Scott F.

I'm sort of in the same boat. I eat a lot of fat. In fact, fat is my favorite thing to eat. I purposely pick the fattiest cut of meats even when it may push the recommended ratio off kilter. Pork belly and fatty cuts of pork have been my go to's as of late. The other day I bought a couple packs of chuck steaks and there were 'more white than red'. I just like the fat a lot. I am not sure if it is an actual craving or not. Maybe, maybe not. I have lost about 90lbs so far and have eaten higher fat content from the start. There have been times it dropped but those were usually when I was eating what my wife was eating and it may not have been all that fatty. I'm not sure about how much is too much, or if there is a too much. Scott

I consider in its own food group and it lands up high on the pedestal of things to eat. Maybe even at the top. Scott

Me neither. @Geezy, I basically re-worded his very post when I posted the same. Good luck. I will say that finding your individual path is the object of the game and odds are yours may be different than mine. What I felt worked for me was eating a higher fat content (probably higher than most). I have always liked butter and 'abused' it when I thought the amount I was eating was frowned upon. Even before carnivore grits and mashed potatoes had to be yellow for me to enjoy them. I use butter and bacon grease like most would gravy. Good luck as you adjust and find your path. Scott

She was rude. And obviously more passionate about berating than the subject matter at hand. "I don't agree. Please explain" would have went tons further. The doctor/nutritionist to his left made valid points on what she believes to be true but she was respectful and professional with her opinions. Then the male doctor toward the end had to hyper play his opinion for television. I'm currently carnivore and have eliminated a lot of things that I didn't know was killing me. Literally. Now I know how I feel so I doubt I reintroduce anything that I have eliminated. Mostly because maybe carnivore can't correct it next time. Just somewhat afraid of rocking the boat. But with that said, if someone chooses to reintroduce sugars and carbs, more power to them. he won't be the first person to use the flavor of the month as a means to boost income. If I had issue with him I think it would be leading off with, "I'm a doctor", as that gives him credibility with the masses regardless of his content. That part I do struggle with. Scott

Although I do not follow the advice myself, it is always best to not weigh yourself daily. Maybe once per week or so. With that said, I weigh almost daily. And I have had stalls and drops just about the entire 10 months I have been eating this way. Sometimes when I stalled or even added a pound or two, I had to cinch my belt loop. You can have changes in body composition and that change not be reflected when stepping on the scale. During my first month or so I also naturally eased into eating once per day. I used the rule of thumb 'eat til I was full and then eat again when I was hungry'. That approach moved me from 2-3 times per day to once per day. And as far as the fat to meat ratio goes with carnivore, I eat more fat than the basic ratio recommends/suggests. The stalls can come from any number of reasons. For me, if I drink milk I can just about guarantee a stall. I don't eat much cheese, but it feels the same. A stall can also come from meal timing. If I waited til I was hungry the once per day could get slightly past once per day and then a meal would approach later in the evening, or even first thing in the morning. Not the best two times to eat during the day. Life also plays a part. I am a 12-hour rotating shift worker. I can't really have a routine working both days and nights throughout the month. Meal timing also includes eating when someone else eats (like family dinners), especially if you are not hungry. It is a process, and the process time varies from person to person. I lost 30-31lbs in the first 31 days or so. Then the stalls happened, and I was just like you, trying to figure out what I was doing wrong to create/trigger the stall. I have now bounced around 85-92lbs lost for well over a month. At times I don't look at the 85-90 lost but wonder when the next three or four is going to drop. That's the wrong approach but totally natural. If I were to give advice it would to 'be patient' Eat the carnivore way, eat til you are full and eat again when you are hungry. The healing process is a different for every person. Be patient and trust your process. Congrats on the first month or so. Good luck. Scott

Totally butchered his name in the above post. Incredibly rude people. Scott

My first several months were just like that. Luckily, I didn't really have cravings. My wife is not against the plan and does not eat a ton of junk and crap, but she is a big fan of vegetables. She has tried carnivore a couple different times but it is not her cup of tea. She read an article about the cleansing and gut healing and she has been really strict carnivore the last two weeks. She lost 8lbs the first week and three the second. So right now, our house is almost free of non-carnivore food items. There are few stragglers of this and that in the cabinet but nothing to amount to anything. I think if I have had cravings in the beginning with my wife having other foods readily available in the house my first weeks/my first attempt would have been much more difficult. Scott

Yep. I'm about halfway thru Dr. Baker's book. I watched a video last night where Dr. Pauldinin (spelling?) was being grilled by the panel on "The Doctors". It was brutal, but mostly very rude. The appellate judge was sitting on the panel berating him on why he was an expert or not and she was in need of Carnivore, Atkins, Keto, something. I'm lucky my neurologist is totally onboard, and my primary doctor is close. He likes the results, but he gives me the cholesterol talk the last couple times I had appointments. I agree. At some point the medical field has to say, "Hey, wait a minute. Let me check that out", especially as more and more people report the positives. Maybe even more so when those positives are medical issues just not weight loss. Sort of bored at work waiting for our supply plant to catch up. Filling the time with carnivore research/reading. Scott

At some point Dr. Hampton is going to lose his membership card. I am sure many doctors are casting votes in private. Scott

How is your Vitamin D? Calcium? I'm reading about the kidneys on carnivore right now because my creatinine levels sort of jumped. Nothing all that alarming but it was a pretty good shift. I'm asking because Vitamin D helps with phosphorous and calcium absorption in the body to help maintain a metabolic balance between the two. I have read 2:1. Hopefully you figure it out. Congrats on the 112 days. Scott

I'm weird as I am not a fan of a treadmill. I either walk outside or skip it altogether. Music, reading, watching the TV, nothing keeps me going walking the mill on the inside. The same with push-up and squats and other perfectly beneficial indoor exercises. I am not a fan of doing those int he house. I would much rather do them roadside as a I walk. Funny how personal preferences can get weird. Scott

I hit the gym this morning and had plans for an end of the week-all out workout. Unfortunately, I missed the mark on salt, electrolytes and hydration yesterday, maybe one, or maybe a combination. I got thru squats with a solid lift and when I did the first hamstring exercise I cramped like I hadn't drank anything in months. I went to a slightly bent knee position and slide stepped to the water fountain. The cramps were as painful as any I have had. Ten minutes in and I'm shot. it took about ten minutes for it to pass. Then I was finished with legs but did more arms and chest than I had planned. Ended up with a pretty good workout but my legs got a pass today. I did my morning walk (just over 3 miles) and got it 85 pushups along the way. I picked two hills that were steep and somewhat long (felt long anyway) to ease back into running. During the walk I ran up the hills three or four times and out of the 3 miles maybe 1/2 mile or so was running. First time I have ran in many years. Followed that up with 5 eggs scrambled in butter. Back on nights so it will be rest days for the next couple three days. Scott

Definitely no experience here. From the outside looking in I would say keep eating the proper diet and let the priority be nursing. Sometimes stepping on the scales is for aesthetics and a shift up can be disheartening. I would say eat the proper diet, skip the scales and nurse. I feel like it will work out in time. Best of luck, and congratulations. Scott

I was loke, "nope not true", and then I finished the reading the passage. Unfortunately, there is a lot of truth to that. The almighty dollar. Scott

I'm all in on this one as well. I have started to lift with more intent as of late. I'm hitting muscle groups specifically and then finishing the workout with more of a full body approach. I leave the gym, come home and walk a hair over 3 miles. I had read a lot about rucking. I use a 40lb weight vest on the walks. A little different than the ruck sack approach but it is quite the work out. I try to get in between 50-75 push-ups along the way. 10-15 at a time. This will be my approach to getting out there and moving in March. This should be a great thread. Scott

Sometimes the LDL numbers will inch up with carnivore. Your body is using that body fat for energy at times and there will be more in the blood. Mine made a couple weird jumps over a three-month period. About six or 7 months on carnivore I had a 35 point drop in LDL. I have blood tests coming up this month and again in May. I'm interested to see how they are tracking. Scott

I guess "March Madness" has already been taken. I'm on the "Muscles in March" kick right now. It is a slow go. Scott

Nice. We did pork belly this weekend. It is something about that gut meat. Funny some of the things we learned and have since re-learned. When we cook pigs (now the current term is 'whole hog' (which sounds so commercial to me) the belly meat has always been referred to as the 'heart-a-stroke' section of the pig. My favorite part is the fattiness and now since carnivore that is a 'thing'. I balance it out with my second favorite part, the tongue. And since I was a kid (still am at times) my favorite thing to do with a pig is built a sandwich stacked with jaw meat, the tongue and belly meat. I didn't use bread, it just got in the way. Straight meat/fat pile. And now it is good for me to eat like that. Whooda thunk it? Scott

The same. We don't eat out often but when we do the chickens end up with the bonus plan the following morning. Scott

We don't eat out that often but there is a Brazilian steakhouse close to where I work and we will check it out in the near future. The last time we ate out I sort of fibbed a bit and told the waiter I was allergic to seed oils and needed the grill scraped and use butter. The steak was really good. I ordered sides that my son and daughter-in-law liked so it didn't really go to waste. It is not like the advertised price of the steak drops if you ditch the sides, might as well let someone eat them. Scott

I never used a skillet like that one. Looks interesting. I ate 4 eggs scrambled with a leg quarter for breakfast. 4 scrambled eggs for lunch. 2 medium sized chuck steaks for supper. Pushing the protein content. Scott

I was thinking the same. Coming out of a crock pot I guess I never considered it a 'soup'. I use the crock pot quite a bit when on a long work stretch. It is just super convenient. Dump it all in and when I come back hours late the 'magic' has already happened. Scott

Milk and dairy are excellent weight gainers. It does an exceptional job at growing babies and can sort of help us adults grow too. I have a few more pounds to lose but my carnivore WHY? has shifted from totally being a weight loss tool ten months ago to being a health tool now. If the weight moves here and there I already know which lever to pull to make the needle move in the desired direction. Nice thread. I like the topics that land close to home. LOL Scott

I seen some of the same with glucose numbers shifting up 12-16 hours into the fast. The first thing I thought was the 'dawn phenomenon' but a couple of the fasts I started in the morning so 12-16 hours was later in the night. I don't know but I will throw out a thought and it can be chopped up from any number of ways. I think it is the changing of energy states. For me, I was more than likely fat adaptive and was using fat for energy with ketone levels moderate to moderately high. The body is looking for the first available. If I had eaten fat, it would have used that and metabolic numbers stay on that even keel, and if in need of more, it naturally goes from the fat I have eaten to the fats I have in reserve. (weight loss/body composition change) Most who advocate fasting recommend intermittent fasting. 16-20 hours of fasting puts us in a really good metabolic window (hint, so much success stories teeter around OMAD). At this point the body is starting to look for its next energy source and since I have not eaten fat to bridge to the use of fat and there are no carbs/sugars available, protein becomes the next source of fuel. I think that shift is a form of gluconeogenesis. It is the conversion of proteins to sugars. I think this is the spike or shift upward around the 16 hour mark, give or take. On my next fast I built a chart to track glucose and ketones along the way. I'm sort of interested in the first 24 hours, maybe every couple to four hours during that first 24 hour span. I'm also going to track/wondering about energy levels during that first 24 hours. I have not thought of it before but I wondering if I will feel a lull around 10-12-14 hours and then a boost around 16 when the glucose levels tend to jump, and the how long does that last? or how long does it take to fade? Or maybe I am just way out in left field and my ignorance is bliss? Scott

Looks really good. Scott