Scott F.

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

What time on Tuesday? LOL Scott

New fast tracker? Interested in this? Could you elaborate? I ate last Tuesday. I'm at work now and plan to break it tomorrow. I have fasted for weight loss and from there the metabolic benefits of autophagy, HGH, stem cels and the re-booting of the immune system. As of late I have been reading about fasting and the mind, its benefits and even into some of the religious aspects. I think this one was more to get my mind right. LOL (which will take a lot of work) Scott

I'd jump on the $9/lb ribeyes. As of late I hit the grocery store early on Monday morning coming from the gym. I buy up as much of the marked down meats as I can. I'm not all that picky, never have been, so I'm good with just about any red meat cut marked down. I miss our local hometown butcher shop. It says a lot knowing the guy behind the counter and my Pops always sad, "it is best to trade with someone you know'. Scott

One of son's friends tried this way of eating with a wife and two kids not participating. The hassle at times was more impactful than the cost. For the most part he pre-cooks his stuff (both kids very active in ball and after-school activities so they are always on the go-which translates to a lot of fast food/eating out). He laughs when he is the only guy in MacDonald's with a ribeye. Like most things it gets drilled down to the individual/individual home. Scott

It is just my wife and I, and it is savings for us. If we have steaks, she eats a steak with whatever else she cooks. If she wants hamburgers then we eat from the same pack. There are times when she eats something that does not really flip my boat and we eat different things. That particular meal probably goes up and tad but end of the month we are still saving money with me being a carnivore. Plus, factor in there are three-four-five days a months I don't eat at all. LOL Scott

The fat thing could be a part of it but I think I still could lose some visceral fat. I fee like I am eating enough fat but I have pushed the proteins as of late and could have the proteins to fat a tad off. Maybe? The energy could be from any of the things I listed and maybe a combination of any of those same things. I use to have, let's say, some really offensive gas. After a couple three months on carnivore it went away for the most part and when I did it was not near as "offensive". I must have had something laying around in my stomach because when it started, it started. It had been a while since I could clear a room. I am sure there are worse issues to deal with other than venting off here and there. Scott