Blog/2025-02-03/Romadan
Recently, I hit a new peak in my weight because I haven't been paying too much attention. After gorging myself in India and then again on my birthday, I reached the massive heights of 199.8 lbs as read on my bathroom scale. This sort of thing is pretty risky and I'm entering into Tirzepatide territory so I thought I should do something drastic.
Now, a classic drastic fad diet is One Meal A Day, and that sort of reminds me of this festival the mum's side of my family has called Ramzan where you fast the whole day except for a meal before sunrise and one after.
In my case, since I needed to lose some weight, I decided to cut that down to One Meal A Day after Sunset, and the week I was going to do it was to be called Romadan.
Well, I did it. Adherence was pretty good. I'd have a coffee during the day, or a Coke Zero, but no food until 6 PM (a half an hour or so after Sunset) and for the short period here are the results:
| Date | Weight (lbs) |
|---|---|
| Feb 2 | 194.3 |
| Feb 1 | 195.4 |
| Jan 31 | 196.2 |
| Jan 30 | 195.0 |
| Jan 29 | 195.8 |
| Jan 28 | 196.7 |
| Jan 27 | 197.5 |
| Jan 26 | 199.8 |
So far so good. The 199.8 and 197.5 are evening measurements but the rest are during the day. To be honest, if I'd stuck to the intensity of that day I might have seen more results since I rode 12 miles on the empty stomach and a cup of coffee and then managed to lift that day and the next.
My target for the year is to end at my old 175 lbs, though, so I have a long way to go. 20 lbs will be hard to lose
