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Try logging everything for a while -> Calories, Fat, and Protein. Yes, we often hear "calories don't matter" and while that is true, it can still serve to gauge just how much you are eating, and whether you are undereating. Fat and Protein ratios are what is important here. At a minimum, you should aim to have at least 1g of fat for every 1g of protein you consume. A 1:1 protein to fat consumption results in 30/70 protein calories to fat calories. Some people like to push their fat up to 80% of daily calories. Some people find that when they nix the coffee they do much better. Others still enjoy their coffee just fine. At only 18 days in, I do think you could still be adjusting. Some people take weeks before they return to the level of gym activity they were able to do before carnivore. Let's do some logging and check the results. If you are eating too lean (which it doesn't sound like you are) or too little, then your body might slow down your metabolism and try to conserve energy, which you could be feeling. Looks like you are 11 pounds down in 3 weeks, which is fantastic. It would be better than nothing. If you take 1 pill, you are getting 1/6th of the nutrients in what the manufacturer considers a "serving". Two pills would be 1/3 of a serving, three pills would be 50% of a serving, etc. Any amount you take will contain vitamins and nutrients, beyond what you would be getting if you didn't take it at all. From what I understand, men should be 13 or higher, and women 12 or higher. Anything in the 14.x range would be great for both sexes. B12 and Iron help with increasing hemoglobin levels. So if you're new high of 14 is after a few weeks as a carnivore, this would make sense.

That's awesome! That's also a long hike. I may have walked up to 10 miles in a day before, but probably not. A couple days ago it dropped down in the upper 50's and lower 60's, which is incredibly unseasonably cool for this time of year. Fortunately it was just for a day or two and now things have heated back up.

@Mosey, welcome aboard! Let me start by saying that I am sorry this post spent 22 hours in the queue waiting for approval. For some reason, I wasn't notified. I should probably give another member super powers to approve posts. So there could be a couple things at play here. Can you give an example of your daily food intake? Are you trim and lean or do you have some weight to lose? Knowing this might be helpful in giving suggestions that pertains to you personally. Yeah, that was the serving size when I was taking "Ancestral Supplements" Beef Organ Complex. Of course, you can also choose to take 1,2,3, or 4 capsules instead of all 6. Alternatively, you can buy some liver (or other organs), dice it up and freeze it, and then take it like a pill with some water. Isn't that in the normal range (g/dl)? Mine is always between 14.2 and 14.5 and it's always flagged as normal.

The fun part was my wife hid the scale when I broke my ankle, because I would weigh in every morning. So I actually went over a month without weighing in, and when I finally did, I was another 10 pounds down - to which I was delighted.

My family wants Mexican about once a month or so. It's incredibly difficult to stay true to pure carnivore without feeling like I am being ripped off, lol. My local place has a dish that has ribeye, chicken breast, and shrimp served on a sizzling skillet with a side of rice and guacamole salad. I'll pass the rice to one of the kids and eat the rest, basically falling back on keto for that one meal. The spices don't bother me any either. I also don't fret too much about whether they use seed oils or not. It's not gonna hurt me if I only have it once in a blue moon. A steakhouse on the other hand, I will tell them not to use it, that I am allergic and will drop dead in their dining room if they put it on my steak, lol. I just have that feeling that the Mexican's either wouldn't care or don't have any authentic butter in their kitchen anyway.

Burger last night. Everything is on sale this week for the 4th of July (Independence Day in the USA). I got some 80/20 ground beef for $1.99/lb. Ribeyes are down to $9.99/lb. etc. This morning was my staple, eggs and sausage.

HA! I read right over that and it didn't even register, lol.

I have a friend deteriorating from a bad form of MS. I've tried to plug the diet, but he's not interested.

Riboflavin, biotin, and B vitamins are found in rich quantities in animal foods.

For definitions, I always thought of intermittent fasting as something done within a 24 hour day, with a small eating window of 8 hours or less and a larger fasting window of at least 16 hours or more. Anything beyond 24 hours is an "extended fast", at least in my head.

Yes, I would add a little salt. It was the Swanson (?) broth that comes in a cardboard jug that you just open and pour out. Yes, I've read about him. He didn't eat a thing for over a year, but was given vitamins and minerals during that time, which makes sense.

At Sam's Club (and elsewhere) I get hard-boiled eggs and beef sticks, including grass fed beef sticks, that are ready to eat. You can also get Jimmy Dean pre-cooked sausage like I do. You can also get pre-cooked bacon, like I don't, lol, but it is an option. I also found an all beef burger patty that microwaves in 2 minutes and is actually really good. I'm a little excited for this because I had previously bought a brand that was really really bad, lol.

I would drink tea also. This would help me get deal with the hunger. Broth would help but it wore off quickly and my tummy would growl at me, lol. What's neat is you get past the point of hunger, and then you don't feel hungry anymore. You can go on and on and on and never feel the urge to eat. That's cool, imo.

Nice inforgraphic. Thanks for sharing. I'll be stealing, er, saving that one for later

It could be deli meats, hard boiled eggs, beef sticks, pork rinds, cheese, yogurt, etc. Honestly, snacking inbetween meals has probably stunted my progress. I need to get back into my intermittent fasting glory days, lol.

This morning was scrambled eggs and sausage. I skipped lunch and went I got home I snacked on some beef sticks and a couple slices of cheese. I'll have an official dinner later on. It might be a late one. Thursdays usually are.

Some swear by it. I've done a few 24 hour fasts and one 40 hour fast. I'm sorta interested in doing it again, but at the same time, I like food, lol. I believe I recall reading that fasting over 72 or 96 hours doesn't benefit you any more. People will do this to speed up autophagy. But, autophagy actually is happening all the time. You can just give it a significant boost by fasting or lowering your caloric intake.

Yes, the sugar in the bacon is only a trace amount. I don't worry about it myself. You can find brands though that don't use it. Or you can get pork belly (basically bacon) and slice it and brine it however you like.

You'll be fine. Dr. Berry says that if all you can afford is hotdogs, vienna sausages, and Spam, then that's still a million times better than the tens of thousands of ultra-processed junk food products there are. If we're talking ground beef and steaks, there is only a slight difference between grass fed and grain fed. The grass fed will have slightly better nutritional content and a better omega-3 profile, but the grain fed beef is adequate enough. It's cheaper to buy from the grocer or warehouse club. But if you can afford to support your local rancher, that's a wonderful thing to do.

I wanna do another 30 days of lion diet (ruminant meat only). But I might wait until September.

1 Tablespoon has 3g of "sugar" from high fructose corn syrup. So at best, you had 1.5-2g of carbs. That won't have any negative impact by itself. Repent and turn around, and you will receive mercy, lol

Looking forward to it

Hello Kaz and welcome aboard! Generally speaking, you want to eat .8g to 1g of protein for every pound of your ideal body weight. Let's assume you want to weigh 180 pounds. That's between 144g and 180g of daily protein. 180*4= 720 calories from protein. And then, you want to eat at least a 1:1 ratio of fat to protein. That would be 180g of fat. 180*9= 1620 calories from fat Together that's a total of 2340 calories per day (180*13). You would probably fare well and lose weight at this mark, depending on your activity level, how often you eat (# of meals/day) and how late you eat. That example uses 1g per pound of ideal body weight. If you go with the .8g per pound of ideal body weight, you get the following (180*.8=144)... 144*4= 576 protein calories 144*9= 1296 fat calories 144*13 = 1872 total calories So aim for a around or near 144g of protein (it doesn't have to be exact) and be sure to eat at least a 1:1 ratio of fat grams to protein grams. This will mean you are eating about 70% calories from fat (70/30). You can always add more fat as well. Some people prefer to aim for 80/20. Hope this helps and was understandable

I can eat beef, butter, bacon, and eggs, for any meal, every day, and never get bored. Ground beef is "ole trusty". Cheap, easy to prepare, and packed with nutrition. I just change up how I prepare it from day to day. Chopped up one day, made into patties the next, then another day rolled into meatballs with a cheese cube in the center, then taco seasoned, then on an Egg Life wrap, then as a meat loaf, etc, etc. It's fairly versatile, lol.

Dr. Berry often refers to the Proper Human Diet (which is a spectrum with carnivore on one end, and up to 100 carbs a day on the other end) as, not a weight loss diet, but a weight optimization diet. For 5'10", is it possible that you could stand to put on a few pounds? For comparison, my ideal day looks like this... Brunch: 4 eggs (280 cals) and 4 Jimmy Dean sauage patties (560 cals) cooked in butter (unknown cals, let's call it 100) = 940 calories. Dinner: One 15-20oz New York Strip (620-775 calories if trimmed to 1/8 fat) cooked in tallow or butter (unknown cals, let's call it 100) = 875 Total caloric intake = 1815 <- I will lose weight if I stick to this. Often times, I add lunch in there, whether I pack or grab some fast food burger patties (4 x 220 = 880). This will bring my total caloric intake to 2695 <- I will maintain weight if I eat like this. And then, if snack on cheese or beef sticks inbetween meals, I run the risk of gaining weight. @Orweller brings up some good points about water, sleep, and stress. I might ask if you drink any artificially sweetened beverages. For most people this is fine, but for many others this will trigger a cephalic phase insulin response, and raised insulin levels will contribute to weight gain. Also, what time do you eat dinner? If I eat and then go to bed, I will absolutely gain weight. I have to eat at least 4 hours before going to sleep, and better for me if I go even longer. And this is what your body was used to. Now you are working out less and eating more. You could try amping up your workout routine closer to what it was. This will help you expend that energy AND potentially gain some muscle, which will increase your metabolism. At the same time, you could try OMAD, adjusting your intermittent fasting window, cutting back some on the food, etc.