Drink when thirsty .. don't force it.
My brother had to have a kidney removed and was advised to drink at least 2 litres of fluid daily so, to make sure he does, he has 2 one litre jugs of water in his fridge and keeps taking a drink from that whenever he is in the kitchen. So he makes sure to have at least the 2 litres.
Have a bottle of water on the worktop, or wherever you are, and maybe a straw and just have a sip when you see it.My cousin (88)was hospitalised as he fell in the garden through dehydration-it's the worst thing to do and the easiest to prevent! We are about 90% water anyway-or should be!
For some people OMAD can help to get into remission, I doubt if, alone, it will do the job, but I could be wrong there. However, it doesn't work for everyone. No two people are the same or react the same way to treatment or diets. The only way to find out is to try, testing as you go and see if you can get to a BG level that you are happy with and then see if it is possible to reduce meds and how far.
Recipes for low carb eating don't have to be horribly expensive or tasteless. It depends on how low carb you want to be but, at moderately low carb levels, you can make tasty stews using stock of different flavours - not purist I know, but acceptable, or tinned tomatoes (cheap tins of chopped tomatoes make a very good job with some mince and some onions). You don't have to buy expensive special pasta but can use vegetables to bulk out the protein element. There are lots of ways to make low carb meals which can help and they can be very good as a single meal in a day, if that's what helps you get your BGs under control. It takes a bit of thinking through and organising, but if it works, it'd be worth it.
I would drink a little and often. If you wait till you’re thirsty, you are dehydrated.
So what's the point of thirst?
It's a bit like pain - warns that you are doing something risky.
By the time you get pain it's probably a bit too late.
That's what I meant - thirst is a warning that you are doing something risky and shouldn't be ignored.
In my experience, pain isn't what happens when you are dehydrated, just reduced blood pressure and weakness. That comes just before collapse. When that happened to me, though, I didn't feel thirsty, or I would have had some water. That's why I have to keep checking that I have had sufficient fluid.
I am trying to be on OMAD .I am vegetarian I have half handful of cornflakes with 4 tablespoons of milk. I have yoghurt with tia seeds at about 10.30. I have homemade watery soup for lunch, and a light meal at 5.30. By when I’m very hungry. I am ok with the day. I am struggling to loose weight. My weight from 112 lbs to 107.7 lbs.
I find it quite difficult to eat many vegetables - those very low in fibre are all my system can cope with. I think, though, that it must be very difficult to keep your carbs low on a vegetarian diet. I assume that you can eat eggs and some cheeses - my son, also vegetarian uses Lactofree cheese. You've done well to get your weight down a bit, but you don't say how long that took you. It seems to me that none of your meals is very satisfying and one good meal could replace what you do eat very well. If you want to do OMAD, perhaps you could choose a time of the day when you feel most tempted to eat and have one, reasonably large and nourishing meal at that time. Plenty of fluids for the rest of the time though. You don't mention diabetes but if you also have an issue with that it might help if that one meal could be fairly light on the carbohydrates as well.
