re: Carnivore Diet

Awesome dude keep it up! The longer you can do it, the easier it gets

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the carb manager app

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I’ve been using this app for over five years. I used the free version until I bought the paid version this year. The paid version is a little bit better, but I operated just as well with the free version. I really like it. I think it’s really good If you’re serious about tracking your nutrition. The more you use it the easier it gets.

I’ve been doing strict keto 5-20-70 for quite a while now while performing physical therapy in the form of muscle hypertrophy every day that I can for the last nine months. During this time, I have lost what appears to be about 20 pounds of fat and have put on about 25 pounds of muscle and lean body mass.

It has absolutely transformed my body composition to a striking extent.

While I am still in the weight gain mode I am not losing fat more quickly than I am gaining lean body mass so my weight has basically stayed the same. My appearance has absolutely changed. The more muscle mass increases it seems the quicker it grows.

I have arthritis in my knees and shoulders and the physical therapy of light weights high repetitions to failure or a couple of reps from failure has worked well for me. I no longer ache when I’m just sitting there however I still have some pain in my knees and shoulders, but it is entirely manageable. I’m going to keep going until I feel like I’ve put on enough muscle mass that maintaining it won’t be that big of a chore.

I will probably continue the high fat low carb diet for the rest of my life because it seems to really agree with me. I think as we age, we definitely need to manage our protein and that will be a primary focus moving forward.

I get blood panels every six months due to hypothyroidism and the only reading that is in the upper part of the range is LDL and because of my diet and low risk for heart attack It’s not an issue.

At some point, I’m going to switch over and focus on lowering my body fat percentage because I feel that would be more healthy in the long run.

On sort of a sidenote, I discovered Allulose and I make a killer pumpkin pie and cheesecake that are 100% sugar-free. Both of them are the best I have ever had sugar or no sugar.
I will have a 1/12 slice or two as a snack and it fits right in with my macros no problem.

To summarize the keto diet has really done well for me physically but mentally probably just as much. I had to do something to Divert my attention after my wife passed away in April and I believe this has helped tremendously.

So sorry to hear about your wife passing but super happy the keto diet has helped you physically and as a healthy distraction. Keep up the good work!

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I started the same day as you (1/13/25). Have you noticed yourself feeling more moody? I have occasional bursts of feeling good but it usually doesn’t last all day. I’m doing this for the supposed cognitive benefits.

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Theres definitely a lot of variability in response...but early in in Carnivore my libido went way down. You can get some disruption in hormone profile but it eventually corrected itself for me, especially when I started eating more. If you are leaning down quickly this may be something you encounter

I’ve noticed similar feelings when I’ve gotten to lower bf % so you are probably right. The problem is I’m already stuffing my face right up until being nearly nauseated. It’s good and bad but I have almost zero hunger on this diet and I’m running out of meats that seem even slightly appetizing.

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I’ve noticed similar feelings when I’ve gotten to lower bf % so you are probably right

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Yeah it absolutely could be a byproduct of dropping below your normal homeostasis of body fat

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The problem is I’m already stuffing my face right up until being nearly nauseated. It’s good and bad but I have almost zero hunger on this diet and I’m running out of meats that seem even slightly appetizing.

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I feel ya there. Ive restarted carnivore several times after breaks. I always start off wanting variability, never fails. Eventually for me it always narrows down to where I just want fatty steak. I crave ribeyes now like crazy and the craving only starts fading if I take a break and add back in carbs. Just my experience but just a scroll through youtube shows that there are longtime carnivores that love different dishes. Some even make cheesecakes, etc that are zero carb and look great

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That’s what’s getting me…I’m a foodie at heart and I love cooking. This has taken the fun out of that but I’ll try to approach this as a mission. My plan was to do this for 30 days, convert to keto for day 30-90, and then pace myself into a low carb (100 carbs or less most days).

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There are some really tasty no carb dishes ive seen on youtube. If you really love cooking, you should try some of these. Steak and butter girl even made some carnivore pancakes that looked delicious. The no carb(or low carb if you want to add crushed nuts for a crust) cheesecake looks very good.

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Gonna go buy some ribeyes right now and see how that goes lol

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Get creative with this as well. I like to reverse sear smoke ribeyes. My family loves them. If you are a cook you obviously know all the different ways to cook ribeyes so that can add some variability.

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I’ve eyeballed this for some time now but the stories of diarrhea give me pause Thinking maybe eliminating certain items or going in to keto for a bit first might make it easier

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I’ve done it for relatively short amounts of times on numerous occasions. I’ve never had this problem, but my diet is protein focused and I don’t eat like trash all the time

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You aren’t getting enough fats. It’s imperative since you aren’t getting carbs for energy you must get in enough fats.

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I’m trying. Anytime I eat fattier cuts of meat my stomach does not handle it well. I get nauseousness, brain fog, and diarrhea. Hopefully things get better as my body learns to break down fat more efficiently

To the guy asking how to jump into this….If I could go back I’d have done a keto diet for about 3 weeks. My guess is that would have helped the transition when I went full carnivore

talking with a friend of mine yesterday and he's just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes -- any information about doing carnivore in his situation?