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  1. Scott F.
    Agreed. I don't hit the target everyday. Some days it is simply a matter of I don't feel like eating again. It is not like the lifting and the protein is going to make me the next 55 year old Mr. Olympia but I am trying to stack some odds in my favor. I'm off medicine now, lost a bunch of weight and both are incredible things. I'm still absolutely amazed at the amount of food it takes now. Before I ate a lot and I enjoyed eating a lot. I can't imagine filling a plate today the way I did just 8 months ago. Scott
  2. Scott F.
    0.7 to 1.0 my goal weigh would be 210 or so. This morning I ate about 8oz of tri-tip steak (left over from the night before) and four eggs. That got me about halfway to the protein target. At work tonight I brought hamburger patties. It was all I could do to eat two of them. I hit my target today but it takes effort to eat that much. Just crazy how satiating meats can be. Just a handful of months ago I could eat a 16oz ribeye, a loaded bake potato, half my wife's steak and no telling how many glasses of sweet tea and get the dessert to boot. If I ate just when I am hungry that one meal (if eating the potatoes and sweet tea-just talking sheer volume in food) would not feed me for three to four days. Crazy. Scott
  3. Scott F.
    Yep. Turns out it is easier said than done. All I have to do is eat a steak and a few eggs and then maybe a chicken breast later in the day. If I eat that steak and eggs in the morning, on most days I feel like I am choking down the second meal to get to that protein target. It is crazy how little food I really need/want in comparison to the amounts I once ate. Crazy. Scott
  4. Scott F.
    Getting toward the end of the Carnivore month. This last week I gained 4 pounds. I have been eating like a horse (or I feel that way) to get my daily protein up to the .7-1.0 grams per pound of bodyweight. There was a thread some months back on the use of protein shakes to boost protein intake. Not that I am all that smart. but at the time I commented I could see where hitting that protein mark would be hard for me. I was eating OMAD, not the least bit hungry, and since my wife was at the beach that week, I actually waited to eat on the next day. The weight was still falling off. Fast forward and I am in the same boat. I could easily eat once a day and be perfectly content. I'm lifting more now trying to add some muscle, off-set natural muscle loss form age, and at the same time trying to off-set the issues of my auto-immune disease. Even with the extra effort in the gym I am still not all that hungry. This week I gained four pounds. I feel some bulk in my chest but nothing massive. I'm hoping some of the weight is muscle. Time will tell. Hoping to plain off and be around this weight at the end of the month. Scott
  5. Scott F.
    I get the side about calories being a measurement and not actual mass. The science is straight forward. After all this time it is now more of a play on words. I had a 'right out of school Engineer who brought his brand-new Engineering degree to our plant. He made it a point to "factually" correct anything we said, mostly to pull himself ahead of the 'crowd'. He got me on a few occasions. I used the word 'factor' in a training session, and he made it a point to let everyone know that I meant to 'stoic calculation'. I smiled and moved on. Weeks later, he gave a presentation, and he was explaining how they were going to build up and plane down a sealing surface of a plastic housing. He said we are going to use Bondo to make the repair. I seized the opportunity and said, "What he meant to say was body-filler, as Bondo is a name of a brand, not an actual filler material. In both cases everyone knew exactly what the two of us said, but we made a point with a play on words. Most refer to calories with an 'understood definition'. I'm eating way less than I ever ate and I have dropped 86lbs in 8 months. The difference now is the lesser amount is more filling than the trash diet I was on before. The lesser amounts have allowed my body to use the fat I stored for energy. Thus, the weight dropped, and the composition changed. If I used the term calories and counted them, my "calorie" intake is far less than it was before. If I plugged in different terms, such as mass or proteins, or eggs or steaks, the amounts are less than they were before. As of late I have tried to stall the weight loss, and I have done that thru adding an extra meal(s) each day. When I eat more than I want, mostly eating when not hungry, I have triggered a stall of sorts and gained 4lbs this week. Scott
  6. Scott F.
    I'd have to eat the zinc by the five gallon bucket. That ship has sailed. Scott
  7. 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
  8. Scott F.
    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
  9. Scott F.
    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
  10. Scott F.
    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
  11. Scott F.
    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
  12. Scott F.
    This is the last project that was going to be my last project. 1972 K5 Chevrolet Blazer. Factory 350/4speed 4WD. Scott
  13. Scott F.
    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
  14. Scott F.
    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.
  15. Scott F.
    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
  16. Scott F.
    Nice. Scott
  17. Scott F.
    We do the same. I'm not sure they get any happier than dismantling a rib cage. Scott
  18. Scott F.
    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
  19. Scott F.
    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
  20. Scott F.
    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
  21. Scott F.
    Honesty, no doubts. I just didn't know how to start off the conversation. LOL Scott
  22. Scott F.
    I'm sort of in the same boat. My family doctor has been genuinely supportive of the diet. I think if I had told him about my plans from Day 1 he would not have been as supportive. I let him in on the diet after I had dropped a bunch of weight and told him I had been off my medicine for several months. He gave me a non-statin sample as he was concerned with my LDL number in the 180's. He gave me the 'separate your eggs' instruction and eat meats that are leaner/less fatty. I chose to not use the medicine and continue with meats, salt and water. Maybe one of the funnies, is afterwards I shifted into eating to gain muscle so the egg content per day went way up. 3 months later my LDL dropped from the 180's to the 150's, about 35 points. I will admit, I had become accepting of the fact my eating habits might drive my numbers up some, and mostly I was worried they would skyrocket with the additional fatty meats and eggs. When the LDL dropped, I was pleasantly surprised, but equal to that was my confusion. My lifting has increased and are higher in intensity, weight and over-all volume compared to just five or six months ago. I just started doing actual splits based on muscle groups. I couple that with eating a boat load of food trying to hit my 'needed protein' for muscle growth, especially eggs, averaging 8 or so a day. I have an appointment in a few weeks. I'm debating on my approach. Do I lead off with I didn't use the medicine and through diet and more intense exercise my LDL improved? and see where he lands on my approach. Or, do I go thru the motions allowing him to think the prescription is improving some of my numbers? Decisions. Decisions. I will have another series of blood tests in a couple months. I'm hoping to see continued improvements in my immunoglobulins numbers as well. I'm a 'knock on wood' type when things are going well, so I am knocking on wood and don't want to jinx the progress, but I do feel like for now I am winning. Pretty good feeling. Scott
  23. Scott F.
    Looks good. Sort of an off-topic question. Did you go without the seasonings as you went Carnivore or have you used them all along? The reason I ask is because I went straight meat, salt and water (other than finishing off some Mountain Dew and Ice Cream the very first week) for the last 8 months. Recently I tried a couple different sauces and now they are not what they use to be and even one that I liked forever, simply didn't taste good at all. Still learning. Just wondering. Scott
  24. Scott F.
    I was thinking the same but just wondering as it was my first colonoscopy and in turn, the carnivore adds a different spin. I woke up this afternoon and for the first time in 7 days I felt like I might need to go. And I did. Note to self: Load up on the fat and water next time as I 'fill back up". Things would have worked out a bit easier. Thanks. Scott
  25. Scott F.
    I had a colonoscopy last Monday. I did the clean out on Sunday. I have not had a bowel movement since. Some gas and a lot of breaking wind that day and some the day after. I do not feel bloated or constipated and my meals have not changed. Meats, salt and water. Unchartered waters for me. Any experiences will be appreciated. Scott

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