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So I have been intermittent fasting for a while now, usually doing 18:6 so I usually ate some lunch and some dinner, and I was doing keto as well. Keto is hard for me to stick to long term but it really does help me not binge because eating carbs/sugar usually trigger me to just eat and eat and have a hard time stopping. However, like i said its hard for me to stick to so ideally I want to be able to just eat a normal diet and have it not trigger a binge.

This past week I decided to try doing 20:4. The first few days I was doing 20:4 I actually lost weight and it was going really well. The last 2 days of the week I overdid it and ate way too much in my eating window - I didn't exactly gain but it just stayed the same. I typically was eating a snack right when my eating window opened up and then dinner. But when I say I overdid it - I ate way too much of a "snack" and then ate dinner and was so full it was uncomfortable. So it was basically a binge just within my eating window.

With that being said, I think I might change to doing OMAD/23:1 because that one meal can be a larger portion since it's my whole day's worth of calories in a single sitting, and I am FULL by the time I get done eating that one meal. I don't mind it if I want a small sweet treat but it has to be small, which is easy because I'll be full enough from dinner that I won't overdo it because I physically cant. Doing 20:4 I noticed my stomach shrank and I got full very quickly, or at least it felt that way. That is not a bad thing imo.

Anyways, I wanted to get input from you guys to see if this has worked for you if you've tried it before? I don't want to hear anyone say don't do IF because it really does help me regulate my eating, and I'm not even hungry so I don't mind doing it. I also only fast during the week and on the weekends I try to stay mindful and not overdo it. My biggest issue is to control my brain when it says "more!" especially when it comes to sweets because my adhd brain loves sugar lol. I gotta get her reined in. I just want to make this a lifestyle change I can stick with long term!

So I'm new to OMAD but I have been doing intermittent fasting for a long time. This is my first true week doing OMAD and it's been going great, I've already lost almost 6lbs!

The problem I'm having though is that while I'm fasting a feel like I have a lot of stomach acid buildup and it's quite unpleasant. When I finally do eat something I feel kinda icky until I digest it a little bit then I'm fine.

Is there something I can do to reduce the stomach acid and not break my fast? Will it calm down after doing OMAD for a while?

Any suggestions appreciated!

I have been taking metoprolol for about a year now, first I was at 25mg per day then went to 50mg and have been steady at that dose for at least the last 6 months.

At first, I didn't notice any weight gain but I think once I changed to the 50mg I have slowly and steadily gained weight - at this point it's been around 20lbs. I did not have the healthiest eating habits prior so I figured that's what was causing it but I have been on a strict diet for the last 2ish months and on top of that I've been working out about 5x a week, and have maybe lost around 5lb's. Mostly I'm just fluctuating.

I have done the diet I'm doing now before and had really great success, I'm talking 60lbs in about 4 months, so looking back I should have lost around 20lbs by now, but i've only lost 5. Mind you, I never worked out when I lost the large amount when I was on the diet before. I also intermittent fast, so in theory it should be coming off pretty steadily but it has not and I'm very frustrated.

I started researching what the heck was going on and learned that beta blockers, especially older ones like metoprolol, can cause weight gain and a slow metabolism. Now, I'm thinking that is the issue here, because there's not other reason why I'm not losing weight.

I messaged my doctor this morning about my concerns with this and asked to try out a different one that is less likely to cause weight gain - I asked about Carvedilol & Nebivolol specifically because in my research those can help in this area.

I'll keep yall updated if anyone is interested, but I was just wondering if anyone else has gone through this and if changing meds helped you lose weight?