so i feel pretty lousy after i eat. i do eat a big carnivore meal, with one piece of fruit (under 50 grams of carbs). so my insulin is ok. but the post food coma is too much. this causes me to drink alcohol, as i have a difficult time sitting with discomfort.

Then eliminate that which may be causing this reaction…fruit. It’s not so much the carb but what the carb does to you. Fruit contains fructose. Fructose is not like most sugars because it goes directly to your liver where it is metabolized quicker. Fructose is not used to feed cells directly. It is taken up by the liver, where it is broken down, and stored or used much like glucose.

You might also try eating smaller meals instead of so much at once. Break them up throughout the day. I used to eat just one meal a day and it would be very large but I’d be worthless afterwards.

yeah geezy i feel pretty worthless after doing omad. i'm gonna try 2mad and see how i fair. although i really don't like eating meat more than once a day but i can try eggs for my second meal. i do ok with eggs and maybe a small amount of cheese on top.

Sometimes I think the fact we are not all the same gets lost when looking what carnivore has done for others and hoping about what it will do.

As Geezy suggested, try a different approach. Maybe two smaller meals will work better for you.

If the fruit is serving the purpose of a snack or something in between meals you can replace it with some sort of meat snack. In my first few months I would have a couple burgers or some bacon in the refrigerator. Thise will work in a pinch and will do no harm.

And if it has to be something in the family of fruits and vegetables then maybe something like an avocado or something similar.

It is much better to find what works for you than modeling your approach after another. I have changed a number of times since May '24, sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad. It is like I have been dialing in since the start.

Good luck. Keep plugging away. The goal is to figure out your path.

Scott

thanks scott. at my best i was able to do carnivore plus fasting for 5 or 6 days in a row and i felt pretty good. but by the weekend i'd always want to celebrate with sugar and alcohol. not sure why, other than the fact that both carnivore and fasting create a lot of stress on my body.

For me, fasting is an interruption to my rhythm. My body does best with a constant rhythm.

20 hours ago, mpolyglottos said:

i really don't like eating meat more than once a day

I can relate. Meats and fats can keep me satiated for a long time and I sometimes have to eat even though I’m not very hungry because I know I haven’t eaten enough for the day. Keep up the good work.

Yes indeed. OMAD would be the most convenient but it’s hard to pull off. Eating twice a day seems the best for my rhythm.

I think we can all start on the same path but the true successes will see us splinter off down our individual paths.

If I eat 14-16oz. steak I do no want to even look at food til the next day, much less eat it.

What I found is that when I reintroduced sugar (by accident/semi-accident) I found it triggered hunger. The sugars that are in the protein drinks I use help me eat a second meal. The second meal helps me get within striking distance of my protein goals.

Sometimes my OMAD turned into One Meal Every Other Day.

I think that leads to a battle between protein curbing the hunger and the sugar triggering it. I think that battle could be deemed as a stressor

Scott.