One Meal A Day Blog

Every single day I look in the mirror and see myself looking like this I do feel both ashamed, and motivated at the same time to continue with this OMAD diet I’m on. It’s a horrible feeling to know that I won’t get to where I want to be (weight wise and into a relationship etc) until I reach the target weight of 170-165 pounds. I have tried dating apps even at this stage that I’m at, but I don’t get the same attention I was getting when I was at this weight which was back in 2014 I believe.

I think the ideal weight to start at least trying to get into the dating world again is about 230 pounds because I remember being there around 2017 and I was still getting a decent amount of attention from woman at that time. But, I also noticed that I was getting there with my weight and in my own opinion it’s just a much better idea to wait until I’m at my target weight before doing anything. I can’t think of a very good example for this journey but I hope you understand what I mean.

Today the scale said 259 pounds which actually was shocking to me since last Friday (March 27th) I was about 265 pounds). I was about the same weight a day or two before that so I was getting frustrated. Usually when I start losing motivation but I keep going (as long as I’m paying attention to what I eat and I’m getting exercise daily) I will notice after a few days that I am actually making progress even though I thought I wasn’t. I know this is only because I keep eating only one meal a day and I maintain exercise, which is extremely important. Sometimes I do actually skip a few days of checking the scale and this helps too.

If you lose motivation from not seeing results and give up easily, I’d suggest skipping looking at your weight scale to check it for a few days or even just stick to once a week and see if you see any results. If you check out my first post ever on this blog which I wrote about 2-3 days ago you’ll see the transformation that I have made with my journey from 330 pounds starting out to 265 pounds. It is true that I started this journey last year in 2025 at about the end of July. I started at that time because of different reasons, but I might have been able to start earlier maybe.

I now use two scales for weighing myself, which one is made by the brand Renpho and the other is Elekcity which are both quite affordable on Amazon. I like having two scales since I can compare the results to see if one might not be working etc. If you have just one scale and you notice that the results might not be correct then you might realise down the road after trying a different scale that your current scale was wrong all along. Most of the scales you can buy now are all digital anyways, and the only thing you need to do is make sure the surface the scale is sitting on is completely flat and not on carpet or anything.

You should also make sure the scale does not tip back and forth while it’s sitting on that hard surface since that could throw off the number the scale gives you when you stand on it. I personally prefer to stand on the scale with no clothes on, just so I can get the best results possible. Right now I am walking 2 hours a day (down to the last minute, I set a timer on my phone every time) and I try my best to avoid crosswalks because some of them make you wait up to 5 minutes which can get annoying. I also do my shopping for food while on these walks.

I usually eat my first meal around 4 and go for a walk after, or I might go for a walk in the early afternoon if I have an appointment around that time. I also might have a sandwich around that time in the early afternoon if I’m feeling weak and might have to stand in line for something if you know what I mean, that’s a horrible feeling if I don’t have the energy to do it. So anyways, I’m going to try posting daily updates on my progress or the posts might be a few days apart, it just depends on how busy I am. Ciao.

Introduction

Alright so here is my first ever post for this blog. I have been wanting to put a post in here for a few days now since I created this site almost a week ago. I’m very happy with the domain name that I chose too, it’s very basic and if I ever want to share it with anyone it’s super easy to say, no need to give out a business card. So, in the image below you’ll see the first before and after pictures I took from when I was 330 pounds to when I lost about 32 pounds a few months later. That was a huge milestone in my books since I basically have not been able to lose much ever since this weight gain spike back in 2017. I thought while it was happening, “oh I’ll just lose the weight later”, and I tend to assume things will work out way too often without thinking if I am actually capable of doing that. I know today I can probably do it but, fast forward almost 10 years and it’s only since last August 1st of 2025 that I realised that I had to do something about this weight and it wasn’t going to be easy. I did actually delay starting this diet because of affordability, and I still am currently struggling financially and I’m trying my best to eat healthy despite still eating alot of frozen meals from the supermarket.

So from August 1st, 2025 until around December 18th, 2025 I was trying my best to go on 2 hour long walks once a day and eating only one meal a day for that whole time period. I think I was around 290 pounds at that time. In between December 18th, 2025 and January 1st, 2026 I had to find a new place to stay and I think it was after I moved into this new place I noticed that I had lost some weight without trying too hard. I had been focused on eating 1-2 meals per day during the transition of moving and because of that I actually saw results and it taught me that patience is definitely worth it and I did realise that I actually was trying the whole time. Gradually losing weight is probably going to be the only way for me to lose this weight until I am able to increase my income in the future so that I can afford healthier foods.

Fast Forward To Today, I am only 265 Pounds

Since that moment I weighed myself and noticed I had actually lost weight during the time I was moving I decided to take things slow still since I couldn’t really go any faster than this and it was more sustainable for me, I have lost quite a bit of weight and so the actual number of weight I lost is 65 pounds which is a huge milestone for me (in my own books) and I think before this I actually only had lost max 30 pounds before using the same method… One Meal A Day. And before I even heard of the name for this kind of diet “OMAD”, I was actually doing this during middle school when I was overweight and I have to admit that it was not easy at all, but I did it because I was so sick and tired of being made fun of in school for being fat.

I do take breaks here and there, though, and I believe this is actually the key for longevity for myself and possibly other people too. The “One Meal A Day” diet is actually not for everyone, though for me it has saved me for many years of being judged by others. I know people personally who have chosen to stay overweight the rest of their lives and I see them suffering in many ways. With the last 10 years I have gone through of being over 300 pounds and finally realising just about a year ago that I had to do something about this makes me realise just how hard it actually is for me to achieve things, and how hard it actually is for people who are overweight still and may never lose anything in the future.

What Motivates Me?

My most recent family doctor actually asked me this a few months ago, and at that time he didn’t know me very well. I remember talking to him during an appointment about my weight loss goals and he at some point during that conversation asked me “what motivates you to lose weight?”, and I just told him at that time “I just wanted to be thinner”, and honestly I think you all know the obvious reason that I wanted to lose weight and that main reason (from losing lots of weight in the past) is what has increased my motivation levels for the future. In my own opinion, going from overweight to skinny back in middle school, the effort I put into losing all that weight was 1000% worth every single second spent in the effort towards achieving my goals of losing weight at the time.

Why Does Anyone Try To Lose Weight?

This is what you have to think about, and what I’m currently thinking right now is the time I was talking to an older guy and he actually gave me some really good advice in saying to me “life is too short” and I will admit that I have had difficulty motivating myself to do certain things in the past since he told me that but, I still will always remember what he said and I’ll also remember every single mistake that I have made since he told me that too and in my own opinion for myself, I’m probably doing so much better than some other guys that aren’t really capable of motivating themselves to achieve anything in their lives. So why does any human being on this earth try to lose weight in the first place?.

Obviously, it might be…

To be more attractive to the opposite sex.
To be healthier.
To become more confident in themselves.
To live a longer life.
Maybe to be able to fit onto a small plane? (I had this problem in the last 3 years).

Wouldn’t you agree with me on all these reasons?. Honestly I don’t admit all these reasons to friends and family, for the specific reason that I might get laughed at or criticized. I like to give them a reason that will make them think “that’s a pretty good reason” when they walk away from me. But anyways, what’s your reason to lose weight?, leave a comment down below if you want and give me your reason. I may have given stupid reasons in the past when people asked me, and I of course noticed every time when the person I was talking to had something negative to say about what I said. Even to the point that they will go to their friends that knew me and tell me the “stupid” thing that I said.

I lose weight for myself, and I’m not just going to stop trying just because of discrimination in the recent past. To stop trying just because of judgement from others you know only makes them happier, and makes you more depressed than you already were before you even started trying to lose weight in the first place. So if this has happened to you I encourage you to keep going, because if someone did say something to you negatively about what you were doing you can piss them off by continuing to try, and see results over time. Then you can walk up to them when you are dramatically thinner and ask them about what they said to you in the past.

So anyways, I think I am finished this rant of a post about my past, I feel I have shown you guys my opinions, and I am going to continue to move forward. I do still feel overweight even though I have lost 65 pounds so far. I did sacrifice so much to get to this point, but it was for a good cause. In the picture above you’ll see a photo of myself that I took today. Like I said, I still feel overweight but I believe this is a part of the process when it comes to losing over 100 pounds. I have heard of worse cases of people over 400 pounds trying to lose 200 pounds or more and that my friends is definitely a challenge that would be more difficult than anything else one person has ever gone through in their own lives. There are people who are obese and can achieve in school but cannot lose weight. This tells me that losing weight can be significantly more difficult than going to school in some ways, but everyone is different I suppose.

Always remember one saying that I watched a guy say in a social media video… and that is: “as long as you do not give up you will succeed“.

One Meal A Day Blog

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