Scott F.

The same here.
They all seemed to take a break at the same time but once you mention, fried chicken, BBQ chicken, baked chicken, broiled chicken, grilled chicken they understand break time is over.
Scott

A guy moved to NC from West Virginia way back when and we worked together. He moved into a farming community and took up turkey hunting. He bought the nicest shotgun (a Benelli I believe) a "guilly suit" a sniper would be proud of and the latest and greatest turkey call. He was all set. He walked by the farmer's house early in the morning, waved at the old guy sitting on the porch, and deep into the woods. Just about the sunrise hit the old farmer told us he heard that Benelli cut loose. Boom, boom-boom,. boom. boom-boom. He looked a few minutes later and coming over the hill was my buddy with two handfuls of birds. The first thought was this dummy has killed hens and when he got closer it was even worse, not legally I guess but funny-worse. When the sun came up the guineas come off the pond dam and my buddy thought they were turkeys and bagged his limit in a matter of seconds. We have ridden him for that for the last 30 years.
I can't hear, see or read 'guinea' without thinking of his epic hunting story.
Off topic, I know. My apologies.
My buddy eats guinea eggs on the regular if he can keep them out of the road. They seem to enjoy directing traffic.
Scott

I am sort of the in the same boat. I am a life long rotating shift worker. My patter has been 9PM to 3AM or 9AM to 3PM for years.
Before carnivore I could go back to sleep after waking the first time and sleep til 4 or 5, and sometimes even six. That is no longer the case. When I am up, I am up and my day starts when my eyes open.
I was up yesterday morning around 3:30. I went to the gym, walked the dog, got a truck inspected, cleaned and re-housed some chickens, then flopped in the recliner with the laptop for the afternoon. I got paged into work a little early and worked from 4PM til 7AM this morning. I lifted on the way home, walked the dog and crashed like a rock. And just about 3PM on the dot, here I am. LOL
For the most part I feel rested and I think it sounds worse, or even appears worse than it actually feels. Just odd that I can't go back to sleep like I could in the past.
Scott

Muscle loss and bone density issues. The regain will be mostly fat.
If a person can use the GLP-1, get in a sustainable lifestyle, both diet and exercise, to sustain the loss of weight then I think the medicine could be used. The problem is that it is the 'miracle' drug as of late and there is no lifestyle change which cripples sustainability.
I'm sure there will be a nice lawsuit in the coming years.
Scott

A guy moved to NC from West Virginia way back when and we worked together. He moved into a farming community and took up turkey hunting. He bought the nicest shotgun (a Benelli I believe) a "guilly suit" a sniper would be proud of and the latest and greatest turkey call. He was all set. He walked by the farmer's house early in the morning, waved at the old guy sitting on the porch, and deep into the woods. Just about the sunrise hit the old farmer told us he heard that Benelli cut loose. Boom, boom-boom,. boom. boom-boom. He looked a few minutes later and coming over the hill was my buddy with two handfuls of birds. The first thought was this dummy has killed hens and when he got closer it was even worse, not legally I guess but funny-worse. When the sun came up the guineas come off the pond dam and my buddy thought they were turkeys and bagged his limit in a matter of seconds. We have ridden him for that for the last 30 years.
I can't hear, see or read 'guinea' without thinking of his epic hunting story.
Off topic, I know. My apologies.
My buddy eats guinea eggs on the regular if he can keep them out of the road. They seem to enjoy directing traffic.
Scott

I did in the beginning. I went to youtube and made an electrolyte solution but that has faded in time.
I now mix up several different salts in a plastic bowl, hake and then use as table salt.
When I fast for more than 72 hours I eat it by a few pinches here and there throughout the day.
I don't put the salt in my water because I don't like the taste.
Scott

I did in the beginning. I went to youtube and made an electrolyte solution but that has faded in time.
I now mix up several different salts in a plastic bowl, hake and then use as table salt.
When I fast for more than 72 hours I eat it by a few pinches here and there throughout the day.
I don't put the salt in my water because I don't like the taste.
Scott

I did in the beginning. I went to youtube and made an electrolyte solution but that has faded in time.
I now mix up several different salts in a plastic bowl, hake and then use as table salt.
When I fast for more than 72 hours I eat it by a few pinches here and there throughout the day.
I don't put the salt in my water because I don't like the taste.
Scott

I would imagine if there happened to be a couple dollars involved, we should not be surprised.
Scott

I do. I think I have the best shift as far as people as well as workers.
I cook for the shift on occasion as well as do pizza for the shift once every other months or so.
They make me look good pretty much everyday.
Scott

I should have taken a picture.
I ate fried catfish tonight. The first fried food I have had since May '24. It was battered in corn meal and fried in lard. I thought I would give it a try. It was pretty good.
I don't think I completely fell off the wagon, but I guess my feet did drag the ground a tad. LOL
Scott

Welcome back.
I lived in Silverdale and Bremerton way back when. I enjoyed my time there and never thought 'hiking' would be a thing for me. I spent most every weekend stomping thru the northwest. A tad bit rainy at times but really enjoyed my time there.
Again, welcome back.
Scott

I should have taken a picture.
I ate fried catfish tonight. The first fried food I have had since May '24. It was battered in corn meal and fried in lard. I thought I would give it a try. It was pretty good.
I don't think I completely fell off the wagon, but I guess my feet did drag the ground a tad. LOL
Scott

Yep.
I'm right back at it just about immediately after. I am guessing everyone's plans have obstacles and bumps in the road.
Luckily mine are very minor and sort of funny and not all that impactful (except for the first ten minutes with the guy on the porch).
Last night at work we were talking about carnivore and fasting and I made mention that I have one employee that could single handedly stop my fasting. It is hard to fast when presented with a huge, very well prepared tomahawk steak, coupled with the appreciation I had for it being a 'show of appreciation by my shift'.
Sort of babbling.
Just a quick post this morning to wind down from nights.
Scott

When switching from a standard American diet to carnivore the difference between regular meat and grass-fed meat is minimal, minimal at best.
Grass-fed, free-range and organic are often used as misleading terms.
I would not eliminate eggs as they are just about nature's most perfect food. I eat fish and seafood for a couple three days each month.
I do agree it is an elimination diet but there is no need to eliminate chicken or pork or seafoods.
As far as 'good quality meats' I hit the bo-bo sections of meat whenever I can. I'm the guy that buys up all the reduced meats in one fell swoop.
Scott

Funny how things work out.
A month or so ago, maybe more I started my weekend fast while pulling night shifts. On Sunday night the shift decided to cook and have a 'work supper' together. I told them I was fasting and they all know about carnivore. Just as they were sitting down they called me to the breakroom. They threw in a got me a tomahawk steak that looked huge and very appealing. It was such a nice thing they did I broke my fast with a tomahawk.
This weekend I started my fast on Friday and on Sunday the shift cooked again for the Super Bowl. They made me some really nice burger patties.
Plotted my trips to the gym for this week. On Saturday morning I was planning on going to the gym after nightshift. I ended up having to work over.
Planned again for Sunday morning but it was 8F so I had to come home and get the animals straight after a night in the single digits. Moved it to Monday and had to work over again.
I told myself nothing would keep me from going this morning until I had an emergency phone call from home. This guy we paid to cut tress down ten+ years ago broke down near here and walked up on my daughter-in-laws porch at 6AM. He was drunk and banging on the door for some tools to change a tire. It scared her half to death as she was home with her three month old. Unfortunately, when I got the call it was 'some guy' and I dropped my tools in the floor and left a pump in mid-repair. I was on pace to make the 40 minute drive in 25 minutes and my wife sent me a pic from the security camera. He is harmless, and a super nice guy, but drunk he didn't realize how it came across.
Crisis averted at home and I missed out on the gym again today.
Maybe tomorrow. LOL
Scott

So true.
Scott

I don't disagree or nor could I debate the article.
People who eat meat have cancer is a true statement. People who eat beef fat have heart failure. People who eat salt have high blood pressure. People who eat a heavy protein diet have kidney failure-renal disease. And now people who eat peanut butter could end up with colon cancer.
All these are true statements. The details and the other life choices played a factor too, and from my perspective, even a bigger factor than beef or fat or salt or 'peanut butter' as a stand-along cause.
Scott

For my sake, the mounds of grape jelly neutralized the risks with peanut butter.
I have eaten more than my fair share.
Scott

True.
But the real definition can't be sold to the masses.
The made up definition is a much easier sell.
LOL
Scott

I am the biggest fan of those who take their health into their own hands.
Mr. Pauls I think your approach and your story could be an inspiration to others. It is not like you jumped off a cliff with your plan as it seems well thought out with a methodical approach. Very sensible. Very effective.
Great work. Enjoy these steps as successes. Keep stacking them up.
Scott

Experiment in a forward moving path. Figure out what works for you.
I quit drinking 20+ years ago. Either I was really getting good at it or I was totally regressing.
I got blistered drunk. A deer ran out in front my wife's new car and I couldn't get out to check on the things. Basically, I said, "Let it roll" and I didn't hear anything, so we drove home. When we got home her door would not open and she had to crawl over me to get out. Later that night my son got really sick and had to go to the hospital with a fever. I was still drunk in the car.
I have never felt lower. I stopped cold turkey that next morning. Never wanted another drop.
When I switched to carnivore, I went cold turkey and didn't have any of the sugar cravings others have experienced (just lucky, I guess). Since I have not drank in a lot of years I have had none of those cravings. I can't really speak to those with experience.
My only advice would be try to plug something healthier into those cravings. If you can skip one, and then in time skip two, they should get further and further apart, until you no longer have that load to carry.
Best of luck. Not much help.
Scott

There is a guy at our gym who is what he calls part-time carnivore-part-time keto and sometimes whatever he wants.
He uses carnivore like a tool much the same as a hammer or a wrench. He will go three or four months on a strict carnivore diet and reap those benefits and from there he eases into a keto-type diet by reintroducing certain things to his diet. From there he morphs into some bad eating habits.
When the bad eating habits come back around and he adds a few pounds he switches back to a strict carnivore diet. He has done this for the last few years.
I can see where it would work for a lot of people.
We laughed because we both agreed that we can dig a hole with a hammer but there are better tools out there.
He is the first person I met that purposely starts and stops carnivore with a reason in mind.
Scott

I think a lot of people go the 16:8 route.
I have never had insulin nor blood glucose issues (never got over a 100 til carnivore, go figure?) If the circadian rhythm is factored and the normal dawn effect with blood sugar, an early breakfast sets the tone for insulin resistance the rest of the day. For me, if I am eating breakfast I make it much later in the morning, more like lunch time.
I have read 16:8 is more effective if the 16 is from later at night til midafternoon.
Personally, I have used OMAD form of fasting, and my longest was 7 days.
I'm back on nights this week. I ate last night and will eat again this weekend, maybe Friday or Saturday.
I'm a big fan of the fast. At this point it is all about the healing and the life longevity it provides. Weight loss is just a "lil' bonus".
Scott

Experiment in a forward moving path. Figure out what works for you.
I quit drinking 20+ years ago. Either I was really getting good at it or I was totally regressing.
I got blistered drunk. A deer ran out in front my wife's new car and I couldn't get out to check on the things. Basically, I said, "Let it roll" and I didn't hear anything, so we drove home. When we got home her door would not open and she had to crawl over me to get out. Later that night my son got really sick and had to go to the hospital with a fever. I was still drunk in the car.
I have never felt lower. I stopped cold turkey that next morning. Never wanted another drop.
When I switched to carnivore, I went cold turkey and didn't have any of the sugar cravings others have experienced (just lucky, I guess). Since I have not drank in a lot of years I have had none of those cravings. I can't really speak to those with experience.
My only advice would be try to plug something healthier into those cravings. If you can skip one, and then in time skip two, they should get further and further apart, until you no longer have that load to carry.
Best of luck. Not much help.
Scott