Scott F.

I don't disagree. I use a mixer mostly every third or so bottle and maybe sometimes every other bottle when on shift. I have not had a soft drink since May (I am sure Pepsi Co. stock dropped when I stopped the Mountain Dew). Last night was the first time I "tasted" something with sugar...really sweet since May. I can see where going back in that direction is really possible. Luckily after last night I'm not craving another one. It did hit the spot but afterwards it was water thru the night. I probably thought my first indulgence or slip would be something "better" than a drink mixer. LOL Scott

Getting to OMAD just sort of happened for me as well. I just progressed to eating when I was hungry and like Geezy said, sometimes it stretched past OMAD into the next. I work rotating shift work, and my wife is not going carnivore. These life variables will play a part in your eating 'habits', even when you are learning not to eat from habit....as crazy as that sounds. When I am on dayshift, I eat a small lunch and then again when I get home, maybe 8 or so. If I am on nights I eat soon after the shift starts, usually around 8PM. On nights I eat the next two or three shifts at the same time which is the OMAD. When I am off it is OMAD but on occasion I may dog a big egg breakfast after the gym. I'm seldom, if ever actually hungry, so the majority of my mills are dictated by shift schedule, then lining up to eat with my wife when she eats. The third part would be on my days off mid-week when my wife is working, I could go 24-36 hours and not realize I hadn't stopped to eat. Again, craziness. I have done a couple 48 hour fasts (intentionally) and just recently completed a 72 hour fast. Both were both much easier than I ever expected. I did get hungry at the very end and I also hit an energy wall, but overall, pretty easy. Babbling but not being hungry makes it easier to have a varied schedule with the best being eating when hungry, but at the same time life factors. Scott

Welcome. I too enjoy and learn from other people's experiences. Best of luck. Scott

In the past it was a Federal and State law that required me to start every day with a Mountain Dew and Little Debbie snack cake. Either a law or a Cardinal sin to skip them. Not sure. I'm not the biggest water drinker. As I started, I used the drink mixers to get the water in. I found the Food Lion brand pink lemonade and lemonade shows zero carbs/zero sugars. (knowing there are some hidden sugars in the details). As of late I have been doing every other, maybe every third bottle with a mixer and the rest water. Tonight, at work I ran out of the Food Lion brand and had some Crytal Light mixers. I went with grape. I can taste/feel the sugar addictions with the first sip. Craziness. I'm not exactly hiking up my pants legs offering intimate favors for the next sugar fix but i can see that light way at the end of the tunnel. Not making light of other addictions. Just making a point. Scott

Welcome. I'm at five months. I'm an all-positives guy thus far with carnivore. Although I never had BP issues even tho I was 6'3" 306 (as much as 321) my BP was slightly lower after 90 days as well as drop in cholesterol/triglycerides. I'm pain and inflammation "pill free" due to carnivore. The first thing that pops up after carnivore is 'weight loss'. I think the needle needs to be pushed a little more toward the other benefits as well. Welcome and best of luck. Scott

Welcome. I'm about five months in and had nothing but positive results. Again, welcome. Scott

I have Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder/NMO/SD, Devic's, which is mostly the same as MS but attacks the optic nerve. I'm five months on carnivore. I took prednisone and gabapentin(neurotin) for pain and inflammation. After abut a month on carnivore I no longer felt the need for the medicine and stopped. I have been both pain free, and medicine free since May. I only take Vitamin D. I take 6000ieu's daily but I was Vitamin D deficient for a number of years prior. Since the carnivore diet the Vitamin D numbers have improved although they never did on the same amount prior. Not sure. Scott

Welcome. This is a good place to start. Lots of experience and lots of information. Best of luck. Scott

Welcome. Best of luck. I'm about five months in and have only had positives. This is a good place to stop by for information. Scott

I'm sort of using the posts a 'make-shift journal' for each phase or experience. The fast was weird in several ways. First, it was way easier than I ever expected. I was never hungry nor felt drained from the beginning to just about the very end. 71 hours went by like a breeze. The last hour was a tough. (sort of like anyone can run 26 miles in a marathon. It is the last .2 that is difficult) I have not been that drained getting to work in forever. Maybe if I did 6 or 7 or 8 12 hours shifts that ended up being 13-14. But I was dragging across the parking lot. I ate two burger patties with cheese and 2 boiled eggs. I had more eggs but I was full so I quit. Within a couple of hours of eating I felt much better. And from there the energy level was amazing. It was not like a caffeine induced, drug use with the heart racing 100mph. My heart rate was normal but I was border line hyper with energy. The night flew by as I was in constant motion all night. It is weird how far I swung in the last four hours of the fast to a not so good spot and then ~four hour later running around with crazy energy. Weird. Scott

I check in daily. I don't use my phone just the lap top. When I am on nights I check in multiple times thru the shift. (it passes the time) I'm not sure I have the computer skills to help but if I can, I will. Scott

Welcome/welcome back. I'm relatively new to the diet, maybe pushing 5 months. This is a great place to stop by and ask questions, get some good information and so forth. Hopefully you regain those improvements. I have Neuromyelitis Spectrum Disorder and I have been off medications since late May/early June. Best of luck, I'm of the mindset if you did it once, you can do it again. Scott

Amazing what four hours will do. I posted four hours ago that I had not been hungry, and the energy levels were still up around 67-68 hours. I really felt good and considered stretching out further. I made my normal forty-minute drive to work tonight and maybe half-way I felt hungry. First time on this fast and maybe the third time since May. Sort of a weird feeling. The kicker was that just after the hunger feeling I felt a bit tired. When i got out of the truck at the plant it was like I hit a wall. I felt like I was carrying a load of bricks across the parking lot. It has been forever since I felt that tired coming to work, especially after a light night and sleeping really well during the day. I read 72 hours is the max benefit and from that point it sort of maintaining max benefit past 72 hours. Sort of a diminishing returns thought process. Tagging the fast to the weight stall I only dropped a couple pounds but did have to cinch my work belt up one notch tonight. Now I can chalk this one up to personal experience. Scott

Tonight, while at work at 8PM I will have completed my first 72 hour fast. It is has been much easier than I thought it would be as it is 3PM and I'm still not hungry. It is like I could eat, but not actually hungry, if that make sense. For me, it is really weird because I prior to carnivore I could eat a huge ribeye steak, a large loaded baked potato, several glasses of sweet tea/soft drinks and even finish off my wife's steak at times. No problem with the amounts at all. On Friday night I ate two hamburger patties with cheese which was as much as I wanted. I ate four boiled eggs about an hour later at 8PM. I was more than stuffed. Since then I have yet to be hungry which seems crazy to me. Energy levels are still good. Based on how I feel I feel like I could go much longer which is the same way I felt on my first 48 hour fast. I'm going to cut it at 72 so I can get a better feel for what it is like to come out of the fast. I have read there can be some issues coming out. Going slow I guess. This carnivore stuff is weird. LOL Scott

Welcome back up on the wagon. I wonder if that day will come for me. I was such a boring eater prior to carnivore so that is more than likely my advantage. Good luck as you push through. Scott

Congrats on the early successes. I was a really big eater before. It would nothing to eat my steak, a loaded baked potato several glasses of sweet tea and then finish maybe half of my wife's steak as well. Shortly thereafter I could a huge bowl of ice cream before bed. I could eat chicken wings faster than they could be delivered. Since being 4+ months into the carnivore approach it all I can do to eat a 12-14oz ribeye. If I do burgers I can hardly get down two large patties. It is funny that now I'm pretty much never what one would call 'hungry'. Again, welcome and best of luck. Scott

Even n the 50's it was called the 'meat only diet' and some even called it the Stone Age diet'. "Carnivore" is just the newest name and this one markets incredibly well. I think Dr. Shawn Baker gets a lot of the credit for the name. He wrote a book and the name took off from there. But I am sure the diet has been used for years but with different names. Dr. Shawn Baker, Dr. Eric Berry and Dr. Chaffee offer some really good information on their You tube videos. The diet showed great successes with the Multiple Sclerosis community many years ago. It was called the "red meat and water diet" which would be a tough sell marketing wise. Good luck as you move forward. Scott

We are the 'house divided' as well. My wife is not onboard with the idea of going carnivore. She is seeing the effects/results I am having but simply won't give up vegetables. What works for us is cooking slightly more meats than we would normally cook for dinner. She has her sides, I do the carnivore thing and then there is meat left for me to take to work the following day. For the most part I eat once per day. Juggling the two of us on two or three meals a day would add to the degree of difficulty. Thus far it has worked out well. Scott

I might try the goat's milk. I never tried it myself but used a bunch of it with young puppies. They like it. LOL Scott

True. In the past four months I have a number of stalls. None lasted more than a few days (understanding I was 306 with a lot of fat and the fat was falling fast/stalls not for any real length). At 244 I still have a lot of fat but this stall has lasted nearly 2 weeks. The only thing that changed was that I started drinking milk here and there and then it became semi-regular. It was never more than a glass, mostly in the morning, but occasionally at night. After about a week or so drinking milk, with no other real changes I stalled. I guess I was use to the "stall" being relatively short-lived so when it got to a week or so and then longer, I put it on the milk. When I am on dayshift my one meal a day is at night a lot of times. I found this interesting.

No doubts. Time will tell. Scott

I have stalled around 62lbs for about a week/two weeks or so. I still feel good, lots of energy and the workouts are better and better. No real complaints. For some background, if you pick the finest restaurant you can find, come up with the best steak ever, the best smoked ribs, you name it....and I would trade it for a cold glass of milk and a peanut butter/jelly sandwich. I'm simple, and milk with a PBJ is tops. (sad, but true, LOL) I recently reintroduced milk three to four times per week. One glass, usually early in the morning and on occasion at night before bed. Everything else seems fine but the weight loss stalled. I hit 60lbs at the end of August/early September and have been there since with all else the same. As my luck would have it, the first thing I reintroduce is something I will eliminate again. Go figure. I will go a stretch without it and see if things pick back up. Like most things, time will tell. Scott

Dr. Berry, Dr. Shawn Baker and Dr. Chaffe on youtube have a tone of information about most every thing carnivore related. Sort of contradictory to my first post but these youtube videos are super informative. Lotsof information available. Scott

Welcome and hope the diet works for you. The diet is much more about the elimination of foods than what you actually eat. What you eat is pretty simple, meats salt and water. For some the diet becomes akin to religion and like religion, some see things differently. When I started I had just bought a 12 pack of Mountain Dews and a tub of ice cream. Tossing those out or wasting them at them time was not going to happen. My first week I had the eating part right but I finished off the soft drinks and ice cream so I didn't truly start eliminating til five or six days later. I went for a stretch using the drink mixes as I was not a big water drinker. The carnivore diet has worked for me thus far, just over four months. I have found that I do better and feel better on red meats, salt and water. I do eat other meats, chicken, fish and pork, but mostly red meats. As for your inflammation, I too have/had similar issues with an autoimmune disease. I was on gabapentin (neurotin) and prednisone since 2018. In less than a month of elimination the pain and stiffness disappeared. As you get started read about fat content and electrolytes. The first thing we think of is just eating meats but fat and electrolytes are the two drivers of the carnivore diet. I should have lead off with 'just four months' because I am in the infancy of the diet. At some point it will become a lifestyle at least that is my working goal right now. This is a great place to ask questions. it is 'real' people giving their personal experiences which for me, is much better than a medical study or a youtube video that says "make sure you click, and subscribe and use my code when you purchase from my sponsor....I feel like those have an agenda. Here, I don't feel the 'agenda' when people post. That is just me tho. Best of luck going forward. Scott

Thanks. I'm not sure if the 'feeling better on red meats' is associated with the autoimmune disease as the "red meat and water diet" was used int eh fifties for Multiple Sclerosis. Not sure, but I think I want to give it a try. So many things smelled good and as I checked them out I passed on the ones with the sauces already applied. My sauces I used in the past had a staple of sugar/brown sugar. I passed. It sure smelled good though. Scott