Today is the first day of January and is also the first day of World Carnivore Month. To that end, let's challenge ourselves to eat a carnivore diet for the entire month of January. The type of carnivore diet and the level of strictness you choose to do is entirely up to you. Examples of carnivore diets include the following...
1) The Lion Diet. A person eating the Lion Diet only consumes the flesh of ruminant animals, water, and salt.
2) The BBBE Diet. BBBE is an acronym for Beef, Butter, Bacon, and Eggs.
3) The Carnivore Diet. This allows for the consumption of any and all animals and animal by-products, including dairy.
In any of the above examples, the object of course is to not consume any plants as part of your diet. Of course, we're not going to micromanage hoe you prepare your food, so your use of seasonings is entirely your own personal choice.
IF your circumstances don't allow you to go full on carnivore in January, then you can participate in this topic by challenge yourself to do better, above and beyond what you have been doing. For example, if you have still been eating grains, seed oils, refined sugar, or drinking alcohol, challenge yourself to avoid these items and just eat a clean, single ingredient whole foods diet such as clean keto, ketovore, or animal based.
We encourage you to check in daily, and share what you have eaten, perhaps a weigh-in if you're willing, and enjoy in some small talk. Participants in this topic will be entered into a drawing for a prize at the end of the month.
I rotate dayshift to nightshift twice each month. I think going forward I am going to fast on my nights and not sure of the eating amounts on the non-fasting days. Mostly I'm going to ensure the fat to protein ratio is better than it has been the last month or two.
I am not sure how long this one will last. On the last one from 72 hours to 96 hours it felt like someone hit the nitrous or the boost button. I sustained that energy til later the following week. If anyone told me that before I actually experienced it, I would think you had a couple screws loose. Just doesn't make sense from the outside looking in.
After the first 12 hours my blood glucose was a bit higher than I expected at 97. I am sure there is some 'dawn effect' in there somewhere but I'm good at 97.
My ketone level was 1.1 which is in the middle of the 'optimal range'. I feel like I will get a bit deeper as the fast continues.
After 11 months of some inadvertent eating miscues as well as some experimentation, I think I am starting to dial in where I want to be long term between carnivore and fasting intervals.
I could very well be changing lanes from it being a "diet" to it being a "lifestyle".
Time will tell.
Scott