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I tried eating only one meal a day. The OMAD diet is an extreme fasting diet where you fast for 23 hours and get only 1 hour to eat one meal per day. In this video I try to fit all my calories and macros in that one meal. Will I succeed? Watch the video and find out!
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[@ernakthehun]

I’ve been doing OMAD for four years straight and tbh the first 1-2 months we’re the worst, it takes quite a while for your hunger hormones to adjust. After those first months however, it’s easy and I often have to push myself to actually eat my one meal on time because I just never get hungry. Lost 40 lbs over 4 months and then leveled out and haven’t changed weight noticeable since then, and life is so much simpler now. I love it, may continue indefinitely 👍

[@wyattjohnson5181]

I started fasting for over 24 hours occasionally at the same time that I started OMAD due to poor planning on my part, and lack of caring. I was wondering why I feel less hungry. Also no shade to this guy, but I can eat WAY more than what he has in one sitting. I have fun at buffets.

[@agneum7838]

I'm curious, how much did you weigh before you lost your 40 lbs and what was your body fat %

[@pokemoneuw]

@@agneum7838 Different insight I was 268 pounds when I did OMAD, I exercised occasionally (usually like 5km runs, 2-3 times a month) but over the span of a year the lowest I went down to was 175 pounds, calories wise I aimed for 1700, couldn't tell you on body fat as never really checked! It really does take a couple of months for you to adapt but once powered through, hunger subsides and makes it a lot easier, even going off OMAD for months, coming back to it was easy - I do recommend to eat more calories than I did though

[@mrdrebin123]

FOr loosing weight I could imagine it's awesome.. But as you can only take in and digest so many calories and or Proteins, Carbs and fast at a time... You'll never be able to use it to sustain yourself.

[@anautismus]

I totally agree, I dont understand those people that label overeating in one meal as a risk. I can barely eat too, I do eat once a day, whatever I want, but my stomach cannot take in a large portion. And yes, life is so much simpler, I have more energy, my sleep is better, etc. Its been 2 month now, lost 15 kg.

[@TheBrick534]

As someone who’s done OMAD on multiple occasions for extended periods of time (up to 6 month stretches), a lot of it is just a mental battle, like many things. That being said, I have an affinity for fasting and rather enjoy it. It really simplifies life and I can easily eat 2500-3000 cals in a single meal. It’s my go to method when cutting because tracking calories and macros isn’t required. I’ll naturally only be able to eat below maintenance cals in one meal a day so I love it.

[@taoist32]

I lost weight without trying doing OMAD as a week challenge. It’s easy now, no struggle or effort. I’m not overweight, just had love handles and a bit of stomach to lose.

[@adamk1663]

@@taoist32 Hey did you lose the love handles and the belly fat ? I used to be overweight lost 20 kilos and I'm skinny fat right now looking for as many tips as possible to do correctly

[@Technoanima]

This is the way. This mimics how hunters would eat while tracking their game. One big breakfast and slices of jerky until nightfall.

[@taoist32]

@@adamk1663 Drink a lot of water with Himalayan or Celtic salt. Walk frequently every day as it moves the lymph through the lymphatic system (eliminates toxins), Eat more organic fruit and vegetables, eliminate most if not all processed foods (the most difficult one and still is for me), get enough sleep, and get at least 20-30 minutes of sun a day. It was a process for me, as sometimes due to work or social schedule, but once you can schedule things the way you want, it will happen.

[@zipy4900]

3000 calories in a single meal easily? what the heck are you eating

[@lazzy2012]

I’ve been doing it for a month, and absolutely love it… fat melted off, and I feel lighter on my feet and clearer in my mind.

[@ghfghgjhjhgjg]

Has it affected your training?

[@Quake2815]

I haven't seen that profile pic since 07 lol.

[@lazzy2012]

@@ghfghgjhjhgjg i honestly don’t think so… even though I lost weight, I actually look bigger. I honestly feel great. And I was a doughy guy with high blood pressure

[@yea9725]

​@@lazzy2012how much weight have you lost by now cuz when I first did it for about a year I lost about 90 lbs

[@souponsoap543]

Amazing how I started watching you guys when I was 15. I am now 22 and still look forward to every video. Thank you for not only providing quality information but also some great entertainment!

[@blakebibletalk]

Same here! I was like 16-17 now I’m 23

[@JS2JS2]

@@blakebibletalksame here!

[@gungnir3926]

are yo buff now?

[@AJD293]

same bro, bodyweight from 155lbs to 195lbs mostly muscle.

[@Rob954ever]

I'm 57 years old, 6'1" and weigh 205 lbs. I find doing OMAD twice a week ( once during the week and once on the weekend) very helpful. I come from a long line of eaters, so consuming 2500 to 2800 calories in one shot on those days is not a problem for me. I do an 18 or 19 hour fast, three days a week and don't fast at all two days a week. Switching it up helps me to eat better (cleaner) and gives me the flexibility to eat according to my workouts. When I do OMAD it is usually on heavy cardio days.

[@orionsector]

We are basically the same age. Do you find that fasting negitively effects your building muscle?

[@rocketeightyseven1823]

@@orionsector I do alternate day OMAD fasting and I haven't seen it having a negative effect on me building muscle. Try to monitor your progress with either weights or reps..and as long as you're progressing...I would say..it's not really negatively impacting you. I would say to just track it over the course of an entire month. As you get stronger...the progression tends to come slower because the weights are getting higher. I think true progression will happen as long as you rest and recover between workouts. The body is way more capable of utilizing much more protein than we think...even in one sitting. Then with fasting..you can't beat the autophagy benefits. I love OMAD and prefer it every other day to keep my calories in check.

[@Filipp81]

I do 48h fast wise a month

[@Rob954ever]

@@orionsector No. Not at all. Just the opposite because part of the benefit of fasting is that you can eat almost any way you want. Although the cleaner the better. But I don't limit what I eat. I just don't overdue the bad stuff. I let myself have my indulgences once or twice a week.

[@Give_Me_Rent]

I have made great gains on OMAD, your diet composition is far more important than meal timing or frequency itself regarding muscular hypertrophy. Eat enough protein ideally from a complete protein source, hit your dietary fat needs to maintain optimal hormonal balance from mostly unsaturated fat sources, and for the love of god don't skip on the fruits and veggies.@@orionsector

[@kdkulhanek]

My favorite videos from yall are the food based ones. I would love to see a series on the biggest protein staples in the BUFF DUDES diets and how to build meals around them.

[@satricon]

ive been doing omad for like 8 years. im never hungry during the day, its liberating af! i feel great in the gym. i was surprised it was this hard for you

[@yea9725]

usually bodybuilders eat ALOT of meals in a day but he thinks this is the proper way of fasting by gorging himself at the end of the day

[@DeeDeex007o]

Almost three years for me! I LOVE OMAD! I'm never hungry during the day either!

[@AgentStansfield]

God Bless you for sticking out the week, Dude. You've tried a lot of hard-core diets and workouts and this was I think the most "I'm over this shit" face we've ever seen. Stay B.U.F.F.!

[@__-im2se]

I think OMAD works great if you eat in the neighborhood of 1500-2000 calories. With 3000 calories, it just is very uncomfortable from a volume perspective. Personally, OMAD has been a key part of what has helped me lose over 50 lb and keep it off due to it meaning I can eat a big late lunch/early dinner and feel quite satiated through bed time and have no desire to eat unhealthily late at night. I think time restricted eating (which BuffDudes has made at least one video about previously) is much more sustainable for most people.

[@froddobaggins]

Agreed, its good to lose weight. But maintaining or bulking might prove to be hard as hell.

[@Give_Me_Rent]

Yeah fr, eating 3,000+ cal of clean food requires some competitive eater level stomach capacity lol

[@jc.eh.123]

Bingo

[@ronniemillsap]

yes but if he was doing ketosis with the fasting hed be eating WAY less. the healthy fats are heavy, and smaller portion. for example, you could have a full play, and still have less than half (around 1/3rd)of it be 'fats', they're so dense...buffdudes chose a very poor way to do omad. you need to be off of your body using insulin mainly for it to be truly effective and you to not ever even be hungry.

[@ThunderKat2012]

@@froddobagginshonestly as a bigger guy…losing the weight is so much more important then bulking or being incredibly muscular (if you forced me to choose) 💁🏽‍♂️ being muscular is asthetically nice but to be able just to feel normal and not overweight is even more of a dream come true.

[@codygriffin8256]

i greatly appreciate this one gents. I often end up in this OMAD situation when im not trying to, just because of how crazy and hectic my work life can be. I never find it good, i always feel bloated and full and unmotivated, and its just unsustainable for me. But im glad im not the only one!

[@taoist32]

Read The Warrior Diet which helps design OMAD in a way to keep you lean and healthy. If you’re bloated, it could be any number of processed carbs you’re ingesting. Replace those with fruit and vegetables, keep the meat. Drink water with sea salt all day.

[@amanosenpaiofficialyt7356]

Brother… youre not the only one🥹🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️ i worked out but like you said, i feel bloated, and feel like im unhealthy, and its all because of my work life and in the same time i dont want to leave my workout world

[@redwhite_040]

If you can only eat one meal because of your "hectic" work life there's something huge wrong in your life. You should rethink your lifestyle

[@crimsonpirate1710]

I remember the gyms from the 70s, people training together, with friends. Now its all media driven, isolated guys on their own. No fads, just iron guys doing their thing. What happened.

[@trotts1885]

@@crimsonpirate1710women in the gym ?

[@Agk3los]

I've done OMAD before for well over a month and... honestly experience none of this. I found as long as I was busy I didn't miss food during the day and consuming a large meal at night was easy enough for me and left me feeling satisfied. If anything I felt better during the day when I was in a fasted state. Obviously nutrition is INCREDIBLY personal and there is no diet that fits all humans because our requirements are all so different. Just wanted to give a comparison to how this went for him.

[@lassehenriksen3153]

Same here I did it from May til September. Didn't miss food at all for as long as I had water - no loss of strength or struggles 😄

[@RyuzakiPragmatico]

same here, i'm not obsessed about "beat the macros", i ate natural foods wirhout use of scales/calory mensuration, and it's ok, until ibe satisfied. the problem in this video is the "beat macros" obsession and lack of time for adaptation.

[@jackieb4608]

Did you work out every day? I have been doing OMAD for a while and have not seen consistent results

[@z.a.4801]

I think the biggest mistake here was going from not fasting at all to OMAD. It's like going from not working out to doing 4 hours of workout a day, you're not going to feel great about it. Your body needs time to adapt. For me, the benefits are huge. I had breathing problems, they're gone, and I lost 10 kg of fat whilst retaining almost all of my muscles, meaning I look like I lost almost 20kg. It's such a great ability to have, not needing to eat. I can wake up at 3 am, go to work, come back in the beginning of the afternoon and than have my nice meal at home, instead of stressing out outside on what to eat. I can workout for hours and not need to eat before or afterwards. And the best part of course is having one huge meal where you can eat whatever you want, and your body will let you know quickly if you're eating crap as you will start feeling miserable and crave better food the next day. Also, strictly only eating once a day no matter what is not what I do, some days I do OMAD, some days I'll have two meals, just like working out, some days you do more some days your body needs a little break.

[@pd4262]

Same 👍👍🙏 omad is for me the best Methode.

[@viktormathe8335]

This August I will have been on it for 2 years. The things he talks about in the video are experiences of the first 2-3 weeks. Ever since those are behind me I am totally ok and strong training fasted.

[@priyadharshiniselva]

Very well said! I do this too… I don’t overthink about it, being mindful is crucial.

[@aishaminhas5658]

Waooo great progress I must say 😊 can u plz suggest what should we eat during omad for weightloss?? And it's important to eat at a specific time daily or we can change time daily?? Other suggestions can be grateful 🤞

[@lazymongoose9233]

It really helps to do the workouts after eating, and really helps to have a buffer time period of getting used to fasting first. take it easy and ease into eating only once a day.

[@Joe___R]

The problem with your approach to this one meal a day is that only doing it for a week doesn't allow your body enough time to adapt. Humans are naturally designed to be able to comfortably not eat so often. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors didn't have the luxury of eating three to six meals a day. They would often eat well one day and have little to nothing the next few days. If you didn't kill or find any food that day, you didn't eat.

[@carssucksince1800s]

That's not true. Food could be stored in caves, or below ground level. It doesn't mean that they ate 3 meals per day either, but the whole one meal per day or multiple days without food was not the norm. Millions of years ago, when first humans existed, there was a much larger abundance of animals, plants, lakes with fish, birds, insects. Extinction events have reduced the amount of food available, and today we are using a lot more land for our structures driving away animals from where they used to nest. Indeed they did have luxury to more natural food six meals or whatever meals they were used to. It doesn't seem like that's possible today because if we didn't have farms, factories, trade, we literally would have famine killing majority of the population, because there are billions of us, vs maybe a million humans back then.

[@ceejless4589]

Just because our ancestors did something, doesn't mean we should still do it.

[@Grapphinosian]

@@ceejless4589THANK you

[@quincy7258]

​@@ceejless4589 it doesnt, but it does mean we can. It means our body can adapt, thats the whole point

[@dallysinghson5569]

Myeah when you are gathering you are going to gather things you can graze on often as well not just OMAD type lifestyles...

[@FreerunnerDave]

Video 7 of reminding you guys of how much of an inspiration you are to us all. Love love

[@forcemedia444]

no its not sustainable

[@Arkhayn]

Based on personal experience, I've feel similar, weak and tired when I train without eating beforehand. As a result, I've stopped OMAD. What has been most effective for me is sticking to a eating window of around 6 to 8 hours, followed by fasting for 16 to 18 hours. In essence, I've eliminated breakfast, have lunch, and eat an early dinner.

[@Technoanima]

This is my experience too. Big lunch and medium dinner. No breakfast

[@losromani]

Did you lose a lot of weight?

[@SevenskyGaming]

I've been doing OMAD for 3 years now. Never going back to the conventional 3 meals a day, overeating every chance I get. It's actually liberating.

[@reece_oreilly]

Great video! I did this for about a month when I was in a fat loss phase. For me, my productivity increased throughout the day when I was fasted but towards the end when I was close to eating, I would just go hypo. Workouts definitely felt shit, and i would spend a lot of time watching eating videos on KZbin

[@JustHooded]

I've inadvertently been doing omad for most of this year do to an injury and I can definitely say my relationship with food has changed a lot. Most of the meals I've eaten have been incredibly small this year but it's felt like a mountain of effort was required to eat. I've definitely been going through what Brandon has in this video where I'll think about food most of the day and when it comes time to eat I just loathe it as soon as I start. But I'm almost healed and will be getting back on the super hero plan from BD soon

[@kylecgobel]

Amazing video man!! Buff dudes easily the best fitness KZbin channel around. The next food challenge I'd love to see is you guys go gluten free. ( I was recently diagnosed with celiac) I want to see how it effects you guys I noticed some improvements in my over all moods and energy levels but the only down side is not being able to eat certain things. Any way keep up the great work your two stat buff 💪

[@nickroberts766]

For us bigger dudes, I’ve found that for this type of lifestyle to be successful, we need to modify to a 2MAD strategy.

[@loganhill2304]

This was interesting to see! Could you and Hudson do a video where you each drink 0mg, 200mg, and 400mg of caffeine a day and see how it affects weight loss under the same calories in and workouts?

[@jubbles]

1:19 The most important exercise: the French Press. (great video as always! )

[@TrinityMartin1]

Interestingly, any time I try intermittent fasting, it almost always ends up being OMAD after a few weeks. It ends up being a little easier for me to eat one big meal later in the day than try to fit 3 smaller meals in an 8 hour window.

[@haniobeidi849]

Love those videos.. more diet videos please

[@Geminias]

OMAD's always worked better if I eat first thing in the morning. Sure, I need time to digest (you get used to it) but if you know it takes you 3 hours - you can time that with your gym in the morning. Also helps you not think about food the entire day. Oddly enough, I feel like OMAD works really well with Keto.

[@HenryCreations]

Of course it has to work better with keto. With no carbs, you can just have your needed protein intake and then the rest are fats, which are higher in calories so you don't end up being as full.

[@ronniemillsap]

exactly if you do it correctly youll rarely ever feel hungry and will actually have to force feed yourself once the urge to 'eat' goes away.@@HenryCreations

[@EndlessTravels]

@@HenryCreationsBeing full is subjective though. Many have this feeling of hunger based off of time and habits. Keto is great but DEF takes a few weeks to adjust to it. The Video itself he stated his first day working out he was tired. This is 100% normal and expected as the body is still burning Sugars for energy and not yet fats. Thus the body is going to feel as if its going into a crash mode. For the OP here, when you eat is up to you, there really is no "Best time", BUT you do want to set a time, eating in morning one day than night the next not only breaks the fast early, off sets the 24 hour win but really F's with yoru body tempo

[@johnnydelgoto]

Cool to see these guys hopped off the sauce I use to watch when I was a kid and they were super sauced out

[@kev8980]

Awesome video guys! Very informative

[@darren676767]

I have done some IF, but not OMAD. I tried a limited eating window of 4 hours a day, and started by delaying the first meal of each day a little more till I reached around 5pm every day. This took some time, but it was much easier than your journey. Plus I found many benefits in this process. I got used to this delay of eating and even began to enjoy the 'light' feeling I had during my work day. I commend you on your attempt, but I think you went to quite an extreme, and very quickly, especially considering your training output. Thanks for your video, very interesting to see another perspective.

[@RevolutionDrummer47]

I really enjoyed seeing your experience of OMAD. I do this during the work week, although my "meal" stretches for a few hours. I see it eating in the evening that encompasses multiple courses. Regardless, I really find not eating during the day fantastic with how I feel, look, and being more focused at work (I don't like taking breaks/just getting jobs done).

[@tonydeluna8095]

Hey buff family, hope guys are doing well. Keep it up Brandon and Hudson! Your content creation is really well done, fantastic job as always 💪. How are you liking CUPHEAD? Have a great weekend

[@KFontLab]

As always do what is best for you. Some people love it, some people it just doesn’t work for them. It’s not really necessary to force your mind and body to get used to that. There is no one size fits all. This was very interesting to watch. Good video.

[@HaohmaruHL]

As a lazy ass who absolutely hates spending time in the kitchen omad + keto combo was the best discovery for me. Eating enough protein and fats means I'm so full just from one lunch that I can't even think about food untill the next day. It's so satiating.

[@taoist32]

I’m really lazy too. Having one big meal or two smaller meals in a 4 hr window makes this easy.

[@joes.4149]

I’m lazy but not poor like y’all. DoorDash has “saved me” $1000s (app tells you how much you supposedly saved) 😂 (I wasted so much money) fuck it I just order from the health places in LA when I didn’t cook. Fridge full of new food ready to rot. Bachelor life. Lol

[@TriEdgeGaming]

been doing OMAD for about 6 months for 5 days a week. Down to about 235 from 315. On the weekends when I break my fasting pattern I blow up to about 5 - 10 pounds more than whatever weight I currently reside at. ofc that includes lifting w/ cardio for 4 - 5 days a week and limiting myself to anywhere from 1000 - 2000 calories a day depending on what day it is. I allow myself one cheat day a week usually. The key to OMAD is staying busy with lots of coffee during the day. Occupying myself with work, lifting, obligations, etc... Then rewarding myself with a nice meal at the end of the day.

[@shawnhuolihan2481]

I've been doing the omad diet five days a week for 6.5 years. I love it. I've maintained muscle and strength and have maintained a pretty consistent weight. I normally fluctuate in a 240-250 range. I'm 6,1. I like to train right before I break my fast. I've gotten used to training in an empty stomach over the years. One huge benefit to this is the insulin spike you get after breaking a long fast. The insulin spike is incredibly anabolic and having that post workout is very beneficial. This diet definitely takes serious self control and determination but if you can do it and your body responds positively the it's amazing. Do yourself a favor and learn about autophagy as well. This is a mode your body gets into typically after 12 hours of fasting. Your body detoxes itself at a cellular level. Study's have shown autophagy has anti-aging, anti inflammatory and anti cancer and disease effects.

[@proofofmyexistence]

I really appreciate his take on this. I’ve only heard positives of Omad dieting.

[@clarinetsaxist]

I am 39, and have an OMAD-light diet. The biggest thing is that it does not make sense to limit the food to one hour, if you are like me, and you are tracking. I save up all my calories and have an hours long feast, and then go to bed not long after (works for me). Plus, if I have leftover calories, that's good news for the next day. But, I get it, the diet is officially done in a certain way, and is meant as an alternative to tracking. As a big eater, I can't do small meals, but I can snack a little.

[@ScottLives]

Responding to myself here, the other benefit is you have calories available for some junk food.

[@bennyrosenberg6958]

Hey, i tried it for once a week, so I can totally understand! Must be too much! Prolonoged fasting once in weeks or months, even up to 36 hours can be worth a try! Absurdly it helps producing growth hormone when prolonged. A great experiment video, thanks man!! ❤

[@taoist32]

I also tried it for a week, and it works. Just as long as there is no extra stress or too many events to go to, this simplified my eating.

[@Filipp81]

I do 48h every other week. Idea is give break to your body and allow to clean itself

[@tedbear631]

I would love to you both of the Buff Dudes do this again BUT try my causal OMAD style because its much better you don't obsess over food(atleast I don't) and I would crumble if I did strict OMAD like you did for this and be pounding supplments to cope. Please give my style a try!!! It's so much better than what you did or this vid lol I do "one meal a day". Like one big dinner or lunch but I also snack when I feel like it(I try not to snack but when food calls I don't ignore my stomach) and I probably don't hit my marco's or whatever I just eat whatever I'm feeling or cooking up and I don't follow anything strict but it's also something I've been doing for a LONG time too. I mainly started doing casual OMAD because if I ate a full meal more than once a day I would have horrific heart burn when it was time to sleep and no matter what I did(more water, crazy hard workouts, apple cider vinegar ect.) I would still feel that way so I cut it down to one main meal and then a snack here or there and of course a protein shake to help hit my protein levels AND I supplement big time(but I would use supp's even if I was doing 2-3 meals a day) Trying to get all your vitamins and fats and stuff from food I thought was impossible doing OMAD till I saw this video and you ever said you had to cut the veggies and were down on marco's. My version of OMAD is eating as little as possible to help not spike your insulin levels because every time you eat no matter how much or how little or even sugar in your coffee you spike your insulin levels. So that's the other reason I've stuck with casual OMAD. I'd love to see you all do my casual OMAD That way you can have your cool protein snacks you all make and still get a shake in whenever you workout or whatever and not crave food all day and weird shit. I do occasionally make a tad too much food too so I know how you feel because I did that earlier this week and felt like I was going to die because I ate so lolololol. Luckly those days are omega rare for me and basically only happen on thanksgiving xD

[@jshockey34]

Did it for a couple of months to drop weight for a physical, was amazing how I could get through not only the 24 hours but sometimes push to 30+.

[@NathanielMarkarian]

I personally like doing 2 meals a day. I do a fasted workout in the morning, eat after that, and then a meal at night. This keeps me at a lean 200lbs and comfortable also leaves room for ice cream if I want.

[@OldManJenkins69]

i love doing 2 big meals, 1050 caloies for lunch and dinner when I'm trying to cut

[@rajendranadarajan8931]

Ive been doing it for over 20 years. My friends and family are always shocked when they see the amount of food I eat at the dinner table. When I was 20 years old I read how our ancient ancestors who were hunter gatherers only ate once a day and that is only after hunting on an empty stomach. So I started this routine. I would lift weights after waking up and use last nights dinner as fuel. In the evening I would do 1 hour of cardio to burn off those excess calories. By 7pm when I eat dinner, I will consume 2500 calories in one sitting. Its not for everyone though. Give it a try.

[@kathrynfriedlund3280]

Thanks for sharing! It is great to hear that it has worked for you over a long period. Can you share an example meal of how you can pack in 2500 calories?

[@justinl909]

@@kathrynfriedlund3280it’s simple just eat 1 large pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut to yourself.

[@mrdrebin123]

I mean you can only digest 40 grams of protein pr hour depending on your size.. And you're only gonna get to do that once...

[@seemasharmailoveyou2353]

​@@mrdrebin123bro science

[@thomasangelo3803]

i love these diet challenge videos. So interesting and entertaining.

[@conrapal5408]

Hi! What about the energy levels on the last work-outs? Did it get better ?

[@kennethmacgregor-Gregorach]

I do time restricted eating but I give you and anyone that does this a LOT of credit, I don't think I could!

[@gismcieri78]

One week is hard to get into this. Most people build up to it. It’s takes your body some time to learn the new schedule. It took me about 3 weeks before it was pretty easy. I actually found it made me think about food less. Small meals a bunch of times a day was very stressful for me. I do OMAD once or twice a week but most of the time i find 20-4 the best of both worlds.

[@cowboysrme]

Yay always a good day when buff dudes post.

[@Riddick-ub8dj]

Great video. I also enjoyed that hip hop piano background music . Does it have a title?

[@Xa3rio]

OMAD is a huge extreme - I'm not a scientist but I would have the feeling that doing it, it would permanently expand my stomach over time + doing it after 5PM would definitely impact sleep schedule. However by just changing to 2 meals per day it gets very manageable - I'm currently doing it for 1 month (eating 40% at 9AM and 60% at 3PM, squeezing a workout at 1.30PM) - this way I'm full of energy for the workout, stay sated for the rest of the day and fast for 16 hours. Win win.

[@charleshill1906]

The way he did it was extreme. Eating until you're just about to throw up is not OMAD. Whoever he got advice from gave him wrong information. Carbs metabolize into glucose when consumed and trigger dopamine in the brain. It's well known that the consumption of carbs triggers cravings in individuals, which is why his carb heavy OMAD had him constantly thinking about food. Carbs also digest quickly so even though he was eating to an extreme state of fullness his desire for food was strong because he was feeding himself fast digesting sugars. Fat on the other hand, does not cause that food craving, takes longer to digest and is more filling. If he switched his macro's from carb heavy to fat heavy he wouldn't have needed to eat so much and wouldn't have been struggling with those cravings. I would also say that his foods are probably really low on salt and sufficient salt intake will also help to kill cravings longer than water. Drinking a glass of water until full to trick yourself into not being hungry only for 20 minutes to go by and having to repeat the process because it's metabolized so quickly...it should be obvious that's not a smart way to do it. Drink a glass of water with some added salt or just eat a little bit of salt and it will help keep you hydrated and fuller longer. My personal OMAD is a steak and a tall glass of milk once per day, maybe some eggs here and there and lots of salt and butter. I'll also cook my foods in butter or ghee or bacon fat, and it's basically easy mode for that diet model.

[@sarahinsf]

​@@charleshill1906 I think you are right on, except perhaps on his foods probably being low in salt, with stuff like packaged Mac & Cheese, and possibly packaged breaded chicken tenders, plus the restaurant meals for sure have high salt - the German-style sausages/sauerkraut/pretzel, the Udon noodle bowl with added skewers... Seems like a lot o' salt to me! 🧂😉

[@Fuzzira]

@@charleshill1906 My way of eating is very similar to yours except I do two meals of meat and butter in the afternoon, and if I want a boost for my workouts I drink milk and honey before it.

[@jasonhurst8599]

I've used OMAD along with Intermittent Fasting to help me lose close to 200 lbs while still working out. Of course I wasn't trying to eat anywhere close to 3,000 calories a day. I commend you on your effort. p.s. You need to show/feature more of Mikayla in your videos.

[@GaysPlanet]

Looking sharp with the clean shave, man!

[@joecowan3719]

Thanks for giving this a try, I am with you, I like to eat when i am hungry. How much weight did you end up losing that week?

[@gymantics9944]

I think it’ll be cool if you brothers did a gym challenge for a month so one brother uses just machines for his workout while the other one does only free weights. That way you can compare the two outcomes. You buff dudes are epic by the way 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@gymantics9944]

Let me know what you think

[@carlosreptile]

one month in training time is nothing

[@Stalkingwolf]

tried this and its insane. you feel so stuffed after that one meal that you are going to hate yourself after every meal. two meals a day is much better and more fun.

[@lurklingX]

i do 2 meals only, often enough and it works pretty good. more time fasted = more time alert and not foggy or tired. BUT. a downside is sometimes i'll be so hungry that i'll then eat more than just a standard meal. making up for calories i guess. gotta be careful what i reach for tho, otherwise this just gets me to have too many cals and counterproductive.

[@taoist32]

This is why you eat it before you go to bed. Now you have 6 to 8 hours of sleep to recover, regenerate, and repair.

[@Pbagz1]

I love it because I stay alert and energized all through the day, just drinking black coffee and water. Recently I’ve tried to put on some muscle eating more calories, so I’ve been eating lunch. About an hour after eating lunch, I have a hard time keeping my eyes open driving, I’m tired and lethargic.

[@hoodyk7342]

Try something like drinking hot coffee/tea before and during your meal, and start eating slowly as your cooking things, then sit down and eat the rest with that hot drink. Really helps. the one hour window isnt that important either as long ad your body isnt in "digest mode" all the time is the main point

[@Off-Duty]

OMAD is by far the best diet for myself. I’m the type of guy who can sit down and consume 5000 calories without an issue so dieting and eating 3 meals sucks for me. Having one meal where I eat 2000 calories feels so much better than 3x700 calories meal. It’s not for everyone but for me I went from 195lbs to hitting 175lbs today in 4 months. Lost 20lbs!

[@wpherigo1]

At least in my experience, Intermittent fasting and OMAD require a lot of mind games to make it work. On the other hand, because I’m a 5’2” male, my calorie requirements are around 1400-1600 calories per day, which means three meals are each tiny. Eating fewer, larger meals is better for me. It would be interesting to see a collab with you and Thomas Delauer on something like this….. or on the other side of things, BeardMeatsFood could give you some good tips too from a competitive eaters point if view…and you could give him good workout tips!

[@ditz3nfitness]

1400-1600 a day is incredible low, even with your stats.

[@taoist32]

You must not not weigh a lot if your requirements are that of a petite female.

[@Tony-bo3rw]

1400-1600 calories is a moderate to heavy cut for me... OMAD isnt worth it imo, eating two meals a day is doable though i think i need around 1800 calories to maintain my weight

[@superguy4231]

I started doing omad because I don't have time to cook and meal prep. I have two part time jobs, I'm a full time student and a competing kickboxer. Usually I make a really big pot of chili or beef stew and then I have my food for the rest of the week. I really like soups and stews cause you can load them up full of whatever macros you need and get more or less the same with every serving. It saves me a shit ton of time and I feel great.

[@yaccfonoti]

I did OMAD for about 6 months. I loved it tbh You really get used to only one meal, I had good energy. I lost about 10kgs I couldn’t keep it up forever, after a while I added Brekky back, the lunch back. And yup….all that weight came back. If you can maintain it I think it’s a great lifestyle, if not then you will end up back where you started

[@lyrand6408]

I had a case of 'slow digestion' (happened progressively) from age 15 to around 18. By around 19 years-old I could only effectively eat one "main" meal per day, with maybe some light snacking. So it consists of this in a day: 1) Wake up, drink water, prepare food for my main, and only proper meal of the day. That meal is my Breakfast, Diner and Super in one. (Not in quantity, but in "meaning"). 2) That one meal I eat at around 1:00 pm max (sometimes earlier by 1 hour or so, depends), occasionally 2:00 pm but that's rare. 3) Then my belly bloats up like I'm 4 or 5 months pregnant, and stays like that for basically most of the remainder of the day. 4) However, by around 7:00 pm max, I take a snack. 5) The "snack" is usually a bowl of cereals with milk (normally Almond milk, but I'm ok with cow's milk), some cookies and/or a small portion of yogourt; sometimes waffles or coffee (1 cup, no added sugar, with milk; I never drink it dark). 6) Aaaand that's it, by around 7:30 pm or 8:00 pm max, I'm done eating completely. 7) At this point, it's a glass of water for the rest of the day (or early hours of the night) and I go to bed. I'm 41 years-old now, so yeah it's been like this basically for 22 to maybe 23 years or so. The 'fun' part is whenever I ask doctors about my "condition" they just tell me it's a case of slow / lazy digestion, that's it. They did all the tests you can imagine, been to many 'specialized' places. There's "nothing wrong", my stomach works, it's 'just slow'. No known allergies either (peanuts, milk, seafood, it's all fine). I don't have diabetes or any significant health issues. I got good blood pressure, oxygen level is 99%, no Hearth problems. It's been the conclusion for that long, and will apparently stay like that for the rest of my life. Point here is this I guess: If it benefits you guys, to eat just one meal a day, then do it. It's not that dangerous, you'll just have less excess energy to burn. One doctor I saw for my case told me that I was somewhat in an interesting position because - to his eyes - I was a case of someone who would have basically done what's being suggested in this video for decades (which has supposedly never truly been tested on a large number of people, there's very few studies on this subject; people only report some benefits of this on an individual basis more than in large groups).

[@dwintster]

Have you checked for a hernia?

[@kd1841]

I have a bloat issue a well and have had it for years. The only thing the doctor told me after my barium swallow test was that I digested things slowly. Seriously, that’s all I was told! The only thing that has made it better was giving up all sources of grain, vegetables, fruit and sugar. So I am now eating animal based foods only, except for coffee with butter in it. I do still bloat some from certain dairy products so I don’t always have those if I want to feel my best. The difference in how I feel is dramatic. No more chronic pain, tons more stamina, and I am actually starting to look a bit younger (I’m 49). I have lost many inches of fat, but not as much weight now since I am gaining muscle through high intensity weight lifting workouts. Try meat and eggs only for 2 or 3 months and your bloating may improve also. Thank you for sharing your story!❤😊

[@MrMpolo21]

Ive been doing omad while on the carnivore diet for over a month it definitely works and helps with weight loss

[@nunninkav]

I would assume this would be a good combination.

[@rasmuslange2041]

you look healthier than ever. keep doing it

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

When i relocated a few yrs ago, i used thus diet. It was good cuz i was busy and active, and on a tight budget. Not to say i never had a snack or something while home or with family. Intermittent fasting can include but doest require time restricted eating. You can have a late dinner but then eat at lunch.

[@broncobuddha]

There's a reason it's sometimes referred to as the Warrior Diet. I enjoy fasting and have no issues dealing with hunger throughout the day. If you're bulking and trying to put on a ton of muscle it will definitely be difficult to get the cals in. If you're trying to lose weight, it's a great too. Fasting windows are different for everyone but if you're wanting to push a smaller window, I'd say a 20 hour fast with a 4 hour window is more sustainable long term. Break the fast with a high protein 500 ish calorie meal, wait an hour to hour and a half and then have a larger meal and maybe dessert. Currently I'm doing more of a "it doesn't matter when I ate last, I fast the first 5-6 hours of my day starting from whenever I get up" thing and follow somewhat of the same protocol. 500 calorie meal to break the fast (post workout) then a large dinner.

[@pinchegato3370]

Do you even ever eat vegetables?

[@yoadrian9808]

Veggies are useless a lot of the nutrients are not bioavailable it’s best to eat nutrient dense food. My gut issues got so much better after I removed greens out of my food.

[@ssz28envy]

I did this near the beginning of 2020. Ate a pound of steak and 12 oz of mixed vegetables when I got home from work at 11:00 pm. It was great. I wasn't hungry. I went from 235 to 204 in a couple months. Then the steaks and veggies got very hard to find at the grocery stores. Basically I had to just eat what meals we could find. So much was never in stock for so long I ended up back at 240. I'm at 219 now and going down. For reference I'm good at 200.

[@jadedk9916]

The key to OMAD is not trying to eat your maintenance calories in one meal. Rather, it's eating at least several hundred less than your maintenance calories. That way, you can combine the fasting benefits of 23 hours everyday and the easy calorie restriction, thereby slowing your ageing process.

[@mattmallecoccio8378]

Where's Hudson? He alright? Buff Dude, yeah???...

[@CPWS_The_Stingray]

I've pretty much been doing OMAD my entire life. I was never hungry in the morning and breakfast would usually just make me feel slow if I did have it. I would sometimes have lunch in school but usually just some salad, milk, and bites of the main lunch option. I love to binge eat tho and the after school meals went crazy. In college I had an even crazier diet. I mostly did 3500-4000 calories in one meal over 2 hours (very relaxed tho watched a movie and would eat till I felt full never forcing in food) then the next few days I had classes b2b and only had time for tiny meals, so It would be 500,1000,1000-1500, 3500-4000 on a 4 day cycle. It was very easy to maintain this diet on a bulk, never got cravings, never got hunger pangs, never felt lose of energy. However trying the same thing for a cut where I just changed it to 1000,1000,1500,2500-3000 on first day instead is where the hunger pangs kicked in, still had good energy and everything tho. TLDR: Its easier to cook once per day for a busy schedule, but for OMAD to work you have to LIVE it.

[@andrewpayne5093]

I had to do this once... had to drive 4 hours out of town to pick up my nan early one morning, didn't have time to make a quick breakfast or pack anything. When I got home it was super late in the afternoon and hadn't eaten anything and was hungry and had 3200 calories to fit in. Decided to blend up my whole daily calories from lots of eggs, oats, protein powder, peanut butter, milk and bananas and made a massive stack of pancakes. I was actually pretty hungry and smashed it all down in 20 minutes while also trying to drink 3 litres of water with it. By the end though I was in a food coma and slept very well.

[@TimothyMonley]

I did this about 5 years ago for a year, it's really important to focus on micronutrients and nutrition, so for anyone else trying this out, don't skip out on your fruits and vegetables, you'll feel sick and more hungry during your fasting periods.

[@dillonkazemi7795]

Yeah, as soon as he said no veggies it was obvious what would happen

[@righthandofdeath221]

I disagree, I haven't eaten veg since I was 6, I have eaten 1 meal a day for the last 17 months, feel fine and my energy lvls are stable all day, I never think about food, and when I eat I'm more creative with my meals, also lost 40ibs 😁

[@zvezdoblyat]

​@@righthandofdeath221holy shit dude, you must be extremely unhealthy. Maybe get your vitamins checked to make sure you're actually fine

[@TheBcoolGuy]

It's funny. I'm cutting right now, and when I do, I basically do an "assisted" OMAD. As in about 300 calories to start the day and then the remaining 1600 calories for dinner, though some of that is put into the three eggs I eat as a post-workout on training days. That is technically three meals, but obviously most of it goes towards dinner, by far. Not too dissimilar when bulking, but the ratio between dinner and the other meals gets a lot closer to 50/50.

[@jvandep]

3 meals a day isn't omad

[@kid2519]

Thank you for the video! What an interesting thought.

[@billt9828]

I am a lifter. Been doing IF for 6 years. I am way leaner than I used to be. I do OMAD once per week as a health reset. Works well for me.

[@ricothegypsy]

The title should say "How to do OMAD wrong"

[@SinisterTJJ]

Care to elaborate or are you just hating?

[@ricothegypsy]

@@SinisterTJJ you should never start OMAD without getting your body adapted to fasting first, and especially if you eat high amounts of carbs. You can start by doing intermittent fasting first to get your body adapted, then go into OMAD. Also eating high amounts of carbs on OMAD is never recommended, you will feel like crap and always be hungry, literally everything he was experiencing. Majority of people who do OMAD are in ketosis following a keto diet or carnivore diet. They thrive on OMAD and don't feel any of the negative side effects you would feel eating carbs. So yes he's doing it wrong, but no I am not hating, he should try and do it the right away and he'd see a bunch bigger difference in how he feels.

[@nitrojanks2977]

@@ricothegypsythat’s right, this dude smashing the carbs which would spike insulin and drive irritability and hunger

[@skullviolater8835]

​@@ricothegypsyI agree whenever I'm on Keto I wind up doing OMAD on accident without the constant thinking of food or reduction in energy, even while training in a fasted state. But whenever there's carbs in my diet I find it hard to do a basic 16/8 intermittent fasting.

[@Pruflas-Watts]

On point! I do OMAD on a animal-based diet (beef/eggs/protein powder/cheese/whole milk/yogurt/etc) and I feel good all day long. I have no joint inflammation, no gas, no bloating, my stools never float and are always firm, my mind is clear all day and I have sustained energy, even during lifting or cardio sessions. I can run a continuous 7 minute mile for 3 miles with moderate effort and I weigh 215 lbs at 5'11". Omad is optimal for my body.

[@Jackomack]

I've been fasting since Aug 2012 and basically moved to OMAD within a year of that out of convenience. Always felt bloated no matter the size of meal, so it's not a "problem" per se.

[@taoist32]

The bloated feeling may come from any processed carbs like bread. Or, you might be lactose intolerant or gluten intolerant. I have both, so I eat less and in some cases no bread or regular milk. Now there is no bloating.

[@Snerdles]

I kind of do the opposite when I want to control fat/weight and do a 36 hour fast each week, and the calories I save I spread about half of them over my other days to be in a slight surplus. That way, overall I'm technically in a deficit but because most of the time I'm in a surplus I still get good workouts and can maintain or even build lean mass. It's been working quite well for me.

[@vindicus]

I found OMAD is a great tool when planning for big events so you don't over go on a big calorie surplus. So days like thanksgiving, knowing you will blow up in calories, fasting up to that day and then eat w.e and resume normal patterns.

[@Joy-ht9mc]

This is a really smart idea.

[@TiCxToC]

OMAD 2 years lost 197 lbs and all my metabolic disease. And a 25 yearold egg allergy. I follow a Paleo-ish food choice regime. Only a very small amount of cheese once and a while. I have No fatigue issues ever. Pinch of salt in water headaches will go away. I have not consumed medications of any kind for 1 year. No aspirin pain relievers for 2 years. True metabolic health in under 2 years time. People who eat carbs struggle on omad. The body keeps switching fuel types and never gets used to it. I eat for optimal hormone and microbiome health

[@Jombozeus]

How is it possible for you to eat for optimal microbiome health eating Paleo?

[@ThomasAT86]

Yeah I don't like it. Compared to 3-4 meals per day, you get way less vegetables in, you get less fruit in, you stress your body quite a bit, social interactions can be aswkward, it's weird if you have kids who wanna breakfast with you, you are very limited in terms of caloric intake and it's obviously suboptimal for muscle building. Not worth it for maybe some health benefits that I'm not sure even exist. I rather fast ~14-16h a day and 1-2x for 24h a month.

[@CoachC.T.]

I’d love to see how you’d do on the Jack lalanne diet

[@YOUR_MOTHER_WENT_TO_COLLEGE]

You should’ve tried it for at least 2 weeks straight to a month to really give it a true test and chance all around to make a better and more fair assessment of it, but hey!………….To each their own.👍

[@ALIEN19740]

True

[@genegayda3042]

These "I did XXX's workout" for one workout and "I did YYY diet for only 7 days" do not do the subject workout/diet justice. Especially for the types of fasting. One week is not enough for the body to fully adapt metabolically. As a multi-decade bodybuilder diet eater with six meals/shakes a day, his system prolly forgot what a ketone feels like.

[@SuperEzekiel2517]

I am curious. I appreciate the eating challenges both of you do, but when I've changed things up between eating and working out, it usually takes me a week or so to see the effects. This is everything to low sodium, to coming on or off Creatine. I was wondering if there's a specific reason your challenges only last a week vs. lasting 2-4 weeks. Is it only because it will absolutely suck if it lasted longer? Thanks for any response. :)

[@formerevolutionist]

Thanks for going through all of that suffering and stress for our entertainment and curiosity.

[@kalmtraveler]

I use OMAD combined with keto for annual "lose the winter gut" fat loss. Keto lowers my hunger response which makes OMAD easier to do - and like others have mentioned sometimes I end up having to force myself to eat because it's meal time, even though I'm not actually hungry.

[@adam7975]

Ive jut started this, its easier for me to control my intake, and fasting makes me feel good x

[@bullishtitan8223]

I've been doing omad for 5 years now and I gotta say with what I saw you eating I wouldn't have been able to do it either. I'm 5'9" range between 205-210lbs 25% body fat. Work out fasted at 5am eat at 1pm. My energy is always up.

[@jagr06]

yea Intermittent Fasting and OMAD are both beneficial for those trying to lose weight because it teaches us to limit the calories intake. Trying to get 2k+ calories in one meal is very difficult It really depends on how you want to go about eating it's definitely not for everyone though. I've been doing I.F for 3 months now and i've made alot of progress in my fat loss journey, still have a long way to go but i know i'll get there if i stick with it.

[@ernestotheawesomeone]

Great video. Ive tried OMAD and wasnt a big fan. Prior to trying, i was already doing IF so i was use to fasting. Personally i do 20 hour fast. I break my fast with a small meal prior to my workout. Have a post workout snack and then about hour later is usually is when i have my bigger meal. With OMAD i felt i wasnt optimal with my workouts.

[@fkitty444]

Thank you sir! Fasting like this is about reducing calories, at the end of the day works for some, but not all. I think, it has more to do with body type and blood sugar profile. I run low on blood sugar, so your irritability would be my sweating-swearing-crazy-person with explosions, headache, and little to no energy or motivation, driving would be out.(family trait on both sides, born with it). My brother-in-law could do this no problem, and a few other people I follow, it works well for them, although those people do not have a high-intensity lifestyle, the brother-in-law does. I can do regular fasting so far for 1-3 days, day one is evil, and I have to work into it by keeping my blood sugar even with slow sugars for at least 3x days before so its a glide and not a trip to the ER for some apple juice. Seeing how bad my blood sugar is naturally without a doctor assisting me (yay, you don't have diabetes, probably pre-diabetes, can't /won't look into it further! ), there is probably a large spectrum from no problem, to not for everybody. So, if you suffer excessively, take a pass, and try a different form of fasting. Fasting does have its benefits, but I suspect most of it is calorie cutting to get the weight down quickly, keeping eating away from sleep time, and letting the gut rest from all the modern food-like substances that just aren't good for health. Good Luck!

[@davel6229]

Do you guys have a cook book or which one you use?

[@HDtothe8]

I do this minus the fancy name(omad) and honestly works best for me. You just need to get used to it. Haven't affected my performance at all, its still progressive overload as usual. Yes it was a bit hard in the initial stages, first couple weeks but then hunky dory!

[@taoist32]

I lost weight in less than a week doing this, and it wasn’t that difficult for me. I love to eat, but knowing my food is waiting for me after a hard work day is a pleasure and a reward.

[@justinrimmer1281]

I've been doing OMAD since 2019 and it has become a lifestyle for me. I'm 5'9" and just under 150 lbs (which I feel is ideal for me). I've been maintaining this weight the whole time. I usually eat my meal in the middle of the day (but sometimes I'll eat in the evening instead if I'm doing something social). You definitely need to give it more than a week to get adjusted to it. It took me about 3-4 months to get fully adjusted. The things I enjoy about OMAD are that I don't get hungry throughout the day; I don't have to think about food except when it is time to eat. I feel like I enjoy food and food preparation more now. My weight also stays very consistent no matter what I eat (whether I'm doing a lot of carbs, or if I'm on a keto kick which I do from time to time). I enjoy not having to cut deserts or count calories to stay at my ideal weight. I also like being able to see all of my macros on my plate. It makes it easier to know what macro nutrients I'm getting without keeping a tally throughout the day. Many people claim OMAD helps with energy. I still feel a mid-afternoon slump. And if I eat too late in the day it interferes with my sleep. So I'd say it hasn't really affected my energy one way or another. A lot of people starting out on OMAD (including me when I started) feel that you have to completely gorge yourself when you do eat, in order to get enough. That isn't the case. I still eat a large plate, but it's less than you'd think you would need. When you eat once a day, you just don't need as much food as you would if you were eating continuously throughout the day. I believe you could gain muscle on OMAD, but it'd probably be at a slower pace than if you were to eat multiple times a day.

[@lordhudson3004]

Love how the wifu made an entrance multiple times. Buff dudes style!!

[@effortlessGFX]

Insanely curious to know what your TRT doses are lads. I think it would make for a really informative video/discussion.

[@TheJustinSmith]

Man props to you Brandon, that sounded terrible! Another awesome video as always 🙌🏼

[@FingerPulse]

Working out, eating, dog, and Dutch Bros. Hell yeah! 🔥

[@dogsartandhealth]

I did OMAD for a year a couple years ago. I already wasn't eating alot for one, but I also wasn't as lean as the buff guys (I did consistently do resistance training tho). Long story short: It took about 8 or 9 days for.my body to acclimate, but when it did, it felt AMAZING. There was a moment of transition that almost felt psychedelic. My senses became hyper acute, and my energy was incredible. And when it was time to eat, it was so satisfying and it tasted way better. I stopped because I was too lean, and I wanted to bulk up. The transition to eating 3 to 4 meals a day honestly was harder and took longer than doing OMAD. I'd recommend it if you wanna shed some pounds, but i wouldn't recommend doing it this way schedule wise. Eat right after your workout or right before. If you eat before it made me sluggish tho.

[@denniskettinger9900]

My work schedule for years only allowed time for omad. It's a normal diet for me and works well.Good luck!