Scott F.

I will look for the videos and materials I have read on the very subject. The one from Dr. Chaffee is on youtube. I started at 306lbs and as of today I have lost 48lbs in about 72 days. I think the miracle numbers that are posted come from people way overweight/way overweight. My biggest personal gain is I have an auto-immune disease and I have been off my medicine for pain and inflammation since mid-May. That alone is worth the price of admission. LOL Even though the weight loss has been a lot I have stalled for a week or so on a number. For me, there is the carnivore diet and then there is the carnivore diet for 12-hour shift workers. I'm stalling when I eat the pork and chicken and fish. The weight can be coming off steadily and then if I cycle to chicken and pork the weight sort of stalls. I'm back in the gym and lifting 4-5 times this week and 2-3 next week depending on work schedule. On each of those days I walk between 3-4 miles after the gym. This is just me, but I am pretty much eating once per day. On the week that I get to go to the gym 3-4-5 times I eat a lot more. I'm not hungry but I am trying to build some muscle back. At some point I simply won't be able to eat enough whole foods and I may have to supplement (but I am nowhere near that as of yet). I will eat a red meat on my one meal per day. This morning after eating and walking I ate six sausage links, two eggs mixed with a handful of cheese. Tonight, at work I ate a pound or so of hamburger (maybe 60/40 that I ground) with another handful of cheese. Thus far, for me, staggering the amounts I eat coupled with the days I work out seems to be working. Dr. Chaffee and Dr. Baker are weightlifters, so I read/watch a lot of their stuff. Good luck. Scott

I'm about 8o days in and the only adjustment I really made was salt/electrolytes. Now I'm using the electrolyte mix I made (salt) to salt my food to taste. Like geezy said, we are all different. As for my weight loss, with basically the same routine, I'm losing way more weight with fatty red meat than with other proteins such as chicken/pork/fish. There is a guy I work with who is also trying the diet dropped weight really fast to start but has levelled off. I'm eating pretty much one time per day when I am working 12 hour shifts and when I am off i will do eggs in the morning and then wait til I am hungry. Sometimes that is the next morning. babbling, but I would not expect two different people to have the same results from Carnivore, or any other diet for that matter. Scott

High Cholesterol on the Carnivore Diet: Should You Worry? (allthingscarnivore.com)

Google 'ratio between good cholesterol and bad cholesterol'. Lots of new studies coming out that debunk what was taught to doctors and what has been told to us for decades. There are several youtube videos from doctors who are sort of 'going back on what they thought and how they now practice medicine. I'm a naysayer and doubter by nature but as medicine moves forward 'higher cholesterol today' is not what it was even five years ago. Not offering up any advice on your actual cholesterol numbers but there is some new and really interesting studies that are only 1-2 years old. Scott

Welcome. I will check out your youtube in a few. Maybe I will be #7 or #8. LOL I have NMOSD, overweight by a ton and had chosen a trash eating lifestyle for what seems like always. Congrats on making better decisions than me. LOL For me, so far, I have bene off pain and anti-inflammatory medicine sine late May/early June. I'm a doubter by nature and a 'seeing is believing' type so I was not buying into the Carnivore miracle cures. I'm starting to drink the kool-aid. Welcome. Scott

Welcome. I have been on the diet since May 8th and on the forum a few weeks later. I'm still sort of new. I'm no expert by any means as I tend to stay away from 'experts'. LOL I prefer personal stories and experiences. Experts tell you what is going to happen, and people tell you what actually happened. I prefer the latter. best of luck and welcome. Scott

In the past few weeks for me it has the hamburger I grind myself. This past weekend I hit a couple three stores and took advantage of some sales. I bought some chuck roast, a couple sirloins, two small rib eyes and two flat irons. I bought a ten-pound bag of assorted beef fat. (Ends from rib eyes, some brisket trimmings, etc.) I ground it close to 60/40 and then one three-pound pack of 50/50. Tonight, it was the 50/50 burgers, and they were amazing. So as of late my go to has been the high fat burgers. Scott

I did the same a few weeks ago. The onions and peppers were buried under the meats. It took me a few bites to figure it out. I scraped it off and passed my sides off to another. I thought it would be a bit tougher to eat out, but it worked out like a charm. Maybe the only issue is that I am sure they used some sort of vegetable oil on the grill, but I don't think that gets me kicked out of the club. Not yet anyway. Scott

Nice pic. It's a small world. Scott

Thanks. It is funny since it is the Carnivore DIET the weight loss is talked about most. I have been off medicine for NMOSD since mid-May and that is the first time since the diagnosis in Dec. 2018. As far as the NMOSD I have been pain free since May. The 45lbs is super nice but the 'no medicine' and 'no pain' outweighs that by a ton. I have bloodwork in a week or so to see where my immunoglobulin numbers are between infusions. So this DIET might help me lose more than weight. LOL Scott

I hit the 45-pound loss this week (since May 8th). There have been a number of things that have amazed me thus far and maybe hunger, or the lack of hunger, is one of the bigger surprises. I can say I have actually been hungry only two times since starting. Not that it has been forever, but looking back I can where I just ate to be eating. I also thin with the high carbs and the trash I was eating actually caused hunger. And from there I guess cravings can arise. For me, no cravings and no hunger. This also includes a couple 48-hour fasts and eating one meal a day for the most part. Scott

This is me. I do this, then that, on the grill and afterwards remember I was going to take pics to post. Most of what I cook on the grill is with wood and on occasion charcoal. Every so often I use my son's Traegar pellet type smoker. Super nice grill. I put a rack full of wings on Friday night. They were coming along great and with maybe 20 minutes to go I seen a boat load of smoke. It had a grease fire in the bottom. I didn't check it prior to starting and my son had not cleaned it in quite some time. When I tried to open the lid the flames rolled out. I had to wait for it to die out. The tips of the wings went way passed done on to the land of the charred. Sort of glad I didn't take a picture of that hot mess (no pun intended). S

A few weeks in I made some hamburger. By the time I finished they were at best 60/40, maybe even 50/50. They were awesome. I'm planning to make another batch this weekend along with another batch of the beef tallow. I'm going to lean toward the red meats a fat for a stretch maybe as my own little experiment. Tonight, it was honking salmon filet with a handful of shrimp in butter. Scott

The carnivore diet is a big experiment for me and now there are a lot of little experiments along the way. When I first started we did some heavy shopping to stock up. I bought a bunch of red meats and some fatty cuts to start. The weight peeled off like nothing I ever imagined. Then as time went along, I bought two huge packs of pork chops and leg quarters. I cooked them all and ate them over a three-four-day period as it was easy and convenient while doing shift work. On the chicken and pork with not a lot of fat with the pork chops my weight sort of planed off. This past weekend my son cooked a huge rib roast. I ate a 1+ inch slab on Sunday night and bathed it in butter. On Monday morning I got a really good workout in the gym for about 45 minutes and then walked just shy of 4 miles. When I got home, I ate another slab, maybe 3/4", lots of fat as well. I added a couple scrambled eggs cooked in butter. I was out and about during the day and the most strenuous thing I did was get the freon right in my wife's Tahoe. For supper, I had another 1+ inch prime rib roast 'slab'. This one had a nice tail piece of fat. I woke up Monday morning, stepped on the scale and had dropped over 5lbs from Sunday morning to Tuesday morning. The kicker is I felt like I ate like a horse. Crazy how that works. I have read that once fat adaptive the body uses the fat in our food for energy and then easily transitions to using body fat for energy. I wonder if I was bouncing around the 'fat adapted' line when I upped the fat content over the previous week or so. Not sure. Scott

I'm sure you want be kicked out of the club. LOL I'm brand new and thus far my approach has been 'you do you and I will do me'. I think whatever plan works for you is the best plan. I'm straight meats thus far (maybe 65 days or so) and have not really had any urges. I feel lucky with that. Scott

I had this last night. Old guy told me that a half-ass veterinarian could have saved this cow. Scott

Sometimes the 'wobbly' is a sign to eat. For me, it was I found my electrolytes were not up to par. I didn't really read the instructions but pretty much dove right into carnivore. I tried some of the pre-made electrolyte drinks, but they tasted horrible to me. I made a homemade electrolyte solution that also tasted 'not so good'. Now, I use the electrolyte solution and slat my food to taste. Since then, I have been actually hungry only twice in just over 60 days. I basically eat 1 meal a day, occasionally two, but I have also done a couple 48-hour fasts. My 'wobblies' were more to do with electrolytes than eating. Scott

Welcome. I'm about 60 days in myself so pretty much really new to the community. As you add the meats and fats start ditching the carbs and sugars. I sort of went in head first without much of a plan. There can be a systematic approach and I am sure that can be just as successful. Good luck. This is a great place to stop by. Scott

Been sort of boring the last few days. I cooked leg quarters and pork chops on the grill the other night. From then it has mostly been leftovers. My son is doing a prime rib roast today so when I get off work there should be a 'honkin' slab' waiting for me. Scott

Yep. I gave my spiel at work the other day as the weight loss is really noticeable. I started the conversation, "On May 8th.....and finished with 42lbs at about 60 days". Hs first response was. "So, you are saying I should do the carnivore diet and it will work for me?" I was like NO! NO! NO! You read and learn to see if it fits you and then you give it a try. I would never say 'my results will be your results'. I think some watch the youtube video and then drink the Kool-Aid. And sometimes that miracle is just not there. Scott

I guess I find it hard to "just drink the Kool-Aid" regardless of the topic and totally regardless of my personal views. I am learning to be pro-carnivore from personal experience. Do I still doubt some of the claims I read and especially the videos I watch? Absolutely. As posted in another thread I have bloodwork coming that will tell me a lot of things about my personal path down the carnivore trail. I have a twofold expectation plan. One, if the numbers are much better than the last 6 years than I might have to sip the Kool-Aid. If they are not, or only minimally better, then I have only been on the diet for 90 days (at that point). I can't expect 90 days of one thing to completely cleanse the last 35 years of a dumpster diet and a trash lifestyle. I get more bloodwork 90 days later. As most things we do, time will tell. Scott

There is a lot of research (as new as 2023/204) where the "Bad" cholesterol number is not as "bad" as once thought. The newest information suggests it is the ratio between the "good and the bad" that carry the health risks. An example would be a good number of "100" and a bad number of "400" would be 4:1 and that is a concern. But if the bad number is "300" and the good number is "100" there is less of a concern and the 200:100 ration (2:1) even better. I'm interested in this as well. I started a little over 60 days ago and have some bloodwork scheduled for later in the month (shooting for 90 days in) and then normal blood work in another 90 days when my infusion is due. My interests are peaked because.......back in 2018 I was put on a statin for cholesterol. After a week I started developing odd symptoms/medical issues. The odds/ coincidence was the four biggest complaints I was having were four of the top five 'known side effects" of that particular statin. I stopped the statin but a few days later they had not passed nor worked themselves out or, so I thought. They actually worsened and then on Labor Day morning I woke up as blind as a bat. Everything was dark gray. Freaked me out. It took some four months of blood work, MRI's, spinal taps. visual evoke testing, and then all of that all over again to determine I had an auto-immune disease called NMOSD (neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder or Devic's). I'm not a medical professional by any means, nor any stretch, but I was fine one week, took some new medicine and was almost knocked in the head. As the Neuroscience Center at Duke University figured me out and got me on medicines/infusions all has been better. Each time the cholesterol conversation comes up I feel like the treatment for one thing was the trigger for another and the 'another' was life threatening. I am eager to see if my immuno-panel changes with the 90 days of carnivore, but I am also interested to see where the cholesterol numbers land. Thus far I have lost 42lbs. with carnivore, a moderate workout plan, walking as much as 12-hour shift work allows and occasional fasting. I can't see one thing being the factor but a combination of things, maybe even a sequence of events. Started carnivore-started walking and working out-lost 42lbs-energy level up and overall, feel better/more energetic than before. May even be considered better life choices, but again, I am not a medical professional. LOL Scott

I always wonder how controlled these types of studies are conducted. Without 'true control' there are other factors that could sway the numbers to say just about anything. Did one of these guys exercise more than the other? Did one start off fifty pounds overweight? Maybe one was 30 and the other was 50? Too many variables. As said before, I am a doubter by nature. I would rather be on a board similar to this or engage with an individual vs. 'studies'. I always fear there is the hidden agenda. I am just getting into the carnivore community, and I am reading and seeing/experience things that are amazing. The kicker for me is that two doctors from the same school, who read the same books, can have totally different opinions, with both having studies that proof their views. And usually it ends with, "Sponsored by...." which is the hidden agendas that fuel my doubt. Scott

I went over 60 days this week. So far, I'm only seeing the positives. Weight loss, off pain/anti-inflammation medicines for NMOSD (Devic's) and energy I have not seen in years. I do feel like when I wake up I'm immediately fully alert and ready to go. I don't have the drag myself out of bed and make my way to the bathroom feel, it is like eyes open and go. I do sleep better now. However, I don't feel the 'mental clarity' and 'laser focus' that I read others have experienced. Zero expertise on the subject but from what I read the "mental' type benefits take longer for a lot of people. Best of luck and hopefully you find your plan. Scott

@Bob I don't think you lose your membership card, at least not yet. I'm sure it will come up at the meeting of the secret council later this week. Scott