Hello, I'm Kate and I'm returning to the carnivore diet for the 4th time. This time I'm hoping for a support community that can help keep me motivated and on track.

I have been diagnosed with Axial Spondyloarthritis, an autoimmune/autoinflammatory disease, that has many effects on my body that I want to stop from progressing. When I go full carnivore my symptoms resolve and I have no signs of disease activity. It's a wonder I keep going on and off carnivore right? Well sugar addiction is real and lack of support doesn't help. Hopefully I can change that this time and stick to carnivore and stay healthy for life. Nice to meet everyone in advance and hope to connect with as many of you as I can.

Welcome.

Sometimes sticking to carnivore is all about your WHY? and you have a pretty good reason. Another bonus is that you already know the positive effects of the carnivore way of eating.

Turning a negative into a positive is well within your reach because you have already identified your shortcomings. Addictions, of any kind, are real.

Maybe your advantage is you already know the benefits of beating the addictions as well as the pitfalls of giving in to the cravings.

I'm only 13 months or so in and I am still learning. I am not sure how much advice I can give other than to say I have Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder, an autoimmune disease that parallels Multiple Sclerosis. In maybe six weeks or so on a strict carnivore diet I stopped with my daily medications for pain and inflammation. I have been medicine-free since June of last year.

As you get started back it is probably important to pre-arm yourself against the pending cravings. I will refrain from "you should" and use "I would", so I would pre-cook some fatty cuts of meats and cut them into snack size bites. I call them snacks, but I end up eating them in a single serving, but I cook beef fat in a deep fryer for about twenty minutes. The bite size chunks taste amazing, and they can be bagged up to be readily available. I don't have cravings, but I use the this as another method to up my fat content. As much as I like butter the fat cubes taste even better.

I would have bite size fat/meat snacks readily available within reach, in convenient reach, at pretty much all times. Although snacking will change the rise and fall of blood sugar, changes insulin resistance, and helps triggers more cravings, at least these type snacks are what we were meant to eat since the dawn of time.

"I would" also try to fight the cravings for as long as possible between each but use them when necessary. In time the cravings will space themselves further and further apart but like most addictions, they could always be there and treated as such.

Good luck. And this is a really good place to ask questions and bounce your ideas and experiences off others. Although it is a very individualistic journey most of us have a lot of similar experiences. I have learned tons when others share their personal adventures.

Scroll down to Bob's post about the Monday night podcast/video/conversation via youtube. Tons of good and solid information is shared during that time.

Good luck. Welcome.

Scott

Welcome back. You should check out @Chargermopar on his youtube channel really informative and fun guy.

Hi and welcome to the community! So nice to see other ladies checking in. I have a hard time sticking to it as well. I don't have any local support, just a lot of doubters. The most regular thread here is the "what did you eat today" post. It's a good way to stay accountable, plus there are a lot of great ideas and inspiration. Feel free to ask questions and create your own posts, there aren't any gate keepers here, just friendly folks who want to help out. Hope to see you around!

Welcome to Carnivore talk. I’m glad you’ve joined us and glad you’ve come back to carnivore.
You received some great advice so far so I can add much to it other than to say forget your mistakes and remember the lessons. Each time you stumble it’s not a failure but a lesson to be learned from. I have stumbled with every addiction I’ve ever had but by learning from my mistakes I became stronger both mentally and physically to eventually succeed. I am no longer addicted to anything and am in complete control of my body now.
You can do the same. Try to remember, “Nothing tastes as good as how I feel”.


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Welcome and good luck for your future health. One piece of advice i would offer is to clean all the crap foods out of your kitchen cupboards and fridge. Just throw the bad stuff away. DON'T "finish it up" or "Give to someone else" - just toss it out and don't look back. If it ain't in the house, then you can't eat it. This plan worked great for my wife and I. Carny for 4 years and my MS has been symptom free now for a year or more. I have stopped the Copaxone that i was injecting. I do not use any other meds, even aspirin or tylenol. I also have ankylosing spondylitis which seems a little better on carny. Hoping to improve that next now that the MS seems to be in remission. 5 years ago I had bladder cancer also (the list goes on and on 🤣) and i am now 5 years cancer free, and I thank the carnivore for helping that stay away.

"Eat your meat and live a long live"

Hi Kate! Good to see your commitment to seeking better health. I identify with suffering from sugar addition in whatever form it took and never understood the need for corks in a wine bottle or bag clips on chip bags. So basically I understand my relationship with sugars and carbohydrates in very unhealthy. So when I weigh the benefits against loss of my new eating plan, I find the benefits far outweigh any extremely temporary satisfaction of going off my meal plan.

On 6/30/2025 at 10:07 AM, KatieKaboom said:

It's a wonder I keep going on and off carnivore right? Well sugar addiction is real and lack of support doesn't help.

Yes, the struggle is real. But we are here to help. You can do this! Make a vow with yourself to never eat grains and refined sugar ever again. That's what I did. Basically, look at all the foods and "foods" available and ask yourself "Is this what I, as a human in the ancient past, would have eaten?". Or "Did God or Nature provide this for MY consumption?"

And then when answering that latter question, keep in mind that grains and sugar was not provided for YOUR consumption. Most of these things required milling, crushing, processing, and is food for birds because they have powerful beaks to perform such tasks and we don't.

These are just some random thoughts that have helped me to no longer see certain things as actual "food" anymore. They are frankenfoods - monstrous creations by mad scientists, lol.

On 6/30/2025 at 10:07 AM, KatieKaboom said:

When I go full carnivore my symptoms resolve and I have no signs of disease activity.... Hopefully I can change that this time and stick to carnivore and stay healthy for life.

Well there you go. You KNOW from personal experience this works. You have done it before, you CAN do it again. We're here for you.