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

Nothing better. Scott

I started my fast this past week. I ate on Tuesday about 4PM before leaving for work. I have fasted for 48-72-96 and 120 hours over the past year or so. Sometimes life dictates the end but mostly I go to a feel like I really need to eat with water not doing the trick. This time I have had gas like I have not had in months. One minute it is a deep air-filled burp and the next the gas is coming out the other end. I don't feel bloated or gassy but it has been a constant since Thursday (about 48 hours deep). Just weird because I didn't anything that I have not been eating for the last 19 months but something is causing me to vent off. To the point, last night at work we were going to the MCC room to reset a bucket and I told my co-worker to go up the steps first because if he followed me we would probably end up in HR. I dropped from 222 on Tuesday to 216 this morning which is 90lbs since I started carnivore. ( I have been down to 210 but I have been eating proteins like they are going to stop making them as of late). I have been on 12 hour night shifts since Wednesday night, worked out on Thursday/Friday morning and again this morning. Every other time the energy level has been abundant (still amazed it worked that way). This time I felt good til last night when I felt like I was a tad bit flat. This morning the sets and reps I did Thursday was more than I could lift this morning. Not many times since carnivore have I felt physically depleted but the first time while fasting, I pretty much felt spent. My sleep has been a tad off as well. The gas sort of puzzles me and the energy drop is surprising. I am guessing it is a combination of things. Nothing to eat since Tuesday, pulling 12 hour-night shifts since Wednesday, getting in three trips to the gym after work, and maybe the 55 birthdays I spent trashing my body (LOL). But can't complain. I am miles better than I was 19 months ago. Hope everyone has a happy and blessed Sunday. Scott

I'm a self-experiment-er as well. I have adjusted my meat and fat content up and down and learned a ton. I also used this forum to learn from others as well as throw "stuff' on the wall to see what sticks. Some leaned forward with some scientific approach and others were border line hair brained. End of the day I feel like I am in a good place. Weight down, energy up, pain and inflammation gone, no more medicines all from ditching the crappy diet for a better one. As individual as this ride can be I think a lot of us have some similarities with our approaches. Best of luck with your new plan. Scott

Yep. Beef prices are high (and getting higher) and until someone actually carnivore shops it is hard for them to believe there is cost savings. I try to explain it like, 'imagine you go in the grocery store, skip straight to the meat counters, leave there and pick up some toilet paper/toothpaste and from there head to the eggs and then to the register". Anything that seems extra with the meat is easily absorbed in not buying vegetables, fruits, canned goods, flour, sugar, sauces, chips and cookies. It is still hard to convince others tho, LOL Scott

Congrats. Hopefully that represents the healing. Keep at it. Good luck. Scott

I think carnivore (going in) is just like any other diet, there is nothing really sustainable about it. (and allow me to finish) I think everyone who switches to carnivore starts off on a carnivore diet and like most all diets, people choose another route. it is the diets that are not sustainable. It takes time for carnivore to become a lifestyle and leave the 'temporary-ness' of just about all diets. For me personally I have been strict carnivore for about 19 months. I have not had a fruit nor vegetable nor bread nor pasta since May '24. With that said it was nearly a year later when I felt like being on the carnivore diet had morphed into me having a carnivore lifestyle/carnivore way of eating. And maybe my story is a little odd because I didn't start with any health concerns in mind as for me it was nothing more than a weight loss hack. I stumbled upon a ton of benefits early on, chalked them up to coincidence, and then once I was reading the writing on the wall I started to evolve from diet to lifestyle. People quit for all kinds of reasons. If I had not stumbled upon the benefits with my autoimmune disease, knowing it was going to be a weight loss hack, I probably would have quit after losing 40-50 pounds (and called it a successful endeavor). If I knew which carb/vegetable/fruit was my trigger I would probably venture back out into the carb world on occasion. But since I don't know it is not a gamble I feel comfortable with so that too helped me transition from carnivore diet to carnivore lifestyle. I think it could be any number of reasons, but I mostly think those reasons land on the individual person rather than the way of eating itself. Scott

Hadn't seen this post in a while. Funny it gets posted when I have been fasting since Tuesday. LOL Looks good. I will put it on things I need to try with the exception of the peppers. Looks/sounds good. Scott

A large percentage of the American population is digging their own grave with a fork. Write that down. Scott

Being a total hypocrite, don't look at the scales in the very beginning ( I did just about daily, LOL). It is better and more self serving to take notice of more important things, like how you feel, and the one snug pair of pants is now loose fitting. That was the advice that was given to me early on, (and I ignored it) and now I am passing that tidbit forward (and odds are you will ignore it, most do, LOL). Congrats on the first week. My weight fell off really fast the first months and then I hit my first stall. Watching the scale drop just about a pound a day for 30 days was amazing but when it stalled it made the stall all the more disheartening. Everyone is different and metabolic health and weight moves their needles at different rates for different people. Until carnivore I never had a fasted blood sugar result over 100 and my highest has been 111. That shift/moving of the needle triggered me to buy a glucose monitor so I could track it. I had an initial rise and then it fell back into the 80's. I was intrigued by the number of the scale and the glucose meter so I bought a ketone meter as well. And then in time I hardly use any of it, maybe the scale once or so per week. Good luck and welcome. Scott

Good luck as it sounds like a solid plan to me. Scott