Hello everyone. I'm new to this group and fairly new to carnivore. I have been carnivore way of eating (woe) started October 2024. Started out a dirty carnivore. Eating predominantly anything with a face and some dairy. After 3 months of losing 10 lbs and then stalling I made the decision to cut out dairy. I have had more weight loss but keep stalling. Always looking for resources and like minded communities, I decided to join Carnivore talk. I struggle with the protein/fat ratio and the consumption of those on a daily basis. Looking for guidance.

Welcome. And congrats on your choices.

I try not to say vague or 'carnivore like' things as I am learning as well, (just over a year) and I think my biggest lesson thus far is that we are all individuals. My plan may not be your plan, nor vice-versa.

I will speak only from my personal experience. This morning marks -95lbs since May 8th of last year, just a little over a year. I had stalls along the way and as well as weight swings.

I found out for me that nothing put the breaks on a fall and triggered the stall like a couple glasses of milk. I could be in a 3-4-5-6lb fall over several days and a glass of milk on a couple nights and it slammed the breaks on the fall. That stoppage then became a stall. When the weight loss was my primary goal milk was no good for me. I have talked to others that have had similar experiences and it is probably that way for a lot of people. At the time my WHY CARNIVORE? was all about the weight loss so I had to leave the dairy to continue with the falls and avoid the stalls.

You mentioned struggling with the protein/fat ratio. First change your approach. Look at it as a fat to protein ration because actually serves us better. Search this forum and Bob has a great video in counting fat and protein grams/calories. In the beginning I didn't count and sort of found some things out the hard way. Protein higher than fat usually led me to constipation, upping the fat content helped me stay regular. There were times when I probably did too much fat and got sort of loose, well, way loose. But for me, fat is the driver.

I shop cheap and my wife does not do carnivore. Sometimes our dinners are cuts of meat that are lean and certainly not enough fat for me. I will add butter, sometimes using butter as 'side dish'. LOL I add the butter or tallow when we eat her choices and if those lean cuts are super cheap I save a couple dollars.

That keeps my fat content up.

Sometimes the stalls are due to meal timing as much as what you are eating. When we wake up our insulin in normally higher than our daily average. The 'dawn effect'. So if we eat early in the morning the insulin is up and we just sort off add to it and when the insulin is up losing weight is somewhat difficult. If I wake up, go about my normal day and my first meal is late in the morning or even lunch/later, my falls were more consistent.

Good luck, and again, welcome. This is a good place to learn and share experiences.

Scott