Today marks 4 years (1460 days) as being a carnivore for myself. Hard to believe it's been that long already. Very few negatives and more positives then I can even remember at this point. I carry a list of health improvements in my wallet just because there have been so many. I credit Dr. Berry for getting me going on this journey after I saw one of his early videos and I was looking for that "perfect diet", Well I know now that I have found it. I was never able to maintain any other diet I had attempted, and in the last 4 years I've realized all those other diets just do NOT work for myself. Now I eat like a human being is supposed to eat and it all works out great. Thanks also to this community for your inputs and suggestions.

"just eat your meat and live a long life" is what I say in my life now a days.

Congrats on four years and finding your way.

Sort of in the same boat but at maybe 15 or so months. I've varied within the confines of carnivore and I'm maybe a month in on an all-red meat approach. So far so good.

Congrats agains.

Scott

10 minutes ago, Scott F. said:

Congrats on four years and finding your way.

Sort of in the same boat but at maybe 15 or so months. I've varied within the confines of carnivore and I'm maybe a month in on an all-red meat approach. So far so good.

Congrats agains.

Scott

Scott - Thanks, and from chatting with you in the past I can see we both have similar life/health stories and we seem to be testing out the same ideas within a carnivore lifestyle. I'm having a good time with all my nutrition experiments and the results I've been getting have for the most part been positive. Keep up the testing and I will do the same. We will beat these diseases into submission yet, just by using beef. I can just feel it working. Talk to you later - time to check the smoker and see how my steaks are doing 🥩🐄😂

edit: FYI - I feel really GREAT when I do just a lion diet. Why don't I do that all the time. Who knows? as Bart Kay would say "I'm only human"

I still like a piece of pizza once in a while

Edited August 15, 2025Aug 15 by Terry

Congrats Terry!!! 🥳

Happy carniversary.

I tried eating the Lion Diet once before and I felt a difference as well. I guess the biggest reason I drifted back to "regular" carnivore was cooking two meats most every night gets inconvenient as my wife chooses not to do carnivore.

This go around I coupled the red meat with night shift rotations and a week off so I have the time do to cook multiple meats if necessary.

Again, congrats on your anniversary and more so on your progress(es). Similar paths, similar stories, and similar results has to be a successful 'study' in itself. LOL

Scott

happy birthday!

Its so motivated as I'm still new for this dite and still not sure about how to do it perfectly as suffer from kidney. Hope you life full of happiness.

All the best to you!

4 hours ago, Asmaa said:

Its so motivated as I'm still new for this dite and still not sure about how to do it perfectly as suffer from kidney. Hope you life full of happiness.

This group is a great place to get assistance and ask any questions you may have about getting your nutrition as being a carnivore. Doing it "perfectly" would be great but is not really necessary IMO. if you are just starting out you may want to approach it slowly over a few weeks or months to let your system adjust to this different way of eating. I jumped right in and had 3 or 4 weeks of digestion issues and a few "disaster pants" events, and then one day it all clicked into place and I have been eating this way ever since and as long as I'm in control of my own life I will continue being a carnivore until someone shows me a better way. There are many members of this group who have some serious health issues and most of us have had rapid and substantial turn arounds in our health. Ask any questions that you have and you WILL get some answers here. analyze those answers and test out what feels right to you. If that doesn't work then test out another route. Some people may find a KETO or even KETOvore diet works better for themselves especially with just starting out. some people may even need a lion diet for more serious health issues. I myself am a carnivore 95% of the time along with my wife, but we will still at times go get a pizza or once or twice a year eat some ice cream. Eat whole foods and eat them well BUT don't beat yourself up if you eat something horrible one day. Just face facts that you ate the wrong thing and then immediately jump right back on the carnivore train. This train has a seat for everybody who cares about their own health. All aboard! 🚂

5 hours ago, Asmaa said:

not sure about how to do it perfectly

There is no “perfectly” in this way of eating. There is only what works for you. We aren’t dogmatic all different and as such have different needs so you must fit this way of eating into what works best for you.

We do start out with a foundation of just eating 70% fats to 30% protein in relationship to calories and just drink water but from there we build out diet to suit our needs.

We are here to help you any way we can. My first suggestion would be to get Dr. Shawn Bakers book The Carnivore Diet. It will help you understand how to get started.

On 8/17/2025 at 6:50 AM, Asmaa said:

Its so motivated as I'm still new for this dite and still not sure about how to do it perfectly as suffer from kidney. Hope you life full of happiness.

What kind of kidney issue? I have stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease.

The diet is pretty simple. Eat beef, butter, bacon, eggs, and occasionally seafood, pork, or poultry. Cheese is optional just don't go overboard.

The site is like social media, but with subject lines like emails. Think of the various forums as 'categories' or 'groups' or 'folders'. It's just for organization. Don't worry to much about it. We'll move it if needed. Most people go staight to the Activity tab or Unread posts tab anyway and view it like news feed.

And congrats @Terry on your 4 year carniversary!!

@Terry @Geezy @Bob thank you all 🥹💗 now I feel supported as I will need 💗