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I bought a used ice cream maker off Amazon Resale so I can make Kiltz's ice cream. Ice cream was one of my weaknesses - overdid quantity. Haven't yet opened the box to use it yet, as I just got it a day or two ago. Blessed Easter and happy birthday to me.

And just when I thought I was in a position to provide some applicable information, 'ol' carnivore thru me a curve. I ate an awful lot since Wednesday. I didn't eat an actual meal since Wednesday morning. I packed all the meats I cooked into quart bags for the trail. Every couple hours I would eat whatever bag I had pulled that morning. I ate off and on, more akin to snacking, all thru the day. Between eating multiple times per day and even late at night as we did night rides I thought my weight would go up. It did not. I dropped 2 pounds since last Wednesday. Completely unexpected. Carnivore threw me an 0-2 curve and I whiffed. Scott

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Carny for 4 years and teeth and mouth have never been better for me. I switched to a non fluoride toothpaste about a year ago. BOKA brand is what i now use. It's a nano hydroxyapatite based toothpaste and really works well. It also contains xylitol which has been shown to help with cavity protection by reducing the acids in your mouth. Wife tried the BOKA and she had a few teeth that became sensitive to heat and cold items, so she went back to a fluoride based product. So, "your mileage may very" I also used to get canker sores (since the age of 5!) and eating carny they are no longer a thing in my life. I cannot remember the last time I had one.

Without enough protein you are going to get worse. there is probably some type of protein you'll find palatable, lamb, duck, turkey, yogurt, kefir, cheese etc. anything. also maybe look into a protein powder isolate or concentrate. Me myself, I would stop eating everything until I had a desire for some type of protein. But Im not an expert. best wishes.

Yeah I’m going through the same things. I go in for a Physical every six months. Supposedly Medicare requires it because I have had some health issues. My doc loves everything about how I’ve turned my life and health around but can only focus on the Cholesterol and statins. We have yet to have that long talk but like you I just smile and say no thank you, I’m good. I don’t know if my doctor will ever come around because he’s caught up in the mainstream medical hype but it’s funny that he threatened to send my last blood work to my cardiologist and I just told him to go ahead, my cardiologist knows I’m carnivore and completely supports me in what I’m doing because it’s reversed my heart disease.

OMAD for later Today. Started my Sunday off with a pickled egg 😄. I picked up a bottle of Primal Kitchen chipotle/lime mayo and was thinking of making some deviled eggs using that. Very spicy mayo. "Life is good, now eat your meat"

Never stop telling your story! You are bringing people into the healthiest way of eating they can do for themselves. We all have to tell our stories over and over until we remove all the myths and stigma about Carnivore, and how most people eat so poorly and with a few simple changes they could be living a better life.

I’m so happy I started this journey! I have been on beef, bacon, butter, and eggs, with occasional chicken or pork. I started at 209 lbs and weighed 175 today. I’m continuing, but going to Ketovore for a little variety. I don’t post a lot on here, but I do read a fair amount. I’d like to thank you guys for the encouragement along the way. It’s going to be fun to go back to NY (in fl for the winter) since I haven’t told anyone there what I’ve been doing 🙂

I have zero desire for any vegetable. I realize I only enjoyed salads because of the dressing. I stupidly ate three pieces of breaded deep fried chicken tenders on Sunday and couldn't work up the energy to work out on Monday. So lessen learned. Congrats, keep going Outdoorstom!

I've been drinking decaf coffee for years already. To me it was something I just enjoyed consuming. I quit it because of what it does to my bladder reactions. Can't even go for a walk unless I know where all the bushes are to pee behind 😆. When I don't have it, then things are just fine. My wife still is drinking it, so I can still enjoy the smell of it in the morning.

3 oz of ribeye probably has most of the fat trimmed of do you probably would need to add some butter to that but 3 ounces of ribeye is missing a whole lot more than just fat…it’s also missing 13 other ounces of ribeye. lol.

I’m an Afiber. Bob here did an interview with me about how carnivore has helped to reverse my heart disease. 2 months in on carnivore my cardiologist took me off of Metropolol because my diet had brought my BP down to normal levels but the drug was bringing me down too low artificially. Six months later he took me off of my other heart med, Flecinide, and said he only wants to see me once a year now. I rarely have and heart palpitations or PVC’s anymore. I have been a carnivore for 691 days.

We always try and find any clearance meat deals and either cook it up right away or freeze it. Never had an issue. Sometimes we can get up to 60% off @ Wally World, And YES, There is nothing wrong with meat from Walmart, other than their high original pricing, because That is not a bargain in our area. Our best find ever was an 11 1/2 pound brisket for $6.63 total. That's what they tagged it at, so we bought it and it was one of the best tasting briskets ever. Now i always check all the briskets looking for another "once in a lifetime" find 🤣

I was told by the cardiologist to Stop taking the Metoprolol med I’d been taking for 8 yrs because my heart rate bumped down to 40 bpm because being on Carnivore apparently is healing my heart and I don’t need the med anymore! But I still have the symptoms mentioned in the title, tho the pulse is no longer so low since 3 days being off the med, it’s actually high at around 95 bpm.. I have hope that the heart will be healed of the skipped beats etc if I keep on Carnivore, been on 3 mos thus far, anybody got any input??

I use baking soda, or just a wet brush... sometimes I use arm and hammer

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I really appreciate the help! I did manage to eat some chicken after doing a 30 hour fast which wasn't on purpose, but the prospect of chicken wasn't inviting. It was fine, no nausea like with red meat. It was a small amount, just a few wings (fried in butter), but it's better than the junk I've been eating. I'll just do that again tomorrow. I did see a thread here where everyone recorded what they ate? I think that's a great idea, to write things down. And I will also journal this time to figure this out in case it happens again in the future. @Skeptic I do really like the idea of giving it time. I'm so tired of deciding to go back to carnivore overnight and then failing in a few days. I mean, when I keep doing that it makes a bad record and at some point it only makes sense to give up since failing seems like the only outcome. But it didn't occur to me at all that I could take my time, no pressure (THE PRESSURE!!), just add a bit more meat and other animal products everyday until it becomes the majority of what I eat and I just stop eating other whole foods altogether. It's a very sensible approach. Thank you so much! 🙏 🌸🌸 @Geezy Thank you so much! Virtual bacon: 🥓 🥓 🥓 @Miranda I haven't tried the gelatin, but I can try it. I haven't seen anyone for the binging and purging. I don't see how they can help me. I suppose, to them, using carnivore to recover would just be another extreme diet. I also don't really like non carnivore doctors and I don't know any carnivore ones. My doctor is the one who assured me that the pill was one hundred percent safe. He actually said that to me! He didn't tell me that I'd lose my hair, my mental stability, my hormonal balance, my figure, etc. Honestly the only time I'll go near a doctor now is if I break an arm or something. I'd rather hug an angry grizzly. Thank you so much for the suggestions, for your support, and for taking the time! 🌸🌸🙏 @Scott F. What happened to your friend sounds terrifying! So glad he's ok now. If he can go through all of that then surely I can do this which is a much smaller problem compared to what he experienced! I just get nausea. It does put things in perspective. Thank you for sharing that and for your support 🌸 🌸 🙏 @ketomonster I do like cheese. I'll add some to a little bit of beef tomorrow and see what happens. Thank you for the suggestion 🌸🌸🙏

Okay, I just wanted to share a bit of my personal journey so far. What I'm discovering and coming to terms with is that, for me personally, my diet and eating habits fall much more into the category of addiction. I'm realizing that I can make the transition, be disciplined, and do really well, and honestly, it’s not even that hard to stay on track. But all it takes is one meal to completely derail me. It’s wild. I’ve tested this a few times, and the results are always the same. I can do great on my carnivore diet, eating clean, and then get lured into having some junk food. Every time I do, it throws me off for a week. Then I get back on track, start eating healthy again, things are going great, and I decide to have just one meal of junk. Boom. Derailed again. So here we go... no more “cheating.” Or maybe I don’t even need to call it cheating. Just be "strict" because its actually so much easier than the journey back from falling off. I'm happy to learn and figure it out. It’s better than beating myself up and getting depressed about it. When I take that perspective, the learning perspective, maybe even a more scientific, objective approach to my diet, it really helps. I can compare what life is like when I’m eating well versus when I’m on a junk food binge, and the difference is huge. My mental health is so much better. My physical health is so much better. So, here I go again, getting back on track, going through that transition process once more. Let’s see how it goes. Hopefully, I can make the right choices and not let my addiction take over my mental and physical health this time around. Ultimately, the big takeaway from all this, for me, is that staying on track is so much easier than recovering from a week of binge eating.

Have you tried gelatin? I made some with the juice of half a lemon and some re-lyte.

My buddy had a tick bite that turned to Lyme disease. He couldn't eat any meats for a really long time. For him, it was not the taste nor the aversion to eating them but the fact he would swell, break out in hives and his joints ached to the point movement was difficult. Before being diagnosed he had eaten a burger, jumped on his motorcycle and his first attack hit him at 40mph. Luckily, he brought it to stop and fell over against the roll-up door at the Fire Department. If he had dumped it anywhere else, it would be a different story. Over time he eased back into fish and chicken, and he is still not eating red meat. Pork is a 'gamble', sometimes he breaks out and sometimes he does not. I agree with the posts above. If it were all of a sudden I would get checked out for a tick related illness. Hopefully you can figure some things out. Best of luck. Scott

Red's and some awesome, pan-friend, boneless, skinless chicken thighs...... Oh yea.... a bunch of butter as well.... and some Blue Cheese Crumbles.....!!!! Great KETO meal.

80 gallon air compressor soon became the next offset.

I’m not concerned with the LDL as it’s normal to see higher LDL as a carnivore because we are getting our energy from fat so it only stands to reason that if that is our only source of energy then there should be plenty of it running around. The thing I don’t like seeing is the high triglycerides. Triglycerides going up after starting carnivore while rare could be caused by several things. Loss of triglyceride clearance pathways when carbs are restricted Low fiber intake failing to lower triglyceride absorption Too high of intake of saturated fat Weight loss releasing triglycerides from fat cells Underlying conditions like genetics, hypothyroidism, or fatty liver A triglyceride level below 150 mg/dL is considered ideal. Levels between 150-199 mg/dL are borderline high. Having levels between 200-499 mg/dL is considered elevated and higher than 500 mg/dL is very concerning. Some things that you might consider trying is increasing your omega 3 intake Eating more high omega-3 foods like fatty fish, fish roe, oysters, and beef liver can help combat high triglycerides. Omega-3 fats help improve triglycerides, Reducing your intake of saturated fats. Limiting intake of high saturated fat animal foods like pork, lamb, beef ribeye, cheese, and butter may help lower triglyceride levels. I know you’ve already tried this but maybe look at what kind of fats you are eating. Mostly ruminant fat or pork? Try more monounsaturated fats. Focusing on fattier cuts of meat that are high in monounsaturated fat like beef tenderloin, chicken thighs, and salmon can help improve triglycerides. As much as it pains me to say this, maybe add some fiber back in. Although fiber is limited on carnivore, options like chia seeds and avocado can help bind to triglycerides and reduce their absorption. Exercise regularly. Engaging in aerobic exercise and strength training most days of the week can help lower triglyceride levels over time. Losing weight if overweight. Excess weight is tied to high triglycerides. Losing weight through the carnivore diet can lower triglyceride levels. Manage any underlying conditions you may have. Getting conditions like hypothyroidism, diabetes, and fatty liver under control can all help lower excessive triglycerides. If you don’t have any of those you might aught to get checked out to make sure. Lowering your protein intake. Overeating protein can raise triglycerides in some people. Try reducing protein portions if levels remain very elevated. Consider taking a supplement. Like fish oil, berberine, curcumin, and vitamin E may help support healthy triglyceride levels. Triglycerides are energy, so in general we can look at it as an energy surplus. The question then is where is the surplus coming from? If it's from dissolving body fat, well this isn't a bad thing. As you thin out and become weight stable, the trig levels should return to baseline. If it's from your liver manufacturing them, then it's from carbohydrates, high protein, or possibly even overeating. And then in super rare circumstances, there is an underlying medical condition. I hope some of this helps.

Which term? Steak tartare is a French dish of finely chopped raw beef with seasonings, chopped onions, Worcestershire and often served with a raw egg yolk. It’s very good. Mett is a German dish made from finely chopped raw pork seasoned with salt and pepper served with raw onion inside a hard roll or Mettbrotchen. Parisa is a south Texas (where I’m from) treat also known as cowboy ceviche made from raw beef, onion, cheese, lime juice, jalapeño’s and spices and served with saltines. It was a And sashimi of course is raw fish. When I go tuna fishing that’s one of my favorite things to eat is thin sliced fresh caught ahi tuna. Oh, and I also make Poke out of that tuna which is a Hawaiian dish made with raw tuna.

Ketovore at its best!!!! This plate of deliciousness broke our OMAD today at 5:30pm. First bacon, jalapeño, avocado, bunless burger with our new beef!!!! Oooh lala! Our bodies are great with all of these ingredients, except... the Jalapenos. They stop up our sinuses, but it is a difficulty I will easily embrace because these are wonderful.

This the pig cooker. I pretty much cook with wood. Burn and shovels coals is my preferred methods. The grill has a couple butts and shoulders with two chickens. On the same cook porch there is a deep fryer, a 36" Blackstone, another deep fryer, a small Traegar pellet grill and a much large Traegar pellet grill. Just off the porch in the yard at the cabin is a Char-griller, an off-set smoker and a 10-gallon stew pot where we render beef fat/make tallow. I can take some more pics tomorrow. Our grilling season lasts year around. The cabin is the "spot". Football Sundays, Girls Day on Saturdays followed by Fight Nights on Saturdays, a couple pig pickings a year and most family function is a cabin/cooking event. The grills are always the high light of the gathering.

Meat is my drug of choice now. I had a yearly check-up a few years ago and told the doctor that I was eating a carnivore diet and she said "no-no-no, you still should have some carbs". I laughed right at her and said "why?" - I'm still waiting for the answer 😂. She's seems like a nice lady so I don't say anything about nutrition now unless she asks me. It's a free but really useless exam. I'm not sure it really is of any benefit to me personally. They do basic blood work and my LDL numbers are high (but the ratio they check is fantastic), she freaks out, calls the house and I say "I'm good, I'm on a carnivore diet"

If you have a pellet grill/smoker, you have a HUGE opportunity to add some great flavor to your meats. First.... put the raw meat out on the pellet grill, on the "smoke" setting. This will keep the temp between 170-220 degrees, but really pump out smoke every 2-3 minutes or so. I put some tenderloin on the grill this evening on "smoke" and left it there for an hour. Then I brought inside and finished in an iron skillet in butter..... OH WOW!!!!!!!

Today I am scrolling thru the 'what did you eat today?' to see how I am going to break the fast either tomorrow night or Tuesday morning. Although I am not hungry thus far, the 'what did you eat?' meals look very appealing. I'm using the thread as 'my menu'. Thanks for all the entries. Scott

Great read and a great topic. As long as you are learning you will better and better at it. Maybe don't purposely test yourself if you feel like you already know the outcome. Anytime a person spends years on sugars and carbs at some point there is some correlation to addiction. Everyone depth is different, all the ones that come off the addiction and get past it, all do so in differing ways and differing times. Since you identified the learning, I would also recommend you celebrate the wins, all the time eating strict. And go one step further, celebrate 'getting up off the ground, dusting yourself off and digging in again. I think that is the measure. Good luck as you move forward and staying on track. Again, great topic as most can relate. Scott

I'm hoping so. I have bloodwork coming up soon. My immunoglobulin numbers have inched back toward the norm since eating carnivore. I am hoping with the three to four maybe five prolonged fasts prior to testing will help boost/reset my immune system. This would be quite the turnaround in 12 months between the two. The positives I can actually see, and feel, is the energy level from about 72 hours deep and the three to four days after the 96 hour fast has been completed. I had crazy amounts of energy after my first 96 hour fast and I felt incredible for several days afterwards. So, yep, sometimes 'nothing' is the best option. Scott

^ Longevity experts say lifting will do so much more for you than simply walking. If I had to choose between lifting or walking the choice would be simple. I'm lifting pathetically light amounts right now but I'm putting on muscle. Since you are already at a good weight I encourage you to lift just a little. check out the longevity test on youtube and set those as goals.

Around 11:00 I fixed a three egg omelette with smoked lamb and Irish Swiss cheese. While that was cooking I put 6.5 pounds of fatty chuck roast in the crock pot. I knew that omelette wasn’t going to hold me all day. It turned out great.

Al Pastor and eggs today.

If anyone is interested I did an interview with Kerry Mann the other day.

My favorite way to prepare eggs are eggs over easy with bacon and lots of beaf suet so i can dip the fat into the yokes and becan it's so good.

While digging in the freezer today I found a bag of frozen veggies from many years ago. Those are now at the bottom of our compost pit 😆

Hey Tom, nice job on the 90 days. You are through the initial tough phase of cravings, and well on to where you are seeing many benefits! Most excellent. Ill tell ya, nothing makes me smile quite as much as someone walking into my shop that I havent seen in a while, and they look at me and say "dang! You lost a good bit of weight!" I dont get to Florida much, but sounds like you may be headed up my way soon. Stop in and say howdy if you go through Oneonta!

4 eggs with leftover pork belly from last night. Scott

Hmmm thinking this might work in some form or other? Should eat the heads really 😋

For an entire year my bloodwork was horrible and with ckd3b, and I am finally seeing big results on carnivore I am no longer losing electrolytes, and all my blood work came back normal. My blood pressure stable under 110/65 last year my average blood pressure was 156/110. I been eating lots of real butter , and I increased my egg intake per month to over 100 eggs. And I stopped coffee including decafe and tea.

Where does the line for autographs start? Scott

Smoked a lamb quarter today. Absolutely delicious.

Welcome Binny. You'll be OK. Give up drinking one day at a time. You don't need a drink today. Then tomorrow start by doing the same thing. Also, one reason we are here is that we give things up. We get good at it. I started by giving up Drugs, then I gave up Smoking, next was Booze, then Carbs, Last thing I gave up was plants.

Our math is the same. LOL Scott

First, welcome to the group. Your results will be mostly individual. Your results may not be my results even though we do pretty much the same thing. I really like this board because I read others actual experience and learn from people that have walked the walk. I think the weight will continue to fall. Sometimes faster, sometimes slower. And yes it will "stall" here and there. Going by pictures (nothing personal) I was much larger than you at 306 @6'3". This morning I am 216 in just under 11 months. I have the love handles and some belly. Our love handles are similar and my belly might be slightly smaller (thirty-five years since I said anything close to that) Although I weigh almost daily, it is better if one does not. Cinching your belt or feeling the difference in your clothing is more revealing (and mor valuable). Sometimes you will cinch your belt a notch, yet the scale will not move at all. The scale can sometimes let you down even though you made a positive stride. I have been around 85-90lbs for well over a month. With that said, I switched up the amounts I am eating. I am trying to hit a protein target of 1gram per pound of body weight. I am guessing that is somewhere around 200 and it has been a struggle to eat that much per day. After a few weeks of Carnivore I gradually fell into eating just once per day. I went by the rule of thumb, " I eat when I am hungry and I eat til I am full". Then repeat. The weight fell off tremendously during that time. I never measured anything or kept up with calories or grams or macros or fats. I probably ate more fat than most do but i did that before carnivore as well. It simply tastes good. Again, welcome. This is a great place to bounce your ideas off the group as well as share your experiences as well. Even at the first month or so your expereinces will offer insight to someone. Scott

Your body shape is pretty similar to mine, so I will say from my point of view that I see some of both kinds of fat. Subcutaneous fat is between your stomach muscles and skin of course. If you can tighten those muscles and still feel some "squish" thats the subcutaneous, in my experience. Both kinds of fat will go away in time, with a proper diet and exercise, but I always stress the diet BEFORE the exercise. A lesson I am currently in the midst of learning is one of patience, while listening to my body. This is one of the hardest things to do, believe me, and never what anyone wants to hear, to be honest. When I began carnivore, I felt like I finally had the golden ticket after years of searching and wasting my time and money on gimmick supplements and diets. The truth is, we DO have the golden ticket, but there may be a lot of damage to undo, especially if coming from a typical western diet of processed foods. Calorie counting is not necessary on carnivore, but fats to protein counting is VERY helpful. Bob just put out a great video on this, that I just watched this morning. Check it out if you havent already. If you have not done so up till now, I would recommend that you do a few more weeks of getting comfortable with a measured and proper 80/20 fats/protein diet, and make sure you are in ketosis. Get a cheap fingerstick meter ($35-40) and see what your numbers are morning/evening. I just got a meter, and am having good luck with the KetoBM brand, for what its worth. The test strips are about $1 per, but worth it to know what does what in terms of foods you eat. Mix your own electrolyte water and stay hydrated, especially with nice weather coming. Really makes a difference. Im happy to share my recipe, and there is a thread on here somewhere about this topic.

Hi Robert, I don't know what type of fat that is, but I don't think you can target a certain type of fat anyways. If you stick to beef it is difficult to impossible to "over eat". If you are still experiencing that rate of weight lose keep doing what you're doing. Don't weigh yourself everyday, there is to much daily fluctuation to be useful, maybe twice a month or so. While the scale doesn't lie, it doesn't tell the whole truth either. Take pictures every month and use those for positive reinforcement. Most importantly IMO develop sustainable exercise habits you can live with the rest of your life, like walking, rucking and lifting etc. Don't count on your current rate of weight lose to continue, but you can continue to loose weight. Have fun learning about your body, nutrition and exercise!