So I guess I am going more a ketovore route for the first 3 weeks to a month to first kick my sugar addiction. I for sure want to do carnivore, but I want to make sure I succeed and I actually have been craving veggies more than sugar this first week and I have been giving in to them. Green beans, cabbage and mushrooms are the extent of it but I ate them a lot more then I had planned. I decided I would go ahead and do ketovore for a few weeks, as keto is more what I have done in the past and it seems like my body has no issues dropping the sugar. I feel very fortunate that I don't get the horrible withdraw symptoms a lot of people get when starting low carb diets.

I did carnivore for about 6 weeks almost a year ago and I lost a lot of weight fast and felt good, but I gave in too fast and fell off the wagon very badly. I have been eating so much sugary processed crap I am surprised I didn't have serious issues as I am a type 2 diabetic. I think what saved me is I went from 420 lbs to 240 lbs over a couple years and I was actually down to 15% body fat, probably my lowest body fat since I was 10 years old. Over those couple of years I exercised a lot (you have a lot of free time in prison) and my diabetes completely went away. This last year my A1C peaked at 7.8 which is not good, but not near as bad as it should have been for my weight and what I was consuming.

I dropped 5lbs this first week and my legs are already no longer swollen and the muscle definition has come back in my calves. Down to 317, my first goal is to get below 300 and start jogging again. I hate running with a passion, but man it felt so good when you were done with a jog and knew you actually did something.

Hey, keep doing what you are doing. A keto/ketovore approach is still part of the proper human diet spectrum. And the green beans, cabbage, and mushrooms are going to be pretty benign from a weight loss perspective. Focus on abstaining from grains and refined sugars and eat only what the earth provides, and you will be off to a great start!

If I am going to "cheat", I will "cheat" with something keto friendly. I don't even consider it cheating because I have no guilt in doing so, and no qualms about admitting it. I am on a carnivore diet most of the time.

As Bob said, I think you will be fine.

If you have removed the sugars and processed foods that is 90% of the idea of eating this way.

I didn't really set goals or have a plan, pretty much dove in headfirst.

I'm not much on running myself, coming out of the service I felt like I could run around the world but never really enjoyed it. A few weeks ago I was doing my 3.5 mile walk and sort of like Forrest Gump, I just started runnin'. I made it for quite a distance and was really happy with the effort. I drove back and measured and it was with a few feet of being a mile. I was pretty stoked.

For the last thirty five years I could not have ran a mile, I would turn around a fight/face my chaser. LOL

Scott

That’s the beauty of this lifestyle, we can mold it into what works best for each of us as individuals.

For me and my addictive tendencies I had to go cold turkey but for those with more discipline it’s probably best if they ease into it. Congratulations on your success so far and good luck on the rest of your journey.