Scott F.

Last night I had thinly cut chuck steaks, maybe 14-16oz cooked in an iron skillet. Quick and easy. Scott

All that is a check. We are getting a sampler platter in a week or so. From there we will see if we go that route. Thanks for the heads up/advice. Scott

Interested in what your search(es) reveal. We are pondering buying a 1/2 cow mid-February. We are going to get a 'sampler-platter of sorts' in a couple weeks. Figure out if it is what we want to do on a larger scale. It is an expensive one time purchase but over the long term it looks like we could save a few dollars. This is from a local that raises and processes their own meats not so much a big company. I am sure there are some difference in the dollars between the two so it will come down to taste, convenience, and cost. Interesting in your opinions on the larger type stores. Scott

I have become fasting's biggest fan. I prefer longer fasts and they fit my work schedule perfectly. It has basically worked out to a 72-96 hour fast on the first week of the month and a 48-72 hour fast the 3rd week of the month, both falling on my night shifts. My last fast was 7 days. Water and some salt, that's it. Although I do have some visceral fat/love handles left to lose the weight loss part of carnivore is now playing second fiddle to the medicinal/metabolic benefits I have experienced. That mindset has sort of merged into my fasting. The weight loss is great but it is not the focal point like in the very beginning. Carnivore has been amazing for me and the combination of carnivore and fasting has been nothing short of incredibly beneficial. Good luck to all during the challenge month. Scott

Yes. The food pyramid was flipped this week and the first retaliation was to cripple the carnivore information supply train. Scott

I do the same. I hit the grocery store on early Monday mornings. They usually have the weekend cuts marked down and I rack up on the 1/2 price meats. This keeps me in the red meats at a fraction of the costs. Scott

Agreed. From there it will the 'fascination of the forbidden' to a point. If they don't want me to see it then it must really be good. If we are discussing the health of this generation as well as future generations then it is a no-brainer. Everyone would be on board. Then factor in the almighty dollar and the pendulum always swings back to the 'green'. Scott

Same boat. My mother-in-law lived next door and was our primary source of daycare for the first five years. All they drank was water and luckily my son fell right in line. At a family function once he was offered a Coke/Pepsi and he looked at his aunt like she was crazy. He tasted one and luckily, (again) he didn't like it. Me on the other hand I drank Mountain Dew and sweet tea like it was going out of style. I set a horrible example. That early practice shaped him into adulthood. I agree, I do not think an advertisement ban will do much but at least the pendulum is shifting a bit. I would think their profit margins should jump as sales will probably stay the same but the costs of advertising should go down. At least it looks that way from the outside looking in. LOL Scott

Yep. Whey is a by-product of milk. I tried an all beef protein powder but it did not exactly agree with my stomach. Whey, it will be, for awhile. Scott

Yep. This was the first time I did grass fed rendering. It did leave more edibles as it rendered down and in turn it didn't make as much oil in the end. When I do basically the same amount of regular/from the butcher beef fat it is lesser edibles left over but much more oil. I imagine it is the corn/grain fed fat is probably less dense but that is just a guess. Primal Gal says it is a difference in the Omega 3's and Omega 6's between the two. It was not all that big of a deal but did catch me a little off guard and made me think a tad. Scott

I'm might be out on this one this year. I'm on mostly a red meat diet (beef) but I am using whey protein and milk to get my protein intake up. I am not sure how much trouble I am in with carnivore police with the whey protein. LOL My plan is to lift as best I can while hitting my protein targets thru the month of February and then drop back to a strict red meat, salt and water diet for March and April. Good luck to all that give carnivore a whirl, regardless of variation, as most any variation will be better than what most eat. Many successes out there to be had. Scott

This might even be a @Geezy question. I rendered some grass fed beef fat today and it didn't make near as much oil as similar amounts of store bought fat (probably corn and grain fed/finished). The grass fed fat didn't render all the way out and the 'crispies' were somewhat larger. They tasted amazing and I could see how a guy could have some addiction issues with them. We have had the threads and conversations about grass fed vs. grass finished vs. corn/grain fed but never got into if there were differences in the fat. This is the first time I ever rendered grass fed fat so maybe it is somewhat different. Not sure. Scott

You tube does seem to dial it in with their 'big brother algorithms'. My buddy I joke that if we have a conversation about a topic riding down the road it will pop up on youtube/social media the nest time we log on. Funny how things change. I was never really anti-social media and spent years wondering what the 'catch' or 'attraction' or 'grabbing mechanism' of those venues. I watched other people locked into their phones or kids locked into the screens and felt like they were letting the world pass them by. In time I have changed. I am actively pursuing my degrees from the YouTube College for Medicine, Certified Automotive Technician, Nutritionist, Physical Therapist, Sports Trainer, UTV/ATV Specialist, Doctor of Immunology. I also attend the University of Google. In my spare time I now need to know what people are selling on Marketplace, as I don't use Facebook as it was intended, but I do want to know what people are selling. I still don't participate in "Twitter" or Snap-Gram or Inst-chat" or any of those forums but I am learning to not say "I will never". LOL Scott

I watch body weight workouts and carnivore stuff and I get an Ozempic ad daily. I wonder if I type in Ozempic would it advertise Dr. Baker's carnivore book? Just wondering. Scott

With that the trick would be to maintain the tension and not lock out on the joints. Like most machines, it is all about the effort the person puts forth. A treadmill is an awesome piece of equipment right up to the point it becomes a better place to hang some clothes. LOL I have never used an X3 but I do use the bands to warm up some, and then onto the machines and the dumbbells. As of late I am into squatting with dumbbells and going into a shoulder press as I stand up. I do 10-12. (similar to a kettle ball routine) Then I grab two forty-five pound plates and do a farmer's walk around the gym. I drop them and do 25-30 knees raises hanging from a bar. I try to do these four or five times per trip to the gym, usually between moving from exercise to the other while lifting. I try to hit arms one day, legs the next and chest after that and shoulders/back if I make the fourth day that week. I was walking 3.5 miles just about every day but the weather and the new grandkid has eaten up some of my walking time. Scott

Good luck. Sounds like you have a plan. Scott

Very well said. Agreed. I was one of those guys. I jumped on the carnivore diet as nothing more than a weight loss hack. I then stumbled across some amazing health benefits that I never seen coming after the switch. So much so, I was still hard to convince til some time afterwards. I think everyone starts out in the 'diet mode' and then after time it becomes a lifestyle change. I also think life style changes are sustainable, but diets? Not so much. Scott

I think it pretty much had zero effect. I didn't feel any difference in the workout the following morning. Energy level was the same, nothing that would be considered crazy energy, but the steady energy of just being able to keep going throughout the day. What I really expected was issues in the bathroom but that did not really happen at all. All normal since the other night. There were no cravings prior and have had none since. Maybe the only thing I noticed is I was a tad bit more hungry and sooner in the day than I was prior to eating the potatoes and green beans. Today it was a big hamburger patty with a thin cut rib eye left over from last night. Scott

Last night we had our families Christmas dinner and gift exchange. (work schedules). For the last ten years or so we do a 4-6lb prime rib roast. This year my sone knocked it out of the park with the roast. I'm not sure where the notion struck but I ate a small helping of green beans (my all time favorite food) and maybe a spoonful of creamed potatoes. I think it was more of a shocker for the family than for me. It was not like a craving or anything I put any thought into (other than thinking about a sweet potato once per week prior to a heavier/longer workout at the gym). I hadn't made any plans to eat anything other than meat but it sort of just happened. The green beans tasted just like I remember (really awesome) and the cream potatoes were pretty good too. I am not sure if I didn't eat enough or I didn't work out hard enough/long enough but I don't think I really seen any difference with my energy level during this morning's workout. I will see how the rest of the day goes but I got thru a longer leg workout without any lack of energy and didn't really feel any out of the ordinary burst. Unless something else drastically changes today I am not seeing the benefit of the carbs in regards to lifting. Again, maybe I didn't eat enough or go hard enough, but today was like any other day while eating carnivore. I had gone from May 8th, 2024, til last night without a vegetable or fruit or anything along those lines and I guess that streak/stretch is over. I don't this gets me kicked out of the club, maybe some probation or something, but I still think I'm on the carnivore path. Scott

No doubts. But remember, 'heavy is the crown'. (maybe not that one, but you get the point) Nice. Scott

Merry Christmas to you as well. Merry Christmas to all. Scott

I guess I sort of plan mine. I have two stints on night shift each month and usually one of them end up being a fast. I stretched the last one out to 7 days, or at least a few hours short of 7. As always, much easier than I would have ever imagined. Scott

Congrats. Scott

Mustard works really well. Pickle juice I am told works even better, or so I am told. If I can choose between pickle juice and cramps, I will take the cramps. Scott

Welcome. I had sporadic cramping early on, pretty much the same. Later in the night and usually in the calves and feet. I didn't do any research I just dove right in head first. I tried LMNT in a couple flavors but didn't like the taste. I made my own for a long time from a you tube video. For me, my cramps eased from doing pretty much the same as you but I did up the fat content of my meals along the same time. I tried going a tad bit leaner on the cuts of meats and found that I did better on a higher fat/moderate protein approach. Maybe my cramps eased with the combination of the two, electrolytes and fat, but really not sure. Scott