For me, since I don’t use this as a diet to lose weight, but just eat once a day, I’ll let you know what I eat. It’s not a rule, today I had salad at lunch with naan bread and then leftover roasted veggies for dinner. But 99% only once a day. (it was a bday lunch…have to socialize
I keep grapes in the fridge if I crave something later in the evening and it doesn’t make me feel full before bed.

I think your approach sounds healthy if you eat food thats good for you. Regular ‘food’ isn’t always good calories or good for you

Lets see:
Salmon or chicken breast (200 cals) every day. (with spices, pesto, or teriyaki sauce). Maybe a pork chop once a month.
All the veggies I can eat which is carrots, beans, snap peas, corn, broccoli, broccoli and more broccoli, asparagus, lots of tomatoes. Potatoes and sweet potatoes once a week each give or take.
1tbsp olive oil if roasting them (140 cals)
lemon juice for veggies or on salmon
cheese (not everyday, but almost) 50grams goat cheese (100 cals) or asiago 50 grams = 180 cals give or take.

Every day I choose the main veggie and toss in smaller quantities of the other ones (always including broccoli and tomatoes), but I eat a HUGE (embarrassingly) bowl of veggies until I’m FULL. I go back for seconds only of veggies on a regular dinner plate that was full the first time around

But I dont really exercise. My weight stays the same. If I was motivated to exercise, I am positive I would lose weight and probably quickly. Sorry I don’t know how many calories I actually eat in veggies, but I’m up to about 500 on salmon, oil, and cheese, so the rest is veggies!

Best of luck to you, I know you will do well.

I have been eating once a day since June. I quit smoking in February and started to gain weight even though I wasn’t eating more. I made sure of that because I didn’t want to get any fatter. I did some research and found out that weight gain from people quitting smoking isn’t just because they replace their oral fixation with food but smoking actually burns calories. I was desperate so I started not eating anything until dinner. I have dinner with my boyfriend and I didn’t want him to know I had stopped eating during the day. I didn’t want him to worry. He’s that type.

After a couple of weeks my body got used to it and I felt great! My workouts are better than ever. I have tons of energy all day. I told my boyfriend about it eventually when he commented on me losing weight. He was a little worried, but I assured him that I feel great and I don’t miss not eating during the day.

I drink black coffee in the morning and otherwise just tons of water during the day. Once in a while I’ll have a diet soda, flavored carbonated water or black iced coffee with Splenda. All of those drinks are calorie-free, but I usually just stick to water after my morning coffee. I like a treat once in a while when I’m out shopping or listening to live music though. ^_^

If I have a really long, hard workout – where I sweat a whole lot – I sometimes get nauseous and disoriented. I did some research and learned about Hyponatremia. Now if I feel like that I just drink a few sips of Powerade Zero. It’s a 0 calorie sports drink and it replaces some of the sodium in my system. Hyponatremia is very rare, but it’s good to know the symptoms. Don’t let it keep you from drinking lots of water! Please read about it: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-drinking-too-much-water-can-kill

Like others have said, I’ve tried many different diets and they never worked. I’ve been overweight my entire life and for the first time ever I feel hopeful. I’ve lost the weight I gained from quitting smoking and I’m still going strong. I don’t feel like I’m on a diet. I can easily do this for the rest of my life.

I eat whatever I want for dinner. I have never eaten a lot of fast food. I usually cook dinner myself. Sometimes it’s a brown rice and tofu stir-fry, and sometimes it’s fried chicken with hush puppies. I crave more healthy foods now though. And unless my boyfriend asks for a particular dish, I tend to plan for healthier meals without effort. I guess my body knows that it had better make the most of it’s only chance to eat! And by the way, I eat very late at night. Between 9pm and 3am usually. (Our weird schedule requires it.) Of course I go to bed later too. But only 2-3 hours after I eat. Some scientists in Oregon figured that myth out. http://www.ohsu.edu/ohsuedu/landingpages/latenighteating.cfm A calorie is a calorie no matter when you eat it.

Everyone is different. Find what is right for you and please try to be accepting of others. Our method may not be “normal” but if we’re happy, healthy and strong- how is it wrong? I wish everyone reading this peace and success!

My main protiens are salmon and chicken (sometimes tofu) and all the veggies/fruit I want to eat (love broccoli). I definitely don’t starve, I’m FULL after eating. I use splenda in my coffee and diet coke if I feel like pop, and if Im going out with friends for dinner, well..I eat what I want and even drink alcohol. It doesn’t make my scale leap up in fright. I’m 140lbs and have been circling that weight by a 1 or 2 lbs for years. Except for going out, everything I eat is healthy and to me – guilt free. I just don’t buy processed or junk food (except as marinades etc -pesto, dijon mustard, soy sauce etc ). I do eat a bit of cheese everyday. MMmm.. parmesan and asiogo – great on broccoli

Eating only a tiny salad and drinking water is a crash diet, it has nothing to do with only eating once a day. 3 salads a day and water and you’ll lose weight too, its the lack of calories. 3500 calories in deficit/week = 1lb…you’ll gain it back again when you starting eating more.

Just to note: My friend lost 14lbs by ONLY cutting out sugar in her coffee (moved to splenda) and switching to diet coke. She drank enough coffee with sugar to equal 1lb a week just by changing that alone.

Anyways, just thought I’d share