Scott F.

Mine would be happier if I narrowed it down to just a Harley. LOL I like to look at nice motorcycles but never had the desire to own/ride one. Post a pic. Scott

I test every few weeks at my Mom's. I have always been low. In the mornings I am usually in the high 80's to low 90's. Forever the Mountain Dew and the Little Debbie cake fixed the early morning jitters. Until I started carnivore I had never had a reading over 100. After a couple-three months I touched 100, then a 104 and then a 108. I was not counting protein or fat during that time as I was learning to adjust fat content for stool purposes. I read about gluconeogenesis but not sure if that is where I landed. My last test (around 8 months) I was at 100. I am now on meats, salt and water. The exercise part of the equation has increased and that may have helped me drop down or maybe even re-regulate. (if that is an actual word) I don't think the monitors are all that expensive. If my mom didn't have one, I would probably buy one for myself. Scott

Speaking of bad habits… 2021 Can Am XMR Trail 1000. We ride the Hatfield & McCoy trails in West Virginia a couple three times per year. Our group had 16 machines last time. Massive group but great time. I should have taken up checkers instead of hot rods and motor sports. Scott

I taught my wife's dog this trick and she was as mad as anything I have ever done. I think it was the command tho. "Hit by a dump truck pose". She would flop over in this very position, on her back/legs up. Not my best move. Good looking dog. Have you figured out how to bottle up the heeler/shephard energy and have it for sale? If so, I'm buying. Scott

I think if we truly analyzed the ingredients in our packaged foods we would be amazed and then pissed and maybe even disgusted at what is used as fillers and binders. When I worked some construction with my Pops way back when he used to say all the time when we hit mom & pop grills in the area, "there's nothing wrong with the hotdog as long as you don't look in the back". If we know/if we knew I feel like it would have helped me move into better eating. Ignorance is bliss. Scott

This is the last project that was going to be my last project. 1972 K5 Chevrolet Blazer. Factory 350/4speed 4WD. Scott

Yes, it is quite the project. Tw things that I hate to say out loud..... One, this is not the worst project I have ever taken on and two, this is about the third project that was going to be my absolute last. In the words of the great philo=so=phizer Forrest Gump. "I am not a smart man'. Scott

1950 Chevrolet 3600 truck. 1978 Chevrolet Camaro front subframe. 1978 Chevrolet 350 block bored and stroked to 383ci. A 1980 Chevrolet TH350. A 1984 Chevrolet C10 rear axle with gears from a 1981 Chevrolet Camaro dirt car with disc brakes from a 2000 Chevrolet S10. With another box of welding rods, two rolls of duct tape and a big spool of baling wire I will set sail on her maiden voyage.

First off great thread. I am hoping the original poster got to a better place. We have all been programmed for carbs/sugar and the dangers of fat in our diet. As I described the diet to our HR Manager (worldly and highly educated) she looked at me like I was in a cult and ready/willing to drink the Kool-Aid. It has to be re-programming or de-programming or re-wiring or something. My Mom is the perfect candidate as she has some fatty liver issues as well as diabetes/glucose. But she has been told the evils of fats since the 70's. It is a hard sell. For the poster who had cholesterol fears and issues with high numbers. Bob is spot on with the adipose tissue contributing to LDL numbers. My numbers were high/sort of high at 187. My family doctor wanted me to start a non-statin. I was expecting more after six months in and 187 was sort of disappointing considering the weight loss. I decided to go to six months and see where I was with carnivore. I am still losing weight, but not at the rate of the first six months, but losing some weight on the scale and there is some body re-composition happening as well. But for the most part I have been around 85lbs lost for well over a month now. On my next blood test at 6 months my LDL dropped 35 points to 152. No medicine. Just meats, salt and water. I try to lift and/or walk three to four times per week. Nothing all that spectacular about my approach. I have Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (just about the same as MS). I was on gabapentin/Neurontin and Prednisone since 2018. I started the carnivore diet on May 8th (and basically kept a trash diet the first week). By late May/early June I no longer found the need to use the medicine. I have been medicine-free since then. I stumbled upon the benefits of carnivore by going in completely blind. That was lottery-like. With a little de-programming and maybe what little mind I have is sort of open, I made the decision to not use medicine for cholesterol. Sort of won on that one as well. I still don't think I know enough or have enough experience to advise others. I still feel brand new at 8 months but I truly believe it is worth a try. I'm not the expert by any means, but I can't see where a couple three weeks or a month would do any harm, or push another medical issue to a darker place. At least that is how I see it. Again, great thread. Scott

Nice. Scott

We do the same. I'm not sure they get any happier than dismantling a rib cage. Scott

I was thinking the same. Funny how you forget things. For ever since I was a little boy we have cooked a Brunswick stew around February. I'm going to say it is pushing if not exceeding 50 years. I had not even thought about it until the calls started this week making plans. Mid-Feb might be my first "official" planned cheat. I'm wondering how it will taste. Brain sort of babbling as no one has eaten more fries than I have and as a kid tallow and pork fat is all my parents and grandparents used. Great fries. And now, I saw the headline and it was barely enticing. This eating thing might turn out to actually be a habit. LOL Scott

Welcome. And congrats on the first two weeks. The majority of the diet will fall every individualistic. For me, I didn't have any issues in the beginning. Once I started adjusting the fat content up then I started getting loose. I have been on the diet just over 8 months. If I feel a little loose I will cut some fat. If I feel like I'm a little constipated I up the fat, usually with butter. It is almost like a constant adjustment. Scott

Welcome. I like the name as well. I was always taught 90% of what is wrong with a carburetor is timing. I have never been into the bikes as a rider or owner, but they are really cool to look at. Scott

Honesty, no doubts. I just didn't know how to start off the conversation. LOL Scott