Scott F.

Yep, I had some benefits within the first few days and first few weeks. So it was a bit easier to keep going.
My point was all my benefits were physical and easily seen. The one thing I have read about is the mental clarity and I have not seen that at all, other than when I wake up. But I'm sleeping better as well.
I would think the mental type benefits would take longer and maybe even need to be coupled with other medical stuff.
As I read about anything it is a huge turn-off for me when this one thing is the 'end all-be all, miracle cure'. If you take this one pill you will have big muscles, a flat stomach, a longer wee-wee that is as big around as a soup can by tomorrow morning. 
I doubt there is no one thing that fixes everything. 
Hopefully you find some benefits soon and can stick it out for a stretch to see if it works for you. I'm a 60 days. I might wake up tomorrow and decide I have travelled as far down this road as I wanted and move on.....but going in I didn't have miracle cures in mind. 
Best of luck and hope you find your plan. 

Yep, I had some benefits within the first few days and first few weeks. So it was a bit easier to keep going.
My point was all my benefits were physical and easily seen. The one thing I have read about is the mental clarity and I have not seen that at all, other than when I wake up. But I'm sleeping better as well.
I would think the mental type benefits would take longer and maybe even need to be coupled with other medical stuff.
As I read about anything it is a huge turn-off for me when this one thing is the 'end all-be all, miracle cure'. If you take this one pill you will have big muscles, a flat stomach, a longer wee-wee that is as big around as a soup can by tomorrow morning. 
I doubt there is no one thing that fixes everything. 
Hopefully you find some benefits soon and can stick it out for a stretch to see if it works for you. I'm a 60 days. I might wake up tomorrow and decide I have travelled as far down this road as I wanted and move on.....but going in I didn't have miracle cures in mind. 
Best of luck and hope you find your plan. 

I'm only 60 days into the diet and less than that on this forum. Thus far I have enjoyed the content and people tremendously. For me it has been a great exchange of information.
Mostly because everyone is different and can get different results from doing the same thing and then seem to merge on the same path later.
For the most part I have "t-totalled" the carnivore approach but have had a couple slips. And so far they haven't kicked me off the board for a dab oh Heinz 57. LOL
Scott

Yep, I had some benefits within the first few days and first few weeks. So it was a bit easier to keep going.
My point was all my benefits were physical and easily seen. The one thing I have read about is the mental clarity and I have not seen that at all, other than when I wake up. But I'm sleeping better as well.
I would think the mental type benefits would take longer and maybe even need to be coupled with other medical stuff.
As I read about anything it is a huge turn-off for me when this one thing is the 'end all-be all, miracle cure'. If you take this one pill you will have big muscles, a flat stomach, a longer wee-wee that is as big around as a soup can by tomorrow morning. 
I doubt there is no one thing that fixes everything. 
Hopefully you find some benefits soon and can stick it out for a stretch to see if it works for you. I'm a 60 days. I might wake up tomorrow and decide I have travelled as far down this road as I wanted and move on.....but going in I didn't have miracle cures in mind. 
Best of luck and hope you find your plan. 

I was fat when I started on May 8th and have lost 40lbs but still fat. The physical change can be fairly evident from the beginning.
My first big surprise was that having NMO/Devic's (just about like MS) I have taken some pain medication and somewhat regular anti-inflammatory medicine. As I was reading about the anti-inflammatory effects of the diet I remembered I hadn't taken my medicine that week nor did I need it. The following week the same. Now it has been 6+ weeks without medication.
I didn't follow directions very well (actually didn't bother to find out) and I missed with the electrolytes early on and felt sort of run down but not completely dragging, but slow. Once I adjusted the electrolyte/salt intake my energy level is far better than before May 8th.
The above three are physical and can be seen and felt.
For me, I have not found the 'brain clearing/super focused' clarity I have read about. For me that is one in the same as before. The closest thing is that I sleep better now and when I wake up I wake up and am ready to go. I don't have the slow-roll out of bed and drag to the start of the day.
Not being a medical professional, actually nowhere near, I would say to give it some time.
Best of luck.
Scott

I hit a lull in energy around the second week (maybe 55 days in now). As said before, there are any number of things that factor, from past eating habits/lifestyle all the way to final adjustment/change in lifestyle. Everyone is different.
I would suggest adjusting your electrolytes. I didn't read the directions and just jumped right in the carnivore fire. I tried some of the pre-made packets such as LMNT. I'm sure they worked but I didn't like the taste. I ended up making a homemade 'electrolyte mix' (youtube/google) and it made my drinks taste way salty. I then switched to using that same mix as my "salt" when seasoning my food. 
A couple days after I started adding the 'salt' my energy level picked up and since has been exceeding prior to starting the diet. I was on the 'trash and dumpster diet' for a long time. Since it is only 55 or so days, I am still calling in the carnivore diet and at some point, it will morph into a lifestyle. The process takes time, and I would also suggest 'just give it some time' as my results are not necessarily your results and vice-versa. 
Good luck.
Scott

Boring day. Cooked up a mixed pan of chicken, shrimp and sausages and finished it off with three boiled eggs.
I can be very boring with my meals, and especially when I am at work. I'm looking for basic sustenance and to push a turd (pardon the French).
Burgers do look good.
And bacon is the best. My Pops use to say if you put three slices of bacon on a cardboard sandwich.....someone would ask for another. LOL
Scott

I'm only 60 days into the diet and less than that on this forum. Thus far I have enjoyed the content and people tremendously. For me it has been a great exchange of information.
Mostly because everyone is different and can get different results from doing the same thing and then seem to merge on the same path later.
For the most part I have "t-totalled" the carnivore approach but have had a couple slips. And so far they haven't kicked me off the board for a dab oh Heinz 57. LOL
Scott

I'm only 60 days into the diet and less than that on this forum. Thus far I have enjoyed the content and people tremendously. For me it has been a great exchange of information.
Mostly because everyone is different and can get different results from doing the same thing and then seem to merge on the same path later.
For the most part I have "t-totalled" the carnivore approach but have had a couple slips. And so far they haven't kicked me off the board for a dab oh Heinz 57. LOL
Scott

Similar story. My Pops was a heavy smoker and a drinker as well. 
He had lung issues and had almost an entire lung removed. Within months of rehab and recovery he started back smoking. Some years later the lower left lobe was removed from the other lung and put him on oxygen. 
He quit drinking but kept smoking. I never quite got the thought process there, but the addiction (any addiction) is real.
Small world.
Scott
 
 

Similar story. My Pops was a heavy smoker and a drinker as well. 
He had lung issues and had almost an entire lung removed. Within months of rehab and recovery he started back smoking. Some years later the lower left lobe was removed from the other lung and put him on oxygen. 
He quit drinking but kept smoking. I never quite got the thought process there, but the addiction (any addiction) is real.
Small world.
Scott
 
 

This was a youtube video not an actual movie. The gist was the heating of plastics to serve food. The 'microwave and tupper-ware' were examples/analogies/spoof he was using.
He was listing the toxins released and their ill-effects to testosterone as well as the immune system.
It may have been removed because I can't seem to find it.
Scott
 

@Geezy. Yep. Sometimes it is the pat on the back that gets us going and other times it is the kick in the pants. And even sometimes it is the severity of the kick in the pants. I am sure 'being close to the other side' is a tremendous motivator. 
I'm still on the Carnivore diet, close to 60 days in now, and in time I am thinking it becomes the Carnivore Lifestyle. Time will tell.
Although I am not having any types of cravings now, there was a time when I would just about kill a 'mofo' for a good piece of cheesecake. If hers is, indeed, the best ever, I would kill multiple 'mofos'. Just saying.
Back to reality, I have been actually hungry only twice since May 8th. No cravings even as I walk by the Little Debbie cake aisle (they were the gospel for a lot of years). 
For me, and this is just me, the not being hungry makes it very easy for me to continue. I am not calorie counter and if the 'two pieces of lettuce and a half a carrot' leave me hungry, then I eat. Those type diets never worked for me. This one allows me to go stretches without eating or snacking and the meal-to-meal effects do not push me off the wagon.
Sort of babbled/hi-jacked the thread. My apologies.
Scott

Boring day. Cooked up a mixed pan of chicken, shrimp and sausages and finished it off with three boiled eggs.
I can be very boring with my meals, and especially when I am at work. I'm looking for basic sustenance and to push a turd (pardon the French).
Burgers do look good.
And bacon is the best. My Pops use to say if you put three slices of bacon on a cardboard sandwich.....someone would ask for another. LOL
Scott

@Geezy. Yep. Sometimes it is the pat on the back that gets us going and other times it is the kick in the pants. And even sometimes it is the severity of the kick in the pants. I am sure 'being close to the other side' is a tremendous motivator. 
I'm still on the Carnivore diet, close to 60 days in now, and in time I am thinking it becomes the Carnivore Lifestyle. Time will tell.
Although I am not having any types of cravings now, there was a time when I would just about kill a 'mofo' for a good piece of cheesecake. If hers is, indeed, the best ever, I would kill multiple 'mofos'. Just saying.
Back to reality, I have been actually hungry only twice since May 8th. No cravings even as I walk by the Little Debbie cake aisle (they were the gospel for a lot of years). 
For me, and this is just me, the not being hungry makes it very easy for me to continue. I am not calorie counter and if the 'two pieces of lettuce and a half a carrot' leave me hungry, then I eat. Those type diets never worked for me. This one allows me to go stretches without eating or snacking and the meal-to-meal effects do not push me off the wagon.
Sort of babbled/hi-jacked the thread. My apologies.
Scott

I hit a lull in energy around the second week (maybe 55 days in now). As said before, there are any number of things that factor, from past eating habits/lifestyle all the way to final adjustment/change in lifestyle. Everyone is different.
I would suggest adjusting your electrolytes. I didn't read the directions and just jumped right in the carnivore fire. I tried some of the pre-made packets such as LMNT. I'm sure they worked but I didn't like the taste. I ended up making a homemade 'electrolyte mix' (youtube/google) and it made my drinks taste way salty. I then switched to using that same mix as my "salt" when seasoning my food. 
A couple days after I started adding the 'salt' my energy level picked up and since has been exceeding prior to starting the diet. I was on the 'trash and dumpster diet' for a long time. Since it is only 55 or so days, I am still calling in the carnivore diet and at some point, it will morph into a lifestyle. The process takes time, and I would also suggest 'just give it some time' as my results are not necessarily your results and vice-versa. 
Good luck.
Scott

I hit a lull in energy around the second week (maybe 55 days in now). As said before, there are any number of things that factor, from past eating habits/lifestyle all the way to final adjustment/change in lifestyle. Everyone is different.
I would suggest adjusting your electrolytes. I didn't read the directions and just jumped right in the carnivore fire. I tried some of the pre-made packets such as LMNT. I'm sure they worked but I didn't like the taste. I ended up making a homemade 'electrolyte mix' (youtube/google) and it made my drinks taste way salty. I then switched to using that same mix as my "salt" when seasoning my food. 
A couple days after I started adding the 'salt' my energy level picked up and since has been exceeding prior to starting the diet. I was on the 'trash and dumpster diet' for a long time. Since it is only 55 or so days, I am still calling in the carnivore diet and at some point, it will morph into a lifestyle. The process takes time, and I would also suggest 'just give it some time' as my results are not necessarily your results and vice-versa. 
Good luck.
Scott

Where is the hike? 
I'm brand new to the diet so I am not sire after less than 2 months I could call it a lifestyle. But, I do feel like I am heading in that direction.
The benefits keep piling up for me as well. 
Enjoy the benefits of others as well.
Scott

Nope didn't eat the onions but I am sure it was cooked in one of the cheaper seed/vegetable oils. I'm sure there was some language barrier stuff mixed in as well. 
I hadn't had spices (other than salt and pepper) in awhile so I was expecting an explosion soon after. It didn't seem to bother me at all. 
I'm rolling with 'no harm/no foul' on this one. However, I did tag on an extra mile this morning as an offering up......
Hope all have a great day and a Super Hoilday weekend.
Scott

So today might be considered a cheat day. Maybe/Maybe not.
My God-son just turned 16 and since he was a young guy his birthday has been at his favorite Mexican restaurant. 
I felt like I asked all the right questions and thought I ordered this meat platter the best way for me. It showed up and it was amazing. It tasted great and as I moved some of it around I thought I tasted onion and then the meat was piled on top of a pile of fried onions. I had started eating, was not going to return it and for sure was not going to waste it. 
I think I will tack on a mile tomorrow morning. LOL
Scott
 

Nope didn't eat the onions but I am sure it was cooked in one of the cheaper seed/vegetable oils. I'm sure there was some language barrier stuff mixed in as well. 
I hadn't had spices (other than salt and pepper) in awhile so I was expecting an explosion soon after. It didn't seem to bother me at all. 
I'm rolling with 'no harm/no foul' on this one. However, I did tag on an extra mile this morning as an offering up......
Hope all have a great day and a Super Hoilday weekend.
Scott

From my own experience I can understand. Once you have been really sick and then there is relief from a for of treatment it is hard to 'change' in fear of what "can't get any worse" actually can get worse. I sort of understand.
If you had approached me in early May and said, "If you eat rib eyes and chuck steaks your auto-immune issues will go away". I probably would have replied, "You are as full of shit as a Christmas turkey". Again, I can see where there is some doubt as well as the fear of 'getting worse'
There is a point where a person with a sickness will try anything all the way to the point of grasping at straws/hoping against hope. I guess I get the reservations.
For me, I had no idea the carnivore diet was going to be anything more than a weight loss diet that actually fit me, how I eat and my shiftwork lifestyle. The weight was peeling off really fast so in the beginning it was a total success. Then I opened the box and read some of the instructions. 
And to come full circle I have a friend whose wife has MS. I went from being a nay-sayer to feeding her a ton of information around the carnivore diet.
Full circle in less than two months. 
Scott

Welcome Back is an age identifier.
Scott

All brand new to me so I guess "my definitions" morph at times. 
So far so good with making the carnivore diet fit my lifestyle vs. me making a bunch of changes, especially since being a rotating shift worker is like living on another planet anyway. After 30+ years (36 including military time) of shift type work I no longer have normal days like Monday or Thursday, weekends or week days, nor do I have holidays such as July 4th, Christmas Day or New Year's Eve. After all these years all I see on a calendar is dayshift, nightshift and off. Just those three days over and over.
I could be intermittent on nightshift really easy because a big chunk of the day is sleeping and to and from work. 48 hours over nightshift was way easier than I thought. I really think another 12-24 would have been a snap. 
I think the one meal a day (OMAD) approach is the intermittent part and then stretched out past 24 is fasting. This week, those are "my definitions". LOL
They may change next week. 
S

I like the graphic as well.
I'm less than 2 months in on the carnivore diet. I just did my first 48 hour fast. It was much easier than I thought. At 48 hours I had yet to be hungry. That is really weird. I ate maybe a pound of pulled pork last night and had some left but simply felt full. I ate some colby jack cheese as well. 
I am a 12 hour rotating shift worker. There are not many positives to this work schedule but I think I have found it may be easier to fast during my stretch of nightshifts. Even before carnivore I see stretches of dayshifts where I don't take or make the time to eat. Night shift not quite as bad, but close. 
I think I am going to start fasting on night shift. I can do a 36-48 hour fast a couple three time per month. I'm not sure if that puts a little more intermittent in intermittent fasting. I don't know how regular the fasting needs to be as I would fast about two weeks apart and wonder would I need to do it again on the following two weeks when I am on days and off? 
Scott