Leah D.

Greetings. I'm 72 yo man, been eating carnivore for past two years, kinda dirty keto for a couple years before that. Have been on one meal a day for over 6 months now, basically fatty beef, tallow, salt. I raise my own beef, 100% grass fed and grass finished. They never see corn or other grains. I render nice golden yellow tallow from the fat. No metabolic issues, no prescriptions. Have lost 5" off waist and 35# over past two years and now within 10# of what I think is a good weight. I'm 5-7 and 162#. Blood pressure was creeping up (140/85) and HbA1c was approaching the Type 2 diabetes point 2 years ago. BP is now 110/70, HbA1c was 5.4 last year, will be getting new blood work in January. So, that's the background.
Bought a Keto-Mojo a few months ago and have been checking each morning and lately before eating. I did six weekly 90+ hour sardine fasts and my morning ketones were smoking (3.0-4.5) throughout the fasting period with morning glucose 65-85, but immediately that I went back to one meal a day, my morning ketone/glucose dropped back to 95-105/0.5-1.0. Meals are meat and tallow only with only snack some pork rinds an hour or three later. This has been going on for a while and it's getting frustrating. I am only measuring significant ketones if I skip a daily meal. I don't really want to eat every other day, but is that the only way for me to see a decent level of ketones in the mornings?
I tried multiple daily ketone measurements and didn't eat until my ketones went up, but that took a "mini-fast" of about 30 hours, which really screws up my one meal a day schedule. Looking for thoughts, ideas, insights?
PS-I realize in ancient times it would have been normal to not eat every single day, and that does seem to work. But damn! I like my meals, as simple as they are! I've given up all carbs, all deserts, ice cream, whiskey, the good stuff. Don't even miss any of it any more, but I do enjoy my daily fatty beef, tallow, and once or twice a week a few ounces of beef liver. Any advice appreciated.
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