[throwaway803453]

I'll never understand OMAD from a minimum calorie requirement standpoint. I watched a lean muscular YouTuber prepare his one meal which was mostly cauliflower mash and totaled 600 calories, in which case I call BS since he probably needs about 3500cal/day given his size.

For those of us that aren't burning off excess fat and are active what would a 2700-ish calorie meal look like. Can you learn to eat 2 lbs of steak in one sitting for example and do that every day ? Because it is unlikely there is room in a typical stomach for 20lbs of cauliflower mash or 4.5lbs of pasta eaten all at once.

Also from a time management standpoint spiking your serotonin levels with that massive meal seems counterproductive. Are you really saving time if you are a drowsy for an hour or two after that massive meal ? I realize the parent poster was just contemplating, but if someone has actual experience I would be grateful for a helpful link or comment.

[phonypc]

Presumably most people doing it have losing weight as a goal, not maintaining?

Anyway, fat heavy foods make cramming calories pretty easy. You can hide a lot of butter in mashed potatoes or a pasta sauce.

[fjabre]

It is the best I have felt in some time in fact.

The body gets used to it over time. I am not strict with it but most days I find it easy to do.

Lots of water throughout the day helps with the empty stomach and not feeling dehydrated.

I skip breakfast and lunch. But can eat heavily within my time window.

The science is off here from my experience.

The metric to watch is time between meals. If you can go 16-20 hours before your next meal, sleep can be included, then you will find your gains staggering.