Scott F.

I started around May 8th of this year. The first 30 days I lost 30 pounds in 31 or 32 days. This last week I'm bouncing all over the place. I'm basically eating one male a day. Not that I expect to lose weight at that pace but is it odd that I am fluctuating anywhere from 2-4 pounds every day? I ate a honking ribeye and the next morning I was down 2lbs. The next day I was not hungry and ate much lighter. The following day I had gained those 2lbs back plus 1. The dumps now are few and far between, I feel OK and I guess it comes with the cleaner eating. Just wondering? S

Breakfast this morning. Eggs and left over New York strip.

Yep. When we had meat chickens and my son was like four or five. We had Baked Chicken. BBQ chicken. Chicken Salad. Chicken Fettucini. Grilled Chicken. Fried Chicken. You name the dish. We had the chicken especially raised for said event. Scott

I said the same thing. It is one of those shows where I think I could compete. A friend of mine swears he could win it no problem. He is a recovering addict and he said he needed X amount of crack and a place to sit down. He had went many days without eating and when high he had no fears of the mountain lions nor the grizzly bears, they talk about. He says he could win the money, get high and ask if they wanted to go double or nothing. Scott

Sounds good. Congrats on the graduation. Scott

Yesterday bacon and eggs from the tallow I made last week. For dinner we cooked New Tork strips (they were on sale at Sam's a week or so ago). They turned out nice. I was on the Mountain Dew for a week, and during that first week I had two small tabs of ice cream. Since that point I have toed the carnivore line and not broken away from just 'carnivore approved' animal meats, with eggs and butter. Last night was my first cheat. I added a 1/2 teaspoon of Heinz 57 on my plate. It was so funny. I think I did it out of a life-long habit as we were talking as we made our plates. I don't think I actually looked down and said, "I bet that would be good on this strip". Just habit. I decided not to waste it so I indulged. I am hoping a 1/2 teaspoon of Heinz does not become my gate way drug. LOL I normally walk from our house up the dirt road and over to the next road which is 1.3 miles so 2.6 when I get back home. This morning I tacked on the other.2 miles to get a total of three miles. I'm not sure if that counts as 'forgiveness' or not, but it was the best offering I had up to the carnivore gods in the sky. Scott

I work with a guy that hunts like a mad man, then him and another couple at the plant fish just about year around for whatever is biting. He is doing a modified carnivore diet as he phases out non-meat groups while he and his fiancé figure out a together plan. She is not eating this way. He made the same comment that he could save money because the deer meat and the fish are free. I guess the rationale is if you are going to hunt and fish anyway, then the meat is sort of the bonus. He is not hunting the racks so I guess there is some bonus in there somewhere. He just bought a $1400 shotgun and recently paid a couple thousand for a night vision scope to kill coyotes. At some point grocery store hamburger is just cheaper. LOL I think everything is relative. I was shocked that I was spending four hundred a month on the crap I was eating as I am out and about during the day as well as to and from work. I'm thinking by eliminating the crap, saving four hundred $$ I can ease off the bo-bo meat section and shop in the prime and select sections. LOL S

So I didn't read the directions to start off. I started with just meats. Anything from steak to chicken to burgers to fish. And a lot of eggs. The first week I stayed on the Mountain Dew and then kicked it. The first week I also used some Heinz 57 on some chicken. From then it was straight meats and water/drink mixers for flavor. I tried a couple of the 'preferred' electrolyte drinks and for the most part they tasted like crap. I use the cheap Food Lion brand Pink Lemonade for the most part. I even tried to make the homemade electrolyte mix but both of the above made me feel bloated and I tasted salt all day. Ditched that as a plan as well. Now I use the mix I made when I salt the meats. My diet is nothing spectacular and it does not have any real rhyme nor reason. I may eat the same thing a couple days in a row, or I may swap it up. My wife is not on the plan so when she cooks dinner, I'm just eating the meat portion. On occasion we cook twice so I can have food for nightshift. I didn't read the rules or the suggestions prior to starting, just sort of winged it. Scott

I worked the 12-hour night shift, did my 40 minute commute and then lifted for maybe 40 minutes or so. Nothing killer, light weights and a lot of reps per set. I skipped walking this morning. Losing weight and not having to take the prescription has been way more than i expected and even more than I would have asked. I'm hoping I can get back to being able to do push-ups and burpees and sprints. The NMO leaves me a bit dizzy with these exercises. If I get down and do push-ups I'm way dizzy when I get up, sometimes I just plop down for a few seconds. Time will tell. Scott

4 sausage patties and 5 hardboiled eggs. Scott

I'm rolling without the 'niceties' or trying to make it better. I'm good with straight meat and eggs. I have actually enjoyed this way of eating as it sort of fits me I think. I ate two small cups the first week or so and have not eaten anything other than meats and eggs since. I walked the grocery store with my wife and had zero cravings regardless of the aisle. Similar to getting sober and hanging out at the bar. For some it is doable, for some not so much. Best of luck and hold on the best you can. Scott

No doubts. I ground up about ten pounds of chuck Tuesday and then ground up beef fat with it. It stretched the four pounds way out in burger patties. I feel like I am saving money eating this way. My snack and fast-food tab was steep so just cutting that out has made the carnivore meats 'cheaper'. I also would think the entire household on the same diet would reduce costs as well. I also have noticed the lack of TP usage as of late as well. Going to Sam's tomorrow and our local butcher tomorrow morning. I'm gonna stock up on some of the 'lesser' meats for grinding. Then kick off the weekend with a big ol' honking rib eye. Sort of recognizing the small wins. LOL Scott

I dove right into the diet without reading the directions. I read about electrolytes and drank a few of the electrolyte type drinks. Within a few minutes I felt bloated and could taste salt in my mouth for several hours. the bloating did make me feel bogged down. I ditched the LMNT drink. I made my own based on the ingredients on the LMNT package. Again, the same. I now use the ingredients I made for a drinking solution as my "table salt". It is basically sea salt and potassium. Since then, I have felt great. I am not experienced enough to say what is what but between the carnivore diet and losing 30lbs I came off a prescription for inflammation. Scott

Off the top of my head, I said YES! The first three or four weeks or so as I stocked up and looking for deals the grocery bill definitely went up. With the ever-increasing price of meat these days one would be hard press to say it is 'cheaper'. Again, this is my personal experience, so it may just apply to me. A Mountain Dew in our area is $2.50 thereabouts and a Little Debbie cake is around $1. I was at three or four Dews per day, two Little Debbie snack cakes and whatever fast food joint I hit for breakfast, maybe another $7-8. Four Dews at $10, two cakes at $2 and a breakfast combo for $7-$8. That is nearly $20 a day I am not spending. If I get really critical I can minus the drink mixers which work out to a dollar a day. I didn't eat breakfast like that every day, but it was close. For ballpark math I will say 15 days out of the month. $10 a day on drinks and snacks is nearly $300month another $120 in fast food. I mentioned before I was 306 on a dumpster diet. That works out to ballpark math of around $400 a month to spend on meats. Four hundred added to the not having to buy vegetables and sauces and deserts and soft drinks........ It might be cheaper. Again, I am new and only five weeks or so in, so all this is new to me. Maybe the carnivore diet is clearing some of the brain fog or maybe I am just cheap as crap and can see where the dollars go. Not sure. Scott

Welcome, just joined the board and just recently started carnivore. I have back and neck issues as well. Not selling it as a 'snake oil' but in about 30 days I am off the prednisone that has kept me going the last several years. Was it the diet itself or the loss of 30lbs that helped my back/neck? I am sure it was a combination of both, but regardless of which, I'm there. I didn't read the directions. I just dove right in and then read the plans after about 30 days. I didn't make a lot of mistakes early but a little research would have saved me some time and maybe even a little money. There are some setbacks like diarrhea, the carno/keto-flu, some energy issues but knowing about them first might help someone push thru. Personally, I only had the bathroom issues. I drank a bottle of chocolate milk on an empty stomach and then ate a mongo rib eye. That case was going to happen with or without the carnivore approach. Good luck. 5 weeks and really happy with the decision to eat this way.

Never heard the term. But at the same time never looked into the carnivore diet til recently. I can't see the benefits but I have not delved into any of the science either. I remember as a kid I was faster without shoes, so I know there is at least one benefit to grounding. LOL Maybe not the actual intent but that was the first thing I thought of when I started reading. I have been on a medicine for the last two to three years, and it is a taken as needed prescription for inflammation and some pain and discomfort in my upper back. The last two nightshift rotations I have not needed the pills at all. I have been on the carnivore diet app. 5 weeks and if you had told me changing my diet to "carnivore" would drop 30 pounds and stop the need for the pills I would pretty much have said you are 'bat shit crazy'. But here I am. Scott

This is the first time we made in hamburger in a while. Meats are fairly high across the board. I had been looking for the last few weeks for whatever deals i could find. This morning I found some different cuts of chuck for $4 a pound. I buy a 10LB bag of beef fat once or twice a week for the dogs so I swiped some out of their bag. I was shooting for about 70/30 but it turned out a bit dry, but tasted pretty good. I'm around $4.50/lb but that is about the average cost of the 73/27 that was in the store. I didn't save a ton but a little here and a little there will save up. I'm going to do some pork this weekend. I have not made any in years and that was some cuts from the local butcher. There are not a lot of ten-year kids being handed a lid form a large can and told to scrape hair on a cold Saturday morning. I'm 54 but that seems like a hundred years ago. Scott

I haven't in a long time. We talked about making some this weekend. Scott

Grinding some meat for burgers. My co-worker sweeps the floor for free. Scott

No doubts. The bloodwork is in no relation to starting the carnivore diet. I have Devic's/NMO (Neuromyelitis Optica-very akin to Multiple Sclerosis) so I do bloodwork regularly in between infusions. This past week has been my first stretch of 12-hour day shifts. My concern was not having the gas to make it thru the day, so I snacked on small pieces of chicken and a couple hard boiled eggs. The weight loss shifted a little from rapid loss to leveling off to even adding 1-2 pounds. Now I don't think the energy levels are an issue. This morning was my first real day in the gym in a really long time and between my age, my weight, the NMO and the dumpster diet for the last 30+ years I'm not the man I once was no doubts, maybe not even once. I was further down the strength chart than I pictured myself. So, I basically get to start from close to zero. No one really ever knows if a health kick can turn into a lifestyle, but I am 35 or so days in and seen nothing but the positives. (Yay me). I have not had the cravings nor the desires to eat any of the crap that I ate before. I have actually walked past the Little Debbie snack cake rack and not grabbed at least one for the first time in maybe 30 years. The carnivore diet just happens to be right up my alley as I like the staples of the diet, at times I like eating a lot of those staples, and I really do not see myself getting bored or having to 'force' some variety into those staples. That part of the change has been the easiest and I really do not see that changing. Babbling on, but being a doubter is natural, I sound like one of the influencers or revival tent preachers when it comes to this carnivore thing. I have to end the conversation is that it is working for me, and everyone is different. 35 days in and there is no way I should be giving advice to anyone but if I did, the carnivore change is amazing, and I see mostly people in their 30's-40's-50's and beyond doing really well. I would suggest people start in their early 20's before they use the dumpster diets to get to where I am at 54. I'm a never too late guy myself but I am also a "should have started earlier' guy at the same time. Scott

The steak looks awesome. For me today it was a bowl of chicken chunks with shrimp. Sort of basic but after a 12 hour shift I am happy with anything waiting for me when I get home. LOL Scott

Not that I know enough yet to comment on the effectiveness with carnivore, but I stocked up from Sam's when I got started. There were some pretty good deals on the Prime and Select meats. My son bought Prime Rib eyes the month before and they were incredible. I bought some and coked the same way were not what I expected. I guess it depended on who gave it the grade. The chicken is a pretty good deal as well. Scott

I didn't see this a couple of days ago when I joined. I'm not much with the computers. I'm Scott, 54, from North Carolina. At 6'2" and 306 I have been overweight most of my adult life (post military anyway). I work rotating 12 hours swing shifts that manage to be 13+ most every shift. Any change in lifestyle is hard based on work schedule alone. First time on any diet in 15+ years. I would describe mine as 'dumpster diet'. I started every day with a Mountain Dew and a Little Debbie cake, almost like it is the gospel. Mostly I ate healthy meals but the in between stuff has always been trash. I got the first thirty days done without reading the instructions other than 'consume only meat/animal products'. I'm shooting for 30 more days now. I have lots of questions. Scott

Thanks for the input. I'm at thirty days with pretty much only positive results. The diarrhea was due to the change in diet, chocolate milk on an empty stomach followed by a large steak. Probably would have been on the toilet regardless of whether I was carnivore eating or not. I will make some adjustments and wing it for a couple weeks. I have an appointment in two weeks so I will see bloodwork numbers. Funniest part, even with eating once a day when I am on night shift, I have only been actually hungry twice in the last thirty days. I have always been a big breakfast eater. I could the ass out of dead skunk at 5AM. I have yet to have the morning hunger pangs. Trying to remain even keeled but so far, I have only seen the upside. Scott

I will give it a try. Still new and trying to figure some things out. Thanks. Scott