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Quoted: I agree on the sugar, but also sugar is a huge component of processed foods, so I'm not sure that they're really separate issues. We pay farmers to grow corn we don't need, figure out how to make sugar out of it for dirt cheap, then food manufacturers realized that they can sweeten everything (which I guess most people like) and increase sales. Seriously, though, sugar makes everything taste weird. I hate regular ketchup and most breads in this country because they're sweetened to an insane degree. Salad dressing, pizza sauce, you name it. The dangers of sugar were starting to be well known around the time that the government began issuing dietary guidelines. Check out "Pure, White, and Deadly." View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: You can’t pin it all on processed foods and huge portions. Adding sugar to everything, being told eat three meals a day, eat grains, etc has done us harm. I agree on the sugar, but also sugar is a huge component of processed foods, so I'm not sure that they're really separate issues. We pay farmers to grow corn we don't need, figure out how to make sugar out of it for dirt cheap, then food manufacturers realized that they can sweeten everything (which I guess most people like) and increase sales. Seriously, though, sugar makes everything taste weird. I hate regular ketchup and most breads in this country because they're sweetened to an insane degree. Salad dressing, pizza sauce, you name it. The dangers of sugar were starting to be well known around the time that the government began issuing dietary guidelines. Check out "Pure, White, and Deadly." I agree. |
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Quoted: I have been carnivore for 3 years. Lost 120lbs. COVID hit and I’ve gained 20 back. Not going to the gym sucks. I eat meat, eggs, cheese, and butter. I allow myself one cheat day every 3 weeks. So if I go out to a sushi restaurant or want a pizza, I indulge. Occasionally I will do a beef and butter fast. Just cow and cow accessories. Never felt better, my back pain is gone. Starting the diet blows. The keto flu is a motherfucker. Cholesterol has never been better. I’d say the only issue I have is water retention with pork products. I eat a lot of bacon and sausage. It can accumulate water. Anyone have questions for a 3 year carnivore? View Quote Question: I'm considering the carnivore diet, but it seems a bit extreme to me. Is there like a carnivore "light" version where I can have some basic raw vegetables and fruit, but still get most of my calories from meat, or is it all or nothing? |
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Quoted: Question: I'm considering the carnivore diet, but it seems a bit extreme to me. Is there like a carnivore "light" version where I can have some basic raw vegetables and fruit, but still get most of my calories from meat, or is it all or nothing? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I have been carnivore for 3 years. Lost 120lbs. COVID hit and I’ve gained 20 back. Not going to the gym sucks. I eat meat, eggs, cheese, and butter. I allow myself one cheat day every 3 weeks. So if I go out to a sushi restaurant or want a pizza, I indulge. Occasionally I will do a beef and butter fast. Just cow and cow accessories. Never felt better, my back pain is gone. Starting the diet blows. The keto flu is a motherfucker. Cholesterol has never been better. I’d say the only issue I have is water retention with pork products. I eat a lot of bacon and sausage. It can accumulate water. Anyone have questions for a 3 year carnivore? Question: I'm considering the carnivore diet, but it seems a bit extreme to me. Is there like a carnivore "light" version where I can have some basic raw vegetables and fruit, but still get most of my calories from meat, or is it all or nothing? Keto is pretty much carnivore light and Mediterranean is pretty much keto light. |
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Quoted: Keto is pretty much carnivore light and Mediterranean is pretty much keto light. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I have been carnivore for 3 years. Lost 120lbs. COVID hit and I’ve gained 20 back. Not going to the gym sucks. I eat meat, eggs, cheese, and butter. I allow myself one cheat day every 3 weeks. So if I go out to a sushi restaurant or want a pizza, I indulge. Occasionally I will do a beef and butter fast. Just cow and cow accessories. Never felt better, my back pain is gone. Starting the diet blows. The keto flu is a motherfucker. Cholesterol has never been better. I’d say the only issue I have is water retention with pork products. I eat a lot of bacon and sausage. It can accumulate water. Anyone have questions for a 3 year carnivore? Question: I'm considering the carnivore diet, but it seems a bit extreme to me. Is there like a carnivore "light" version where I can have some basic raw vegetables and fruit, but still get most of my calories from meat, or is it all or nothing? Keto is pretty much carnivore light and Mediterranean is pretty much keto light. What about Paleo, with an emphasis on meat? Next question: Can anyone write up a basic weekly meal plan on Carnivore we could look at? What worked for you guys? I'm super curious about it, but don't know what to plan for. Also, while on Carnivore, do you still track your daily macros? |
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Quoted: Question: I'm considering the carnivore diet, but it seems a bit extreme to me. Is there like a carnivore "light" version where I can have some basic raw vegetables and fruit, but still get most of my calories from meat, or is it all or nothing? View Quote |
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Quoted: What fruit? Some are ridiculously high in carbs. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Question: I'm considering the carnivore diet, but it seems a bit extreme to me. Is there like a carnivore "light" version where I can have some basic raw vegetables and fruit, but still get most of my calories from meat, or is it all or nothing? I'm thinking mostly apples, berries, raw kale, tomatoes, mostly. |
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Jeez, another question.
How do you guys eat steak and chicken every day without breaking the bank? I love steak, but that's a semi-expensive diet if you're gonna have it every day along with bacon, pork, etc. |
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Quoted: Jeez, another question. How do you guys eat steak and chicken every day without breaking the bank? I love steak, but that's a semi-expensive diet if you're gonna have it every day along with bacon, pork, etc. View Quote Attached File |
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Quoted: I generally eat 4-8 eggs and 1-2 lbs of meat each day. I buy pork at Sam's for ~ $1.15/lb and brisket is usually $2.15-2.50/lb around here. l buy in bulk, grind, vacuum seal, and freeze. So, on any given day, I'm never eating more than $5-6 worth of food. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/79710/20200730_164131sm_jpg-1526603.JPG View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Jeez, another question. How do you guys eat steak and chicken every day without breaking the bank? I love steak, but that's a semi-expensive diet if you're gonna have it every day along with bacon, pork, etc. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/79710/20200730_164131sm_jpg-1526603.JPG Err, arn't eating all those eggs bad for your cholesterol? Sorry, just having some severe skeptism regarding eating only meat. Although, I do want to do it. Just need to work past some of these hang ups. |
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Quoted: Err, arn't eating all those eggs bad for your cholesterol? Sorry, just having some severe skeptism regarding eating only meat. Although, I do want to do it. Just need to work past some of these hang ups. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Jeez, another question. How do you guys eat steak and chicken every day without breaking the bank? I love steak, but that's a semi-expensive diet if you're gonna have it every day along with bacon, pork, etc. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/79710/20200730_164131sm_jpg-1526603.JPG Err, arn't eating all those eggs bad for your cholesterol? Sorry, just having some severe skeptism regarding eating only meat. Although, I do want to do it. Just need to work past some of these hang ups. Isn't cholesterol mostly genetic? If it's high you need to be careful about intake, if it's not, you should be fine. I read a thing awhile ago too that linked cholesterol levels to testosterone levels too. People with elevated cholesterol had elevated testosterone, which is a good thing if trying to lose weight. |
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Quoted: Err, arn't eating all those eggs bad for your cholesterol? Sorry, just having some severe skeptism regarding eating only meat. Although, I do want to do it. Just need to work past some of these hang ups. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Jeez, another question. How do you guys eat steak and chicken every day without breaking the bank? I love steak, but that's a semi-expensive diet if you're gonna have it every day along with bacon, pork, etc. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/79710/20200730_164131sm_jpg-1526603.JPG Err, arn't eating all those eggs bad for your cholesterol? Sorry, just having some severe skeptism regarding eating only meat. Although, I do want to do it. Just need to work past some of these hang ups. ?? KETO Increased Your Cholesterol?? (Here’s why It's OK) ?? |
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Quoted: It’s some dumb neckbeard shit to sound cool. Don’t do it. Humans are meant to eat both meat and vegetables. View Quote Are you sure? Imagine if every time you ate something you needed to hang out near a restroom because you are going to get incredible explosive shits immediately after. Imagine if after you finish your round of explosive shits you still might be in for a round two (never know). Now imagine a bunch of people try to tell you that you are meant to eat that item. I'm not one of those guys that dislikes carbs, veggies, etc. but they absolutely fuck my stomach up. I don't believe for a second that all people are meant to eat fall fruits/veg/nuts type of thing. Allergies exist. Some people can tolerate certain things. Others can't. Funny thing is, milk & cheese doesn't bother me. But certain veggies/carb sources destroy me. I haven't gone full carnivore yet, but am following the really restrictive vertical diet. It works pretty well but I still poop about twice for every meal I eat. Which means eating four meals per day I take about 8 poops per day. Full carnivore is about the only thing I haven't tried but I just ordered a book on the diet and will be trying it when I'm done reading it. Quoted: Jeez, another question. How do you guys eat steak and chicken every day without breaking the bank? I love steak, but that's a semi-expensive diet if you're gonna have it every day along with bacon, pork, etc. View Quote I eat a 16oz NY Strip every day. My local Costco has them for 8.99lb and its a high quality cut with decent fat marbling in the meat. Their ground Bison is also 3lbs for about 20$. Between ground bison and steak its really not 'that' expensive to eat only high quality red meat. $9 per day in steak. That's the cost of driving through a fast food place for 1 meal. |
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Okay, I've been reading online. But I have been having trouble finding specific weekly meal plans for Carnivore. Lots of articles talking about how great fatty beef steaks are, but not enough telling you daily recipes/meals per day.
What do you guys eat Monday-Sunday, in detail? |
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Quoted: FOR ME, there is no "finishing", I can never go back to eating carbs. I went from 298 to 185 in a year and have maintained at that weight for 8 months now. I KNOW if I ever try to reintroduce carbs in any form or fashion, my inner fat boy is going to make his reappearance in a most grotesque way. At 51, I'm below my HS weight and feel great, why would I ever want to give that up? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Sustainability is key. I've seen Atkins and Keto adherents blimp out in a couple months after "finishing" their diet. I would guess those I observed lost the weight they wanted to lose. One in particular was a good friend of mine. He dropped the weight quickly. I'd see him walking in my old neighborhood and figured the exercise must've really worked for him. Then he said he'd been on keto for a couple months which explained the rapid weight loss. I ran into him at a board meeting and he appeared to have gained some weight back. But I knew he was still walking. A month later, he was back where he started. He said he and his wife slowly reintroduced vegetables and whole wheat bread into their diets. He felt like they immediately began to retain water. Neither of them were obese to start with. His wife a little heavier than he. But they gained all their weight back and then some, despite eating healthy and monitoring portions. It just stuck with me. Combined with others I watched in the office that went through the same, I came to the conclusion that fad diets are great for losing weight fast. They're just not conducive to prolonged weight loss for most of the population. JMO. |
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Quoted: I would guess those I observed lost the weight they wanted to lose. One in particular was a good friend of mine. He dropped the weight quickly. I'd see him walking in my old neighborhood and figured the exercise must've really worked for him. Then he said he'd been on keto for a couple months which explained the rapid weight loss. I ran into him at a board meeting and he appeared to have gained some weight back. But I knew he was still walking. A month later, he was back where he started. He said he and his wife slowly reintroduced vegetables and whole wheat bread into their diets. He felt like they immediately began to retain water. Neither of them were obese to start with. His wife a little heavier than he. But they gained all their weight back and then some, despite eating healthy and monitoring portions. It just stuck with me. Combined with others I watched in the office that went through the same, I came to the conclusion that fad diets are great for losing weight fast. They're just not conducive to prolonged weight loss for most of the population. JMO. View Quote If most of the population had will power they wouldn't be overweight to begin with. No matter the method, you will fail if you don't create healthy habits. It's not the diets fault it's the individual that deviated. |
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Yes. I’m only 9 days in. Down to 223.8 lbs this morning from a starting weight of 230 lbs.
All the supposed benefits from keto. Never hungry, eat as much as you want, bowel movements are fine. Steady energy after 2-3 days. It’s great. |
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Quoted: My ex GF would do the meat diet from time to time. It worked, she lost lots of weight. It's not healthy, you need to take vitamins. She used to joke that she wasn't sure if it was the "diet" that caused her to lose weight or that you get sick of eating meat all the time... View Quote Uh, no. You shouldn’t be taking any vitamens. |
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Quoted: Were you going from keto to carnivore or the standard American diet to carnivore? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: My experience is was extreme gastrointestinal distress. Bad pain, difficultiy taking a shit, not fun. The farts were legendary though. Eta: I should add i tried it for a week or so. Standard diet full of carbs. |
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Quoted: Okay, I've been reading online. But I have been having trouble finding specific weekly meal plans for Carnivore. Lots of articles talking about how great fatty beef steaks are, but not enough telling you daily recipes/meals per day. What do you guys eat Monday-Sunday, in detail? View Quote You are over thinking this and not accepting the simplicity of it. If you are hungry, eat meat until you aren’t hungry anymore. There aren’t any recipes. Buy meat and cook it. You will probably end up eating 2-3 times a day, maybe even just once. |
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I did it for 18 days and shit my brains out for week 1 and then the last week so I called it quits.
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I am currently doing it but. However, I am not SUPER STRICT about it. I use whatever seasonings I want, as long as they aren't high in carbs/sugars. I also still use ketchup, but the no sugar added Heinz ketchup because it is way lower is carbs/sugars and Sriracha. I just don't eat sugar, vegetables, bread, rice, and other items high in carbs. Honestly, I don't get fooled by this NET CARB crap either. If I look at a label and the carb intake is higher than 4g per serving, I won't consume it. If it is between 2-4g per serving, I use it on occasion only.
On a typical day where I don't prepare my own lunch I will eat a Wendy's double baconator plain with no bun. Basically just the burger patties, cheese, and bacon with some of the no sugar added ketchup. For dinner I will almost always have a 1" Ribeye steak with a blend of seasonings. My blend is a mixture of Adkins seasonings, pink salt, and ground pepper. I use about a table spoon on the entire steak. For snacks I will have cheese, eggs(mainly), lunch meats(rarely), kielbasa, sausage, FBOMB Cheese crisps, CHOMPS Sticks, and pepperoni. I'll occasionally have a Coke Zero. I usually drink water or water with a Tang packet(Zero Carbs). Just about every night at 8PM I will drink a cup of Bone Broth too. Helps fight off late night cravings. If I had to do it without seasoning or condiments, I simply couldn't. We had a weight loss challenge at work and it went from 251 to 234 in one month. That included a few days of cheat meals and still drinking on Friday and Saturday nights. If I drink anything alcohol wise, it is either White Claw and Bourbon neat. Keep in mind I am 6' 0" fairly muscular guy so I was always told I didn't look 251 lbs. My Doctor did tell me though that I should be around 200lbs though and in a 34" waste pant. I am currently in between 34-36 depending on the clothing. Pre pandemic I was at a crossfit gym. During the pandemic I didn't do anything hence my 251 weight. I was walking around at about 235-240 normally. Just yesterday I starting doing my own High Intensity body weight workouts in the garage. A lot of people, including myself, have shit like a goose the first weeks to month. That is because your body isn't used to having to produce the enzymes to break down all the fat. When I have those issues, I take a Lipase pill when I turn on my flat top to cook my dinner steak. It is a digestion aid and can be found on Amazon. I feel off the wagon a few days last week and went back up to 238. However, I got back on yesterday and I am already down to 235 of this morning. To me, the easiest thing to do is to set a goal and then treat yourself. I found that having a brief goal with a reward at that point is the easiest way to stay on track. My next goal is a cheat meal when I am under 225. I found it too difficult to go from a starting weight to an end weight without prizes in between. I would get fed up and stop doing the "Mainly Carnivore" as I call it. My end goal isn't a weight as much as it is a body fat percentage. Being a "muscular" guy, all I want is to get rid of the spare belly and love handle fat that I have. It isn't horrible but it can be a lot better. I actually bought a pair of Crye M81 G3 combat pants in a size 34 as a motivation item. I can fit in them now but they are fairly snug. I figure at about 200lbs they will fit with some room like my 36s usually do. |
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I went from keto to just beef and salt as a process of elimination in determining triggers for my cluster headaches. I saw no added benefits with them or my regular health by doing this.
I envy you guys who get extra energy from going keto. I found it to be the opposite for me. I felt sluggish for months. It's great for losing weight and reducing the severity of my clusters though. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: My experience is was extreme gastrointestinal distress. Bad pain, difficultiy taking a shit, not fun. The farts were legendary though. Eta: I should add i tried it for a week or so. Standard diet full of carbs. |
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Quoted: You are over thinking this and not accepting the simplicity of it. If you are hungry, eat meat until you aren't hungry anymore. There aren't any recipes. Buy meat and cook it. You will probably end up eating 2-3 times a day, maybe even just once. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Okay, I've been reading online. But I have been having trouble finding specific weekly meal plans for Carnivore. Lots of articles talking about how great fatty beef steaks are, but not enough telling you daily recipes/meals per day. What do you guys eat Monday-Sunday, in detail? If you are hungry, eat meat until you aren't hungry anymore. There aren't any recipes. Buy meat and cook it. You will probably end up eating 2-3 times a day, maybe even just once. |
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I got a few lines in before the giant pop up screen wanted me to join. . So now it is up to you to give me the rest of the read. |
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Quoted: Checking her out; interesting about the carnivore flu, I figured since I usually am in ketosis when I check in the morning I wouldn't miss the few carbs I get through a normal keto day, but. . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTCVLFFiW6Q View Quote So there was a pretty girl inside of her waiting to get out. How in the hell does she eat 10 burger patties. |
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Quoted: So there was a pretty girl inside of her waiting to get out. How in the hell does she eat 10 burger patties. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Checking her out; interesting about the carnivore flu, I figured since I usually am in ketosis when I check in the morning I wouldn't miss the few carbs I get through a normal keto day, but. . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTCVLFFiW6Q So there was a pretty girl inside of her waiting to get out. How in the hell does she eat 10 burger patties. Check out Kelly Hogan as well, she's been full carnivore for over 10 years. https://www.instagram.com/kelly_hogan91/ |
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Been half assing it for a few weeks/month now but I need to get better about it. We just got a 1/4 cow and 1/2 pig so we have some meat. But I'll still get some Ribeyes....
anyone that is doing it, do you have issues with eggs? it seems if I have a lot of eggs, my gut just does not like that. I was having something like 6-8 eggs but then I'd feel like ass for a while. i found I can still have a couple eggs and be fine. It's just weird cause I've ate eggs all my life. Also, what are peoples favorite ways to cook their steak? grill, cast iron, etc...???? |
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Quoted: Plants don't run so they produce toxins. That is some essential oils bullshit level stuff right there. View Quote All natural plants have some sort of self-defense mechanism. Cacti have needles. Chestnuts are grown inside a burr. Pecans and walnuts grow inside a husk that's incredibly bitter. Acorns and green persimmons are bitter. Turnips, mustard, and collards have to be cooked with plenty of fat and seasonings to get rid of their strong flavor. Lots of plants and mushrooms are poisonus. Wild cherry and peach leaves develop cyanuric acid when they wilt that is deadly to livestock. |
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Quoted: I would guess those I observed lost the weight they wanted to lose. One in particular was a good friend of mine. He dropped the weight quickly. I'd see him walking in my old neighborhood and figured the exercise must've really worked for him. Then he said he'd been on keto for a couple months which explained the rapid weight loss. I ran into him at a board meeting and he appeared to have gained some weight back. But I knew he was still walking. A month later, he was back where he started. He said he and his wife slowly reintroduced vegetables and whole wheat bread into their diets. He felt like they immediately began to retain water. Neither of them were obese to start with. His wife a little heavier than he. But they gained all their weight back and then some, despite eating healthy and monitoring portions. It just stuck with me. Combined with others I watched in the office that went through the same, I came to the conclusion that fad diets are great for losing weight fast. They're just not conducive to prolonged weight loss for most of the population. JMO. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Sustainability is key. I've seen Atkins and Keto adherents blimp out in a couple months after "finishing" their diet. I would guess those I observed lost the weight they wanted to lose. One in particular was a good friend of mine. He dropped the weight quickly. I'd see him walking in my old neighborhood and figured the exercise must've really worked for him. Then he said he'd been on keto for a couple months which explained the rapid weight loss. I ran into him at a board meeting and he appeared to have gained some weight back. But I knew he was still walking. A month later, he was back where he started. He said he and his wife slowly reintroduced vegetables and whole wheat bread into their diets. He felt like they immediately began to retain water. Neither of them were obese to start with. His wife a little heavier than he. But they gained all their weight back and then some, despite eating healthy and monitoring portions. It just stuck with me. Combined with others I watched in the office that went through the same, I came to the conclusion that fad diets are great for losing weight fast. They're just not conducive to prolonged weight loss for most of the population. JMO. I don't do well with breads and pastas (even the whole wheat variety, which is all I had growing up). Never have. For myself (and myself only), I consider them to be an indulgence not unlike desert. They're something I eat only rarely (I don't have any in the house and I don't buy it at the store, so it's only when I'm invited somewhere else for dinner). When I eat them, I tend to overconsume them very quickly - or at least feel a very strong desire to, that I have to actively fight. If they're a substantial part of where my energy came from in a meal, I get hungry again a few hours later. I can fight all this through sheer force of willpower, but it's mentally exhausting to do that all the time, so I just avoid them entirely. It's way easier. But that's me and me only. Everybody's different. The inside of my refrigerator looks like the produce section of a well-stocked grocery store (and I enjoy cooking), so it's not like I'm hurting for variety or feeling like I'm missing anything. If you scroll up and look at that sampling of some of the weekday dinner stuff in my rotation, I don't think anybody would say "Yeah, but it really needs a whole wheat dinner roll, and you should replace that green stuff with pasta noodles". It's not explicitly ketogenic in nature, but it's probably fairly low carb by default (especially comparatively speaking), and I defy any nutritionist to look at that and say it isn't a healthy way to eat. If your friend and his wife began regaining the weight after reintroducing vegetables and breads, they had a lot of opportunity to stop and reassess. It's an active and ongoing thing. If you own a scale (and I'm sure they do), you know when something isn't right. Shit, shower, shave, weigh yourself. Every morning. It's not hard. If you're up 8 or 9 pounds in a week or two, you know it's because you're eating a lot of something you probably shouldn't be. You need to figure that out, make some half-time tweaks and adjustments, and fix it. If there's something nice to be said about a carnivorous diet (the subject of this thread ), it's that it's likely just about the perfect elimination diet - a troubleshooting tool. An arrow in your metabolic and nutritional quiver. You'll get more than enough nutrition while doing it (no worries there, especially if you remember to throw in eggs, oily fish and organ meat at least once a week each) and it'll be tolerated by just about everyone. After 30 days (should be enough time to adapt), you can now start adding other stuff back in one at a time and seeing what happens. If something goes sideways in a hurry, it's easy to discern what the fuck it was. And fix it. <-- This is the part people seem to be omitting. |
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Quoted: Jeez, another question. How do you guys eat steak and chicken every day without breaking the bank? I love steak, but that's a semi-expensive diet if you're gonna have it every day along with bacon, pork, etc. View Quote I got lucky in that my grocer has ribeyes on sale for $7 each. Thick ribeyes too so I stocked up. Same with ground beef, pork, chicken, and shrimp. Just happened to get eating like this at the right time. I’m glad I went keto for a couple of months before this. It allowed my body to get used to eating less overall, producing ketones which in turned is helping me get fat adapted as I’m not hungry that much anymore. I can’t tell you the last time I ate three meals. Add in intermittent fasting and going carnivore was and is simple. To answer your question I can afford to do this because I’m only eating once a day most days. And those meals are small. On Saturday I grilled five ribeyes, a family pack of 85/15 ground beef patties (I think we got like 12 patties out of a family pack of meat). The food breakdown was two steaks for me, two steaks for the wife, one for the kid. Of the twelve patties I think I had a total of six and the rest was divided between the wife and kid. Of the grilled food I ate, I ate the last bit yesterday. I ate a full steak on Saturday and the other steak was split between Sunday and Monday. The hamburger patties was two on Saturday, one Sunday, one Monday, and two yesterday. This protein fills me up where I don’t need to eat a lot when I eat and I don’t need to eat a lot throughout the day. YMMV. |
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Quoted: Okay, I've been reading online. But I have been having trouble finding specific weekly meal plans for Carnivore. Lots of articles talking about how great fatty beef steaks are, but not enough telling you daily recipes/meals per day. What do you guys eat Monday-Sunday, in detail? View Quote Not to be rude but why not form up your own meal plan? Buy some meat you like. Cook it. Eat it. Record what and how much you ate and start forming your own meal plan. Only your body will know when, what, and how much you will need to eat. Eventually you might find that you don’t need to eat as much when you eat and your frequency of eating might decline where a steak a day fills you and keeps you content. Can always start with ground beef patties, it doesn’t have to be steak. Also look for meat sales at your grocer. |
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Quoted: Been half assing it for a few weeks/month now but I need to get better about it. We just got a 1/4 cow and 1/2 pig so we have some meat. But I'll still get some Ribeyes.... anyone that is doing it, do you have issues with eggs? it seems if I have a lot of eggs, my gut just does not like that. I was having something like 6-8 eggs but then I'd feel like ass for a while. i found I can still have a couple eggs and be fine. It's just weird cause I've ate eggs all my life. Also, what are peoples favorite ways to cook their steak? grill, cast iron, etc...???? View Quote |
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I’m late and didn’t read the thread past the OP as usual.
I assume you are inquiring about weight loss tactics since you mentioned the keto stuff. We all know Caloric deficit is the only way to lose weight. If eating only meat or anything else for that matter gets you in that deficit then it will work. I prefer eating a large balanced meal once a day. Protein/carbs/fat in about the ratio of 60:20:20. |
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Quoted: Been half assing it for a few weeks/month now but I need to get better about it. We just got a 1/4 cow and 1/2 pig so we have some meat. But I'll still get some Ribeyes.... anyone that is doing it, do you have issues with eggs? it seems if I have a lot of eggs, my gut just does not like that. I was having something like 6-8 eggs but then I'd feel like ass for a while. i found I can still have a couple eggs and be fine. It's just weird cause I've ate eggs all my life. Also, what are peoples favorite ways to cook their steak? grill, cast iron, etc...???? View Quote The advantage here - especially on a weekday, is really one of timing. While it's possible to overcook your meat (fish is even easier), you really have to leave it in there for several hours longer than necessary to fuck it up. And it takes all of the skill out of it - your protein is always at the perfect temperature. This is especially nice when I'm cooking an expensive fish. I was always about 50/50 on the end result, and nothing pisses me off more than not absolutely nailing something I paid $20/lb for. Sous vide more or less idiot proofs that for me. You just need to put a sear on it for some color and flavor (easy peasy). Use a skilet, your grill, hell - just fire up some lump coals in a chimney with a grate on top (my favorite for steaks). So what it does, if give you some time. In my case, when my circulator beeps at me to let me know it's done, if affords me the opportunity to start warming up the skillet (for searing and any veggie cooking I'll be doing), prepping all the veggies and whatever else I'm eating on the side, etc. I spend no more than 45 minutes to an hour in the kitchen each day actively doing something. Dinner is on by 6-ish. I'll eat as many as 4 eggs in a day (and not every day), and don't personally have any trouble with them. I feel like if I was eating 8 of them, it would be because I didn't have anything else to eat and I was trying to make up for it by just doubling down on eggs (fast and cheap). The thing is, I always have a fridge and freezer stocked with stuff to eat, and I deliberately schedule my weekdays to make sure I have an hour available to prepare it. As far as I know (I haven't studied any of this at length), people with egg allergies are mostly reacting to the types of proteins found in the egg whites. And given that, as far as I know, food allergies are really just an immune response to something perceived by your body as harmful for whatever reason, it might be said that "the dose makes the poison". So then, given that it's probably the types of protein found in the whites that cause you discomfort, and that in your case it's probably the amount of it you're eating that finally triggers a response, and given that - as near as I can tell - most of the nutritive good stuff is found in the egg yolk and not the white, you might try just eating the yolks if you're going to be eating a lot of eggs. Maybe have a couple of eggs (which you seem to tolerate just fine), and then for the other 4-6 you feel like eating - ditch the whites. See how that goes. |
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Quoted: I’m late and didn’t read the thread past the OP as usual. I assume you are inquiring about weight loss tactics since you mentioned the keto stuff. We all know Caloric deficit is the only way to lose weight. If eating only meat or anything else for that matter gets you in that deficit then it will work. I prefer eating a large balanced meal once a day. Protein/carbs/fat in about the ratio of 60:20:20. View Quote I read that wrong. While yes you do have to burn more than you consume, the calories you’re putting in matters too. |
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Quoted: Are there any limits to spices used on carnivore? View Quote If there is I don’t pay attention to it. With that said if you want to liven up your food try pink Himalayan salt. Wholly shit! That is some strong salt. I also use coarse black pepper and coarse sea salt on my meat. Smoked paprika is amazing. The only other thing I might add to my food is plain ole mustard. No carbs, no calories, no sugar. |
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The lengths of our intestines suggests our bodies have been engineered to be omnivores. They are a bit too long to efficiently digest a purely vegetarian diet and a bit too short to efficiently digest a purely carnivore diet. I suspect some fruits and vegetables are going to soften up one's stools and minimize the formation of hemorrhoids.
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Quoted: Are there any limits to spices used on carnivore? View Quote |
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So I have yet another question:
So doing research on Carnivore, I noticed a heavy emphasis where you get most of your calories from fat, and then the rest from protein. I would have thought it would be the reverse. Why not lean protein meats, lean cuts of steak, chicken, fish etc? I thought a high protein, mid-low levels fats, zero carbs would be best. I would eat Top Round steak, grilled Chicken breast, fist, crab, shrimp. All of those have fats, but much less than fatty cuts of meat like T-Bone or Rib Eye. Majority fat, rest protein seems contrary to my mind. |
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Quoted: What about Paleo, with an emphasis on meat? Next question: Can anyone write up a basic weekly meal plan on Carnivore we could look at? What worked for you guys? I'm super curious about it, but don't know what to plan for. Also, while on Carnivore, do you still track your daily macros? View Quote Carnivore Diet: What I Eat: A Month of Meals Part 1 |
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