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If you have ever looked into intermittent fasting then you have likely come across the most extreme version, called the One Meal a Day diet, or OMAD for short.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The protocol is really simple in theory but is on the extreme end of the different intermittent fasting protocols you can follow. The idea is to eat within a one-hour time window and fast for the remaining 23-hours each day.<\/p>\n

In principle, it\u2019s straight forward but for most of us in practice certainly not easy.<\/p>\n

I can see the appeal to some hardcore intermittent fasting fanatics, I was keen to understand if the science supports the protocol and whether I could do it for 7-days, and importantly would it work for me.<\/p>\n

With staying at home more now my energy requirement is lower than usual so I was concerned about weight gain as a wandered around my condo. So, I thought why not give the OMAD diet a try for the next 7-days.<\/p>\n

This post is a bit longer than usual. Stick with it though and discover my experience of following the OMAD diet protocol for 7-days straight. I reveal my daily measurements for my weight (kg), sleep (hours), activity levels (steps), food and beverage intake, and how I felt each day.<\/p>\n

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Are you Crazy? OMAD During Lock-down!<\/h2>\n

This is probably the number one question I have been asked this week.<\/p>\n

Indeed staying at home and trying a restrictive eating pattern is the last thing you want to do.<\/p>\n

I disagree, let me tell you why.<\/p>\n

The thing is, within just a few days of being in lockdown in Malaysia due to the Coronavirus, I found it way too easy to eat more than I am used to. In fact, within the first few days, I could feel, and see on my scales, that I was putting on weight.<\/p>\n

Considering the prospect of then 2-weeks, but now it's a minimum of 4-weeks staying at home and likely over-consuming, I didn\u2019t want to be back at 70 kilograms and 28% body fat, like I was in July 2019!<\/p>\n

So, this is why I thought, why not spin this around and turn this into a challenge? <\/p>\n

That is precisely what I did.<\/p>\n

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What's My Purpose of Following a 7-day OMAD?<\/h2>\n

I wanted to prefix this challenge with what I am aiming to get out of this.<\/p>\n