 8 months I lost 55 pounds, bringing me down to 125. The relaxed approach worked very well for me for the first 30lbs. All we seem to do when they come to town is go out to eat, constantly. Its so empowering creating meaning and purpose in my life because i feel in control. I made a conscious decison not to take on any additional exercise other than walking once or twice a day with the dogs. I have also developed digestion problems, such as diarrhea and bad stomach pain after a meal. The problem is that even though I am over the moon for losing the weight, i am uneasy with the notion of not drinking water. Most of dieting is mindset, breaking old habits and forming new ones. I started doing this out of a huff with myself because no diets were working and I feel wonderful. Jennifer, it was good to see an update from you. During this time I met my fiance, and got pregnant with my son. Until last month, holidays started and I started putting on more. Cheating is creeping into my day and the small cheats are really starting to add up. Understand that the real result is not what the scale says but whether you stuck to your eating plan. I feel fuller doing this vs eating six times a day. And I guess it depends what you mean by oily food. I have over 3 stone to lose and normal diets dont work as they all revolve round food too much, so you are constantly handling food throughout the day, fatal. As you know yesterday was my first day of trying this diet. I managed to sneak in a bag of chocolate popcorn yesterday and justified it. Such is the beauty of this diet, fasting during the day means my stomach feels fuller quicker at meal times and stops me over eating. Throughout this process I set numbers that would trigger me to do something about my weight if I hit them. Without a doubt my own progress was slowed down because I refused to count calories. So the more I feel it, the more progress I am making. 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. Drinking water seems to cause hunger pangs, whilst not drinking anything, including water, I can go the whole day without feeling hunger. I keep on sipping iced tea through out the afternoon. Superfoods are super but they are also expensive and they are not the miraculous missing link in a successful diet. I think this is an ideal diet for me as there is only one rule. You must do your own research and you should consult a medical professional before embarking on a diet. The first time I started eating one meal a day, it was totally accidental. David, just like you, I do not have breakfast. Also is it OK to exercise to speed up the weight loss. Like you, on weekends I will eat twice, with snacks. 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 am a mom of four, age 48, 175 pounds, looking to get to about 125. GOOD news was that I never gained either. I am now married, 34 yrs. I am 43 years old. I think that if the beer is ice cold it has fewer calories. From listening to David, losing slowly is definitely the best option. It was difficult to tell because for me it was mostly guesswork. ALL the best to you too and all on this thread. 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. 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). Oh and i forgot to mention my weight today stands at 12 stone 8 a drop of 30 pounds. 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. Then I found a 10 lb. 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. Then I eat dinner around five after I come home. Then I eat dinner around five after I come home. One problem with the weight loss industry is that there seems to be a counter argument for almost everything. Being adaptable is an amazing characteristic to have, it will serve you well. I think that is likely something promulgated by people who freak out when they feel one bit of hunger and cannot deal with it. Instead of getting on with doing something positive you end up in a perpetual state of inaction and unable to commit. I wish you all the best in reaching your goal. Thank you David your comments are very kind and positive. The beauty of eating one meal a day is I ate what I wanted and I ate with the family. Today I weight 61kg (I m very short) and I will let you guys know how much I loose next weekend. I live in Bavaria, maybe we could share more of our experince about the One meal a day:-). I gave the wretched thing to my wife and she ate it. I was also drinking almost every night back then too. I posted a few comments on here, last year and started the one meal a day lifestyle with your advice and support and the support of many on here. This is my diet, no breakfast, lunch 12. When I began having the cravings around 10pm I finished of the rest of the food in the pan. 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. I feel as if I was ment to find ur article thank you again. I have not check my weight but I feel very light. Just out of curiosity i am 57kg and want to drop down to 50kg in preferably a month or two maximum. Maybe I need to shock my body into letting go of fat as it seems to be holding on for dear life. I go for about 1000 calories on my dinner plate and the other 800 comes from the dessert and any snacks I eat during the day. I do excercise 2-3 times a week, 2 hour session, but not Saturday-Sunday. I ate all the time, any kind of food I wanted. I think this is something I can stick to long term. 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. I need to catch up on a few things around here, including replying to those of you kind enough to leave comments. I would say that I need to lose a GoOd 15-20 pounds. I have to try and drink at least 2lts of water from 6pm. The thing is, you have to learn to live with this. I think you have a good way of looking at it. I also tried the healthy approach, not really dieting, but watching what I eat and doing heaps of exercise. This is a routine I follow during the weekday and I have my cheat days on the weekend as well. I mean dinner on a two-meal-a-day diet will still be big like it is now. 5 this was a great weight for me. 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. Also if I get bored I can have an apple as a treat. See it as a long term thing but also something where you get to win or succeed every day. 54 pounds in 5 months was an amazing feeling. I lie to eat big meals, my husband is a fantastic cook. I needed it to be simple and inexpensive. I am happy to have lost weight, but I am uneasy about not drinking water because I know I should. 5 lbs. And over time, for those who feel inclined to do so, we can make changes to the types of food we eat. 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. So maybe 2 meals a day would work well for you. I enjoyed reading the posts here and have just embarked myself on a similar quest. not that I am hungry but as a habit. Maybe some of it is water weight, and maybe some of it is fat. I looked better but more importantly i felt great at that weight. I have been doing this for 2 months with great success (32 lbs lost). 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. Your story really spoke to me, especially since I am a stay-at-home mom with a preschooler. The slow process teaches you something about yourself and helps you to change the eating habits that got you overweight in the first place. I finally got into it after quite a few false starts and managed to lose 2olbs. I was 18, and had gone from being a skinny child to weighing 180lbs by the time I finished college. 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). Eating one (roughly) balanced meal at the same time every day is about as simple as it can get. I have been eating one meal a day for years like my father has done his whole life. I keep it very simple, walk or run for till I burn 1000 Calories. I can have a normal dinner at tea time, healthy eating, meat,fish with veg. I also have lots of meat and little carb. Then, I moved to a new city, live alone and changed everything. So its a case of experimentation and finding out what works for me. You start to make better choices (not always but often enough to make a difference). But I intend to start walking more once I get under 200 lbs. I would described my dinner but am African, our food is different. Regarding the coffee, I think one of the best things about this diet is that you can adapt it to suit yourelf. 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). Also, what type of snacks were you eating. The opinions stated here are my own, I am not medically trained nor am I a qualified nutritionist. It would be the worst thing in the world to faint while at the wheel of a car or operating machinery. It will be interesting to see how this works out now. I saw you drank tea alot during the day but i am not a tea or coffee drinker. I am back from vacation and ate waaaaaaay more than once a day. they say 10lbs loss is a dress size smaller, and i want to be 4 dress sizes smaller so watch this space as Arnie once said I WILL BE BACK. 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. Reading some of the other comments and your story I am Super excited to start this. Dave,thanks for the encouraging words that I truly need right now. So this one meal a day diet is the best of both worlds. 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. That will fill up my stomach and I can get on with my day and not worry about food until dinnertime. 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 find that I often learn more from my failures than my successes. This got me down to 172 in less than 5 months. I have always found that eating that many times a day to stay full just seemed too tedious. I work from home while my husband works in the city. I would feel terrible if you tried this and it made you poorly. I stumbled across this site and it looks like the perfect plan for me. 5 kg. I realised that I was eating more and during the school year, I only had time for 1 or 1. Today, I weighed myself and WOOOW I lost 1 kilo (2. However, I have found a few techniques that seem to help. 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. Keep at it and please let us know about your porgress. I have decided to stop drinking water and and do a complete dry fast till 6pm. Anyway, if I wanted to drink it I would, but more than likely only at the weekend. Following a balanced diet as outlined by the NHS is good enough. I turn 40 in September and I want to be on my way to my ideal weight then. And in Theravada Buddhism, monks may only have one meal a day before noon, and that was considered the middle path (half way between 2 and 0). At least for me I have found that the more I eat, the more I want to eat. My husband is so happy now that I eat a normal adult portion size, because with the 6 small meals. Two years ago I was 226 pounds and I have this diet to thank for that. I am confident i will hit my target as i am at least half way there. Seriously though, you should be very proud of yourself. I too have heard that the older we get the fewer calories we need. I have argued to exhaustion with people about this ridiculous concept of eating small meals a day every few hours. At the time I read it I was busy eating six small meals a day, going to the gym and running almost every day. Taking on exercise as part of your diet may seem like a good idea, but my own experience is that exercise hampers my efforts. I work out twice a day and eat one substantial meal for lunch. I live in Bavaria, maybe we could share more of our experince about the One meal a day:-). My stomach is smaller and my thighs are getting smaller. I must admit I ate normal hearty meals, the only thing I scrapped was bread. The vacation may be an interesting challenge for you but you can definitely come out the other side better off. Make yourself happy first and that happiness has a way of spreading. I saw you drank tea alot during the day but i am not a tea or coffee drinker. I would have done some exercise last week but I got a wicked sunburn on my lower back and then I got sick. The beauty of eating one meal a day is I ate what I wanted and I ate with the family. Even eating one good meal per day is not as easy a diet as I thought it would be. If it takes you a little longer than most, so what. 2. 25 more lbs to go. I think you will eventually see the difference in the mirror but if not maybe taking photos will help you. ) They suggested to skip dinner. I do need to ask, is it ok to drink 2-3 cups if coffee with sugar, no milk or cream. 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. I lost about two stone over the course of a couple of months doing a low carb diet but have since put it all back on. And as you doubtless know, comfort eating often seems like a way to relieve the stress. 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. 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 generally get hungry around 11. Let me know David how you are getting on with your diet i am very interested in the concept of fasting and mood so would be interested on other folks experiences. There are a few different mental attitudes that really help. Having the discipline to keep going and make the progress you have made is well worth celebrating. This caused my weight to go up to 148 after the birth. 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. Gone were my days as a single guy who ate a light lunch, ran 4-5 miles at night, and then gorged on a pound of beef (with no carbs) at around 11 pm with a beer, resulting in a reasonably fit physique for me. My Basal Metabolic Rate (from a website) is about 2500 calories. Its great not to have to think about food all the time, which is what I always did, I was always hungry. Hi guys, I really am struggling for over 10 yrs now. The vacation may be an interesting challenge for you but you can definitely come out the other side better off. The exact weight is less important than the trend. I enjoyed this article and all the comments. I choose to eat aroiund 5 or 6pm because it fits in with family life. I also want to shift emphasis from always reading about cures for depression to something more positive like health. 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. I am overweight by 25 kgs (55lbs) and have been struggling with for the last ten years. I seriously hope to remain on it for many more months, and may then ease up on it only slightly and maybe have two meals a day. I sort of new before that i was overeating to cover up negative emotions but didnt have the power to stop myself. I have to say Thank you for your honesty and sharing your experience. 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. Following a balanced diet as outlined by the NHS is good enough. I went from 238 to 244 and back in 7 days. Still no sign of depression coming back and i love being on this journey of self discovery. I once did this kind of diet, but unknowingly. By the way, I once lived on nothing but MREs for 2 months and lost 20 pounds as a result. I even refused a dessert which is highly unusual for me. I never want to go anywhere or do anything anymore because o this weight. 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. I would like to start this as well. I enjoyed reading the posts here and have just embarked myself on a similar quest. The idea to treat lunch as a small snack instead of a meal is a good one. 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. 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. I did do one meal a day at the age of 19 and I lost 50 pounds. Also is it OK to exercise to speed up the weight loss. I think the biggest issue with making a change like this is when people try to change their basic nature. Thanks so much for all your advice, great post. I generally get hungry around 11. The first twenty took me five months and the last ten took me just one month. I work in adverstising industry and my co-wokers graze all days. 5 meals a day. I actually enjoy food more and look forward to dinner with my family more as well. Its now day 8 and i continue to feel wonderful. The food is all over the place in my office. 25 more lbs to go. It seems like so much to lose because my body just wants to hang onto this weight. I re-read your blog and have only just seen that you had two meals on the weekend. This allows me more freedom to eat the foods I really enjoy in moderation at the one larger evening meal. 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. AND it will take me at least a week of starving to shed them. 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. For me, the tea with whole milk and one sugar got me through the day. For me I wanted something close enough to my normal diet. See it as a long term thing but also something where you get to win or succeed 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. I have gastritis and ulcer and also suffering from IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) so I know how terrible it can be having gastrological issues. It sounds like you have a good thing going on there. By the way: STAVIA is a natural plant that looks a bit like sage or mint. 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 decided to try this, after all, like most other overweight people, I had tried absolutely everything over the last 10 or more years with zero success. I admire your resolve to stick to the plan 7 days a week. Adopting this as mid to long term lifestyle change helps. Some of my progress pictures from earlier in the year. And, like you I would prefer people I know, not to know I am on another weight loss kick. I hope this lifestyle change will get me back to my normal self. I too have heard that the older we get the fewer calories we need. You must do your own research and you should consult a medical professional before embarking on a diet. The way we feel determines what we do, so make sure you feel strongly about it. Fasting suits me especially on weekdays (working days). I want to lose another 58lb by Christmas and I figure I can if I lose around 2. 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. But instead of stuffing myself with any food that I can put my hands on, this time I decided to stuff myself healthily. I was able to stave it off with a handful of almonds. Such is the beauty of this diet, fasting during the day means my stomach feels fuller quicker at meal times and stops me over eating. You sound very motivated and disciplined which is a great inspiration to us all. I hope the diet is still working for you. But these foods are generally very HIGH carbs foods such as breads, sugary cakes, pastas with added preservatives and treatment agents which are all very bad for the digestive system. 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. Snacking is dangerous for me, I have to be so careful or the flood gates open. The Tea has sugar (no milk) and might be complimenting the energy from lunch. 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 have not been exercising but have promised myself that once I got under 200 I would start. Throughout the day I drink water and tea. The great thing about this is I eat what the familiy eats. I get around this by having a cheat day every Saturday. My stomach is smaller and my thighs are getting smaller. Want to have my dinner between 6pm and 8pm and never let anything pass my lips after that. The problem is that physically there is a big difference. There were times when the reasons and the feelings associated with them faded, but I always found I was able to tap back into them. Sandwiches, chicken burritos, fish tacos, soup, fish and rice, lean hamburgers, etc. Then in office will pick up a sub (6 inch) and veggi preferably(I am not vegeterian). Being at home with the little ones is tough. I definitely liked two meals a day and I did lose some weight doing that. Then in office will pick up a sub (6 inch) and veggi preferably(I am not vegeterian). I agree with you on trying to make this diet not feel like its a diet,and to m ake it as close to my normal and still giving me results. I hate every kind of apple, but they are very nutritious and have lots of fiber. I so often feel this and giddy too when I am dieting especially when I tried the one meal a day diet the first time like a year ago and did quit for that reason back in the days. 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. I have been reading your blog for a while now and was so inspired by your weight loss success with one meal a day. Being able to eat a full meal in the evening without counting calories feels amazing. 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. So my main goal is to lose the last bit of fat (15lbs). Hi Clair, well done on the early progress. In fact I got it wrong a lot in the beginning. Eat two meals a day and gradually work back to having one when you feel like it. I am a lady aged 32 and I have been having trouble losing weight. I did eat some of the things you mentioned but not all the time. The key to mental strength is to tap into areas of your life where you are ALREADY STRONG. I find that it intensifies my irritability, so I think I may have to limit my coffee to a twice weekly (during weekends) indulgence. A plate full of lard is obviously different to a plate full of lettuce. I get around this by having a cheat day every Saturday. Your diet is actually is THE MOST HEALTHY DIET FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME. Reading some of the other comments and your story I am Super excited to start this. My own experience has taught me to master the mindset of the diet first and then progress to the strenuous. I could have done it quicker but the price for the quick result was more than I was willing to pay. The problem is that physically there is a big difference. I must admit I ate normal hearty meals, the only thing I scrapped was bread. Hi Jake, I aim to eat around 1500 to 1800 calories. I have lost 9kgs (which is around 20 pounds) in about five months. When I stepped on the scale a week ago and saw my weight, I was mortified. I keep a case of water in a small fridge in my workshop on the farm. Be advised: The effectiveness of diets vary from person to person and I cannot guarantee that taking this approach will work for you. Rather than give up and quit, tread water for a while. I was just surfing the web and found your blog. If I want fish and chips occasionally I dont feel guilty, but I prefer to eat proper food. Keep at it and please let us know about your porgress. I do go to bed early, as suggested, though. Recently, I did gain a few kgs. What I would like to know is whether you ever drink alcohol and if so beer, wine or spirits. I know it works for me because I did this ten years ago and lost 20 kg in 4 months, from 105 to 85. The most important thing is to do something. I would love to hear how you get on, so please do come back and let us know. I used to be under 115 pounds all my life. 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. All the while I am also tending to chickens, goats, dogs, meat rabbits, and my daughter. Today is Sunday and i am down to 14 stone. Same thing because of work etc no one knew I was on a one meal a day plan. I wanted to limit the times between which I could eat a meal because it took away any other choice. I have been doing one meal a day for about 2. In fact, when I eat in the morning, especially heavy breakfast, I get stomach ache. I know that you put the weight back on again but sometimes when life hits you hard you just have to find a way to survive. not very fat but I do have this gut that ive been trying to get rid of since I was About 14 years old. I am no nutrition expert nor am I a doctor, but in my own personal experience of 4 years of eating 1 meal per day it does more harm than good in the long run. The Gall Bladder is a one way organ that stores concentrated bile to add to digestion when fats arrive in the gut. Could you tell me what you eat on your cheat days. The evening meal is not an open ended thing. Anyway thats the negative stuff out of the way. I am now married, 34 yrs. My initial motivation to get going with the diet came from negative emotions. I had more energy, slept better and felt good in myself. 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. Or do i have to follow a strict diet eating only veggies and fruits. Thanks for leaving a comment (and a compliment). Hi Sonam, sorry for the delay in replying to you. Im going to check out your new site and see how can I adapt it for me. This resulted in me making a slight gain in weight. In a short period of time I went from 140 to 176. While on this diet i wanted to go jogging or walking everyday to speed up the weight loss process. The article was about his capability as a leader, not about dieting or weight loss, but as an aside it was mentioned that he ate only one meal a day. I was 18, and had gone from being a skinny child to weighing 180lbs by the time I finished college. Granted I have only done 2 days with 1 meal per day as, like you I plan to eat lunch on the weekends. The key thing here is that you started again and have lost another totally amazing 38 lbs. 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. Drinking water seems to cause hunger pangs, whilst not drinking anything, including water, I can go the whole day without feeling hunger. Anyhoo, I will drop back during the week and let you know my progress and check up on yours. 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. Then I met my husband (I know it sounds tragic, we started going out more, one thing lead after another and my diet habits began to change. Then I found a 10 lb. This was my high estimate of weight loss. I am way thinner but not food obsessed and actually find organising only one meal a day quite liberating. I used to be under 115 pounds all my life. For me I wanted something close enough to my normal diet. 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. 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. All morning until 11:30am I was perfectly fine but around 11:30am (which is my danger zone. I could order what I would normally order and get up the next morning and do the same thing. I hardly drink and I do not smoke, but still, I am not surprised when I ended up having gastritis and ulcer. I wanted to do push ups and sit ups every day. I started the 1 meal a day a couple weeks ago (with a snack too) and have lost 6 pounds. I will put on 3 pounds overnight if I had full meal. I drink tea or coffee (both decaf) and fresh juice and 1 smoothie, again anytime during the day. 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. Mankind was made to eat big meals rather than munch all day like the 6 meals a day has you think. I spent more time researching the best way to lose weight than I invested in actually doing something about it. So, I decided to have my dinner early(despite I generally eat my dinner around 6:30pm-7:00pm). Hi Krystal, I think you summed it up very nicely. before 1:00 pm when it gets too hot. At that point i was frustrated at my efforts at weight loss. It may be critical for people with diabetes or hypoglycemia and other conditions to eat regularly throughout the day, but for a plain old food addict like myself it just perpetuates the obsession and preoccupation with food by all the shopping, planning and preparing of meals and snacks for each feeding. 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. I had to have another small snack and cup of tea in the mid afternoon because my stomach was growling so loudly. But now, I really need to lose at least another 15 pounds. I think the biggest issue with making a change like this is when people try to change their basic nature. I drink herbal tea all day with a small amount of maple syrup and lemon throughout the day. i am aware not to be too obsessive so am prepared to have some neutral days. After I lost the first 20lbs I was pretty much straight into the next 10lbs. Do it for how it will make you feel to have achieved a small step towards your goal every single day. I can have a normal dinner at tea time, healthy eating, meat,fish with veg. I found I was able to make up for it by making slight alterations to the quantities of food I ate. I thought this would be a place where I can post my results along the way. I started following a similar eating plan about a year ago. After I have my mind set to loose some weight. Sir i do ur efforts and congratulate that you are doing this. There were some days I got greedy and that slowed my progress. Losing 8lbs in 5 weeks is a great result. I thought it was going to be easy for me to stick to the diet, but I deviated from it when family came to town. I read more of your blogs the other day and you write very intuitively. 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. Thank you, I have some similarities with you. Maybe I need to shock my body into letting go of fat as it seems to be holding on for dear life. It could be the time of day you weigh yourself. 54 pounds in 5 months was an amazing feeling. I was doing this for some time and as you said, it is working good for me. 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. 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. Fifth, if I have to eat something then I go ahead and eat enough to get me to dinner. AND it will take me at least a week of starving to shed them. It then becomes much more of a lifestyle than a diet which helps to keep the weight off. 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. But found myself struggling a bit of late and would gladly appreciate any advice or tips on how to get back on track and succeed like you did. My only guess as to why my weight loss has been so rapid is that I was simply eating far too much food, and had a large surplus of calories. Rather than give up and quit, tread water for a while. The diets sometimes claim that the timing of meals is crucial for optimum fat loss. But I want you to know that I fell off the wagon A LOT to begin with and had quite a few false starts. So make sure you tell yourself things that will benefit you. 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. but yes, if I really wanted to eat something I would. I look at your pictures and I can see such a difference in your body. I was thrilled to receive a reply from you. 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. First weigh in is this friday so its exciting the fact that every friday im going to post my weight loss for the week. Actually, I think the spam is limited to the General Discussion board. After a while everything I ate turns to runny bowel movement. Not too fast and not too slow but still allows you some room to manoeuvre. If I was going out to dinner, I just had a bowl of soup at lunch. I chose a 14 oz steak with french fries and salad and alittle alcohol. There are just some days when I have to snack. My blood sugar, cholesterol level etc were all optimum. I am overweight by 25 kgs (55lbs) and have been struggling with for the last ten years. That is a fantastic summary and reflects my own experience and thinking. For me, the tea with whole milk and one sugar got me through the day. That is a fantastic summary and reflects my own experience and thinking. 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 was happy that I knew enough and was willing to adjust along the way. Two years ago I was 226 pounds and I have this diet to thank for that. I do drink a cup of coffee and then another one or tea three hours later, with a light snack, maybe a piece of bread or fruit. Hi Gary, I love the honesty in your writing. Hi Clair, well done on the early progress. However. Your weight loss is stready and not too extreme. Having said this, I honestly think that your issue is due to WHAT YOU EAT, RATHER THAN HOW SELDOM YOU EAT. This worked so well because I promised myself I could have three courses everyday if I wanted: Soup, main course and dessert. 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 am no nutrition expert nor am I a doctor, but in my own personal experience of 4 years of eating 1 meal per day it does more harm than good in the long run. I started it in January of this year and my progress is a 70 pounds of weight loss. I would have done some exercise last week but I got a wicked sunburn on my lower back and then I got sick. I started drinking spirulina powder with water this morning. I am 19 years old going on 20 soon. Today is my first day and I am so ready to do this. My own experience has taught me to master the mindset of the diet first and then progress to the strenuous. 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. There are many companies sell Stavia but I prefer this label because it is organic and the others seem to taste bitter. I mean dinner on a two-meal-a-day diet will still be big like it is now. 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. Eating one meal a day is WAAAYYYYY easier for me than eating many small meals. Project your eating plan through that powerful part of your psyche. Today, I tried drinking a liter of water an hour before noon. I will only be eating 1 meal a day, nothing crazy. Having the discipline to keep going and make the progress you have made is well worth celebrating. I would break down 1600 calories into little chunks thru the day — 250 calories here, 100 there, and then I would be so hungry at dinner I overate every time. I would break down 1600 calories into little chunks thru the day — 250 calories here, 100 there, and then I would be so hungry at dinner I overate every time. 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. 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. There have been times when I felt tired too, but they were short lived and as with your own experience I found that over time I became less tired and infact I had more energy throughout the 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. Hey, i wanted to start this diet and i had a question. So instead of just eating from 6-7pm, I eat from 6-9pm. The diet has improved my sense of mastery so that i feel that i can shape my life rather than be a victim of circumstances. ) They suggested to skip dinner. You need to apply common sense to this diet. 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. There is no way to lose weight without feeling that feeling (whatever that feels like to you). 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. 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. Just wanted to say thank you for writing a very informative and relevant article. I trained myself to want food at certain intervals, get hungry, etc. This worked so well because I promised myself I could have three courses everyday if I wanted: Soup, main course and dessert. Like you im not counting calories and all foods are allowed when having my one meal usually i have it in the evening. So, I decided to have my dinner early(despite I generally eat my dinner around 6:30pm-7:00pm). My target weight is stone 12 stone 10 and i continue to feel amazing. I really want to Take Part in the race, and i want to lose weight too. I am happy to have lost weight, but I am uneasy about not drinking water because I know I should. 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. 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. Soman, there are no rules to this diet, you just make them up to suit yourself. I used to be so skinny and then my 30s hit and my weight has crept up and up. 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. The simple idea behind one meal a day is that your task is simply to eat fewer calories than your body needs. 5 meals a day. I wanted to limit the times between which I could eat a meal because it took away any other choice. The last place we tend to lose it is where we most want to see it gone. It looks like we do have some similarities. Could you tell me what you eat on your cheat days. I know this is once a day, but I decided to do breakfast and then dinner. Eventually I was able to transition to one meal. Today is my first day and I am so ready to do this. How long did it take you to lose that much weight. Good luck and thanks for leaving a message. Here is a quote which i found the other day which i feel is bang on the money. I actually enjoy food more and look forward to dinner with my family more as well. David if you know of any or if you can start one please post it here on your blog ( I che
