Scott F.

Never tried eggs with cottage cheese. Sounds good. How? Scott

It varies for me. This morning, I ate 3 boiled eggs. A couple days ago I ate four in the morning and six later that day. I am going to guess I average about 5 a day, or thereabouts. Scott

I didn't mean to take your post off topic. My wife just started about 10 days ago. She dropped 6lbs the first week and her first week went really well. The start of the 2nd week has been filled with cravings. She says it feels weird because it is not 'I'm hungry and I and craving this or that. It is more like I am just thinking about what I would have been eating around this time of the day". The more I read other people's experiences I think I have been a bit lucky with cravings. Scott

I guess that is not a bad place to be. LOL My wife is struggling a bit, and my son is doing better, but I'm not sure he will abstain thru the Holidays. I'm hoping and being supportive, time will tell. I think an advantage going in was I have always been really boring when it comes to eating. I could eat a Bologna sandwich every day and never complain, nor get tired of it. If you were to say bologna every day with a PB&J on Sunday, I would have been on top of the world. Granted, I ate a dumpster diet, and for the most part I ate too much each time I ate from that dumpster (~320lbs), it didn't really matter what I ate. Fast forward to now. I'm still boring in my approach but the target foods are now much cleaner. Maybe that makes sense. Scott

I started in May of this year and never really had serious cravings. Fast forward to today and I stopped by my Mom's house. She was making/had made Christmas candy. My all-time personal favorite is the homemade Reese' Cup balls. I can remember eating them by the bucket. Today they smelled good, but I didn't really have an urge or craving for them. However, I did think about eating one just to see if it still tasted like I remember. I passed. I'm not sure if it would have had addiction type affects or not, but it didn't reach out to me. I'm not sure where that lands me on the cravings-addiction scale. Scott

It is funny that how that works. A person can be standing in front of you with a Big Mac, super-sized fries and a soft drink then tell you how Carnivore is not healthy. " If I say I only eat meat, salt and water". in immediately transforms everyone into a doctor. Scott

Welcome. I too had to look up rusk as well. LOL I use hamburger form the grocery store about half the time and the other half I make it myself. If the chuck meats are on sale or any meat at a good deal I try to stock up. From there I buy some beef fat and grind my own, usually about 60/40 meat to fat. occasionally I will grind up bacon with it for a little twist. Good luck and post your successes. Great support group here. Scott

Yep. These were on lump coal. Last week on wood and the week before on the Traegar pellet grill. Quick and easy. It is like my new 'go to'. Scott

U have been on riblet kick for the last little while. These with a few scrambled eggs is as good as it gets for me. Scott

Good to know. I will check it out. Scott

Thank you. My son is giving it another go. He dropped about 13 pounds in 2+ weeks. We just cooked a bunch of pork chops, a few hamburgers and a big ribeye. We are both loaded up for the start of the work week. Scott

Today is 7 months since I started Carnivore. This morning, I tipped the scales at 223lbs which is 83lbs less than 7 months ago. I have not taken pain medicine nor inflammation medicine since late May/early June. I have Neuromyelitis Spectrum Disorder (basically Multiple Sclerosis but attacks the optic nerves). Other than a couple bouts with some bath room issues, I have only positives. The last month I have bounced around 76-79lbs lost. During that same time I dropped pant size for 40 to 38. Lost inches with pounds basically remaining the same. My weight loss has been erratic yet consistent, if that makes sense. The first thirty pounds came off pretty much a pound a day but from there it has been drops, mini-stalls/stabilize, then drops. I was on 79 a couple different time last week and week before but never actually touching 80. 4lb drop from yesterday til today. No change in diet, actually eating more as of late. At 55 I'm increasing the work in the gym and hoping to build some muscle/off set age related muscle loss as well as knowing it is the best defense against the muscle issues with NMO/SD. 7 months and I have pretty much nothing but positives. So much so, my wife is starting tomorrow. I am hoping this is the biggest positive yet. Scott

I'm close to 7 months. I have lost 79lbs as of this morning. I have an autoimmune issue and I get my blood checked more often. I have never had blood pressure issues and my glucose never got out of the mid-90's and fasting was less than 90. I'm 2:1 on my cholesterol. It is not great but not all that alarming. My cholesterol moved up a little and I was thinking it would drop with the weight loss at the time, maybe 30-40lbs at the time. I started reading (some great comments on here as well). You are now fat adaptive and using fat or energy. In layman's terms instead of the fat laying around in stores it is up and moving. That same fat carries cholesterol so it is more showing in your bloodwork. I have a doctor who is becoming a big fan of carnivore. She said in her limited experience shoe would suggest that it will take a lot more time (at the time three to four months in) than 4-6 months to make huge changes in numbers. I have a blood test this upcoming week so I will see the difference between 3 months and 7 months. Then again in March. I will be able to actually 'trend' the bloodwork. Best of luck as you continue. Scott

Congrats on the year mark. I understand the 'thin in the face' point. I have lost a lot of weight and the look thin, some say too thin, although most of them have only known me at 300+. It got so bad the word got out that I was sick again. If I heard, "Are you doing, OK? Need me to do anything? once, I heard it a thousand times. Babbling. Congrats on the one year mark. Quite the accomplishment. Scott

No doubts. But it was completely accurate. I hadn't really thought of it from that perspective. My 'bell' was 'get in the truck and let's go to Southern Parts". My brain clicked and I immediately hit the ash tray looking for change. Automatic. In reality, most of his conditioning was with 'negative reinforcement'. LOL. Scott