Scott F.

Good luck. Sounds like you have a plan. Scott

Very well said. Agreed. I was one of those guys. I jumped on the carnivore diet as nothing more than a weight loss hack. I then stumbled across some amazing health benefits that I never seen coming after the switch. So much so, I was still hard to convince til some time afterwards. I think everyone starts out in the 'diet mode' and then after time it becomes a lifestyle change. I also think life style changes are sustainable, but diets? Not so much. Scott

I think it pretty much had zero effect. I didn't feel any difference in the workout the following morning. Energy level was the same, nothing that would be considered crazy energy, but the steady energy of just being able to keep going throughout the day. What I really expected was issues in the bathroom but that did not really happen at all. All normal since the other night. There were no cravings prior and have had none since. Maybe the only thing I noticed is I was a tad bit more hungry and sooner in the day than I was prior to eating the potatoes and green beans. Today it was a big hamburger patty with a thin cut rib eye left over from last night. Scott

Last night we had our families Christmas dinner and gift exchange. (work schedules). For the last ten years or so we do a 4-6lb prime rib roast. This year my sone knocked it out of the park with the roast. I'm not sure where the notion struck but I ate a small helping of green beans (my all time favorite food) and maybe a spoonful of creamed potatoes. I think it was more of a shocker for the family than for me. It was not like a craving or anything I put any thought into (other than thinking about a sweet potato once per week prior to a heavier/longer workout at the gym). I hadn't made any plans to eat anything other than meat but it sort of just happened. The green beans tasted just like I remember (really awesome) and the cream potatoes were pretty good too. I am not sure if I didn't eat enough or I didn't work out hard enough/long enough but I don't think I really seen any difference with my energy level during this morning's workout. I will see how the rest of the day goes but I got thru a longer leg workout without any lack of energy and didn't really feel any out of the ordinary burst. Unless something else drastically changes today I am not seeing the benefit of the carbs in regards to lifting. Again, maybe I didn't eat enough or go hard enough, but today was like any other day while eating carnivore. I had gone from May 8th, 2024, til last night without a vegetable or fruit or anything along those lines and I guess that streak/stretch is over. I don't this gets me kicked out of the club, maybe some probation or something, but I still think I'm on the carnivore path. Scott

No doubts. But remember, 'heavy is the crown'. (maybe not that one, but you get the point) Nice. Scott

Merry Christmas to you as well. Merry Christmas to all. Scott

I guess I sort of plan mine. I have two stints on night shift each month and usually one of them end up being a fast. I stretched the last one out to 7 days, or at least a few hours short of 7. As always, much easier than I would have ever imagined. Scott

Congrats. Scott

Mustard works really well. Pickle juice I am told works even better, or so I am told. If I can choose between pickle juice and cramps, I will take the cramps. Scott

Welcome. I had sporadic cramping early on, pretty much the same. Later in the night and usually in the calves and feet. I didn't do any research I just dove right in head first. I tried LMNT in a couple flavors but didn't like the taste. I made my own for a long time from a you tube video. For me, my cramps eased from doing pretty much the same as you but I did up the fat content of my meals along the same time. I tried going a tad bit leaner on the cuts of meats and found that I did better on a higher fat/moderate protein approach. Maybe my cramps eased with the combination of the two, electrolytes and fat, but really not sure. Scott

This worked for me. Walking is really underestimated by the masses and anything on top of that is a plus. I use to think there were a million ways to exercise but with youtube, I think it is closer to a billion. Good luck. (again, being a total hypocrite, try not to rely on the scale as a measurement of success. I did, I knew I should not have, but used it the same) Let your belt and how your clothes fit (body composition) be the guide. I could not do it but that is what I read. LOL Scott

I did not recognize the name but yes, great Dr. Westman is a great reosurce. Scott

I like his videos as well. I like the Bart Kay videos as well, except the ones where he is debunking another. He interrupts them three to four times per sentence and I don't know what point they are making so I get lost in his corrections. But I do think it is too funny when some one is a wanker. I will have to check out Westman. I am not sure I am familiar. Dr. Tony Hampton looks/like sounds like he would be a great family doctor. Scott

Just made a similar reply above. I checked mine when I first started fasting. I used a ketone meter and couple that information with my blood glucose to get a GKI number. The ketone meter sort of gave me an idea of how my body was working rather than referencing the charts provided. I was not getting into ketosis as early as I thought being a carnivore and already fat adapted. And I didn't get as deep into ketosis as I thought. Like int he other post when I taste metal in my mouth/bad breath I'm there but I don't do anything to get there other than water fast. In the beginning of carnivore as the weight was peeling off I was checking the scale daily, sometimes several times per day. In time the desire to know subsided. The blood glucose and the ketone measurements gave me some understanding of me, and in time the use of those meters faded as well. As of late, every carnivore conversation ends up with the need to dial the plan up as an individual outweighs the plan for the group, or to reference some study from far away. I do enjoy reading about the experiences of others as it is knowledge or maybe can be seen as 'one more tool in the shed'. Scott

I will check it out. I bought a ketones meter to check ketones and it gave a reading coupled with a glucose reading to give a GKI number. I was not getting into ketosis as soon as I thought based on reading the charts and not as deep as I thought, but ketosis the same. During fasting once I read about the taste or the bad breath during ketosis and I hadn't experienced that, or had not realized it. Then one day it tasted like I had a mouthful of pennies and when I tested I was deeper than I had been previously. I guess there is some correlation there. I will check out the app. Scott