Bossman150

I am new to carnivore but not keto or low carb diets. I have failed at them all and I truly believe it was the sweeteners that caused my derailment. This time I am cutting everything with any type of sweetener. I always ignored the talk that even zero carb/calorie sweeteners can cause your brain to crave sugar, this time I am going cold turkey. Only on day 3 so I can't give much advice but I think the answer to your question is yes.

Hello. I just started yesterday and I decided to go all out and just do BBB & E for the first 90 days. I hope I can stick to that as I think I will see good results. I would eventually like to get to OMAD but I am starting with three meals a day with no snacking. It's going to be rough as I have a very bad sugar addiction. I have done keto in the past but never really succeeded due to using sweeteners, usually sucralose. This time I am cutting it all. The only thing I am keeping is black coffee & tea. Just for some background back in 2014 I was 450+ pounds and miserable. I buckled down and just with calorie restrictions and exercise I got down to 310. Then I was arrested and was facing prison time, no reason to get much into that. I fought my case for 3 years until they threatened to add more charges if I didn't drop the fight. It was a federal case and there just is not much reason to go to trial with them even if you are not guilty so I pled guilty and to my shock got a 7 year sentence when I was expecting a year at the most. Anyway during the 3 years I was fighting I ate like crazy and was all the way back up to 420 pounds when I arrived at prison in December of 2018. The first year I lost 100 pounds by counting calories and using the elliptical for about 10-12 hours a week. Then covid hit and we were restricted to our "dorm" rooms for almost 2 years. No exercise was possible. I somehow managed to only gain about 30 pounds over those two years. When they finally opened things back up and I could use the elliptical again I started slowly losing weight again. About a year later I was only down to 320 pounds. I had a year until I was going to be moved to a half way house and I really wanted to lose another 50 pounds. I started really watching what I ate and consumed a large amount of mackerel as it was the cheapest and best protein source I could get on commissary. I kept on the elliptical and then in the spring I actually started jogging. After a month I was jogging 35-40 miles a week. By the time I left for the half way house I was down to 240lbs. Then the food choices when I was suddenly back in the world just destroyed me. I started eating ice cream almost every day along with waaaaaay over eating. Here I am 8 months later and when I weighed in yesterday I was 304 pounds. I can't let myself go again so I really hope I can do this!!