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If you ever get gout,which I hope you won´t,you will stop laughing at that. It completely invalidizes you, being not able to walk or even stand up. Or sleep for that matter.

I’m very generous in the use of my Himalayan salt, and I add electrolytes to my water, which I’m drinking lots of.  I cut back a little on the fat after eating too much and dealing with diarrhea a few days ago. I still believe I’m getting plenty of it though.

I try not to speak in generalities because I have found when it comes to people on carnivore, there is nothing cookie cutter at all. I try to speak from my experiences as even after 8+ months I feel like I am in the infancy of learning. For me, I have found my energy levels are dictated by fat content and salt (electrolytes). My wife is not on the diet so sometimes I don't eat a high enough fat content if our meal is more toward the lean side. When that happens, I can feel a dip in energy, especially around the hour mark when lifting or doing a log walk (on my days off I try to walk 3 miles and most days I wear a 40lb weight vest). If my meals lack in fat I drag toward the ends of working out. If I don't/forget to salt sometimes I feel a lull.  I have read where others come almost off salt altogether and some only use minimal amounts and their energy levels are seldom alike.  Everything is more individual than anything and that is why I enjoy everyone's personal experiences. I think I learn more comparing experiences with others but not expecting similarities. As crazy as that sounds. Scott  

Thanks for taking the time share your journey and encourage me on mine. I read all the time people saying they don’t feel hungry.  I’m feeling hunger pains 5 or 6 hours after eating and I don’t know why. It may be habit as you mentioned.  I drink extra water when they hit and that helps for a while. My energy level isn’t where I think it should be yet though. 

Congrats on the carnivore change and congrats on the 14 pounds. Things will swing back and forth as you progress.  I'm at just about 9 months and within that first month I was OMAD not be any design, but I simply was not hungry. I just ate when I was hungry at that just happens to have a name, OMAD. Funny how that works. Fast forward and I have lost a bunch of weight, increased the volume in the gym and now eating twice per day to ensure I hit a protein target. I have always believed eating is as much a habit as it is anything else. I have re-affirmed that as of late by forcing myself to eat two times per day. I got in the habit of eating a big breakfast off eggs and meat and then again at night. This week I rolled back on days shifts and it is just not enough time in the morning to eat like on my days off. I skipped breakfast on both Monday and Tuesday, so back to OMAD. On Wednesday morning I felt like I was starving. I didn't feel hungry but just felt like 'it was time to eat'. No energy levels or true signals of hunger, just it was breakfast time and since I ate yesterday at this time it must be time to eat again today. Purely habit. I started in May and didn't have any cravings or hunger from very early on. Maybe the only time since May I was actually hungry, truly hungry was the 71st hour of a 72 hour water fast. The first 71 hours were hunger free. (I never would have believed it til I tried it). At the 71st hour it was like the hunger spiked up and the energy level crashed.  Welcome and congrats on your first month. I try not to speak as a whole, but just my experience, it has only gotten better ever since.  Scott