CAN YOU BECOME FAT ON OMAD ?

More and more people nowadays ask me this question:
“Can you gain fat eating one meal per day?”

The answer is absolutely “yes”, but this happens only under some very specific circumstances. Believe it or not there is number of things which regardless of the eating pattern lead to those results.

Because OMAD’s popularity grows, many people want to jump on it. This is great and I am so happy to see it happens, but it looks like big percent of them tend to use it as an excuse for not fixing their poor lifestyle habits.

In order to help you develop clear idea and not become one, of them in the paragraphs bellow I discuss the most commonly seen things that can cause gaining of undesired weight on any intermittent fasting protocol.

1. Being sedentary.

It may sound really cheesy, but if you do not move nor exercise enough, your body will never utilize effectively the food you ingest with your meal. So it will most likely store it as fat. It will also make very difficult for you to create a deficit of calories.

How to prevent it ?

Get involved in some form of exercising. If you want to improve your, physique try high volume resistant training. If that is not your primary goal, simply lift weights several times per week. Keep a proper form and always make sure to enjoy what you do.

Incorporate few weekly cardio sessions (HIIT or LISS). Your personal preferences will determine which way you to go.

Do not hesitate and use every opportunity to walk. Do not sit on your desk or couch for more than 2 hours. Use timer for your workloads and plan some small walks in between or during the course of the day.
They can be based on getting done some simple tasks such as grocery shopping or others. Just make sure to move.

2. Poor diet.

One meal or not the consumption of wrong foods always leads to bad results. Based on my experience when it comes to building muscle nutrition takes not less than 70% and at least 50 or 60 of the overall healthy lifestyle.

Products which cause insulin spikes will keep your body in fat storing.

How to avoid it ?

Stay away from processed foods such as refined carbohydrates and trans fats for example: grains, hydrogenated oils or others.

Consume only high quality whole foods. For the most part rely only on fats, proteins and fibrous vegetables. Do not hesitate and go organic every time you can.

3. Poor sleep habits

Even though many tend to neglect it, sleep deprivation is something which can interfere with your body’s ability to burn fat. Not getting enough extra quality sleep and rest can actually cause gain of undesired weight.

How to avoid it?

Develop a proper sleep hygiene. Wake up and go to the bed at the same time. Set alarms for both. Avoid overstimulation at least 2 hours prior bed time. If you are not able to tolerate it do not drink coffee during the afternoon.

Use the free applications Sleep Cycle and/or Pillow and start tracking your sleep, so you can make the proper adjustments if needed. Use F.Lux on every screen you can.

The good news and my personal experience.

It might sound weird, but when I applied OMAD to all of those things, my body’s performance went to a whole different level. It started wanting to move more and sleeping less. This is what got me into the twice a day training and the 5.30 hours sleep per night.

Based on my experience and lots of research I also found: It is nowhere near possible for an active, lean and muscular individual with proper diet and sleep habits become even a bit bloated on OMAD. (Even if he or she stays on surplus of calories)

Conclusion:
Never underestimate the importance of the overall lifestyle habits (exercise, nutrition and sleep). Gain muscle, stay lean, eat OMAD and enjoy your physique and day without any restrictions.

I hope that makes
Yours truly:

Peteonthebeat