I Wish I Knew This About OMAD and Fasting 5 Years Ago… 

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OMAD + IF was the ONLY thing that pulled me out of obesity.

Omad stops my cravings and stress eating. I’ve been doing IF for 8 years. I’ve never felt better.

I think people often forget that humans didn't always have supermarkets or refrigerators.

One thing I haven't seen addressed about the OMAD way of doing things, is that from my experience doing OMAD for over a year, is that I think that giving my gut a break from permanently processing food from eating meals all day, SEEMS to make me feel way better and sharper during the day. I eat at dinner time every day, and that's my meal. When I do eat breakfast or lunch, I always feel so sluggish and way less sharp. I wonder if giving your gut a break, leads to positives that we don't know about yet?

I’m so relieved! Despite my concerns about protein absorption, I’ve been hesitant to abandon the OMAD diet because it has significantly improved my quality of life. Now, I can finally move past this worry!

I have course corrected at 51 years old. OMAD was a tool I used on and off for 3 months to strip fat off that led to 4 pack abs to 6 pack ads, taking all that fat off the organs, which I started at 47 years old. Fasting was a huge part of my over system. Utilizing fasting for timely eating was a huge habit formation that consistantly kept body fat% below 14% year around. The main thing here is that OMAD was and is a tool, fasting is a tool for timely eating to help with disfuctional eating patterns that made me aware of the process needed to learn to get this dream outcome. Also keeping my protein at 1.25 grams per pound of body weight per day allowed lean muscle mass to retain and grow... Great science Thomas! This science has been applied to real life for my clients. I have used this for myself for the last 4+ years. REAL LIFE RESULTS with this knowledge!

Thomas, this is what I love about you. ❤ You tell the truth. If there's something that you don't know, you tell the truth. If there's something that you do know, you tell the truth. If there's something that you were wrong about, you tell the truth. If there's something you've changed your mind about, you tell the truth. I love that about you. Please keep continuing to tell the truth. ❤❤❤❤❤

I am doing a low carb OMAD for 2 years now but only from monday to friday. The weekend I eat wathever I want. I lost 16 kg in 9 month and I maintained it untill now. The advantage is that if you crave for a pizza and a couple of brownies, you can have it during the weekend!

So glad you brought this to light, Thomas. It is good news.

Thanks for clarifying & showing us the science Thomas!

I love you. Thanks for all the great info!

So very glad to hear this! I often have a pretty large late breakfast with lots of protein (eggs, bacon, cheese, & sometimes a bit of veg) and then don’t feel hungry again all day…including “dinner time.” I worried that I “should” eat another meal (even if I didn’t really want one) just to squeeze in some more protein. This info is a game changer for me! Thank you so much, Thomas!

Good stuff, as usual. Keep it up, man.

Great content, Brother👍

Thanks for this info.

I have eaten very large protein-laden meals for years and have always known that my body utilizes it very well. I've always been told that I should only eat no more than 30g of protein per meal. Even nowadays, I backload my protein intake to my last meal of the day, +/- 100g per meal, and my body utilizes this while I sleep. I don't do OMAD, but my meals during the day are smaller so my metabolism isn't negatively affected.

Your content is relevant, fascinating and so informative. Thank you 🙏

Thanks. This makes total sense to me! I am relieved that I can continue with two meals and sometimes one meal a day!

For 30 days I did rolling 72 hour fasts, where I ate 1 meal every 3rd day. It was usually in the 1,000 calorie area, and was almost always less than 70 grams of protein. I rarely had a bowel movement. My body absorbed and distributed almost every ounce of food I digested.

Thanks!

Your absolutely best video,no cap

Thank you👍😁

Very helpful video thank you

I knew this just from anecdote. Great vid

Good info

This is so good, I have always been curious about this for years, we hear so much talk by 'experts' how the excess protein would not get absorbed, even with resistance training, and they would never have any literature to back it up!!

Very Good News!

Fantastic news!

great video thanks

I've been mostly OMAD for certainly 35 and maybe 40 years ... way before anyone was talking about this subject at all. Mostly Keto for the last 7-8 years. Still warm and above ground and making comments on YT. About 15lbs over where l'd like to be but l like a drink in the evenings and this is life not purgatory.

My OMAD stray cats eat the same and as much as my 2MAD at-home cats but are just that little bit leaner. I learned on meditation retreats that more time to digest leads to much better digestion, glowing skin, stronger nails, hair etc.

Thank you again Thomas for your open minded video.

Thomas: You are one of two people I watch every day! I have a comment about the timing and amount of protein you mentioned at around 6:25 in the video. If you get protein earlier, then yes - you will use it for synthesis. If you wait, however, you extend autophagy due to the demand for aminos and the lack of intake. So I try to do one meal a day and cram in a lot of meat and dense veggies during that meal. It's easy because as soon as I start eating it makes me hungry. You're a brilliant person who talks to us like "a regular guy". Keep it up!

Need more of these! Differentiating vids. The struggle is are they just avoidant/shizoid and severely traumatized or malig? This helps one dicipher

I’ve been carnivore for the past 5+ years-best nutritional choice I’ve made in my entire life. Started doing OMAD in the evening around the 14th of February this year. I usually have a nice fatty steak, some cream cheese, and 6 eggs, or I’ll simply miss the cream cheese and make a fatty 6 egg omelette with a few spices seasoned in. OMAD is the second-best nutritional choice I’ve made in my entire life. I’ve dropped at least 9KG since then, dropped by 3.8 body-fat percentage & generally feel and look 100x better in the month and a half since I started.

Thanks for the content Thomas. Man, I wish Thrive was available in Canada!!

Yes ! ❤ thank you ! That’s what I do , 1 OMAD per week and 16 or 18 the rest of the days . I feel great !

Thomas, do you follow Slim Land? He's being doing one meal a day for 10 years and thriving and still building muscle and I wouldn't be surprised if he's one of the healthiest people in the world. He does one meal a day plus one protein shake. It's possible that we're not doing it right.

Fasting has been very positive for me. I mostly time restrict now & Exercise a lot.

I’ve been following the OMAD way of eating for years now. I also had a liver transplant in 2015 (unrelated to my diet, and I don’t have diabetes), and have my blood drawn on a regular basis for my doctors to monitor my health. I have never been told that I have a protein deficiency. I have been taking a single multivitamin everyday since I had my transplant as directed by my transplant team.

Just do OMAD a couple of days a week, I did it for 6 months: lost 10kg, did my training the other days and made progress, and never crashed my metabolism (I always took 2d rest between 2 OMAD).

Awesome!

61 days on Omad. Doing it for 6 months then I will decide what's the next plan

Interesting how everyone all at once pulled back on suggesting fasting or OMAD . It’s almost like they all got the same memo from someone with influence .

Hi Thomas! Since thrive market created macadamia nut butter with allulose with your input, anyway they would use glass jar instead of plastic. We would like to buy them if they put the butter in glass jar, not plastic.

Thanks for the science ❤️🇨🇦

This just in! The sky is blue and grass green!

One Meal a Day (OMAD) diet is an intermittent fasting method that instructs you to fast for 23 hours and then consume one large meal in one hour. 1 Proponents of intermittent fasting say that not eating for prolonged periods is an effective weight loss method.Nov 8, 2023

IF, and OMAD along with exercise has caused me to gain muscle and lose fat. I haven't lost a great deal of pounds, 20 or 30, but am in much better condition overall. And I enjoy being empty, part of the day. I just feel better.

Thanks for clarifying the amount of protein to eat on OMAD, and the example you gave of eating 200g if your goal is to weigh 200 lbs, and not eating 300g. I’ve been doing the Carnivore Diet for 1 year, and started doing OMAD 3 weeks ago, and I absolutely love it. I’m never hungry and I don’t crave sugar or carbs. I’m currently 460 lbs, and I’ve been eating between 550-650g of protein per day, but my goal is to get down to around 275 lbs, so I should cut back the amount of protein I’m eating down from 550-650g to 275g.

I'd like doctors to run clinical trials on long term effects OMAD and IF. Double-blind if possible over 5-10 years

5 years this month on OMAD and its the best choice of my life. I feel 100% all of the time.

This is great news

And advice on repairing your metabolism? I am 56, 75" tall and 265. I have eaten garbage food most of my life up until 2012. I quit smoking, drinking soda, and eating less. I have mostly eaten below my TDEE for the last 10 years I've cut out breads and pasta the last couple ke years. I can drop 10-15 lbs but that about it. I know my metabolism is jacked up as I gain weight eating 1500-1800kcal a day.

I eat 200-250 grams of protein at 11pm right before bed. OMAD. I’ve lost 34lbs in 8 weeks. Only 4lbs of muscle. My maintenance calories are 2400. I usually burn 1100 active calories a day and my daily intake is 1800-2200.

Shawn Baker MD pointed to that detail quite some time ago...

Another solution is to spread your OMAD on a longer period, like 3+ hours. It's a great middle way between regular OMAD and 16-8, allowing you to eat more and more varied.

Im Glad to hear about being able to have more grams of Protein in my diet. I have done a lot of OMAD and shot from 76KG down to 69KG, with some 3 day fasts as wel. I only have a little bit of fat on my stomach and am trying to loose the last bit. What I have been trying, is some good quality meal replacement shakes (with Good quantities of Protein) with the one meal a day. I have started doing the gym, so don't want to loose muscle Mass, which was happening when doing OMAD and Cardio only (Cycling).

I'm so glad because I cannot handle having to go back to multiple meals per day now that I have happily adapted to OMAD or IF.

I always thought we could absorb however much protein our body needed to. I do OMAD and I don't really see a problem with it, with either protein or micronutrients. I really just don't worry about it.

It was known sinse the Roman Empire. It was known in Middle Ages' England too, where commoners had to fast 3 days a week with not eating till 3PM and even later, with OMAD, during the Lents.

Yup, I was just eating my one meal of the day while watching, 1 pound of ground pork, 4 eggs, 1 cup of raw cheese and some crumbled pork rinds, just because I like the crunch and salt in the mix, how much protein in that? I don't know, but it will sustains me for another 23 hours easily.

How are you defining enough time? Time before what, you eat again? Exercise or sleep? Unless you throw it up, won't you digest and absorb it regardless?

after 5 weeks of being on OMAD (low carb more protein more veges, whole nutrient dense foods) and it literally got rid of my dreadful brain fog i had for almost a year. i no longer wake up feeling like a zombie! i was so concern to fix it and IF fixed it. i no longer feel constantly sleepy throughout the day! i lost 8lbs, my acne cleared, constipation and bloating gone. binge eating solved. i won't return to eating 3-5x a day and that made me feel sick and sluggish. While doing IF, i still can workout and don't have an issue with it. i still indulge to carbs or a sugary treat once a week only after eating my protein meal. don't eat carbs/sugar alone it increases your glucose spike. You will be amaze how less often ur body "needs" to have food.

I literally came to this conclusion myself few days ago I looked up how often do lions eat and decided to go back on omad 😁

Can eat how much u want... anabolic state countuines to the protein is digested...

Thank you Thomas for another banger of an episode!

I never questioned getting enough protein when on OMAD. If you are deficient in maximum protein intake I did not think it was such a terrible issue. My concern is with the micronutrient deficiency. There's just not enough space in my stomach to be able to eat a wide enough variety of foods to guarantee all micronutrients. Thanks for the study review.

The biggest issue with omad for me, is simply consuming enough calories to satisfy my BMR. I can't do it, so I have my main meal at lunch, and then a second "top up" around 4pm. So it is sort of an extended omad. That way I can get my nominal 2200 kcal/day. With strict omad I just can't stuff enough food down my gullet in one sitting. I have been doing this for 10 months and loving the results. For reference I am an ovo vegetarian.

This is why OMAD and Carnivore diet works perfectly together!

I often do omad, usually 4-5 times a week

I'm so confused. What's the alternative? Vomiting it out? What do you mean by give it time? Does someone know how to control time?

I do OMAD 5 days a week and two days 18/6. Also, 5 days a week resistance training (2-3 exercises for one muscle a day, HIT). I am gaining muscles without any additional protein powders just my regular meal, nothing special but always include some meat or eggs or both.

How do we safely (without gaining weight) increase our metabolic rate?

I never worried about this and neither should you Tom because we both do IF and OMAD and we’re both jacked.

Good content and information again. But despite You touched a little bit this, the question still remains about protein use as a muscle building material. When eating a lot of protein in small time window, then it gets digested slower than a smaller amount. But more of it is awailable at the same time compared to the situation when consumed smaller amount at a time. So, is it possible that this huge amount will not be used as muscle building materjal, because there are limits to the amount that is used accordingly. It means, that this amount that exceeds this usable amount as muscle builder is used for energy storage as glycogen and or fat. And it’s bretty obvious that there are differences what kind of protein is used. For example, steak is digested slower than eggwhites. And despite that at some point there are alot of digested stake at certain time, the steak still gets digested during longer period of time compared to eggwhites, for example. So, it seems that how much protein is reasonable to be consumed depends alot of what kind of protein source is eaten. It looks like the best way is to devide the daily amount more than just eating one meal a day. Or at least consuming different types of protein sources on one sitting. Of course there are many more aspects to it, what and when and how much to eat and drink, but this little issue with OMAD that I described above needs to get clarified a little bit deaper. So, Thomas or team, if You accidentally read this, it would be beneficial You to cover this topic with some more nuanses.

I'm getting ready to start my 30 to 40 day fast

I do OMAD out of self-defense essentially.....if I eat during the day, I can end up in a coma on the couch, depending on what I ate.....eggs are the least problematic, but most anything else puts me somewhere between a lazy brain fog, and as I say - a deep nap when I dont otherwise want or need one, as I sleep very well at night. Also, not eating during the day keeps me razor sharp mentally. I would love to figure out why I have this reaction to food, as it would make my life a lot easier. As such, this video is reassuring in that I can at least get enough protein on OMAD, or at least close to it, if not the micronutrients. I depend on shroom powder, greens powder and a good ol' multi for that I guess. YOU DA MAN!

Hey Thomas, maybe I missed it. What does it mean to give ourselves time to digest when doing OMAD? Should we not work out after eating or do anything stressful?

I already knew this way before these studies since I have been doing IF for 18 years, gaining muscle just like eating 6 meals per day, the only thing that matters is eating enough protein, calories, nutrients and that's it, the effect will be similar to any other type of eating.

I don't do omad, but 1 of my meals everyday is 1.5lbs of 97/3 ground beef, so I never have a problem hitting my protein numbers.

How would eating more protein in OMAD work for Type 2 Diabetics? I’m aware that Type 2 Diabetics do not absorb nutrients very well which is why we are always hungry. Perhaps we can train our bodies to uptake more protein

funny, i knew this simply from my own experience. when i went OMAD, i didn't have any decrease in growth or strength

Excellent video. Howber, are you still recommending on 1g per Lb of protine in light of recent literature? Claiming 0.72/lb or 1.6/kg?

Some things you might want to know are the importance of staying hydrated, listening to your body's hunger cues, and making sure to get all the necessary nutrients in that one meal. Drinking water or other non-caloric beverages can help with that. Secondly, if you're feeling hungry before your mealtime, it's okay to have a small snack or adjust your eating schedule. Make sure that your one meal is balanced and provides all the necessary nutrients your body needs. Including a variety of foods like proteins, healthy fats, and carbohydrates.

Where is the link of the study

Great Video ! Can you make a video on extreme weiight loss? (100lbs) Title of video. "How to loose 100 lbs" Diet, weight training, fasting, cardio etc ...

I've been doing OMAD for years, with small cycles of regular 16/8 and cycles with no fasting. I personally like OMAD as it's the easiest on to keep on track. It was the easiest way I ever lost 30kgs.. repeatedly. So there have been relapses, but when i'm on it, i'm fit and lean, can do 2 workouts a day, feel no cravings with total peace of mind and I don't require more than 6 hours of sleep. These are my personal views and observations of my own experiments. I do not suggest that you dive into this head first. I started with following this channel in 2018. Thanks Thomas!

I´ve been on keto over a year now. I never plan my eating or fasting. I eat when ever i am hungry and fast the rest of the time. I might go 3-5 days with OMAD and 1-2 days 2MAD. I let the body make the desitions and i live how it says. So my fasting periods has huge slide from 10 to 27 hours. When i eat, i eat so much that i am satisfyed but not too bloaded. And on of the thing that impacts on that fasting period is what am i doing. If i consume lots of energy i will get hungry faster. If i don´t do anything physical i sure don´t need much of energy and the fasting period is konger.

If I'm doing OMAD but am sticking to a keto diet should I still alternate one week on and one week off?

Now we need to know whether we absorb lean protein better than protein with fat and/or fiber and/or sugars. If I recall correctly, sugars don't actually enhance absorption, while fat and fiber likely merely slow absorption. Perhaps slowing absorption improves total absorption? I currently go out of my way to eat lean protein immediately after a workout, then eat moderate fat the rest of the time. As for intermittent fasting, I like to fast until my resistance training, and fast a day or two on weekends, but follow a "normal" schedule the rest of the time. One problem with estimating lean mass is that hydration throws the numbers off, so I don't believe I really know what my lean body mass actually is. The best I can do is weigh in the morning, and see the trend of change in the estimated lean body mass (impedance scale.) I believe lean mass is underestimated for keto and fasting because the muscles are less hydrated than usual, and I think muscle is where most of the water goes / comes from. Perhaps the liver, too, but it's not nearly so large as total muscle. I'm sure this has all been studied. I don't think there's a good way to maintain consistent hydration, even if you don't fast or eat keto.

Carnivor works for so many of us. You talk about micros. Can we get a list of these and some science on what you think we need so we can take micros apart as well.

Does this protein absorption apply to people who have had gastric bypass surgery?

we forget we are animals too...while some nutrients are especially unique to our requirements due to bigger brains, we can take healthy eating examples from many mammals...thanks for enlightening us with recent studies...good job bro...

Doesn't your body also recoup protein from breaking down old cells ?

OMAD is what I do on big feast holidays like Thanksgiving 😂

What a relief. I hated breaking up protein to 30 to 40 grams per meal for 3 to 4 meals a day. Now I can bust it out in 1 meal with snacking.

I’m always skeptical when they tell me what the body can’t do.

OMAD is great for discipline and hoping off a cycle of craving. However, I found longer IFs each week (36-72 hrs) focuses the mind and connect with the body in a more natural way. So, OMAD to correct oneself and then longer IF each week when feeling great 😅