Andre

Hello everyone. I'd like to ask for your attention and help/advice regarding how to follow a Carnivore Diet when you have financial restrictions.
I followed a carnivore diet for 12 months. I wasn't very successful in my weight loss goal. I lost around 15 pounds of fat. (I still have at least another 15 pounds). I am around 22% Bodyfat and my goal is to be under 15BF%
After the 12-month period, I ended up trying a more ketogenic model, but without success in terms of fat loss.
I'm Brazilian and live in São Paulo. Red meat prices have risen considerably. Therefore, I'd like to ask how to follow the Carnivore Diet if I can only afford eggs and hamburger patties.
I'm 180cm tall. My bodyweight is around 175-180 lbs(+- 79kg to 81kgs). I am 36 years old, have a sedentary job. I go to the gym (where I do perform resistance strength training) 3 times a week.(to build and mantain musle mass and improve fat loss) My goal is to lose 12-15 pounds of bodyfat.(until the end of 2025)
I don't know how to calculate how much food I should eat on a Carnivore diet based on eggs and Hamburger patties. (I'll leave some questions here about how to proceed :)
100 grams of Hamburger patties contain:
Calories = 135 kcal
Carbs: 2g
Protein = 11g
Fat = 9g
I man at my size and phisical activive usually ingest 2500kcals to mantain his weight. However, in a Carnivore diet most people dont control calories and sometimes even macros. I tried last year to eat to satiety but after the initial 100 days i was not able to lose bodyfat.
Allow now to aks a few question about how to set a carnivore diet , with the purpose of fat loss while only being able to buy lard, Eggs and Humburger patties(hard financial restrition):
1-How can I figure out how much food (and calories) I should eat to lose weight?
2-Should I count calories or follow the eating-to-satiety model, even if it hasn't worked for fat loss? (not after the initial 100 days of the Carnivore diet).
3-How do I deal with hunger when eating a carnivore diet with the goal of fat loss?
4-Would it be possible to lose 12-15 lbs by the end of this year without going hungry?
Thank you very much for your attention.
Excuse any grammatical errors. English is not my first language.
I look forward to your guidance.

Hello everyone. I'd like to ask for your attention and help/advice regarding how to follow a Carnivore Diet when you have financial restrictions.
I followed a carnivore diet for 12 months. I wasn't very successful in my weight loss goal. I lost around 15 pounds of fat. (I still have at least another 15 pounds). I am around 22% Bodyfat and my goal is to be under 15BF%
After the 12-month period, I ended up trying a more ketogenic model, but without success in terms of fat loss.
I'm Brazilian and live in São Paulo. Red meat prices have risen considerably. Therefore, I'd like to ask how to follow the Carnivore Diet if I can only afford eggs and hamburger patties.
I'm 180cm tall. My bodyweight is around 175-180 lbs(+- 79kg to 81kgs). I am 36 years old, have a sedentary job. I go to the gym (where I do perform resistance strength training) 3 times a week.(to build and mantain musle mass and improve fat loss) My goal is to lose 12-15 pounds of bodyfat.(until the end of 2025)
I don't know how to calculate how much food I should eat on a Carnivore diet based on eggs and Hamburger patties. (I'll leave some questions here about how to proceed :)
100 grams of Hamburger patties contain:
Calories = 135 kcal
Carbs: 2g
Protein = 11g
Fat = 9g
I man at my size and phisical activive usually ingest 2500kcals to mantain his weight. However, in a Carnivore diet most people dont control calories and sometimes even macros. I tried last year to eat to satiety but after the initial 100 days i was not able to lose bodyfat.
Allow now to aks a few question about how to set a carnivore diet , with the purpose of fat loss while only being able to buy lard, Eggs and Humburger patties(hard financial restrition):
1-How can I figure out how much food (and calories) I should eat to lose weight?
2-Should I count calories or follow the eating-to-satiety model, even if it hasn't worked for fat loss? (not after the initial 100 days of the Carnivore diet).
3-How do I deal with hunger when eating a carnivore diet with the goal of fat loss?
4-Would it be possible to lose 12-15 lbs by the end of this year without going hungry?
Thank you very much for your attention.
Excuse any grammatical errors. English is not my first language.
I look forward to your guidance.

Guys, I need some advice. I've been following a carnivore diet for 1 year. (For the first 6 months, I ate red meat, usually chuck meat, and eggs. Nothing else. After the first 6 months, I would sometimes change. I would sometimes eat fish, for example. I even ate chicken (roasted or cooked) for more than 3 months. However, After my first 3-4 months, my fat loss plateaued. (I lost about 7 kg of body fat. +-15lbsg.) For most of my time as a Carnivore i did not lose much bodyfat. I also have not experience many of the famous carnivore benefits, such as better sleep, mental clarity or more energy.I was a healthy individual when i started this diet. With no chronic illness or any health problems.
Where i live (São Paulo, Brazil) The cost of meat has increased significantly and I had to reduce the amount of meat I consume daily.
Since the beginning of 2025, I've been following a more ketogenic diet.
I would like to ask if it is possible to follow a carnivore diet if all you can afford are burgers and eggs:
1- Is it possible to follow a carnivore diet if you have the financial means to only buy Bugger Patties and eggs?
2- How do you calculate the amount of food you should eat when you want to lose body fat? (Most people on a carnivore diet don't count calories. However, when I ate meat and eggs, without calorie control, I only lost body fat for the first 3-4 months. I plateaued pretty quickly.)
3- How do you know how much fat and protein you actually need, when trying to lose bodyfat on a Carnivore diet?
I'm 35 years old. I'm1 80 cms tall and weigh about 81kg(+- 180lbs) at 20%BF . My goal would be to lose about 6-7kgs(+-15lbs) of body fat (to get under 15%BF) without starving myself(Ideally until the end of 2025). I also go to the gym and do strength training 3 times a week. I eat two meals a day, in a 4-6 hour window (12:00-6:00 PM). I have no health problems. I did the diet for body recompositions goals and for the satiety.
Sorry for any grammar mistakes. English is not my first language.
Thank you for your attention.

I believe that to be true. Everything is not for everyone. I would say evaluate where you are and what you are looking for and then go from there. 
Thus far I have had nothing but good results. Maybe I am one of the lucky ones. I have not tried the 'eat when I am hungry/eat til I am full' approach. I eat once per day most days and on occasion I will eat a hearty breakfast after going to the gym. If I ate when I was hungry it would be like, maybe every 36-48 hours. I did a 48 hour fast and was not the least bit hungry at 48 hours. This comes from a dude pushing 306 pounds and ate pretty much every time I went by the refrigerator.
Were you straight carnivore? did you cheat? did you modify? I would say find the one that works for you and go that route. 
Best of luck.
Scott

I was healthy to began with so body recomposition was my goal. The idea was to lose the bodyfat without being hungry. I would be a Carnivreo (for the reast of my life) if this diet helps me to achieve those goals. I dont look at a diet as a Religion! What it is the point to spend my whole life eating only meats and eggs, if i cannot lose the bodyfat i need, without being hungry? I also have not expereinced many of the suppoesed "Carnivore benfits" What lead met to wonder,  how long should it take someone  to be able to acesse if this way of eating actually works? Because after 8 months, what i have expereince so far is very similar results people often see in other diets. So why shoud i have an irrational/emotional and or religious apporach to diet?(What do i have to gain to look at the Carnivore diet, as it was the salvation of my life, when i am already healthy and have not lost any bodyfat in more than 4 months?)
You cannot say that This is the most optimal way of eating.(There are NO Studies on the topic to validate that Claim.)That is not a fact that is an biases opinan. In fact, most of the healthy and fit people do not follow a Carnivore diet.
If you have nothing of valure to say or any adivice to how to ajust the carnviore diet to lose bodyfat, just dont respond the post. Carnviores often act like the VEgan that they so much complain about it. Dont need to be on your feelings just because i dont worship eating meat.

1 - "As long as you want. Beef and eggs are some of the most nutrient dense foods you can put in your body. You can live on meat alone, OR eat a carnivore-centric/meat-based diet that incorporates some more variety from the plant kingdom if you choose, whether that's ketovore, keto, or animal-based."
I ask this question to understand how long one should follow this diet and this way of eating, so that I can make an objective assessment of the effectiveness of the Carnivora diet, aiming to lose body fat and control hunger. 
I don't understand your answer since you didn't share a period of time in which it would be appropriate to be on a Canirvore diet, before making judgment about it.

That sound more like a Cult than i rational attempt to find what is a better way of eating.

I am not over 5 months eating a Carnivore diet. The only thing that i felt was some heart palpitations after the initial 6 weeks and only went to the bathroom 2-3 a week. Eating more fat will help but no tfix any problem. This diet is not magical. It my experience, it is just a way ot restricnting caloires with the most satitaing food - meat. 
Good luck , you are not the only one who struggles with this way of eating. 
If it continues, sick a doctor

It makes more sense when you are healthy and active. Most people are sedentary and will likely gain body fat. However, if you go to the gym and move, you can get better results. There are many people who have benefited from eating fruit or some type of carbohydrate. People here look at carbohydrates as if they were the devil... It doesn't make sense for me to look at Diet as if it were a religion or a macronutrient with moral judgment... This is the Bullshit Vegans do!

1 KG of necksteak cocked pluse 7 whole eggs

I am now 100 days in a Strick Carnivore diet(I only eat meats and eggs. Nothing more) I started the Carnivore diet to improve my body composition. I was a healthy guy with no chronic illness or healthy problems.
I lost about 15 lbs in the first 6 weeks (Mostly water) but since then I haven't been able to change my body composition. I have now gone more than 6 weeks without registering any body changes (weight loss, decrease in BF% or measurements)
I still need to lose at least another 15lbs of fat to reach my goal of being below 15%BF. However, I don't see how the Carnivora Diet will facilitate this process. I have not experienced most of the benefits common to Carnivores (Improved sleep, more energy/disposition, etc.) nor can I change my body composition.
So I would like to ask more experienced Carnivores:
1- How long should I extend my experience with the Carnviroa diet to be able to lose the excess weight I still have?
2- What is the minimum time you should maintain a Carnivora diet when it is not working for you?
Thank you for your attention
Good luck to everyone
 
 

So far the only benefit i exerienced was less hunger and the 17bs i lost in the initial 6 weeks. 
i am now in the middle of week 11. Fat loss stalled, no improve in sleep, energor anithing else.
However i was a healthy individual before starting the Carnivore diet.
it has been more or less like any other diet

It can be. A proper human diet is a low carbohydrate, meat-based diet that generally ranges from zero to 100 carbs per day. It does not necessarily have to be 100% carnivore. If you cut out processed food and stick to natural meats, dairy, fruit, and vegetables and avoid processed food, you will likely thrive. However,  staying on the carnivore or ketogenic end of this spectrum (less than 20 carbs daily) is recommended if you are not a healthy person. Cutting out the carbs and the plant toxins can help lose weight, reduce blood pressure, reverse diabetes, and eliminate certain auto-immune and chronic conditions. But if you don't suffer from any of those things then you don't necessarily have to be so strict. You can remain animal-based, and still have some variety.
As a general rule, to lose weight you will want to not eat foods that spike insulin and you will want to be in ketosis often, which is achieved by eating a moderate protein high fat diet. The last 10 pounds or so are notoriously stubborn. 
You say you hit the gym a few times a week. Are you lifting weights? Could you be gaining muscle? It sounds like you are saying you lost 17 pounds right away but now have gained a couple back. Is that correct?

Hello Andre, I posted an answer over here in the first thread you started on this subject...
https://carnivoretalk.com/topic/264-fat-loss-on-a-strict-carnivore-diet/?do=findComment&comment=1779
 

First off Andre, don’t worry about the language, I guarantee you can’t butcher it up any worse than U.S. Americans do. Everything you typed was perfectly fine.

Yes we are all different in how this diet works on us. It all depends on where we are starting our journeys. You started out fairly healthy so your experience is going to be totally different from this broken down old man. But, it still works for everyone.
It’s a misconception that carnivore is a weight loss diet. It’s not.
Carnivore is not a magic bullet. Carnivore is not a diet. Carnivore is a way of eating which enables your body to undo years of metabolic damage, abuse from calorie restricted diets, and metabolic disregulation. Carnivore is primarily about health and healing.
Yes- it is true that the weight will come off. But! It will do it when it wants to. For some people it happens fast, for others slow because we are all different.
You may just be in a stall or plateau. I’ve hit plateaus that lasted a month. I’m in one right now that has lasted over a month and I’d like to drop a few more pounds but I don’t worry about it. I just keep on eating the same way because this is not a diet, it’s a lifestyle. I will eat this way the rest of my life. My weight will settle in where it’s supposed to.
Settle into your lifestyle. Eat fatty meat, salt and water and your body will take care of the rest when it wants to.


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This translates to 1lb of meat, 7-8 eggs, 6' tall, and 20% body fat for us American folks 🙂
There could be a couple things going on. What kind of meat are you eating? Is it fatty, or is it lean? For example, a 1 lb ribeye might have 1200 calories. Add in your 560 calories in the 8 eggs and you are sitting at 1760. Add a tablespoon of butter to cook those eggs in and you are at 1860. But if you are eating lean meat such as chicken or fish then you are coming in way under this.
It's true you don't have to count calories to lose weight, but it is a useful metric to determine if you are over or under eating. Your body's will adjust to your eating habits. For example, if you cut your calories even more, you're body will learn to run on that reduced load. So what some people will do is gradually add calories to their daily intake, 1800 calories for a fews days, then 1850 for a few days, then 1900 for a few days, 1950, 2000, 2050, 2100, 2150, 2200, 2250, 2300, etc, over the course of a month. The body gets used to running with the higher amount, and then you suddenly drop back to 1800 again. You will lose weight again until your body adjusts to what you are doing, and then you repeat the process.
Another idea is how far apart are those 2 meals a day? If you have breakfast at 8am and dinner at 6pm, that is a 14/10 fasting schedule (14 hours fasting, 10 hours feasting). Try adjusting your intermittent fasting window to 16/8 or 18/6 or even 20/4. For example, if you postponed breakfast until noon and had dinner at 6pm, that would be a 18/6 intermittent fasting pattern, where you consume all the food you are going to eat within an 6 hour window.
This video will give you some other ideas of what can help...