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Hello everyone, very glad to be here and find this community. I have been looking into Carnivore for quite a while, pretty much understood what it is a lifestyle. I started last week, so almost a week, and adjusting my eating habits throw-out as I go. I gave up soda and all that 15 years ago, have been drinking lots of water since then. One thing I was doing was having Dunkin donuts coffee bottled mocha. I haven't had one in almost a week, and the cravings for chocolate and coffee are going away. I absolutely love steak, meat all that and with the butter, but I do like salads (not given in to eating the vegetables or lettuce). Just simple, meat, eggs, butter, and water and of course salt. I have been watching Dr Barry, Dr Shawn Baker, Dr letterman, Old Guy Carnivore and much more. For me a lot of this make sense, I love history especially the past, and I know looking back humans did not eat the way we eat today, especially with all the additives and progression of the food industry. I am excited about my new journey, and I already am starting to see some changes, sleep, headaches and most important is my low blood sugar, I usually have to eat every so often, they always tell me always take candy with you in case your busy and it goes down. But I never would I always just run for protein, like a burger, chicken, chicken tenders, or something like that, and of course I felt better, so for me this made sense. I also have an issue with IBS and I have noticed that recently my tummy is much better. Thank you, nice to meet you all. Do you all have a group's that meet up? Melissa

Just letting everybody know I am safe and sound, and survived the butter debacle of 2024! Be safe out there folks!

A chunk of ours is homemade but the biggest part is store bought. I'm not all that strict on the bacon. I don't eat a ton of it regularly but every so often I eat a pound pack over a couple three days. Earlier in the week I ground a pound into some burger. I will get that over three to four meals. I'm sure some of the bacon I buy has sugar but I'm not sure I could ever reach total perfection with carnivore buy reading every label and researching every brand. Interesting topic. Scott

Got up early this morning so I ate early with a bacon and cheese omelette. Tgen I slow smoked this beauty for 12 hours. Pork butt, it’s what’s for dinner.

Welcome. I too had a garden. If one is to give carnivore a chance, at least give it 90 days. It may take that long to get fat adapted and see most of the benefits. I loved my food too, and thought how ridiculous that sounded. We are programmed to love food thinking somehow we are a "foodie" a life enjoyer sipping wine at the French riviera.... we're addicted to sugar, period. With such a paradigm shift, yes, then one can still decide to go Paleo, or Keto, or any variation you like. But first give it the time it deserves, and allow your view on what food really is (hint, it's fuel, that's it), and make a decision from there. Most likely, much of the pain -the thing we are willing to put us through for the "love" of food- may have subsided and give you an entirely new perspective on diet, etc.

Was out hunting all day so I just fasted.

Not completely hooked on numbers but it's very encouraging to see them go down especially when I started so heavy. My clothes are falling off of me, even the stuff that was too tight to wear when I started. My sleep apnea has improved to better than it was when I was diagnosed with it ten years ago. I feel so much better too. When hiking through the woods while hunting or walking my job sites at work, I get around so much easier. I'm happy to get out there and have something to do now.

I am a carnivore and I don’t care how other people eat and will never tell them that they have to eat like I do unlike the vegans who demand we all conform to their religious way and it is a religion to them. I have met many carnivores that do believe that everyone should eat some kind of ketogenic diet with carnivore being the best but none of them ever try to tell anyone else how to live. We all lead by example. My wife is meat centric but she’s not carnivore but she does believe it’s a proper way to eat and my children are now eating carnivore because they saw the changes in me. I never told them to do it. It is important though that we always have an answer to any question asked and be willing to help anyone who asks.

I just saw this. Hilarious delivery by Ken Berry. Almost had me. The silliness that is the FDA. What a waste of resources. Hopefully that's another agency that will get cleaned out.

We went to West Virginia this weekend riding side by sides up and down the mountains. Had a blast. Several of the people on the trip I had not seen since pre-carnivore. As we discussed the Carnivore approach it was almost 'fun' listening to the "question and answer session". There were a husband/wife couple who were both in the medical field, one a nurse and the other in the lab. As I described the things I cut out and the now it is only meat, salt and water adding that I try to eat red, fatty cuts of meat the majority of time, I actually got a lecture on the things I was missing in my diet. What about Vitamin C? What about fiber? Where are you getting your greens from and what are you doing for anti-oxidants? I explained each the best I could. For me the irony was standing there with about an 8 ounce rib-eye out of a napkin with a bottle of water I brought from home while they covered the shortcomings of a carnivore diet whilst eating bags of Doritos/Hot Fries, cold Pizza and drinking beer (copious amounts of beer). Another part of the irony was that was me just a few months ago and I don't feel like I have done near the research I probably need to do as I slowly transition from this being a Carnivore Diet to being a "Carnivore Lifestyle". Ignorance is bliss but it is also fattening and detrimental to one's health. With that said, a great group of people and we had a blast up and down the mountains. Some flat out racing, some cruising and some sketch hill climbs, but a blast all the same. It is a great part of the country to vacation/do a weekend ride. Plus, this weekend was six months on the diet. No medicines since late May and down 75lbs. I feel as good as I have in a really, really long time. I was the 55 year (old guy in the group) old guy walking down the side of the mountain to find out if the path was blocked then walking back up. These 25–28-year-old (kids) stopping half-way back up to catch their breath/grab a second wind. Maybe there is some irony there as well. LOL Scott

Came across this while studying this morning and couldn’t help but chuckle out loud during my quiet time. “Now God gives to man a new provision for food. Before the Flood God gave to man the green earth, the plant life, to eat. Now He tells Noah that he is able to eat animal life. There are diet faddists, and often this type of thing becomes a part of a person's religion. I once met a lady who was a vegetarian as a part of her religion, and she was quite excited when I told her that these antediluvians were all vegetarians. She thought this reinforced her argument that we should all be vegetarians, and she had her assistant take it down in her notes. However, I think she must have erased it later because I told her this: "I wouldn't make too much of it if I were you because you must remember that it was a bunch of vegetarians who were destroyed in the Flood. If diet had in any way improved them at that time, they would not have been destroyed." We see here that God now permits man to eat flesh.” J. Vernon McGee Thru The Bible vol 1

He gotta fight a lot of big money. I wish him luck.

This is my favorite saying, I think. Except, in the Navy my Dive School Instructor use to say, "There is no such thing as a stupid question only stupid people that ask questions". Brings back memories. Scott

I am trying to get there. Not the 20 ounces, but the decaf. It's in my pantry, and occasionally I stare at it. And I say: "Not today, Satan!". And I slam the door shut.

Adding to my pantry so to speak.

VShred is a typical mainstream diet. Doesn't seem to be any different from the standard western diet aside from calorie restriction. Kind of surprised it got targeted for a hit piece. The writer of the article is a dietician. Dieticians aren't allowed to recommend anything other than the national food guidelines or they risk losing their license. Men's Health is garbage. It has been for decades. It's a vessel to sell "health" products and other crap to men, not actually get men healthy by giving good advice. So we have a garbage article about a garbage diet by a garbage writer in a garbage magazine.

Joseph Goebbels was the mastermind behind Hitler's propaganda. They used tactics used still today, I absolutely agree. These tactics, specifically mentioned in 1984 by Orwell, have become obvious over the years. It's why my avatar includes George Orwell eating a steak lol.

I switched to half-caf. It's a nice middle ground. Gotta have a vice.

The breakfast of champions. ribeye & eggs.

A funny about submarine habits (and apologize for taking the thread even further off topic). On the boat two guys can pass each other in the passageway, both twist shoulders the opposite was and move along with barely touching one another. You get so use to squeezing between something and someone it becomes second nature. You (we) don't even realize the close proximity as we make our way thru. When I was home one weekend I went to the grocery store with my girlfriend. As I walked up the aisle I saw what I was looking for and headed that way. It was barely enough room between this other lady and my target. I twisted my shoulders, cut in front of her, got my stuff and out the other side. I didn't even realize how rude it was to cut in front of the lady and before it set in my girlfriend snapped, "Don't be that guy. Apologize now!". Then it set in on me and I felt like a real bozo. Maybe the funniest part, being in a Navy town, the lady comes back with, "It's OK living at sea he does not know another way". (or in so many words). Again, apologize for taking the thread further off topic. Scott

@Geezy said it all. Due to higher fat in your diet you will have trouble especially without a gallbladder. Oxbile supplement (clean not seed oils junk) helps people adjust eating more fat. Another thing is Redmond real salt added to your water intake > branded/marketed junk for electrolytes. Don't complicate something simple, meat, water and natural salt. Hope this helps and welcome to the community.

Cajun boiled catfish and smoked ribeye.

Just started my journey today with bacon and eggs for breakfast, with pot of herbal green tea. Normally it would be bacon egg and two slices of bread, coffee with sugar and maybe a chocolate biscuit... I'm in my early 60's, have many health issues including inflammation, arthritis and carrying too much weight. Did lose weight a couple of years ago on keto, felt great, but then slipped back into carbs and all went down hill fast! That time however, I didn't have any help or "community" that I could draw on. I hope by joining a forum or two, and getting inspiration, I might stick to a carnivore diet long enough to make me feel so good that I dont want to feel like s--t again. Thanks.

Great to hear you're reaping benefits from a proper human diet. Keep this in your mind if you decide to indulge. Your intake tastes good but at what cost in affecting your health. You may slip up like I did and mistakenly eat something with seed oils and I felt it for 3-4 days after. Keep up the great work and don't forget where and WHY you started.

Smoked four ribeyes today. Didn’t want to eat a whole one so I just had a snack of about a third of one sliced and eaten on an Egglife wrap.

Ok so I tried ol’hilly’s idea of boiled catfish. Instead of just boiling it in plain water I boiled it in crawfish seasoning. I think I may have used too much seasoning because it was too strong for my wife but it was perfect for me. Squeezed some lemon on the fish and dipped it in melted butter. It was good. Can’t compare it to lobster but it was still tasty. I ate some for breakfast around noon today. That wasn’t satisfying enough so I heated up some ribeye fat bits and that did the trick. Now I’m smoking four ribeyes as I’m typing.

It’s difficult to say because we don’t know exactly how you are eating but yes it could just be a faze. It could very well be that you have used up your glycogen stores and your body is needing fuel to burn but hasn’t completely become fat adapted yet. Generally when we have hunger issues early on in our carnivore journey it’s because we are still craving carbs and we need to subdue those cravings by eating more fatty meat. In the beginning don’t be afraid to eat. That’s one of the great beauties of this way we eat that we don’t have to restrict food as long as it’s the right food. Satisfy your hunger. Eventually your body will settle down and become fat adapted and start functioning the way it was always meant to be. In the meantime, welcome to our group Iceman. Other than that, how are you getting along with carnivore. Improvements? Setbacks?

1 HALF ROTISSERIE CHICKEN....6 EGGS....GREEN TEA

Congratulations on trial by fire. I'm almost 5 months in and even stalled at 265 for over a month now. I've had too much healing to sacrifice it to cater to the masses for the holidays. I profess my carnivorous ways and show I'm not ashamed. I either eat before we go out and watch everyone poison themselves while I am steadfast or I take my own food to the occasion. I learned one chicken wing delicious as it was without breading caused inflammation for 3 days and I felt like crap. Wish you luck on your journey and we'll be here to support.

Welcome aboard Kevin @Saxguy A lot of good advice above. Give the carnivore diet a good 30, 60, or 90 days. The more the merrier, especially for pain and inflammation and other chronic issues. Then reintroduce single ingredient whole foods. Dr. Berry's "Proper Human Diet" is a spectrum from 0 carb carnivore up to 100g of carbs/day single ingredient low carb vegetables. Dr. Saladino's "Animal-based Diet" is basically meat, fruit (including certain vegetables that are actually fruitage) and honey. Personally, I think most people, after healing and achieving weight loss goals, can marry the two - that is, enjoy fruit as long as you stay under that 100 carbs/day. But for reasons like Geoff @Geezy mentioned above, many people prefer to stay strict carnivore, or at least mostly carnivore (me) because that is where they feel their best.

When I started carnivore I had a nice garden that I had been cultivating ever since I retired back in 2020. I started out just trying carni for 30 days to see what would happen. I saw enough improvement that I wanted to see what another 30 days would do. The improvements were so good after 60 days I just had to do 30 more days. After 90 days I knew that I would eat this way for the rest of my life. I saw no reason after that to keep up my garden. I’m not one to waste energy on something I’m not going to benefit from. Now I was and am a pretty strict carnivore but that’s just what I prefer. It’s simple and suits me well. My advice would be to at least go strict carnivore until you become fat adapted and heal. Then slowly add one vegetable back in at a time and see if it bothers you. If not then you can keep it but if it causes inflammation then it’s out. You may find that vegetables don’t affect you or you may find a particular one or two that aggravate you. Eating meat and whole food vegetables is not a bad way of eating if it doesn’t affect you and you really like veggies. I just wouldn’t eat any starchy ones. It’s more important in my opinion to eliminate all sugars, grains, seed oils and highly processed foods.

My major motivation to avoid plant at the moment is the terrible farts that plants cause.

Love me some Maldon’s. I use both the flakes and the smoked. Finished off the lamb I smoked the other day while making four pounds of liverwurst. the liver came from a steer that my daughter just had processed the other day. Her and her family don’t eat organs so I always get the liver, heart and kidneys.

Well I'm hooked on OMAD. Gotta recap a little. Sept 15th I hit 315. Next three weeks, I hoovered up and down, never reaching 310. Last Saturday was my first day of OMAD. Worked on hanging tree stand and clearing shooting lanes in the woods half of the day. Got home that afternoon and weighed 309. Kept doing OMAD. Sunday weighed 308 Monday, 307. Today I weighed 305 first thing in the morning and just now, 304. I won't expect it to keep that pace but wow. What a way to sell me on eating one meal a day. Not as hungry as I expected either.

Pork chops with salt, pepper, paprika, cinnamon, and a slab of butter. Cooked in cast iron.

Large ground beef portion..Italian suasage,,Pickles..green tea..

Combine sugar with fats... this is dangerous information. Don't do this.

14 skin on chicken thighs with paprika,garlic powder, oregano and salt . Will definitely polish off 8 probably more

Clip of interview with RFK Jr. Make America hopeful again!

I hope he's able to accomplish a lot. He needs our prayers. You

My name is Rose and my husband is Jay. We are in our 70's. We have been doing the carnivore diet for about 3 weeks and we both feel so much better already. Here is a question: will carnivore help to heal AFib? THanks for your help.

When's dinner?

Decaf Broth Fried beef fat. Meatballs Fried eggs

Smoking lamp chunks tonight.

Glad you liked it. I haven't tried seasoning the water, but have heard a few doing it that way. I have just dipped it in salted butter. And/or salt to taste. One local friend says you can season the water with crawfish boil to make spoonbill edible. I had salmon and eggs for lunch at work and chuck steak for supper.

Sat night was a pound of ground sheep and four eggs. Tonight was four large spicy sausages and six eggs.