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I am just now within the last week experiencing this euphoric type of energy. I have been at this since mid February.  I have recently started focusing on eating mostly beef and adding more butter to my decaf.  I have quit caffeine coffee over this time as well, so I am supposing my sleep has gotten better. 

Very true. I’m 349 days in and still tweaking here and there. For some of us it can take more time to heal and expel all of the toxins accumulated over a lifetime.


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These guys give great advice; other than that, I would just reiterate that it’s best not to think in terms of normal vs not normal. Tons of people have had success, but it doesn’t come the same way for everyone. I’m 7 months in and still looking to make adjustments for my body. I believe we’re all on the right track, it just takes fine-tuning and patience. 👍‍

Me thinks, fat like others have stated, but do consider your electrolyte intake. 

Thank you 🙏  ok sounds like the transition may be about to kick in. I’ll keep going 🤞

Thank you, yes I suspect the first 3 weeks my diet didn’t include sufficient fat. Hopefully now that’s being addressed energy levels will increase. I’ll do as you suggest and keep going for 90 days and review then. 
Many thanks 🙏 

Thank you 🙏  ok sounds like the transition may be about to kick in. I’ll keep going 🤞

Thank you 🙏  ok sounds like the transition may be about to kick in. I’ll keep going 🤞

Thank you, yes I suspect the first 3 weeks my diet didn’t include sufficient fat. Hopefully now that’s being addressed energy levels will increase. I’ll do as you suggest and keep going for 90 days and review then. 
Many thanks 🙏 

My guess, from hearing of this from other new carnivores, it that since you have only been doing this for four weeks now it’s extremely likely that you haven’t become fat adapted yet. Your body is still transitioning to trying to use fat instead of glucose for fuel and it seems to be around the 30 day mark where it really becomes noticeable. You don’t have enough glucose left to sustain you like it used to and the fat burning hasn’t quite gotten into full swing yet.
This of course is just a theory but you might just need to hang in there and see if things change.


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A couple thoughts. One is, how long is your sleep and what is the quality of that sleep? Some people find themselves not sleeping as much through the night, waking up before their alarm goes off, etc. This can and will catch up with you eventually.
My other thought is that you previously posted about your concerns that you were eating too high protein and not enough fat. We suggested raising the fat intake, because fat is where the energy will come from - the fat you eat and the fat that you are losing. By eating too lean, you would not become fat adapted (when your body prefers fat/ketones over the occasional carb). This was only 5 days ago, and so maybe you need more time eating a high fat, moderate protein diet to yet become fat adapted. I know you said you've been carni for 4 weeks, but if you were lean meat, high protein, low fat for the first 3 weeks, then you were most likely converting protein to glucose in the absence of fat. 
In short, oftentimes the best way to overcome tiredness on a carnivore diet is to give it time. Some people will boast about this amazing pool of energy they got after 7-10 days, while others will tell you it took them a couple months to fully adapt and feel that way. Every body is different. 
You already know it's doing you good. You've boasted about how your acid reflux and gastritis symptoms have disappeared. I would keep going with a goal of 90 days.
 
The alternative, is to slide more into ketovore -> keto -> low-carb animal-based, which are all fine options, and for a lot of people is the end goal after doing carnivore as an elimination diet. I would still do carnivore for 90 days before slowly reintroducing foods to see how you react to them. I do believe that carnivore can work for everybody, even if some don't think it's for them.

those sound great imma have to add some beef fat into some ground lamb meatballs might splurge with extra dairy and make Alfredo sauce with em

Thank you so much for all this info, it’s incredibly helpful. I’ve now reduced my overall protein and increased fat big time. I make my own meatballs with beef mince, cheddar cheese, bacon and egg 👍

Thank you so much for all this info, it’s incredibly helpful. I’ve now reduced my overall protein and increased fat big time. I make my own meatballs with beef mince, cheddar cheese, bacon and egg 👍

Thank you, I’ve started adding butter to my coffee… it’s absolutely delicious! Great idea, thanks 🙏

Wow that’s incredible! Well done! 
 

Thank you so much for all this info, it’s incredibly helpful. I’ve now reduced my overall protein and increased fat big time. I make my own meatballs with beef mince, cheddar cheese, bacon and egg 👍

Thank you, I’ve started adding butter to my coffee… it’s absolutely delicious! Great idea, thanks 🙏

Thank you, yes my rash is getting better, and my stomach is feeling soooo much better, with no acid reflux. I’ve increased my fat intake and am loving it!

Wow that’s incredible! Well done! 
 

I lost my gallbladder back in 97 but I suffered with IBS for even longer and I eventually developed Crohn’s last year but in just 30 days on carnivore it all cleared up.


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the way I found out how much fat I needed was to keep eating it untill I had diarrhea which was nice because I was constipated. backed off a little on the fat and bam.
I've never heard of anyone dying from too much protein usually your body eliminates this through the kidneys and urine.  I skimmed your post apologies if you mentioned how long you've been on. Could just be transition id try sticking with beef only cut eggs and dairy out see how you feel add in things once you get a baseline. Kinda like playing darts blindfolded in terms on inflammation markers and histamine triggers. Highly unlikely the beef is causing it
 
 
only way to square it up to see what's causing it is to eliminate everything else. 
 
 
Edit.....I was going to post this last night. But I'm glad to hear things are clearing up. I figured I spent the time to write it ill post it. doctors are going to say it will kill you smart doctors will will say your on the right tract. 
 
If you are still worried in the future about inflammation markers I can list out some tests for you. they will come back 0 if your not cheating with carbs and sugar.

Hi all 😀
thank you so much for your replies. I feel much more informed now. I went into this without doing the research I should have done 🤦‍♀️
I decided to try carni because I’d heard it was good to get rid of inflammation. I had my gall bladder out nearly 40 years ago, and since then I’ve had no end of gastro problems. I’ve been on medication for years because of it, but the drugs are not working as well anymore and I started to take loads of Gaviscon. An endoscopy 4 weeks ago revealed gastritis, which explained all the discomfort.
I started carni just over 3 weeks ago, jumped into it overnight from a normal English diet (I’m in the UK) and amazingly my gastritis symptoms have all but disappeared. Its incredible! 
feeling very encouraged to keep on going now, but I’ll work on getting the fat/protein balance right! 
thank you so much 🙏

Hi all 😀
thank you so much for your replies. I feel much more informed now. I went into this without doing the research I should have done 🤦‍♀️
I decided to try carni because I’d heard it was good to get rid of inflammation. I had my gall bladder out nearly 40 years ago, and since then I’ve had no end of gastro problems. I’ve been on medication for years because of it, but the drugs are not working as well anymore and I started to take loads of Gaviscon. An endoscopy 4 weeks ago revealed gastritis, which explained all the discomfort.
I started carni just over 3 weeks ago, jumped into it overnight from a normal English diet (I’m in the UK) and amazingly my gastritis symptoms have all but disappeared. Its incredible! 
feeling very encouraged to keep on going now, but I’ll work on getting the fat/protein balance right! 
thank you so much 🙏

"Everything tastes better with butter"
That should be a T-shirt...