Geezy
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Hahaha! Sorry to laugh but that’s funny. Next time just put them on a baking pan then pop them into a 350° oven for about 5 minutes or until the cheese melts how you like it. Nachos were made this way long before microwaves were invented and truth be known may even taste better that way. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I have been very fortunate or maybe just to intimidating to have anyone challenge me on my WOE. If I’m at a restaurant they’ll ask me about sides to go with my steak and when I tell them none they seem surprised and say are you sure? Of course I’ll say, I just eat meat and leave it at that. At get togethers if I can’t find something suitable I’ll just fast. We went to a financial planning seminar recently and all they had to eat was sandwiches, chips and sweets. So I just asked for water. When they said are you sure you would like to fix a plate I just said I’m sorry but I’m afraid there’s just nothing there I’m willing to eat. When ask if I had some dietary constraints I just said not really, I just eat a very specific diet called carnivore. The guy giving the seminar perked up and said his mother was doing that and that started a positive conversation that others were interested in. Educate yourself in all you can about carnivore so that you have the confidence to defend your way of life. Be confident that you are doing what is best for your health and project that confidence. When others see that you know what you’re talking about with an air of authority then they may start asking questions to learn rather than ridicule. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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That doesn’t sound normal to me from all I’ve researched and experienced. It is the conventional wisdom among the carnivore community that you eat until you are comfortably full or satiated and that it’s the fat that signals our hunger hormones to shut down so like Bob stated, you may need more fat. The fat in hamburger does render out when cooking and you are doing great by adding butter to the meat but you can also use that rendered fat like a gravy and pour it back over the hamburger. Try to find ways to incorporate more fat to your diet. I add butter and MCT oil to my one cup of tea in the morning and emulsify it. I make sure that everything I eat has plenty of fat either in it or added to it. I don’t specifically eat OMAD or 2MAD I just eat when I’m hungry. So sometimes that’s OMAD and sometimes that’s 2MAD. Sometimes I get hungry around 11 or noon and sometimes not till 3 or 4 in the afternoon. Now when I say hungry I’m mean really hungry. Not that little empty feeling in my stomach but a true hunger where my body is saying I need food for fuel now. That little empty feeling is easy to ignore for me. A carb hunger was a gnawing craving that demanded satisfaction but a keto hunger is mild and just says hey, we need some fuel, fill er up. It’s actually easy to ignore if I’m fasting. Are you sure all sweeteners are removed from your diet. Even the hidden ones that can be in our foods? That could also make a difference in hunger signals because they could be acting as a trigger. Dairy can do the same thing. Just a few suggestions. I hope you get it figured out. Good luck. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Wow! Just WOW! I had no idea the magnitude of it all. I saw that same video with Dr. Berry and decided to start cutting out as much plastic as I can but it’s just impossible. I still plan on getting wood cutting boards and only using glassware and silverware but all of my storage containers, while most of them are glass, still have plastic lids. All of my stainless steel tumblers and thermoses have plastic lids. The inside of my refrigerator is mostly plastic. It’s just too overwhelming. I’ll try but I’m afraid it’s an exercise in futility. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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A personal perspective on cravings, desires & memories. Craving, an intense, urgent, or abnormal desire or longing. Desire, impulse toward something that promises enjoyment or satisfaction in its attainment. Something longed or hoped for : something desired. To feel the loss of When I became a carnivore my mindset was that I would not fail. Nothing could trip me up. The foundation of that attitude was instilled in me by my career military father who served in three wars and was the the strongest, fairest and toughest man I’ve ever known. Upon that foundation the US Army Infantry fortified that no quit attitude into something rock solid. Not only will I not fail, I cannot fail. Your mindset is what carries you through thick and thin. 68 years ago I stopped using tobacco. I had dipped snuff for 33 years. I dipped one can of Copenhagen snuff a day. That’s the nicotine equivalent to 60 cigarettes a day. To say I was addicted would be an understatement. Ci made myself a promise that I would quit when I turned fifty and that I did. My mindset was that I could not fail. I’ve never been a drug user but it’s been said that the withdrawals from a snuff addiction is comparable to a cocaine addiction. It didn’t matter how tough it was, I could not fail. I knew that is I ever allowed tobacco in any form to touch my lips I’d never be able to quit again. The cravings were strong but they only lasted about two or three weeks. But to be honest, it took ten years or so for the desire to abate. The craving is nearly uncontrollable and says I’d kill for just one more taste. It’s viscous and brutal but the desire is subtle and inviting. Very coy and dangerous as the Sirens to Odysseus she entices you with past memories of pleasure. 18 years later I have not failed. I am free of tobacco. Even the Sirens do not tempt me anymore. I can equate the addiction to carbohydrates as being no different. The cravings can be unbearable at times but they can be overcome. They can be defeated but the mindset must be that of one who cannot fail. I find that the cravings are easier to defeat than the desires. The cravings last for a short time but the desires can last for years fueled by the memories of long past pleasures. Identify what it is you are feeling in yourself. Is it actually a craving, that gnawing feeling clawing at your insides saying if you don’t give in you’re going to destroy something? Or is it that Siren of Odysseus calling to you to relieve that past pleasure? That feeling of loss in your life? The mindset to defeat the craving is that if I cannot lose. I will not be defeated. Nothing can stop me. It takes grit and determination. The mindset to overcome the desire is one of patience. Not the passive patience that says: “This is boring. Nothing good happens to me. This is too hard. The world owes this to me. There’s nothing to be excited about. I’m helpless.” But active patience that says: “It’s ok to slow down. What are my values and goals? What’s the next step right in front of me that I can take to get me closer to my values and goals? There is no reason to give up. Timing is out of my control, but when I let go of helplessness, the process itself is splendid.” It is then easy to push that desire aside and fondly remember that memory of bygone pleasures without fear of giving in to the Siren. KCCO Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Very true. I’m 349 days in and still tweaking here and there. For some of us it can take more time to heal and expel all of the toxins accumulated over a lifetime. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Thought of you Bob when I read this. https://cholesterolcode.com/lipoprotein-power-ldl-and-the-immune-system/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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When I lived in Germany I used to go to the hockey games and a vendor there would have steak tartare. Seasoned raw beef served on a hard roll. Delicious. Then here in Texas, more especially south texas we have a dish called Pariza, it’s made with very lean ground beef, grated American cheese, very finely chopped onion, finely chopped serrano peppers salt and pepper to taste and the juice of one lime. It’s very chilled and served with saltines and beer. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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You are absolutely correct but hopefully they will see the truth in us as we achieve and maintain the positive results from our WOE. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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My guess, from hearing of this from other new carnivores, it that since you have only been doing this for four weeks now it’s extremely likely that you haven’t become fat adapted yet. Your body is still transitioning to trying to use fat instead of glucose for fuel and it seems to be around the 30 day mark where it really becomes noticeable. You don’t have enough glucose left to sustain you like it used to and the fat burning hasn’t quite gotten into full swing yet. This of course is just a theory but you might just need to hang in there and see if things change. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Actually I haven’t witnessed anything like that in all of the carnivore and keto communities I’m associated with. We look at carbohydrates as being totally unnecessary, which they are because they are not essential to human life. Furthermore, being a carnivore is not a religion, it’s a lifestyle, a way of being, it’s just what we are. We don’t worship it we just live it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Fatigue can be normal early on in carnivore as your body is adapting from burning glucose for energy and fat for energy. If it continues on I would look at my fat intake, might need more, and my electrolytes, may need to start taking them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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TRUTH Do you shy away from telling people, especially your doctor that you are carnivore? Do you instead just say things like I’m low carb or I just don’t eat sugar and highly processed foods? I know I have. And I know why I did it and that was because of fear. Fear of ridicule. Fear of being berated. Fear of not being able to defend my position. But I’ve come to the realization that as long as we stay in the shadows we can never be accepted. More and more studies and doctors are coming around to the truth that is carnivore and keto. The truth that mainstream medicine has been wrong all of these years. Unfortunately thought it is still a small niche. It is said that there have been no long term studies on the effects of a ketogenic diet on the human physiology and that may be true but this is where my realization comes in…we are that long term study, but no one will know about it or be able to document it if we aren’t honest with our doctors and those we encounter. Our doctors document every visit and every test we take and if we have the courage to be honest with them, no matter what, they will be documenting what we are doing and if we all do this then the medical community will be forced to see the truth in us and eventually all of this data may be compiled to show the world the truth that is carnivore and keto. At my last doctors visit six months ago I failed to tell my doctor the truth about my new way of eating. I just said very low carb and no sugar or processed foods. No, I wasn’t lying but I wasn’t telling the whole truth and I was doing a disservice to our lifestyle. He thinks I’m just doing a restrictive SAD. That was because I didn’t have the courage to stand up for my convictions and I believe that was due to not being knowledgeable enough or prepared enough to defend my beliefs. That will not happen again. I have my regular six month checkup next week and the truth will come out. I’m ready to defend my position and show him that I am the proof that carnivore is the proper human diet. So stand strong in your convictions. Educate yourself so that you have the ammunition and courage to defend your position. Be a part of the study that shows the world that carnivore is the truth. Be a Positive Deviant Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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