Scott F.

Well said. The only thing cookie-cutter in life is actual cookie-cutting. Keep searching to find what works for you and once it is working for you, that becomes "your" plan. Best of luck. Scott

My buddy had a tick bite that turned to Lyme disease. He couldn't eat any meats for a really long time. For him, it was not the taste nor the aversion to eating them but the fact he would swell, break out in hives and his joints ached to the point movement was difficult. Before being diagnosed he had eaten a burger, jumped on his motorcycle and his first attack hit him at 40mph. Luckily, he brought it to stop and fell over against the roll-up door at the Fire Department. If he had dumped it anywhere else, it would be a different story. Over time he eased back into fish and chicken, and he is still not eating red meat. Pork is a 'gamble', sometimes he breaks out and sometimes he does not. I agree with the posts above. If it were all of a sudden I would get checked out for a tick related illness. Hopefully you can figure some things out. Best of luck. Scott

80 gallon air compressor soon became the next offset.

Never tried it. It sounds good. Scott

I forgot to get pics of the yard set-up. My son's off-set is similar. It took several of us to move it into place. He just ordered a 'mongo' smoker that is $$$$$ and if it is heavy as it sounds we ae going to need a crane to set it. LOL Most structural steel isn't 3/8th's thick I'm too cheap. I am more of a 'cut up an old barrel' and make my own type of griller. Scott

Coming out of the fast so this morning it was some sausage, cheek meat and eggs. Scott

It has been a big hit since I built it. I think everyone uses it more than I do. However, after a get together they let me haul the trash off. Thanks. I will try to remember to grab some pics of the cook porch. Nice topic. Scott

My two Neurologists are genuinely excited about my progress with Carnivore. One specializes in MS and the wheels, although slow, are starting to turn in the research part of that community. If one guy shows up with improvements with changing his way of eating it is a one off. When a hundred show up it still does not warrant much attention. When a thousand show up it lifts the eyebrow of some in the medical community. When thousands and thousands start singing its praises that can be the trigger for moving forward. Again, very slow. My Neurologist actually checks up on me in between appointments because of Carnivore. I don't know if she has gotten to the point she recommends carnivore to her other patients as thus far, the Mayon clinic in Minneapolis, (maybe the premier MS facility anywhere) is still on-board with the traditional approach. My family doctor does not mind the diet but thinks the higher fat content is not good and he also is a fan of the newer non-statin type cholesterol type medicines. He gave me a month/two months worth of samples and I smiled, said thank you. They are on the shelf in the same spot I left them months ago. I'm still amazed how the person in front of me eating a trash diet, with all sort so health issues automatically become a Cardiologist, a Dietician, a Nutritional expert, as well as an Oncologist and Gasto-Intestinal specialist at the very point i say, "I just eat meat, salt and water". It is by far the fastest way to a medical degree. LOL Scott

This the pig cooker. I pretty much cook with wood. Burn and shovels coals is my preferred methods. The grill has a couple butts and shoulders with two chickens. On the same cook porch there is a deep fryer, a 36" Blackstone, another deep fryer, a small Traegar pellet grill and a much large Traegar pellet grill. Just off the porch in the yard at the cabin is a Char-griller, an off-set smoker and a 10-gallon stew pot where we render beef fat/make tallow. I can take some more pics tomorrow. Our grilling season lasts year around. The cabin is the "spot". Football Sundays, Girls Day on Saturdays followed by Fight Nights on Saturdays, a couple pig pickings a year and most family function is a cabin/cooking event. The grills are always the high light of the gathering.

Just a few boiled eggs as I am breaking my fast. Scott

Couple this with Bob's video on calculating fat to protein ratios and it becomes a great resource for those counting. Scott

Today I am scrolling thru the 'what did you eat today?' to see how I am going to break the fast either tomorrow night or Tuesday morning. Although I am not hungry thus far, the 'what did you eat?' meals look very appealing. I'm using the thread as 'my menu'. Thanks for all the entries. Scott

Maybe 60 or so hours deep. Blood sugar still higher than last time but it is in the morning but still less than 100 at 97. My blood ketone level is 3.6 and my GKI is down around 1.5 or so. I worked last night and went to the gym this morning for about 45 minutes. I got the entire workout in by skipping the rest periods in between. Probably could have gotten a little more intense if I rested in between but just powered thru. Energy level is still pretty high and I feel good/felt good all night. I spent most of the last two nights reading articles and watching videos on fasting both intermittent and extended. I'm doing a water fast but I read quite a bit on a dry fast. I think I am aways away from trying a dry fast. I probably need some more water fasts to get more tuned in to recognize signs just to be safe. Again, so far so good. Scott

Knocking on wood as I type but this one has started off as well, if not better than the other three. So far, so good. I read/watched a video with Dr. Bikman and he said the more one fasts the more the body learns/adapts quicker. This morning my glucose is 91 and my ketone level is 1.5 which gives a GKI of 3.6. Not that the strips are all that accurate, but I have more excess this time that I did the previous two times. I wish I the strips had come in last time but I think I am a tad bit deeper in ketosis this time than last, but no real data to support it. At about 36-38 hours in I am feeling good and still have 'normal' energy. I worked last night and did a pretty good workout this morning. So far, so good. Scott

Great read and a great topic. As long as you are learning you will better and better at it. Maybe don't purposely test yourself if you feel like you already know the outcome. Anytime a person spends years on sugars and carbs at some point there is some correlation to addiction. Everyone depth is different, all the ones that come off the addiction and get past it, all do so in differing ways and differing times. Since you identified the learning, I would also recommend you celebrate the wins, all the time eating strict. And go one step further, celebrate 'getting up off the ground, dusting yourself off and digging in again. I think that is the measure. Good luck as you move forward and staying on track. Again, great topic as most can relate. Scott

I'm hoping so. I have bloodwork coming up soon. My immunoglobulin numbers have inched back toward the norm since eating carnivore. I am hoping with the three to four maybe five prolonged fasts prior to testing will help boost/reset my immune system. This would be quite the turnaround in 12 months between the two. The positives I can actually see, and feel, is the energy level from about 72 hours deep and the three to four days after the 96 hour fast has been completed. I had crazy amounts of energy after my first 96 hour fast and I felt incredible for several days afterwards. So, yep, sometimes 'nothing' is the best option. Scott

Nothing. LOL Scott

True. Well said. Scott

Nice work everyone. I hit well over 10,000 steps on Mon-Tues-Wed, lifted each day and then lifted again this morning after night shift. I gained weight this month but not all that surprised as I was eating like mad and got off track with protein and fats. I'm slowly easing away from the weight being meaningful each day and it landing where it lands. All in all I guess it was a good month. Congrats to everyone who put in the work. Scott

I rotate dayshift to nightshift twice each month. I think going forward I am going to fast on my nights and not sure of the eating amounts on the non-fasting days. Mostly I'm going to ensure the fat to protein ratio is better than it has been the last month or two. I am not sure how long this one will last. On the last one from 72 hours to 96 hours it felt like someone hit the nitrous or the boost button. I sustained that energy til later the following week. If anyone told me that before I actually experienced it, I would think you had a couple screws loose. Just doesn't make sense from the outside looking in. After the first 12 hours my blood glucose was a bit higher than I expected at 97. I am sure there is some 'dawn effect' in there somewhere but I'm good at 97. My ketone level was 1.1 which is in the middle of the 'optimal range'. I feel like I will get a bit deeper as the fast continues. After 11 months of some inadvertent eating miscues as well as some experimentation, I think I am starting to dial in where I want to be long term between carnivore and fasting intervals. I could very well be changing lanes from it being a "diet" to it being a "lifestyle". Time will tell. Scott

I did three eggs over top of a small ribeye and small sirloin. Scott

I think the two words can be differentiated by time. I'm not quite 11 months in and a lot of the time I still consider it a carnivore diet. At some point I will call it a lifestyle. I think that measurement of time is different for everyone. At the same time, I don't like using the word diet. I think all diets work for a time and then they all fail within time. It is almost a bad word, but it sort of fits. Great topic. Scott

I have been watching Dr. Bikman videos as of late. One of the newest things I have learned is that it is more important on how you come out of the fast than it is to measure the length of the fast. Most lead off with I fasted XX amount of hours. But if you come out of the fast and eat like a horse (or two horses like I did) to sometimes overcompensate for not eating, it can not give the benefits one would think. During the fast the benefits are there but there can be some losses on the back end. I would think the 24 hour fast, or eating OMAD, consistently will keep one from overcompensating during your eating window as it becomes habit. Doing a 24 hour fast and then eating twice the next day may lean toward overcompensating. I would think if one did a 24 hour fast to get all the benefits the food intake to break the fast must be minimal on the day after. Simply not sure. I'm just shy of 11 months in and I can only speak to my experiences. I had my best over-all results from carnivore when it morphed into eating about once per day. I would occasionally snack on some bacon or a left over burger, but that snack could push me past 24 hours the next day. With that, 24-hour fasting on a somewhat regular basis would be just as beneficial, maybe even better because it probably more sustainable. Again, this is seeing thing thru my lens. Might not hit the mark. Scott

I don't try to dumb down everything, but I like his conversations because he can put it out without it being a such a super high level you need a handful of degrees to keep up. Big fan. Scott

I have been watching a number of his videos as of late. Really interesting and really informative. Scott