Scott F.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Since the food pyramid flip a few weeks ago I have began to wonder......
Will it be as easy to sell it this time as it was last time?
It has to be one of the greatest marketing efforts in the history of man.
Scott

I'm sure anything extra can add to it.
I would think it is not solely the butter but a combination.
I went on a protein kick and sort of let the fat content drop (not really paying attention) my cholesterol dropped by 15 points in about 70 days. Then when I shifted back to a high fat/moderate protein approach (which included what most would consider 'a lot' of butter) I jumped back up nearly 20 points in about 90 days.
Not sure that answered or helped.
Scott

I'm sure anything extra can add to it.
I would think it is not solely the butter but a combination.
I went on a protein kick and sort of let the fat content drop (not really paying attention) my cholesterol dropped by 15 points in about 70 days. Then when I shifted back to a high fat/moderate protein approach (which included what most would consider 'a lot' of butter) I jumped back up nearly 20 points in about 90 days.
Not sure that answered or helped.
Scott

The thin chuck meat is usually cooked in an iron skillet.
Sometimes on the grill and sometimes on the smoker.
A few weeks ago I ground up some with some beef fat and made some chuck burger (probably between 60/40 and 70/30 as I don't weigh the two parts. I go by color.
Scott

Been on straight red meat since the beginning of December and it has mostly been versions of chuck meat.
I have been hitting the grocery store early on Monday morning and buying up all the red meat I can that has been reduced for quick sale.
My wife is not the biggest fan but it hasn't killed me. Saves a few dollars and keeps me on the 'red meat kick' which started around the first of December and will stretch til February.
I have labs schedule mid-Feb and I am sort of self-experimenting again/still dialing in.
Scott

After an hour or so in the gym I started the day off with 6 eggs and a 1/2 pound of homemade sausage.
Not all that hungry but chasing the protein for a stretch.
Scott

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