Scott F.
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I'm with Geezy. I consider myself carnivore (I now think I am in a carnivore lifestyle after 17 months as for the longest I considered it a carnivore diet-changes with time) but I do get some sugars in here and there with the protein supplements I am using. For me, the tad bits of sugar here and there have boosted my appetite. I have more than surpassed the weight loss goals and the bonus plan was I hit a bunch of metabolic and overall health achievements that I didn't know were possible when I first started. Sort of like the bonus plan. I believe in individual continual improvements. Most come to carnivore off some sort of dumpster diet, or from a dumpster diet to a keto type diet and then on to carnivore. We all vary. Once we have made improvements there may be some adjustments to continue health improvements or get a person to a spot where they can 'enjoy' other foods (responsibly and maybe in moderation, but enjoy them the same) and still eat primary carnivore. Our ancestors ate fruits and vegetables and plant matter regularly when they were available or in season. Granted they didn't spray them and color them and preserve them to ship them all over the world year around but they did eat them. I am sure we could do the same and be very healthy. I have done so well on the pretty much strict carnivore I don't see me changing anytime soon. I am not the luckiest guy in the world and I am sure which ever carb I choose will be the one that triggers my auto immune issues. Somedays, I just 'got it like that'. I do see many bailing on the lifestyle but like Geezy said, a lot of those videos turn out to be click bait. And, for most, click bait works cause they keep doing it. LOL Scott
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It is sort of ironic to speak on carnivore carb intake, which I guess moves the needle to some degree of keto, but I found this interesting. Several months ago I posted about a guy at the gym who went strict carnivore for several years. I am guessing he is late 50's/early 60's but he is jacked. He is strict carnivore six days a week but on Thursdays he eats a couple three sweet potatoes because Friday is higher weight/higher sets/higher weight/higher volume day in the gym. He uses the carbs for glycogen and fuel for the next days work. He said after going carnivore he felt some drop in performance/energy when doing burst type work. The all-day steady energy was present but if he went higher in intensity he felt some drain early on in the work and dialed salt and water and timed his meals and nothing seem to get him where he wanted to be/how he wanted to feel. He added the carbs one day a week before his big workout and it bridged that gap. I thought it was an interesting concept and have thought about it myself but just not ready to rock the boat with my immune system health after going carnivore. With my luck the very carb I choose will be the one that triggered my auto-immune response way back when. LOL. This is the first really pro-carnivore advocate to speak to the addition of carbs for sporting/workout energy expenditures. (others may be out there but most are not exactly pro-carnivore) Good video. Is This the End of Carnivore?
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That is sort of how it works. It takes time and then it feels "all of a sudden". Congrats. I'm in the same boat. I can't see eating another way after all the positives I have had since going carnivore. I guess my biggest fear is with my luck I will choose the very thing that caused me issues in the past. My luck ruins like that. LOL I'm pretty much going with the 'not going to rock the boat' approach to my current eating plan. Scott
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Welcome. This is a great place to drop by for both insight and encouragement. It is a double positive because the group can learn something from you/be inspired by you as well. Share your story. I'm about 17 months or so now. I'm off medicine for pain and inflammation (prednisone and gabapentin/Neurontin) for NMO/SD. I am thinking I have had my last infusion (8 hours every six months) but more on that next month as my immune system bloodwork is now back in range. I started at 306 and down to as low as 210 but hovering around 215 as of late. I had some bumps in the road, mostly self inflicted, but bumps the same but no real negatives. Good luck and welcome. Scott
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As Bob said, I think you will be fine. If you have removed the sugars and processed foods that is 90% of the idea of eating this way. I didn't really set goals or have a plan, pretty much dove in headfirst. I'm not much on running myself, coming out of the service I felt like I could run around the world but never really enjoyed it. A few weeks ago I was doing my 3.5 mile walk and sort of like Forrest Gump, I just started runnin'. I made it for quite a distance and was really happy with the effort. I drove back and measured and it was with a few feet of being a mile. I was pretty stoked. For the last thirty five years I could not have ran a mile, I would turn around a fight/face my chaser. LOL Scott
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All depends on you. I still drink milk while others don't do well with milk and carnivore. The milk does create a stall with weight loss so I drink it on occasion, not all the time. I'm pretty much happy with my weight loss at 95-100lbs but I am sure a few more pounds won't hurt. Milk can stand between me and losing those pounds. I can't see why anyone would want to eat a pickle (LOL) but i would think one or so a day won't factor much but like Geezy said, you will be the only one who can answer that question. And if the pickle works for you it is not like the carnivore SWAT police is going to storm your house. The idea of carnivore is to eliminate things that create issues and we are all different. You have to define your successes. We just applaud and help you celebrate those successes. Scott
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Some of those weight loss stories are correct. I ended up around 30lbs in 30 days, give or take a pound or a day here and there. It is definitely worth celebrating. But shortly after that month I was off medicine I had been on for 6+ years for an auto-immune disease. Some 16-17 months later I think I have had my last infusion (7-8 hours every six months). So even with an amazing weight loss (total about 95lbs 17 months) the healing and not taking medicine or infusions far outweigh that weight loss. (if that makes any sense at all). The weight loss tends to be the headline but the healing and health improvements normally mean more. Good luck. Scott
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Good to hear. I broke the fast this morning. Mostly because we have a family gathering tomorrow night and I don't come out of the fasts as well as I would like. If I waited til tonight or tomorrow I would be "loose" in and around the gathering. It lasted 62 hours or thereabouts. I went with the boiled eggs and a couple pieces of sausage and when I woke up this afternoon it was better than previous attempts. I think I just struggle with food on a completely empty stomach/empty system. But, so it goes. Scott
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Patience may be the hardest part. I will only speak for me, but I pounded my body for a lot of years with a dumpster diet and weighed well over 300lbs. I lost weight rather quickly and seen some positives before I even knew they were coming but it took six-plus months before my blood panels (auto-immune markers) began to move. I was not very patient with my progress once the progress started, if that makes any sense at all. Here are the three things I had to do early on. Eat more and make sure the fat content was higher. I struggle to eat enough now after 17 months. One steak and I am good til the next day, or even longer. So sometimes I feel like I need to eat just to be eating. Hydration and electrolytes. I only eat meats, salts and water but early on I didn't add salt or electrolytes like I should, and I paid for it with being unexpectedly tired and just didn't have the get up and go at all. Once I figured out salt and electrolytes the energy returned. Not like crazy, off the wall type energy but a steady state of sustained energy. Sleep. I still struggle here. I sleep really well since carnivore but I am a life-long shift worker with erratic sleep schedules. Since carnivore when I wake up, I wake up and there is no going back to sleep so if that is 1AM, then 1AM is the start of my day. I feel like I often fall short on sleep. Hope this helps. Good luck. Scott
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No doubts. I started the same. My roads are both hilly and curvy as well. I have since added air squats and pushups. I set my phone to five minutes and do 10-15 squats and 15-20 pushups every 5 minutes along the hour walk. The next day I wear a 40lb weighted vest. Then alternate. It has been a process. LOL Scott
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Interested as well. We eat fresh-caught salmon once or week, sometime twice so I feel like I hit the Omega 3 target fairly well. I just started reading about supplementing collagen but have not decided if I need it much less an actual product. Looking myself. Scott
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Congrats. I think walking is still far under-rated for overall health and effectiveness. Maybe not under-rated but more it does not look like it would be near as effective and beneficial as it turns out. I try to walk for time and distance most every day. Congrats on turning some medical stuff around and ditching some medicine. Being able to ditch medicine has been my highlight since starting some 17 months ago. People see the weight loss and we normally talk about the weight loss first but over time the health improvements from eating this way outshines the weight loss (at least for me anyway). Again, congrats. Job well done. Keep it going. Scott
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I'm sort of jealous/envious I think. As crazy as that sounds. I can't eat like that anymore. Carnivore has not curbed my appetite but basically destroyed it. But considering the foods I was eating then that can only be a good thing. LOL I can remember re-reading a post or rewinding one of the Monday evening talks just to see if people actually said what I thought I heard. Eating 2-3lbs of meat at a time is something I could do before, with a baked potato, green beans, several glasses of sweet tea, a dessert and a bedtime snack later that night. Now if I get down a 16oz. ribeye it is 24+ hours before I want to even look at food, much less eat it. Anytime you guys post eating north of 2 pounds in a meal I just go WOW!. Scott
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Pretty cool you and your wife can do it together. Almost like 'in-house support'. I'm a big fan. I have yet to nail down the ending of the fasting, but I guess I will eventually get there. I'm about 27-28 hours deep. At this point it is sort of like a normal day. I do feel a tad bit hungry, but I think it may be mental. If I did not say I was 'fasting' out loud I would eat about every 24 hours anyway and not be hungry at all. Not sure. Good luck with the Wednesdays. I'm sure it will be just as effective. Scott
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Double post: My Neurologist said he wasn't ready to prescribe carnivore to his MS and NMO/SD patients but based on where I was and where I am, he would be happy if his other patients took my approach. I can appreciate the reservations because the world jumped on board to a crappy way of eating via excellent marketing and scare tactics. Look at most everyone around, it worked like a dream. Back to the topic of the thread: Nothing. Notta. Zero. Zilch. Pitching a shutout today. Kicked off my monthly water fast. Scott
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Nothing wrong with a vent here and there. LOL I get it. If there is one part of the process that gets me a tad bit irritated is the order in which my appointments/infusions go. I see the Neurologist first thing, walk down the hall for bloodwork and then the 6+ hour infusion. I would rather have the bloodwork first, come back so we have something to talk about and then use the information to make the call on the infusion. Prior to carnivore when I thought the infusions would be life-long, it didn't bother me as much, thinking I would be having the infusions regardless. Fast forward to 12 months into carnivore and having the infusion before the bloodwork is reviewed feels like taking medicine but not really knowing if I'm sick, just taking the medicine. The frustrations are real. Scott
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Welcome back. I don't think there is much of the carnivore police here. LOL Based loosely on your account, i would imagine the beans and mushrooms 1-2 times a week is better than you are doing right now. Improvements are improvements, regardless. Congrats on making the decision to give it another go. Best of luck. Scott
