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O Lord, lead me in Thy righteousness because of my foes; make Thy way straight before me. There is nothing reliable in what they say; their inward part is destruction itself; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue. Hold them guilty, O God . . . for they are rebellious against Thee. But let all who take refuge in Thee be glad, let them ever sing for joy; and mayest Thou shelter them, that those who love Thy name may exult in Thee. For it is Thou who dost bless the righteous man, O LORD, Thou dost surround him with favor as with a shield. —PSALM 5:8-12 I hope and pray that this doesn’t sound blasphemous but when reading this during my devotional I just couldn’t help but apply this to our daily journey as carnivores. It resonates with me in how we deal with those who rail against us in our WOE be it doctors, scientists, family or the general public. I’m afraid this sounds like I’m trying to make this WOE a religion, I’m not, but I constantly find how scriptures constantly apply to us in everything we do. After all the word bible is a wonderful acronym. Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth

This is my dog, Willow, caught looking pretty darn goofy, lol...

Hello, Looking for carnivore community. Thank you for this forum. Cooked a chuck roast, so I heated a portion to eat. Drank broth. Considering flexibility to eat is hungry instead of OMAD. Back on carnivore with this Day 2. Major carb cravings. Thanks for being here. Increased sleep satisfaction. It sure helps me.

This was sparked by the thread on 'still having cravings'. We have a local parts store that is one of the old school stores where the guy behind the counter has built a small block Chevrolet, changes his own oil and turns his own wrenches, a true mom and pop place. I have been going there since I was a kid with my Pops, so much so, they call me by my Pops name more than they do mine. Old school place of business. There has been a gum ball machine in that place since I was a little boy. I would dig a nickel out of the ash tray every time we went as a kid. When I built my first motor at 18 I used a dime to get a gum ball and never failed to get one on each trip. Recently I started back on my 1950 Chevrolet truck and went to the parts store. Maybe the first time since Carnivore. As I walked in the door I never blinked, popped in a quarter and was already chewing before I thought about 'sugar' and 'cravings' and 'addictions' and anything of the sort. Just simply did what I have been doing for nearly 50 years. I think it tasted good til my brain caught up with my actions and then it didn't taste all that good. I pretty much did the same thing with steak sauce a few months ago. Anyway, a quick funny I guess. I doubt the gum ball will be my gateway drug to a 'sugar-crazed-addiction', or at least I hope not. LOL Muscle memory can come in crazy ways. Scott

Exactly one year ago I made the decision to go carnivore. Here's the positives: About 70% of my health concerns have gone away, an incredible improvement for someone with auto immune condition and chronic pain. I feel my teeth have gotten stronger, less sensitive, no bleeding gums, less plaque build up. My skin has gotten better as well, less blemishes on my face, and overall healthy complexion. My muscle tone is off the charge, six pack abs, defined shoulders, traps, lats, overall a more muscular look. The bath room visit is quick, clean, and smooth, I can't remember when I had a belly ache. I haven't been sick once during this year. My workouts are less painful, I feel strong and supple. After a brief dip in strength, it came back to its original state. My brain is more focused, quicker on the draw, I notice this most when driving in busy traffic, or when I read. Less emotional mood swings, more stable. Here's the negatives: While I love my new body composition, I feel my face is a little to thin, I guess that comes with the territory. The social disconnect when it comes to eating, it has a different meaning to me now, and I have such a different schedule. The limitation when traveling, the easiness of grabbing a pop tart and head out the door, not a huge deal though, convenience and comfort is an enemy, it makes one soft. So that is briefly my summation of my experience during the year of carnivore. During this year I've had half a slice of cheese cake, half a cookie, a piece of chocolate here and there. But it never invited a way back to carbs for me. All these transgressions were paired with some sort of social event, and haven't interfered with any weight goals -as I don't have any. I've learned how to taste food in an entire new way, my sense of taste was reset thus the occasional lapse resulted in being overwhelmed by the sweetness and my physical reaction to it. I've gained so much awareness about eating and nutrition. Overall a good experience, and I am on to my next year. Weight change in a year: from 148lbs. to 133lbs.

Deep fried in lard. Best fried turkey I’ve ever eaten.

Today was my follow up appointment. I had traded emails over the past few months. In the emails she seemed genuinely interested in the Carnivore approach but that failed in comparison to the visit today. As i was walking in she and another Neurologist were talking and I heard 'animal based diet'. I didn't know they were talking about me. She came in and asked if the other Neurologist could sit in on the visit. The conversation covered my start in May til now. They both asked a number of questions about what I eat, how I feel and the correlation between the diet, the weight loss and the coming off the medicine for inflammation. I have read many non-doctor you-tubers say how doctors do not actually study nutrition and just go off what has been 'put out' by the fraternity. My Neurologist actually said it out loud. She told me she had become really interested in the carnivore approach in the MS community and its affects. So interested, she wants me to drop her emails every week or so documenting my progress/setbacks, whatever, just general information. It was a really good visit. Scott

Ribeyes cooked over and open flame and shrimp.

Skillet cooked rib eye in butter. Been on the skillet rib eyes as of late. It is starting to compete with the grill. Scott

You know the funny thing is that people really have been eating this way since the dawn of time, thousands and thousands of years, Protein and fat has been their main thing they consumed. Indians and many others including traders in the 1800's and so, people who built this country ate primarily a protein diet. They did have gardens and farms, but you are talking about an era that there were no real contamination of pesticides and chemicals the way we have it today. Everything basically today is man made, with dangerous toxins and chemicals to the point are poor bodies cannot handle any of it. They are reacting back, first time in history all of us are in serious trouble because of this era. Which really makes no sense to me at all, we seem to know it all, but apparently, we haven't learned much, because if we don't remember where we came from our past, we are doomed. The other thing we allow toxins and different chemicals in our food and environment WHEN other countries in Europe and well many others, will not allow it in their food or environment. Like roundup, they still sell it to this day when they know it has a link to cancer and there was a huge lawsuit over it. Just makes no sense at all. This makes sense, people who traveled and walked on foot for miles and miles, people who lived outside 24/7 in tents and igloos and teepees, and cabins. People who built this country, if they didn't die by freezing to death, animals, war or some other personal clash or accident, they lived and thrived. American Indians and the Eskimo people are a living testament to this today. They lived off of the animal, every part, and in winter, like south Dakota and other areas there was no vegetation to thrive on and if there were, it was frozen over or covered. Some of these Indians lived well into their 90's and above, even today some Okinawan's elderly have lived over 120 years, they eat a lot of protein and thrive. Now here's the sad part, some on the mainland have started to eat a western diet, and now many of them are also becoming obese and have a diabetes and other diseases.

This week has been rather repetitive. I buy eggs and NY strips in bulk, and the wife is refusing steak, lol. So literally every day I have had eggs and sauage for breakfast, and a NY Strip for dinner. I've been skipping lunch or just having a beef stick to hold me over, which is basically the pattern I had when I lost a bunch of weight while my ankle was broken. I'm 5 lbs down as of this morning, at 172, which is officially 60 lbs down now and the lowest I have seen on the scale.

I had been having about 150- 200g per day of grasfed organic butter. Ive also put on about 8kgs since starting just over a month ago so it's quite overwhelming. Have cut back on the bitter to see if I go back to my normal comfortable weight. I'm doing caenivore for healing inflammation , gut issues and brain injury

Welcome and hello from new zealand I'm new too! One month carnivore, still figuring it out, the butter cravings have been insane and general meat cravings too. Wild times!

Seldom am I actually hungry since going Carnivore. Most days I could easily go 24-30 hours without issue. I think what you are experiencing is fairly normal. I started in May at 306 and this week I weighed in at 229. I still have some weight to go but at the same time I'm lifting in an attempt to build muscle. I eat a beef and egg meal in the mornings after lifting and I try to eat in the evening with my wife. On the lifting days, after the morning meal it is all, I can do to eat again that evening. Getting off the original topic but there is another post on here about protein shakes/keto chow type supplementation. I read that a few months ago and I can see how that would work for me. Whole foods are better by far, but it is going to be a struggle to eat enough protein to build muscle. (totally off topic, my apologies) One of the amazingly ironic things is just a few months ago I could eat my 16oz rib eye with a loaded baked potato, finish off my wife's steak, three to four glasses of sweet tea, and then eat dessert but now I am hard pressed to eat a whole rib-eye at dinner, especially if I had a couple eggs that morning. I never imagined the struggles of eating more. Scott

A photo from our October partridge hunt

Just putting this out there Flipp is a decent app that can show you local ads for groceries. About this time of year ribeye and other meat have discounts. Aldi Wednesday this week has ribeye bone in roast at $7.99/lb. Fresh Thyme has a NY strip roast<(I think)for the same price.

Today is 7 months since I started Carnivore. This morning, I tipped the scales at 223lbs which is 83lbs less than 7 months ago. I have not taken pain medicine nor inflammation medicine since late May/early June. I have Neuromyelitis Spectrum Disorder (basically Multiple Sclerosis but attacks the optic nerves). Other than a couple bouts with some bath room issues, I have only positives. The last month I have bounced around 76-79lbs lost. During that same time I dropped pant size for 40 to 38. Lost inches with pounds basically remaining the same. My weight loss has been erratic yet consistent, if that makes sense. The first thirty pounds came off pretty much a pound a day but from there it has been drops, mini-stalls/stabilize, then drops. I was on 79 a couple different time last week and week before but never actually touching 80. 4lb drop from yesterday til today. No change in diet, actually eating more as of late. At 55 I'm increasing the work in the gym and hoping to build some muscle/off set age related muscle loss as well as knowing it is the best defense against the muscle issues with NMO/SD. 7 months and I have pretty much nothing but positives. So much so, my wife is starting tomorrow. I am hoping this is the biggest positive yet. Scott

It’s a journey stay strong and be committed. Why are you doing carnivore? It’s important to know your motivation. We are here to support you in any way we can so lean on us as you need to. To help with the cravings do not restrict what you eat. If you are craving eat more fatty meat. Keep some meat such as bacon or burger patties or strips of steaks cooked up and in the fridge for a quick snack if you need to suppress a craving. At this point don’t worry about how much you eat. Just get past the addiction and then we can focus on the amount.

The US is updating its food pyramid dietary guidelines

I couldn't help myself I cheated

Baby back ribs baybee.

I'm all for choice, as an adult, if you want to digest vegetable oils, it should be your choice. Not a fan of banning stuff. But... allow people to make an informed decision, have it clearly state on the package, like they do with cigarettes in Europe.

If I knew how to locate and copy/paste memes I would add one that pertains to this on the meme thread. It was a guy who was being lectured by a rather large guy holding a MacDonald's burger with, fries and a coke. The recipient said, "As soon as I said, I'm on the carnivore diet, all I eat is meat, slat and water". From that point everyone becomes a doctor on my poor decisions. In so many words. Nice post. keep them coming. Very enjoyable. Scott

Now this is kinda embarrassing for me to post these pictures and I’ve never let anyone else see them but it’s worth the embarrassment to see how far I’ve come. May 9, 2023. 225 lbs 562 days later 165 lbs What inspired me to take the pictures this evening was we were fixing to go out with some friends and as I was getting dressed I decided to try on a belt that I haven’t been able to wear for along time and I was pretty excited that it fit again.

A little more good news as well. In six+ months I have dropped 77lbs and have been off medications after three to four weeks on carnivore. My immunoglobulin numbers made a pretty good shift across the board. The sets that have been regularly low moved up, some by as much as 15%. Meaning my immune system is working better, more as normal. The sets that had been high (overly active immune system, attacking good proteins vs. bad) those numbers dropped across the board. Instead of having 4 or 5 sets out of their respective range, I now only have two, with one being low and one being high. I thought the neurologist was genuinely engaged with me and carnivore yesterday, today's conversation was even more so. My numbers have been jacked up since I got sick in 2018. I went on a couple trash diets and lost as much as 30lbs but zero affect to the NMO/SD. Fast forward to 2024. I went on Carnivore in May and the immunoglobulin numbers moved a little but nothing major after three months. Fast forward another three months and several of the numbers made a shift to the positive. I lost a bunch of weight, but the only real change is the change in diet. So now the doctor would like to touch base on a weekly/bi-weekly basis to keep check on changes as they play out. She is now doing a deep dive into the Carnivore lifestyle. She is the doctor, and I am giving her places to do research, learn, become familiar with some of the approaches. My Google/youtube degree is finally paying off. LOL Scott

Hey I'm Jamie and I've been carnivore for nearing four years now. Started knowing absolutely nothing about carnivore. Started to follow keto back in late 2021 and discovered I was mostly eating meat anyway. Well apart from the fake pizzas I made using almond flour and copious amounts of seed oil mayonnaise. I googled if you can eat an all meat diet and discovered carnivore. I've been carnivore since new year's Day 2021. Since then I've reversed pretty much all my diseases like anxiety, depression, asthma etc. I had all the usual questions like what about vitamin C etc which I found out by watching carnivore influencers such as Bart Kay and Ken Berry. Now I'm on a mission to spread the word about how healing this way of eating is. It is after all our proper human diet. Nice to meat you - Jamie Henry Brown.

Very wise for someone so young. Hunger never means malnutrition nor does it mean we need to eat, only that our belly’s are empty. What most people who eat SAD equate to hunger is actually just a carb craving or lack of Leptin’s. Most of us don’t get “pulled into into fasting” it just comes naturally because we just aren’t getting hungry like we used to because our bodies are satisfied with the nutrients we’ve provided for it. Being young and still growing your body is demanding more nutrients than us older folks need. Personally I wouldn’t hold any nutrition back from my growing body as long as I was young and active if my body is telling me I need it.

What you are experiencing is normal. Early man never ate by the clock. He ate when he was hungry and when he did he gorged himself. When I first became carnivore I only ate when I was hungry and that would usually be just once a day. So I was going about 23 hours every day without food and I thrived. Once I lost all I intended to lose I had to be careful to make sure I was eating enough to maintain my weight. Im still eating when I get hungry but now that I’ve listened most of my excess fat my body is requiring more food so if I know I’m going to have a hard day of work I’ll eat a small fatty meal a couple of hours after I wake up and then a good meal in the evening. Both times I’ll be a little hungry but not ravenous. I never weigh out my food or track it. I just make sure I’m getting plenty of fat with each meal. I just go by how I feel. My body tells me what I need.

Here is a picture of my dog Finn,

Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2022 My hometown.

Ate twice today. First meal was eggs and venison sausages. Then this evening fried catfish. Blue cats to be exact.

Tonight is NY Strips. I'm redundant, lol. However, Taco Bell brought back the Mexi-Melt, which I used to absoutely adore. So I made a carnivore-friendly carnivore-ish version at home the other night using Egg Life Wraps and a little pico de gallo.

Awesome to see that list of achievements from being carnivore. I can relate to just about every one of them, including the thin in the face. I've always been fat with a rounded, fuller face, but when I lost the weight I thought I started to look... "old", lol. Grew my beard to cover that up, lol.

Ham steak... 5 eggs...Green tea

Sausage patties..5 eggs...green tea..

Yesterday was smoked porkchops at work and last niht was wings. Tonight was bouta dozen leftover wings and a hand full of cooked down beef fat trimmings. Possum had all them chicken bones and he chose catfood. I would guess he was a bit mental.

That’s great Bob. Keep up the good work.

It’s crazy but I’ve counseled several people from diabetics to those fighting cancer and those who have have totally wrecked their health from a lifetime of eating nothing but crap food and it’s amazing that when presented with a simple means to healing themselves they turn it down in favor of pills, sugar and early death. I have helped a couple of them and they are doing great but the majority just think it’s ridiculous. So all we can do is put it out there and be a good example but it’s all up to them.

Ox tail soup.

Yessirreee, you look alot healthier now. Happened to me last week, belt I couldn't wear for like 10 years I can fit into.

large ground beef pattie..2 hotdogs ,,4 eggs,,Green tea

To expand on that I’d like to point out that we as carnivores try to imitate how our ancestors ate as far as the type of food we eat but we often continue to eat as modern man eats. I don’t believe that early man ate by any schedule but only when he was hungry. Early man did not have a concept of time but he knew when he was hungry. When he was hungry he either grabbed some leftover meat or he went hunting and when he ate he ate until he was full.

Had a chuck roast with a side of boiled radishes smothered in butter. ... Had a chuck steak and some sauces Friday. And got a rib roast thawing out for Sunday and maybe Monday. We'll see how far it goes.

I’m working my way through Over Diagnosed right now along with theee other books not related to diet.