Friedrich

I did do a three-week transition before that one month started. First week was eating one carnivore meal out of the usual 4, second week 2, until I was full carnivore. Body was really craving fats, was enjoying eating it and it tasted amazing. Perhaps should've answered that with even more fat. However, I was drinking a lot of milk while on the transition and on the first weeks of the diet itself, so yes, it might've been the keto flu. Because I eventually cut out the milk. Definitely athletic slim. Yes, I agree with not going crazy over counting macros. But the good thing is, I can count it, but only do it once. Since my meals are always the same. So I can calculate an “ideal” meal (enough pork belly and not overdoing chicken), make it, and then store that in memory and from then on attempt to replicate the amounts or ratio when I put together my future meals. Thank you! This has been quite helpful so far.

I have some kefir with me. I might give it a try, see if I experience the same bad reactions as I had with store-bought milk. Also am trying to get raw milk. Because it could be casein, could be pasteurization, could be lactose. So yeah, doing these “experiments” to, as you said, attempt to find what'll work best for me. On other things you mentioned, I'll try to eat more in my meals. Go really to the point of not wanting any more of the food in front of me. And I'll watch out for other electrolytes. Only taking lots of sodium right now. So when I feel weak again I'll raise my amount of salt and if that doesn't alleviate it, see if other minerals are missing. Thanks!

Hello all! First post, nice to be here. I had been carnivore for about a month starting early January, but have unfortunately relapsed two weeks ago. Main reasons was that I was having low energy and also was losing weight non-stop, even after I lost all the water weight. I'm very light so that was alarming for me. But after going back to a “normal” diet (mainly rice, potatoes and fruits), I lost all the benefits I gained while on carnivore. Sleep, mental clarity, focus and motivation, all plummeted and I felt the worst I ever been. I'm back to the carnivore diet now, starting this week, and I hear again and again that most of the bad symptoms are from a lack of fat. So I'm wondering how much fat I should roughly eat in a day. And I should note, I was taking enough sodium. 10 extra grams of table salt throughout the day in 600 mL of water. Problem wasn't electrolytes. I have access to pork belly fat (the kind that when you fry it it retains its shape, doesn't melt away), so I can easily add more fat from this to lunch and dinner. Also am using lard and butter in my breakfast and afternoon meal, so that's easy to track as well. My meals are very simple. I'm eating 4 meals a day, had been doing so since the start. Breakfast and afternoon meal are scrambled eggs (for both meals (I make it in one go) I use 8 eggs, 2 tablespoons of butter and 2 of lard) and for lunch and dinner I make chicken thighs in the airfryer and eat some of that pork fat. I'm not the most affluent, so I can't afford beef sadly. Minced meat once or twice a week, but that'd be it. Also can't have milk or cheese. Problems with casein. Info, may help: Male 22 years old 49 kg bodyweight (108 lbs) 171 cm height (5'7'') 16.9 BMI Also would like some tips on how to eat more fat. I'm wondering, for example, if in my lunch and dinner I should eat fat first until it “stops tasting good” (as is Dr. Anthony Chaffee's mantra haha) and only then eat the chicken thighs (which have little fat in them). Am wondering too, just wondering, if I should do strict carnivore (only meat and no dairy, save for butter) and add fruit and honey? That lack of energy did go away, I must admit, when I went back to the “normal” diet. And if someone wants to give general advice that'd seem good for me, I'm all ears. Thank you!