Good Morning My Carnivore Fam !!!!

Watching my success has motivated my wife to join me on the Carnivore Life, Thank You LORD !!!

She has now been Carnivore with me for little over 4 weeks, now let me set the table for you to assist you with your thoughts before commenting back.

She/we are NOT STRICT carnivore, we have zero plant matter in our diet but we do have some Dairy.

Example for her dairy is she places a slice of cheese on top of her eggs each morning and will add milk to her black coffee. We will also occasionally havre a yogurt with no sugars or fruit in it.

Of course no breads or any other typical carbs - IMO our only divergence on the Carnivore regimen is the dairy .

We drink loads of water and typically 1 of the no sugar LMNT drinks each day.

I have lost 21 #'s in 5 weeks but she has lost 7 #'s in 4 weeks.

I am trying to help her to keep her encouraged and motivated to remain on plan.

I thought (she refused) maybe do a 1 day water only fast to kick start her weight loss.

She is in a very sedentary work life with nearly zero physical activity. That said one of the appealing things to her was that she could lose the weight without having to workout and stuff like that.

I am prior military and am not working out but I am neturally more physically active and have told her that is why i am probably losing more than her.

The challenge to that thought process is that my step-mother saw my progress at week 2 and immediately jumped on board and has lost 15#'s in 3.5weeks and she is most certainly NOT physically active. HA HA

Of course every social media post out there is someone screaming about how much and how fast they lost weight on either Keto or Carnivore so she feels like it is just not gonna work for her.

Any thoughts or experience y'all can share will be very helpful THANK YOU ALL !!!

I have another question regarding Electrolytes but will dig into the archives more of the prior post out on the board before i post the question, it is likely already been asked.

deercamp67

Welcome, and congrats on your and your wife's progresses.

We are in similar boats. I lost 30-31 pounds in 31-32 days to get started and after 18 months I am around 95 pounds lost. My wife has started and stopped a couple different times and started off with 7-8lbs the first couple weeks and then sort of planed off with not much showing on the scale.

The first rule of thumb is not to use the scale as a measuring device. (listen to what I say, not what I do, because I can't help myself, LOL) Sometimes the weight will stay the same but the body composition will change. As my weight dropped I could go a week or so with no change in the scale, bouncing up and down a couple three pounds but at the same time I would have to cinch up my belt a notch or two. The scale said one thing but my pants were a tad bit baggier.

Secondly, sometimes the weight falls off fast and the metabolic changes come after some time. And the reverse can be true as well. The weight sort of hangs out while the body is healing.

Everyone handles dairy differently. Some frown upon it while eating carnivore and others it is no big deal. I still drink milk on occasion, not a ton but some a couple three times per week. For me, as an individual if my weight were falling, both on the scale and in composition, it was like a glass of milk would put the breaks on the fall and send me into what most call a 'stall'. I'm not opposed to dairy, and I still drink it, but I have found that for me milk is a weight loss killer.

It could be a combination of things. I'd say ditch the milk for a stretch and see if that is the issue, especially if the milk is early in the morning when the 'dawn effect' is in play with blood glucose. The milk (sugars) will push that glucose level up and then the insulin response creates insulin resistance over time. Battling insulin resistance can be an uphill battle is so many things that affect our health, weight loss being one of the primary ones.

Good luck. Keep pushing.

Scott

On 9/15/2025 at 8:32 AM, deercamp67 said:

She/we are NOT STRICT carnivore, we have zero plant matter in our diet but we do have some Dairy.

So dairy is still carnivore, however it is not low-carb or sugar free in the case of milk (lactose is a sugar). I still use cheese liberally in my diet. Some people will caution against dairy, as it is inflammatory in some people and if you think about it, it is for the purpose of fattening up a young newborn by design, so some individuals find themselves stalling when incorporating dairy.

On 9/15/2025 at 8:32 AM, deercamp67 said:

I have lost 21 #'s in 5 weeks but she has lost 7 #'s in 4 weeks... She is in a very sedentary work life with nearly zero physical activity. That said one of the appealing things to her was that she could lose the weight without having to workout and stuff like that.

... My step-mother ... has lost 15#'s in 3.5weeks and she is most certainly NOT physically active. HA HA

Unfortunately there are SO many factors that can come into play here. Often times, women lose slower than men on average. They have less muscle mass and therefore slower metabolic rates. Hormones can factor in as well. Underlying issues such as thyroid, etc, could be at play. Bigger people lose more at first and then level out as they get skinnier, and skinnier people struggle more. The time eventually comes when the remaining stubborn pounds might require some physical activity, fasting, etc.

We almost have to create a checklist and start working through it, checking off things one at a time.

On 9/15/2025 at 8:32 AM, deercamp67 said:

Any thoughts or experience y'all can share will be very helpful

I would incorporate time-restricted eating (intermittent fasting) if she hasn't already. If she is 3 meals a day plus snack, readjust that to 2 meals a day. Try to eat within an 8 hour window and fast for the remaining 16. This gives the body ample time to process and use whatever is consumed and to tap into fat stores on the body. The only caveat is don't skimp on those 2 meals. Under eating will cause the metabolism to slow down.

When I stick to an intermittent feasting schedule, I lose weight. When I am eating 3 meals a day or more with snacking, I maintain weight.