I don't think I ever posted one of these in the first place so here goes

I am 51 and have been trying to be healthy most of my adult life. I have been overweight or obese that entire time 5'8" 200-215#.

I have tried atkins in the early 2000's, food tracking, juice fasting, HIIT, whole thirty, and whole food plant based, and finally omad. The fasting helped me to break through to a new weight loss plateau. All of the previous methods lost and regained the same 15#. I was finally down to 185 ish. I watched a lot of carnivore content before trying it full time February of 24.

I don't have any local support for fasting, but the attitude has softened a bit about the carnivore. My family wants to loose weight, but they won't give up carbs %100. I have gotten them to be low carb most days, but they still want pancakes on Sundays.

This past fall, probably around Thanksgiving, I don't remember the particulars, I just threw in the towel. I know I weighed 178 the morning of my colonoscopy in late October.

I guess I was feeling afraid of being orthorexic. I was also overwhelmed with being a short order cook trying to accommodate everyone's tastes

So found my self stepping on the scale to the tune of 205# sometime around Easter.

Two days later I decided to "Stop the insanity" as Susan powder used to scream from the boob tube in the 80s.

Today I weigh 194#

My why is that I want to grow old without being trapped in the malady maintenance system. I watched my grandma and my MIL linger in a confused state for over a decade. I don't want any part of that. I want to be useful and connected right to the end. Not sitting or laying in my own mess waiting to die.

I also want to be optimized.

I feel like the only way to get people to get on board is to fully succeed. I can't win anyone over if I am constantly jumping ship.

So every moment I can get, I listen to testimonials. I learned about this forum, by watching @Geezy tell his story on YouTube.

I don't have any major illnesses, I've never had boils, T2D or high blood pressure. I have never been diagnosed with IBS but Im sure I had it whenever I ate seed oils.

I am feeling a bit frustrated in my body as I approach menopause, but I don't think there is anything my doctor can do about that. I don't accept this as the new normal, when I know there is work that I could be doing to correct course.

I plan to hit an ideal weight not for vanity, but that I can be a poster child worthy of the title carnivore!

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

All good reasons to come back Miranda. Welcome back.

One of the best things you can do for yourself is to adopt the mindset that this is not a diet but a lifestyle. Diets never last and always fail but a lifestyle is forever. You are choosing to be a carnivore so be a carnivore. You no longer eat those things of the past. You now eat for nutrition and not entertainment.

You’ve got this girl. Success is up to you but we are here to support you all we can.

great story and welcome back.

I think most of us travel down a similar path. I got lucky and just stumbled onto the health benefits. I was 306 the day I started and into the 320's before that. Once the health benefits started rolling in I used that as my motivation to keep going.

For us, it is just my wife and I. She has been very supportive in my efforts and even tried carnivore a couple three times. I can't imagine if we had several in the house to feed and "short order cook" would be the apt title trying to make everyone happy. I commend you for the effort it takes with multiple family members eating from the same kitchen.

I guess if you have gotten the family to lessen the carbs that can be considered a good start.

I have evolved into a big fan of fasting. I am now trying to figure out what length works best for me and then fit that into my rotating shift schedule. I am sure the benefits from ketosis and autophagy and HGH and stem cells is there as advertised but I am most pleased with the energy levels toward the end of the fast and the two-three-four days afterward. It has become a bi-monthly rejuvenation of sorts.

I just went over a year and I am starting to feel like I have a lifestyle over a diet plan. For me, I think that is a huge hump. Pretty much all diets work for a stretch but just about all diets fail over time. Successes are found in lifestyle changes. I think I am getting there.

Again, nice re-introduction. Keep pushing. Wishing you the very best in your efforts.

Scott

33 minutes ago, Scott F. said:

have evolved into a big fan of fasting

I would love to do a weekly 24 or maybe a monthly 32. But I have to win over the critic. DH really feel like not eating dinner is disruptive, even if I come to the table and drink water. I explained to him that I have "dined" out with coworkers while sipping decaf and nobody cares. It doesn't disturb anyone. My son's least favorite meal is dinner, he is always most picky and most likely to just pass on everything. I have tried to explain that the kid is a lot closer to the way God created us than we are, perhaps we should take a hint and skip dinner. He is hung up on all the studies and popular advice about eating together as a family and I get what they are saying, but I know I feel best when I stop eating by 4pm. And sometimes the meat is too heavy that late in the day. Last night I woke up with heart burn. I had a small bowl of reheated pot roast and a decaf. I haven't had heartburn in a while, but fatty red meat in the evening does make my sleep horrible.

Yep. There are trade-offs on everything. Every person has to weight their options and work within the confines.

My wife is supportive of this way of eating although she is not a participant.

If it were up to me I would go straight Lion's diet and only eat red meat. I actually feel better and feel more energetic when I go on stretches of just red meat. I eat mostly red meat and a couple times per week I eat whatever she is having. Thus far, this has worked for us. I am sure if I factored in family time, and especially if my son still lived at home, we may have to change some things up.

The fasting works rather easily for me because I work night shift. I'm gone by 5PM and my wife does not get home til just about 5. Those three nights we have not eaten together for 25+ years. I take advantage of that disadvantage and make it work for fasting.

Good luck. Keep pushing and I am sure you come up with a plan that works for you.

Scott

Welcome back. You've seen success before. You're seeing it again. And you can continue to see it if you maintain your integrity and resolve.

I'm alone on this health journey also. From time to time the wife will shape up and get on board just for a little while, lol. Over time though she has became a supporter, in that instead of trying to tempt me - she will actually stop me from cheating. She's seen the results and even heard the doctors comment on how well I am doing that she understands that my dietary choices are the key, indeed, and that my health depends on it.

Someday her health will depend on it too, and then maybe we'll win her over completely, lol.

@Bob Same thought process for me.

Scott