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Yes, that sounds familiar. The first time it happened to me was a few months ago. After being strict for many months and then all of a sudden eating loads of carb one day because the attic and me somehow took over. It was very painful, but the pain went away within an hour. Today the pain was so intense and lasted throughout the day. By the evening time, the pain was manageable. Hopefully by tomorrow morning, I feel fine.

I only have 11 months in and have only cheated once or twice, once with a rack of ribs with BBQ sauce and once accidentally picking up a vanilla milk drink. Yes bubble guts. My pain is very similar to gas bloating pain. But it is very sharp and only on one side. I’m wondering if it’s my liver being stressed or injured from too many carbs all at once and not being used to it.

I ate two oreo sized cookies a couple of months ago and 3 minutes later it felt like a rocket was trying to launch out of my stomach. Luckily it only lasted about 20 minutes.

I only have 11 months in and have only cheated once or twice, once with a rack of ribs with BBQ sauce and once accidentally picking up a vanilla milk drink. I don't think mine was pain from carbs but more so from the sugar, and not sure it was anything more than the discomfort of the bubble guts. Scott

I went through all my cookbooks and got rid of 95% of them. If they mentioned vegetables, fruit or flour then they had to go 😂. I donated them to our local library book sale.

Hello everyone, I’ve been eating carnivore for eight years. I have occasional cheats with fruit and mostly in the summer and very small amount. Most of the year I don’t eat any carbs I have a question every once in a while I eat something very terrible. For me terrible is milkshake and a burger with a bun. I got extreme pain last time I did it. On the left side of my lower abdomen. Has anyone had severe pain on their lower abdomen from consuming too many carbs all at once after not having consumed any for many months? Just wondering if anyone else has this issue and how they dealt with the pain. Thank you.

We have arrived home safely. I would like to show you what we bought in Poland. The finest pasture-raised beef, 37 kg in total :) All the 37 kg are not shown in this photo. It is only a "small" part of our order.

I do this with books also. I had a bunch of diet books and I put them in the recycling.

That makes sense.🙂 Food Bank hasn't responded to my offer, so maybe they don't want anything on my meager list.😆

When I purged our kitchen and fridge of all the crap nutrition I figured if it's no good for me, then it's not good for anyone else either. All the grains and spices went in our compost pit. All the sweet stuff was dumped on the lawn for the wildlife to consume and all the bad oils were used to light our fire pit. And after the purge our cabinets were bare! There is still a small container of real sugar in our house, BUT that is used for the hummingbird nectar that I make up during the summer.

For cravings you can also try a pinch of salt under the tongue. Smoked salt is even better IMO. Works for hunger pains also.

I will always say "Fasting , for the win!". The energy effect I get personally from multi day fasting is nothing short of amazing and the personal challenge of going as long as you can is very powerful also. Autophagy and all the other hidden good things that the body goes through are probably the best part of a long fast.

Meat is the medicine!

I would lean more towards @Geezy's that it's a memory craving. But if it is your body telling you something, the first thing that comes to mind is that it's a potassium rich fruit, and so I would ask if you take any electrolytes. Many new carnivores benefit from electrolytes their first few months, and then in time no longer need them. Honey dew is also 90% water. Are you plenty hydrated? The reason why those new to carnivore o keto can sometimes use electrolyte is because they are retaining less water, because you aren't consuming carboHYDRATEs <-- see that in there? :D I agree with this. God made the pear. He did not make the Snickers bar. ;)

I always thought that what they call "minced-meat" in other lands is the same as what we refer to as "ground beef" here. I just looked it up and learned I was wrong, lol.

This would make sense. Taking GLP-1 injections makes you less hungry. You feel full, so you eat less. That includes less protein and essential fats and nutrition, which would lead to muscle breakdown. On a low carbohydrate carnivore-centric proper human diet, you produce GLP-1 naturally (which is why we seem to automatically eat 2MAD or have periods of fasting, unlike before when we would constantly snackety-snack), but you are getting your nutrition and protein requirements.

Only if you want to satisfy some curiosity. It could go one of 2 ways. You get the CAC and your calcified plaque build-up is low. You can feel relieved and go about your business. You can then get another one X(?) years down the road, and map your progression. OR, you get the CAC and the score is higher than desired. You have no choice but to go about your business, but now you are stress because that number is always sitting in the back of your mind, lol. So this depends on your personality-type. I personally want to get one, and I can get one for free near me (thanks to someone who made a huge donation to a local hospital), just because I'm a numbers/statistics guy. I don't imagine I would change anything if my number was high. I'm eating what God/nature intended humans to eat, and my issues revolve around my kidneys. I could take the transplant way out, but I am banking on whole foods first.

Thank you Geoff.

Just wondering who has been checking the cost of a carnivore diet? I have, and here is what I have found. This is data for 2 adults, both eating a carnivore diet and cooking at home. We rarely "go out to eat". Data is taken from Credit Card spending reports and is NOT adjusted for yearly inflation. It is just dollars spent at that time. Grocery costs 2019 $5300 this is for a full "3 meal a day SAD diet" including alcohol. We were still drinking back then. 2020 data not available from CC - So Sorry 2021 $5700. I started Ketovore in August of '21. My wife joined in a few months later. We were still drinking a little N.A. beer at that time 2022 $6500. COVID food costs hitting hard back then. Stopped all alcohol consumption including N.A. beer. 2023 $5600. We are both 99% carny at this point. OMAD is our usual eating pattern at this time. 2024 $5500. We are both fully in the Carny groove at this time. OMAD continues as out way of getting nutrition. 2025 ???? And these figures are NOT adjusted for inflation, Which makes it even better for $ savings! so the moral of this story is when someones tells me that they can't afford to eat a carnivore diet because of "the coast of all that meat", I now just laugh and say "NO!, would you like to see the numbers?"

Check your heavy cream ingredients most have carageenan --pisses me off.

I am guessing most people eat regular bacon from the store. There are some here lucky enough to cure their own, but don't sweat it. The amount of sugar is neglible and as long as you are just eating a few slices and not half the package. 😉 Many will suggest having it onhand. I have just discovered cod liver. It's mostly fat and if you like fish it is absolutely delightful. I picked it up for $2.50 a can. One can has about 800 calories. So it's. Some that could be used as a side flavor. Laura Spath talks about having side meat, like having two or three items on the plate. Dr Sean O'Mara recommends having several fermented dairy and veggies. Ferments are cheap and "easy" to make at home. I am just starting with sauerkraut, but as I collect more kimchi jars from the store I am going to try kvass and other veggie ferments, probably cauliflower next.

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The Kirkland Thick Sliced Center Cut Hickory Smoked Bacon I got at Costco says 0 carbs and 0 sugars but is cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, and sodium nitrite. Is the sugar in the cure a problem?

Excellent job Bob.

Congratulations on getting this far. You are doing great. You should be past the physical cravings by now as long as you’ve been strict but you can still have phantom or memory cravings. You remember how good something used to taste and it comes back to you. It can be overwhelming. I’m almost two years in and I still get them. My solution is to eat something fatty or just fat itself. I make my own tallow and I save the leftover rendered fat pieces for a snack if I get a craving. Bacon helps with those cravings too. When it comes to variety of food you are only limited by your imagination. Instead of just burger and scrambled eggs why not make a meatloaf wrapped in bacon. Cook your eggs in different ways or even make an egg custard. There are cheap cuts of beef you can find on sale at the store such as chuck roasts, flank steaks, breakfast steaks. We will often buy a whole roast chicken and eat the dark meat and make chicken salad out of the white meat. Tuna or salmon salad are an option too. Pork butt is cheap and you get a lot. Hopefully you’ll get to the stage in at where I no longer eat for entertainment but only for nutrition. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk