Scott F.

Looks good. My son did a brisket day before yesterday and it turned out super. Then he ruined it by making taco soup out of it. (all the taco/Mexican food eaters in our two households raved about how good it was) Not being about spices (even before carnivore) I was more like, "if there is ever a way to ruin a perfectly good brisket........." But so it goes. Scott

I also get my workout in in the morning. For the last month or so I have been hitting the gym between 6AM and 7AM whereas prior to that I was the weirdo in the gym at 4:30-5:00 in the morning. Scott

It has been a number of years since we had cows, so my opinion is pretty much on the outside looking in. The super-duper large operations are probably holding pat on their numbers maybe even some slight increases. The drops and the lows are the mid to low level type operations as it is just too expensive to carry a lot of cows thru the winter. Even as diesel drops here and there, and hay (around here) is more available than last year, it costs to carry cows thru the winter. The most effective ways to cut those costs is to lower the number of cows, and heifers at that. It sort of rolls into the next couple years as those heifers that would have produced some more cows are no longer available. It takes a couple three years to offset this year's decision. We never had many at a time. There were just enough to make some calves here and there. Toward the end if we butchered one and sold three or four it would offset most of the cost of buying hay in the winter. Then repeat. My Pops use to say 'as long as we break even' and there were a few years in a row when breaking even was not an option, nor an opportunity. Unlike the bigger operations we didn't have the resources nor the alternate income to ride the lows and wait for the highs. Now that I am carnivore I sort of miss the value and benefits of raising my own menu but we have had ice and snow for two plus weeks with another round coming tonight. I don't think I would look forward to hauling hay and busting ice/hauling water to keep them fed/watered. Scott

Good to hear. My February will be the same as January, somewhat strict carnivore, mostly red meat, salt and water. I'm trying to eat 10-12 eggs per day with as much beef as I can get down to get to 180-200 grams pf protein. I'm never hungry so this is a struggle. I am seeing results in the gym. As the young folks in the gym tells me, 'the plates don't lie'. I'm increasing weight on most every exercise but I have also limited some of that progress because an injury at 56 is way different than 26 or 36. I am limiting the progress to an extent. February will be like January as I am trying to get stronger, if there is some muscle growth then that is cool too, just looking for some muscle mass and some strength increases. At the end of February I am going to drop back to my regular carnivore approach and pretty much just eat when I am hungry. Prior to this that was OMAD to OMAD and a half. After forcing myself to eat to a protein target I wonder where my eating pattern will naturally land. Time will tell. I don't have blood work til March and again in May. Scott

Congrats. Solid stretch. Hoping the next 1000 are even better. Scott

I agree. The carnivore/no carb low carb approach will be tried by millions and sustained by hundreds so the percentages will always be really low. And for all the reasons you mentioned. It is sort of ironic that in the information the information is so readily available yet percentages wise, so very few take advantage. Scott

Can the three people on the planet that didn't see this coming, please raise your hand? Scott

Joe Rogan has a couple sections here and there on his podcast about his experiences with carnivore. Really good takes on the positives and then a few of the reasons he gets away from 'true carnivore approach'. Big fan of Jordan Peterson. I had watched a number of his videos and then one day after I was months in with carnivore I watched a video on him being a red meat eater also. And that led to his daughter and her videos. I will check out her video you mentioned. Using the Lion Diet or really strict carnivore to correct health issues and then doing some re-introduction would work for so many. In the other post about people quitting carnivore, we could add that starting off thinking "carnivore forever", is a daunting task. Maybe the 'forever' part stops people from trying it for a stretch. I started off just meat and water then salt. I morphed into a red meat only approach on several stints for a month or two. As of late my sugar intake is up with the sugars from the whey and the milk. I can't say non-carnivore foods triggered my auto-immune issues but I can say when I went carnivore the symptoms and issues went away. I have made no effort to figure out which ones with re-introduction. I think I am holding a pretty good hand right now so I am going to stand 'pat'. LOL Scott

Enjoy your successes when they come. Human nature has its own setbacks for whatever reasons. Celebrate the little wins, stack the little wins and bouncing back from setbacks "can" get easier. Nothing wrong with a little excitement over a win. Scott

Similar to Geezy's posts. I don't have heart issues or a history or personal heart issues but I do enjoy reading about his past obstacles and how he hurdled them thru this way of eating (I'm trying to teach myself to not call it a diet). Same with Bob with kidney information and Terry with MS (in which we do have similar paths). Maybe my biggest interests are rooted in just how much this way of eating can help across the board coupled with just how far down the rabbit hole most everyone has went with a 'traditional' approach to eating. (the food pyramid, carb loading, fad diets, highly processed foods, seed oils, etc. etc.) I guess it is the food related success stories. Scott

Yep. In so many cases we have a sheep mentality and will flock together regardless of reasoning. A big time celebrity or pro-athlete would make people jump onboard, which would be flock mentality but I feel like the overwhelming majority would actually benefit. Scott

I enjoy the reads/your posts. I have said before I would much rather read/listen to the results of the eating approach from a person that some long winded study or research experiment. It is good to see your numbers and health moving in the positive direction. I don't always reply but do enjoy the reads. Scott

Yep. I wish my mom would give the carnivore/low to zero carb approach to eating as she has issues with blood glucose. Funny, I think I am adopted because everyone in my family it seems has issues with blood glucose with the exception of me. I never had a reading above 100 until I started carnivore. Go figure? As of late my daily average is between 85-90, which is up a bit as I am eating a lot as of late and there is some minimal amounts of sugar in the whey protein I use, plus the milk carries quite a bit of sugar. I have gained 13-14 pounds since late November when I have been able to hit my daily protein targets. Some water weight, same fat I'm sure and hopefully a little muscle. I am going to continue this til the end of February and then adjust back to just regular carnivore of meat, salt and water (I will try to stay strictly red meat but that won't be 100% of the time). Babbling. Back to the topic. I am amazed at how people will jump on the next weight loss fad, or drug that comes down the pipe. But if you stand in front of them as living proof and say I only eat meat, slat and water you will be frowned upon. Maybe we could get a commercial on television advertising 'carnivore' and portray it like it is what 'all the cool kids are doing', these great family outings, hooking up with the hottie from down the hall, being the life of the party at the club, etc. etc. Then people would flock to it like the next popular prescription. Scott

The sleet has returned here in NC and they say it will last for a couple more hours. Tomorrow should be clear and much warmer. Going back to work tomorrow and waiting for the pipes to start bursting as the thawing starts. Wet and cold. Scott

I appreciate the meteorologists and all they do and all they provide. Sometimes I think they are either 'lucky or wrong'. (in this case, I am glad they missed.....so far anyway). Scott

This very true. The videos with the biggest title get the most clicks and I guess the person with the most clicks wins. I guess that is OK but the most clicks and actual facts/accuracy are often miles apart. A lot of people still go with the 'if it is on the internet it has to be true' approach. If only there were and Internet Police to ensure facts and accuracy....LOL Scott

I'm in NC and we have mountains to the west and the ocean to the east and absolutely unpredictable weather in the middle. LOL The most accurate weather predictions here are when you open your door in the morning and make the call. We can be 15F at night and fifty+ degrees in the afternoon. Major swings. It's 15 out now but showing 10-15f warmer just 20 minutes away and they got much more ice and we got much more sleet, but both got the same prediction. Hoping everyone can stay inside and be safe. I'm off today but working tomorrow. Be safe. Scott

"making progress' shows your version and approach is working for you. Congrats and continues successes. Scott

I'm glad they didn't say Mountain Dew as I would have kicked off long ago. LOL Scott

We were having this conversation in our break room the other night and I heard a comment that I am not sure of the accuracy but, ...... A restaurant chain bought a company called "Real Beef" and then could advertise our meat is "real beef' even if it had fillers and additives. They could use the play on words to mislead people. I don't know if it is really true but I can see how easy that would work. Scott

We are directly on the line. The northern side gets the snow and the southern side gets the ice. It is a wait and see for right now. It was about 15F when I went to the gym this morning and I think the radio said 22F just a few minutes ago. Sort of hanging out to see how Mother Nature decides delivers. Scott

Agree for the most part. Tons of people get in world class shape/condition eating all the things I am trying to avoid. This is the very top tier of athletes who eat tons of calories but put in tons of work. There is a guy in the gym I use that has been carnivore for six years or so and he has recently adopted the use of sweet potatoes on Thursdays for a big lift day on Friday. This is working for him. But I do agree no one will really out lift their diet and so many work out plans would be great when coupled with a better diet. I have never done an actual cold plunge. I have tried stepping into a cold shower, then showering with hot water and then back to cold water before I get out. I lost a lot of weight with this as a part of the daily menu. I attribute most of it to going carnivore and eliminating the sugars and highly processed but I also believe everything matters. Scott

Yep. "the most money wins' rings true in a lot of things. People will find a way to keep the big green monster rolling. The old food pyramid was built with money in mind and it worked beautifully, maybe even the greatest marketing ploy in the history. I'm hopeful in one sense but sort of doubtful in another. Scott

Other than protein powder as of late I feel like I am strict carnivore. It is meat (mostly red meat), salt and water. I was a non-believer the first month to six weeks as I read about people getting off medicine with their diet. I pretty much had to be hit over the head with it and still it took a few cycles of "this is when I typically need my medicine for pain and inflammation and now I don't need it'. It has worked for me. I still have an infusion every six months and my neurologist has been one of my biggest supporters. He says he is not completely ready to use meat as a prescription but he does wish a lot of his patients would talk to me and give it a try. (i think, big picture, that is progress). We went over a ton of bloodwork, both mine and others. If I had MS he would stop my infusions as he would consider it no longer and issue based on my labs and health. But, I have NMO, which can lay much more dormant but when/if it returns the relapse is much worse. I can't really imagine things being much worse than 2018. He suggests I remain on the infusion for a while longer but also suggests I continue my current path with my diet and resistance training. So I don't think eating a proper diet will remove all people from all medicines but I do believe it can help move in that direction. Most carnivores are 40-50+ (based on what little interactions I have with other carnivores) and that automatically translates to close to 50 years of eating horribly. If one believes the poor diet is the cause, a few week or few months might not erase 50 years. After nearly two years (20 months or so) I corrected the need for two medications and maybe in time I will not need the third. I take an infusion every six months and that is the only medicine I take since carnivore. On the right path just not at the very end of 'food vs. pharmaceuticals. Maybe I am somewhere between being a believer but not ready to drink the kool-aid. LOL Scott

Agreed. I guess the double edge sword could have more than two sides now. "I'm from the government and I am here to help" has made people weary of any government since the first vote was cast. People have so much more information at their fingertips now one would think the movement to 'eat real food' would have been in much more of a snowball coming down a mountain getting bigger and bigger. Clinical research is only factual and useful if it fits the predisposition. If a clinical paper came out and gave factual information about carnivore/keto/low carb/eat real food was actually harmful I would read it (or as much as I could stand to read as they are long, drawn out and take 888 pages to get to what I am interested in reading about) and try to see the reasoning. And then I would look back and see how much it has helped me and continue on my current path, mostly thinking there must be some differences between me and the test subjects. And for me, carnivore it will be. The flipside is the opposite is true as well. The old school cardiologist will always look at us with disdain and know in his heart we are digging our own grave with a fork. And then the third side of the double edged sword is that people will not simply slow down to do better. 20 minutes prepping tomorrow's meal is an eternity compared to three minutes in the drive-thru. And the fourth side is that 99% of food industry is based on sugar and process flours/grains. The next question for the consumer will be how will they figure out how to sneak the sugar back in to keep us addicted. Remember, "I'm here from the government, and I am here to help. Scott