Scott F.

Yeah, that sounds like fun. Live or pre-recorded, either/or. It has been a really successful first year. Like mentioned in the post above, I think I have intentionally and unintentionally made the mistakes a lot of people make diving in head first. I sort of proofed the effects of the diet on myself, maybe by blind luck, or maybe by I was eating a such a dumpster diet that anything remotely close to carnivore was going to be really good for me. LOL But yes. I would be interested. I appreciate the 'availability' of the meeting last night. We often talk about not being able to talk to people about how we eat due to their reactions and aversions, but at the same time sometimes I feel obligated to at least put it out there. I shouldn't be hogging all this 'good' just for me. LOL Thanks for help spreading the word. Scott

For the most part it is a variety of meats. My wife does not do carnivore so I eat what she eats meat-wise most of the time. So it is a variety of meats from beef to chicken to pork to fish and a lot of eggs. On several stretches I have solely red meats and I feel like I do better on beef as the primary coupled with eggs and butter. This week my wife is out of town so I had rib eyes on Saturday and Sunday with three or four fried eggs. Last night it was a pound of ground beef (80/20, as it seems 73/27 is not all that popular anymore in our area) browned with four eggs and just a little bit of cheddar cheese. I will have bacon and eggs later this morning and tonight it will be a chuck roast steak. Although I have had a ton of success as I look back I don't think I was all that smart with my approach. I have a lot of room for improvement. In the very beginning I didn't get the fat content nor the electrolyte/salt content correct. As soon as I worked that out I tried to outsmart carnivore by eating leaner cuts of meat, one they were cheaper and two, I thought I could lose more weight without as much fat. Soon after I made the adjustment to a higher fat moderate protein intake the results in the gym/from the gym started to show and I made another mistake. I concentrated on hitting a protein target for muscle growth and in that pursuit the fat content faded. One I was not thinking, and two it was really hard to eat the sheer volume of 200 grams of protein. I gained weight. Once again, I found that the lack of fat in my daily diet was more important than the protein, not slighting protein and its importance, but they both have a job to do and one can't be successful without the other. Sort of babbling on. But I eat all of the meats and my wife plays a big part in which ones each night. I prefer beef but that does not totally work in our situation. We grill most every night of the week so a lot of times I do a brisket or a pork butt or beef tenderloin I will eat the same thing several days in a row. My first year has been some prime examples of what not to do. LOL Scott

Home after all day in the hospital. Went easy. A pound of hamburger, four eggs and couple stabs of butter. Scott

I thought it was liver that caused gout?...... Myths and folklore have become quite entertaining over the past year on carnivore. A friend of mine at work has kidney stones somewhat regularly. His doctor told him it was the soft drinks/sweet teas (sugars). I can't say that is not true but I can say I was drinking 4-6 sometimes 8 20oz Mountain Dews a day, plus a couple glasses of Pepsi or sweet tea at night. I have never had a kidney stone. I am not much on liver, beef, chicken or pork, but I do buy it for the dogs on occasion. Three-four five times I have been at the counter with a couple-three packs and there will be an older lady telling me to be careful, liver causes the gout. Again, never had gout and don't like liver, so maybe it is so, maybe it is not. As of late I'm choosing not to dismiss the 'medicinal folklore' though, because it seems in a lot of cases we have outsmarted ourselves in current times. Scott

Welcome. And congrats on your choices. I try not to say vague or 'carnivore like' things as I am learning as well, (just over a year) and I think my biggest lesson thus far is that we are all individuals. My plan may not be your plan, nor vice-versa. I will speak only from my personal experience. This morning marks -95lbs since May 8th of last year, just a little over a year. I had stalls along the way and as well as weight swings. I found out for me that nothing put the breaks on a fall and triggered the stall like a couple glasses of milk. I could be in a 3-4-5-6lb fall over several days and a glass of milk on a couple nights and it slammed the breaks on the fall. That stoppage then became a stall. When the weight loss was my primary goal milk was no good for me. I have talked to others that have had similar experiences and it is probably that way for a lot of people. At the time my WHY CARNIVORE? was all about the weight loss so I had to leave the dairy to continue with the falls and avoid the stalls. You mentioned struggling with the protein/fat ratio. First change your approach. Look at it as a fat to protein ration because actually serves us better. Search this forum and Bob has a great video in counting fat and protein grams/calories. In the beginning I didn't count and sort of found some things out the hard way. Protein higher than fat usually led me to constipation, upping the fat content helped me stay regular. There were times when I probably did too much fat and got sort of loose, well, way loose. But for me, fat is the driver. I shop cheap and my wife does not do carnivore. Sometimes our dinners are cuts of meat that are lean and certainly not enough fat for me. I will add butter, sometimes using butter as 'side dish'. LOL I add the butter or tallow when we eat her choices and if those lean cuts are super cheap I save a couple dollars. That keeps my fat content up. Sometimes the stalls are due to meal timing as much as what you are eating. When we wake up our insulin in normally higher than our daily average. The 'dawn effect'. So if we eat early in the morning the insulin is up and we just sort off add to it and when the insulin is up losing weight is somewhat difficult. If I wake up, go about my normal day and my first meal is late in the morning or even lunch/later, my falls were more consistent. Good luck, and again, welcome. This is a good place to learn and share experiences. Scott

I can listen to him talk all day. I have watched a ton of his videos from way back. A really interesting character. Scott

I agree with Geezy, Dr. Baker's book is a great resource. Another good book is Eat Bacon, Don't Jog. I am not sure of the author but it is on ebay for $5. It is a really good read. The formatting is almost more conversation like than book reading. Both are good examples. I have an autoimmune disease as well, and carnivore has worked wonders for me. And welcome. Hopefully you can find what you need for a smooth transition. Scott

Agreed with all. But the rectangle sheet pizzas were awesome. I came off the farm (my parents were not owners but workers) and what we ate normally came off the farm. Maybe once a month we ate out. the grandkids would volunteer for a battle to the death to go with my grandma to the grocery store on Saturday morning. She would buy us a hotdog, fries and a 6 1/2 ounce small coke. The 'square' pizza was a real treat when I was in school. Healthy? Nope. But did I look forward to them? Absolutely. I graduated on '87 and still remember Thursday was pizza day. Scott

Nice video. Maybe we aren't the ones eating an 'extreme' diet. Our diet is thousands of years old. The current diets are four or five decades. At 55, I'm older than the 'way of eating' for most people. It was put into perspective very well. Scott

Around minute 40 the conversation about skin tags..... I have had skin tags for as long as I remember. I had a couple cut off some years back. I just never gave them much thought. This afternoon I had another "whoo-da thunk it" moment with carnivore. I don't have any skin tags at all. There were several in my arm pit and one or two at the base of my neck. I had no idea they were gone and would have never noticed it (I think) until the video. The carnivore way of eating continues to amaze. Scott

I think I posted this on another thread but I really like the format. It moves from subject to subject almost like a conversation. Well worth the $5 I paid. Scott

The way of eating has done wonders for me. I'm sold for that alone. Scott

Nice video. Actually enjoyed the first hour of work. LOL Scott

It is funny to me that is how much of us think. Every study I read just as I get into the content, as well as the intent, I start thinking about which side of the fence funded the study. And in turn, if the study "supports" the "funders" it sort of loses a little bit of its luster. If it goes against the grain a bit I think 'maybe a little unbiased honesty?". Scott

That Monday could be a celebratory day as well. It might just be my last infusion. I have not had symptoms nor taken the pain and inflammation medicines since June of last year. My blood work says I am just about normal (maybe metabolically and not so much mentally, but I'm taking what I can get). There may be something to this carnivore thing after all. LOL And the only draw back to participating next Monday night is I will be off the clock. This past Monday I was getting paid to hang out and watch youtube. There are always trade-offs. Again, great debut. Nice work. Scott

Agreed. One of the funny things is looking back I could eat 200 grams of protein with ease, and that would be with all the other carbs and sugars and 'calories' combined. It was nothing to have a 16oz. steak, with double fries or a big backed potato, any number of sweet tea (down south sweet tea, which is first cousins to syrup, sometimes finishing up my wife's steak and then still do a big desert. That amount of food today could easily last three or four days. A lot of gluttony in my old approach to eating. The first time I gained the weight when I hit the protein target, I let the 'fat and protein' morph into 'protein to target and then some fat'. This time I hit the target consistently for six or seven days but I ensured the fat content was there which meant even more to eat. Both times I gained 7-8-9 pounds over a really short period of time. If there is a silver lining I have seen a couple pretty big strides in the gym as of late. What took me to failure in 6-8 reps a month ago is now, maybe three or four reps away before I get close to the failure point. (I lift alone so it is not to complete failure with assistance and maybe half the lifting is on machines). If there is a silver lining to the weight gain from the protein target it's that I did get a bit stronger and that should mean a fraction of the weight is muscle. Maybe it is a goal accomplished with a slight trade-off. My plan going forward is to get back to eating til 'comfortably full' most of the time, cycle in a week or so a month, maybe every other month where I specifically hit the protein target. I can couple that with some more intensity and more volume in the gym and then follow that with my monthly 96 hour water fast. I won't carve any of that into stone just yet, but mostly just go by how I feel. Scott

Health & Nutrition Are NOT What I Thought – 10 Truth Bombs that Changed My Life This is a more recent video. I watched one with this lady some months back and it was one of my first hints that carnivore was more than a weight loss hack. In her earlier videos I found her symptoms and issues were nearly identical to mine and for a stretch I doubted her story. It took a few eeks to figure some thigs out but soon after, she was spot on. I probably owe her an apology. LOL Scott

It happened once before and my proteins were mixed a little more whereas this time, it was straight red meat. I would have to do some more self-experimenting to see which proteins did what and I am sure there are differences. For me, I am leaning toward it being just the sheer amounts/total volume of food I was eating. The weight gain is not that big of a deal for me at this point, and I didn't really see or feel any changes, but I'm going to end up missing that target going forward. One of the rules of thumb is to eat til you are comfortably full. I hit that mark and kept on going trying to hit a 'target'. As I move forward with carnivore I am sure I will still experiment and try to figure out things that work for me, but at the same time I am not sure I will chase that protein per pound number. I am sure it helps in the gym but the chances of me being Mr. Olympia or Mr. Universe as sort of slim, and actualy, I think that ship has sailed. LOL But yes, I am sure dialing up different proteins will have different results. Scott

Mustard works for me. As far as the pickle juice goes, I'd have to fight thru the cramping. LOL Scott

@Bob and @Geezy Great job, I like the format. If nothing changes I will be off next Monday and will try to participate. Again, nice work. Scott

I hit the year mark on the 8th of this month tipping the scales at 213 that morning. I weigh just about daily but no longer looking for the weight loss in the numbers. It is almost habit now. A couple things factored. There was an incredible sale on rib eyes at the grocery store, the chuck rolls were on sale as well and as my luck would have it had just done a meat run the week before. I also sort of made a shift in the gym lifting somewhat heavier and the intensity increased (volume the same, maybe slightly less). I got back on the kick of trying to hit in the ballpark of 200 grams of protein per day. One big rib eye is about all I really feel like eating in any give day. From about the 6th of May til the night of the 11th I ate a 8-10oz rib eye mid to late morning with 4-6 eggs. That evening, I followed it up with another 14-16oz ribeye. A couple three of those nights I managed to push down another 8oz steak to push the protein content up. With each setting I added butter and some tallow. I don't really feel any different this morning than last week. The workouts are going fine, the walks are still going good and the energy levels are the same. I am not seeing much difference in any of those areas. However, I tipped the scale this morning at 221lbs. 8+ pounds in four days. This is the second time I gained 8-9 pounds in a week or less when I ate more than I wanted/more than I needed/more than I should trying to hit a target. This week I am headed into a fast over my three night shifts. I am sure the numbers will move back a tad. Weight gain is possible on carnivore. I am sure I have added some muscle but nowhere near 8 pounds worth and I have not moved my belt in or out over the past week. Feeling good so I am not all that concerned with the numbers but I do wonder where the weight is hiding. LOL Scott

I'm not a coffee drinker. It never really clicked for me. Funny, no big deal to me but I know some where it is only one step removed from actual life-support. Zero daily functionality until after the first cup. My only good experience with coffee is that as a small child my grandma would pour us a small amount and we would dip toast in it. That was like a breakfast time dessert. The next thing would be coffee to make red eye gravy. I always wondered who the guy/gal was that accidentally spilled the coffee into the grease, couldn't afford to waste it and discovered something pretty awesome. LOL Just babbling with little to no knowledge with coffee. Scott

I like a lot of his videos, but similar to Dr. Berry, they feel 'commercial' now. Sort of like, "I want you to be healthy, right after you buy this thing I am hawking this week". Information is still pertinent and needed by the masses, just feels different. Scott

@Bob Same thought process for me. Scott

Yep. There are trade-offs on everything. Every person has to weight their options and work within the confines. My wife is supportive of this way of eating although she is not a participant. If it were up to me I would go straight Lion's diet and only eat red meat. I actually feel better and feel more energetic when I go on stretches of just red meat. I eat mostly red meat and a couple times per week I eat whatever she is having. Thus far, this has worked for us. I am sure if I factored in family time, and especially if my son still lived at home, we may have to change some things up. The fasting works rather easily for me because I work night shift. I'm gone by 5PM and my wife does not get home til just about 5. Those three nights we have not eaten together for 25+ years. I take advantage of that disadvantage and make it work for fasting. Good luck. Keep pushing and I am sure you come up with a plan that works for you. Scott