Scott F.

I go back next month. My immunoglobulin numbers, Ima and ImG numbers were so far out of whack a few years back that my immune system didn't know if it were coming or going. One part did nothing but lay around and the other part was so active it was attacking anything that moved. Since carnivore and now with consistent resistance training (but I think mostly carnivore,) my numbers have moved to the cusps of being normal. I am not going to look forward to them or hope as that seems to set expectations which might end up be a letdown. I am going with I feel good and I am doing good so the numbers will fall where they may. If they get into that normal range my Neuro and me will have that conversation about the Rituxin/Rituxamab as well. This time next month I will know more. Good luck with your conversation. Scott

@geezy I have had those same conversations several times today. We have a food vendor providing for the plant tomorrow and it will primarily be pork. At least three people asked today on whether I still eat pork on the carnivore diet. For some, the explanation seems difficult to understand. Then when I say I'm eating their pulled pork plus I'm bringing my own butter the confusion is ten-fold. Not that I am trying, but it can be a tough sell at times. LOL Scott

I think the best data point in your post was how the old jeans fit. There is nothing more telling than when you have to cinch up your belt a notch or two. Scott

I just use the seal salt, magnesium and potassium. It does not make the best tasting water so I make the mixture and then use it as "table salt" to salt my foods to taste. That approach works best for me. Scott

Strict carnivore most of your list is off limits but would move you into more of a ketogenic type diet. With ketogenic diets one would have to count carbs to keep them low. I have read less than 50 and less than 30, not sure which one is more accurate. I would guess the lesser the better. Almond milk is a bad choice because it is straight seed oil and seed oils probably contribute to a chunk of what is wrong with the Standard American Diet. But at the same time, find the path that works the best for you. if you need/want some of those things as you work yourself toward zero carbs/zero sugars, then by all means go with what works for you. When you move to lesser carbs and lesser sugars that has to be an improvement. God luck as you find what works best for you. Scott

I have NMO/SD and til it was differentiate/separated many NMO patients were treated with the MS approach. At some point the differences were determined and NMO/SD became its own thing. Alot of the symptoms are similar, very similar, but the treatments can vary. My doctor has highly recommended resistance training from the first diagnosis, even suggesting free weights over machines. Of course, like most patients, I didn't listen the first five to six years. Where ever th eline crosses between carnivore and resistance training I feel better than I have in a really long time. My immunoglobulin numbers are inching back towards normal which is not a response of the immunosuppressants I have every six months. I agree that both MS and NMO are different for everyone, but that normally is determined by what nerve gets attacked damaging the myelin. My left leg may not work and the next guy's right arm may not work, same lesion, different points of concern. It can be as individualistic as anything out there, yet be eerily the same. Resistance training is one of the recommendations/suggestions I got very early after my diagnosis. Scott

Congrats to him and his journey. I can see where the skin is an issue. A friend of mine had gastric by-pass surgery and although the weight is gone, the skin remains. It is an issue for her as well. Last year there was a push within United Healthcare to cover skin removal as part of covering some of the by-pass surgeries. I have read there is a difference between GLP-1 weight loss and natural weight loss (carnivore, etc, etc, ) as with GLP-1 there is a lot of muscle mass lost. Hopefully this guy finds some resolution as he has put in the work and i would hope for him to get all the physical rewards as well as both the mental and emotional rewards as well. Scott

Nice video. I posted on another thread but I (as she put it) grazed all weekend, from Wednesday til Sunday. I fully expected some weight gain as I ate a lot, and I ate often. My pork and chicken cuts were not fatty at all, but I did eat chunks of butter here and there. I hopped on the scale Sunday evening expecting to have a data point showing if I eat continually thru the day for several days in a row I will gain weight. Instead, I dropped two pounds. I would not recommend this as a path forward for anyone, but it might serve as another example why carnivore will not provide cookie cutter results for everyone. The first key is that it is an elimination diet. It is more important to not eat the carbs and sugars and such. Secondly if the fat content is up anywhere close to where it should be my body will respond in a positive manner. I like the videos because it is simplistic in approach but offers volumes in information/approach, even touching on the fact we are not all the same. I think sometimes the individuality gets lost in expectations. Scott

I saw what you did there. Nice. Scott

Congrats on the 50. I always heard about "50" but for me, the wheels fell off at 49. Congrats and respect for the ability to stray off carnivore and then come back. I am almost sure I can as I had a couple slip ups and for me, the best case scenario happened, they simply didn't taste as good as I remembered. Or maybe the carnivore side of my brain won out, not sure. Either way, congrats. @Geezy. Happy Easter to you as well. Hope all is well with you and yours. Scott

And just when I thought I was in a position to provide some applicable information, 'ol' carnivore thru me a curve. I ate an awful lot since Wednesday. I didn't eat an actual meal since Wednesday morning. I packed all the meats I cooked into quart bags for the trail. Every couple hours I would eat whatever bag I had pulled that morning. I ate off and on, more akin to snacking, all thru the day. Between eating multiple times per day and even late at night as we did night rides I thought my weight would go up. It did not. I dropped 2 pounds since last Wednesday. Completely unexpected. Carnivore threw me an 0-2 curve and I whiffed. Scott

I was thinking the same. This forum might be as 'mainstream' as it gets. Scott

It is not always about how much you eat and sometimes what you eat plays second fiddle to when you eat. If you can skip the traditional breakfast and eat later in the morning it will give your glucose time to spike up and then drop back some. By then you are active in your day. I too work a lot of nights and it is really easy to get off work, eat and go to sleep. That is a bad combination for weight loss. Then couple that with eating the wrong foods. Double whammy. I lose faster when the fat content is up for a higher fat/moderate protein approach. I left home on Wednesday morning at 215. I am sure I will see a weight gain tomorrow when back at home. I have eaten the right things but have not had a meal since we left. I have been snacking on the meats throughout the day while we ride. I ate a lot of food but never let my body adjust/empty/make room before I was snacking again. Timing will be more my issue when I weigh tomorrow.

Late to the thread. Welcome. I agree the inflammation is the body telling us something is wrong, really not much more than a heads up. Most medical thinking is to treat the inflammation as the problem not the root cause. No heart issues or experience but my inflammation went away ~4-6 weeks after going carnivore. My pain and inflammation was from an autoimmune disease and the prednisone and Neurontin treated the inflammation. At least it helped me remain functional. Six weeks of Carnivore and not only did the inflammation go away but my immunoglobulin numbers started to move toward healthy. 11 months later and I am on the cusps of being normal but I will have let my wife define normal. LOL . Your correct, carnivore can provide healing. Good luck, and welcome.

I cooked five Chuck steaks, five chicken thighs, two big packs of boneless country style pork ribs, two extra thick pork chops and 12 hard boiled eggs before leaving for a five day trip to ride side by sides in West Virginia. Each day I reach in a grab a gag as we head out. Each day is a surprise meal on the trail.

I fast for the immune system reset. The autophagy and HGH release and then the stem cells pour out into the body are all pluses. On top of that there is killer energy coming out of the fast that lasts two-three-four days. I’m tracking mine but I think my energy baseline is better after several long fasts. Hard to say that for sure but it sort of feels that way.

Prior planning prevents poor performance. That is five of them but the sixth is a tad bit off-color.

Thanks. Cooked on the griddle alongside whatever else they were cooking. When I looked back into the kitchen it was a normal size bottle of oil but to me it stood out like it was a five-gallon bucket. One of the oddities with carnivore (for me anyways) is that I ate using seed oils my entire life with no issue. Once I went five-six months without them the least bit now sends me running for the bathroom. My wife cooked some fries one night and then did the burgers in the same pan. She said, "I forgot" and I said, "shouldn't matter all that much for no more oil than is there". It did. Scott

Welcome and good luck. Bob hit the points you mentioned, spot on. Everyone is different and no one approach works for all. You may need to ease into it. Carnivore eating is much more about what you are not eating. You may be able to go 'cold turkey' on the carbs and sugars. If so, great, if not, any reduction in carbs and sugars will be better than no reduction at all. Don't worry about 'bothering' anyone here. This is a great place to learn and an even better place to offer up your personal experiences with carnivore. Everyone has a story to tell. At 77 and me being 55, I need to figure out how to get there too so your experiences are worth their weight in gold, at least to me anyway. Good luck. I'm 11 months in and I can personally say it did wonders for my pain and inflammation. I think everyone should give it a try. Scott

I may need to try that as the summer approaches. I could swim in the sunblock and still come out burned. Scott

I'm leaving for West Virginia in the morning for a four day ride on the Hatfield and McCoy trails. Last year was my first trip while on Carnivore and I didn't plan all that well. I ended up eating some plain burgers cooked in vegetable oil. It landed hard and I had some unexpected pit stops along the trail. This year I am trying to plan a little better. There is also two packs of country style pork ribs and two NY strips that didn't show in the pics. It should be enough to hold me from Wednesday til Sunday. Not really complaining but it is a bit easier just to eat where everyone else eats. LOL Scott

Unless you are a fair skinned "fear the ginger" person like me. I burn, hurt, peel, back to white. Then repeat. I can burn pre-dawn. LOL The closest thing to tanning I ever had was when I spilled Type-F transmission fluid on my leg while wearing shorts. My legs were hanging out from under a 72 K5 Blazer. It just about sizzled like bacon. Turned brown after wards but I wouldn't recommend Type F for sun bathing. LOL Scott

The same boat here. I check it every day. And it moves up and down. When the weight first started falling off there were many more days of losing than gaining. At that time, it was frustrating and somewhat disheartening if it went up a couple pounds unexpectedly. I would over analyze everything I did the days prior. Now after losing 90+ pounds and the 'number' not being as important as it was back then, I check it daily but the swings are a lot less impactful. I don't over analyze what I have eaten or the last couple workouts or the days activities. Most of that changed when I started counting protein. I guess I know I am eating a lot so at some point the weight has to move up and when it does, it is not that big of a deal. Scott

Yes. He seen how well it was working for me and said he would give it a go for two weeks. Those two weeks turned into 30 days and since then he has done very well. He plans in a cheat meal once a week. Sometimes it is barely crossing the lines, but.... He made a really meaty chili but used some tomato paste, cheats similar to that. He has lost 47lbs he told me just a little bit ago as I was getting off and his shift was coming on. I counted for the muscle building aspect but that is sort of fading. I struggle hitting the target as I am gorging myself to eat that much. That is sort of getting old too. Scott

Congrats to you as well. I was really interested in knowing the blood ketones and I will use them on the next fast after that as well. From there, I am not sure. I bought the test kit and it came with either ten or twelve testing strips. It was like $35 for the lance, looks like 25-30 lancets, and the meter. Another set of test strips is like $40-50. I'm not sure I see the point (sort of cheap on a lot of things) I work rotating 12-hour shifts. Four nights followed by three days, then three nights followed by four nights. As I am finding it is really hard for me to eat a gram of protein per pound of ideal bodyweight (that does not even count the needed fat to make that a high fat/moderate protein approach vs the high protein/moderate fat approach). Right now, that is a lot of food. My plan for next month is to fast on the three nights and the four nights, make an attempt to hit the protein mark on the other days but not gorge myself chasing a number. The protein chase is to gain some muscle, but I am not lifting to be the next Mr. Universe/Mr. Olympia. At 55, that ship has sailed. "spreading the word"..... when I say I only eat meats, salt and water one group of people look at me like I am crazy and the other group at that point automatically have a Medical degree and tell me how I should be eating. Then bring up the fact I am going 96 hours without eating, nothing but water/salt, and that first group looks at me like I should be committed to an asylum and the second group uses their newfound medical degree to start CPR or a lobotomy, depending on their newly found specialty. Maybe the bright spot in that is a younger guy at work. He gave Carnivore a try, it started working early, and he has been doing for several months now. He told me this morning he was -46lbs. Another theory of mine, I waited til I was 55 and just about beat down form life's choices and it has worked wonders for me. This guy didn't have any serious medical issues other than being fat. It looks like it is working faster and more effectively if the canvas is a bit cleaner. I am guessing the earlier and healthier one starts the even better the end result will be, but that is just an opinion of mine. Scott