What NOT To Eat. Nutrition On The Road.

I "kinda" fast here, I only eat when I'm hungry, opposed to my filipino fam lol they eat breakfast, lunch, dinner on basicly time. I never was a breakfast eater, even as a kid/teen here, I usually eat after 9-11 am, when ever hunger hits....Plain rice gets boring I add medium salsa I buy (tostitos) and usually a flour tortilla or 2. We don't buy bread often, since it usually molds before a loafs even half done. I love my cheese on just about anything, I buy about 2.2 lbs of ground beef every 2-3 weeks for my beef intake. Later around 4-6 pm is my last light meal until the next day, maybe 20 hours later.

Filipinos can plow down the rice like OMG 2-3 plates full...So we usually buy pork, fish, chicken breasts, and my beef, haven't bought the steaks yet, may try em next trip after this typhoon/tropical storms gone sheesh too much rain!....Aside from our free roaming chickens....And I've never liked many veggies, since as a kid we were forced to eat that crap hahaha. Like corn, why?? you don't even digest it, I prefer fruits and here its fresh off the tree's, bananas, papaya, mangos,tomatoes, my hunny and the kids eat the veggies around here, NOT me.(and they don't like beef?) lol

And my blood sugars lower now than it was back home

My first week of "carnivore" is now under my belt.(literally)

I started a week ago with a ham, egg, and cheese omelette for breakfast and, heading the advice given in this thread about "weaning" off of carbs, a couple of slices of wheat toast. From there it's been pretty much eggs in the morning and a combination of steak, ribs, and different kinds of sausages in the evening. The transition seems to be going well with just a little bit of mild bathroom issues. The only carbs I've eaten have been a few slices of toast(total over the past week) with butter and I did eat a side of baked apples with my eggs and breakfast sausage yesterday morning.

What I can say about this after a week is that I have experienced something that I never thought was even possible. I have suffered from allergies since before I can remember. I get strong allergic reactions to things like certain types of animal dander and molds. I also have chronic itchy/watery eyes and nasal congestion from what I have always been told was seasonal/pollen related.

My eyes and nose have been completely clear for the past 4 or 5 days. I have never in my life not had to deal with this. What I was always told was a reaction to outside environmental factors, I think I can already say, conclusively, was an issue with the food I was eating. Most likely gluten.

My energy and focus, while never any kind of real problem for me, seems better and sharper. I haven't had that mid afternoon drowsiness that I used to get. I run a dedicated route where I leave early Sunday and get home early Wednesday. Not once on this run did I feel drowsy at all.

The results thus far seem incredible. I's going to take me a little while to figure out how much and when I need to eat, and I also have to work in a fasting day, but I'm going to stick with it.

My eyes and nose have been completely clear for the past 4 or 5 days. I have never in my life not had to deal with this.

My energy and focus...seems better and sharper.

I haven't had that mid afternoon drowsiness that I used to get

The results thus far seem incredible

Wow! That's an amazing start!

I always emphasize the experience of eating this way because we all deal with a unique set of problems based on our genetics, lifestyle, nutrition, and fitness. Once you see your problems begin to disappear, you'll be a believer. No one will have to confirm it for you. You know your body, and your body knows when it gets the right fuel.

I's going to take me a little while to figure out how much and when I need to eat, and I also have to work in a fasting day, but I'm going to stick with it.

I'm pullin' for ya! I think you will stick with it.

For the first few years, I ate a small breakfast, just eggs most of the time, then a big dinner. It wasn't until about 1 1/2 years ago I switched to one meal per day. I didn't know that was a thing.

Most people get amazing results doing intermittent fasting, which means you go roughly 15 - 18 hours each day without eating. You normally eat two meals per day, within 6 hours of each other. That would give you 18 hours without eating each day.

Whatever you do, there's no hurry. In fact, if you hurry you'll suffer more discomfort as your body tries to adjust quickly. Doing a complete one-day fast is down the road, once you can consistently go 18 hours without eating each day. Then you can try to do more and see how it feels.

Of course, none of this is nutritional advice from me. I'm just passing on what I've heard.

If everyone suddenly discovered how to eat properly, it would completely wreck those industries and a long list of heads would roll when society started asking questions.

Yet, who benefits financially from spreading the truth? Almost no one! Hell, I've lost several members of this website by promoting this way of eating and haven't made a nickel from it. It sent me in the wrong direction! You wind up getting attacked from every angle. So there's a huge profit incentive for industries to promote unhealthy eating and to keep us sick, but there's almost no way to counter that by profiting from telling people to eat meat and eggs.

The simple truth is that if everyone on Earth suddenly discovered that the carnivore diet was better for their health, the world would run out of protein sources in about a week. Seriously, this diet is not possible for 7+ billion people on our planet because Earth's carrying capacity for it doesn't even come close to accommodating that number.

if everyone on Earth suddenly discovered that the carnivore diet was better for their health

...the world's population would instantly become way more healthy and we'd work together to figure out any challenges along the way.

It would be a glorious health revolution!

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...the world's population would instantly become way more healthy and we'd work together to figure out any challenges along the way.

It would be a glorious health revolution!

The "working together" part is already underway. It's called "lab grown meat". You wanna eat that crap?

My opinion is that those who care and want to find out for themselves will discover a better way to live. The rest(vast majority) who don't can live the way they do, get by, and remain blissfully unaware.

I don't think raising enough meat, milk, or eggs will be a problem.

Cows eat grass. Cows provide meat and milk. Cows poop. Poop grows grass. Cows make more cows.

Chickens eat bugs and plants. Chickens provide eggs and meat. Chickens poop. Poop fertilizes plants and attracts bugs. Chickens make more chickens.

I think we're gonna be ok!

So, since I've intro'd more beef into my diet, I'm seeing 1 significant improvement. I've suffered from constipation for years, at home sometimes, I'd drink Magnesium citrate, to flush out, it's not here in asia.

So the last month I've noticed a big change in it, where I am more "regular" lol...."Droppin' the kids at the pool" at least once, if not twice a day whewww relief.

We went food shopping while in the city, since I had to visit immigration for another 2 month extension. I added some beef breakfast steaks to my buying of ground round. Had to bar-b-que me a couple of em for dinner yummm (similar to carne asada) My honey even tasted it, and liked it (she don't like beef much, or the smell haha)

So the last month I've noticed a big change in it, where I am more "regular"

That's great news! Increasing the percentage of fats and proteins you eat will make a huge difference. In fact, many people get diarrhea when they first switch to carnivore because they're not used to that much protein and fat, and because carbs will make your body retain water, which gets flushed out when you stop eating so many carbs.

On carnivore, you'll wind up with a huge reduction in the amount of poop you produce. You won't even go daily because you won't produce enough waste. When we eat carnivore, almost everything gets used.

Keep eating plenty of fats especially. That will continue to improve the situation. Once you're eating the right stuff and your body adapts, you'll never have issues with being regular.

Some early observations on my carnivore and fasting experiment:

-Yes, I experienced some carb flu symptoms, lasting up to a couple weeks. Mostly just a light headache with light nausea alongside the unfortunate occasional bout of diarrhea. That's all mostly gone away now, but oddly I still experience a little nausea when breaking my fast. Typically I'll eat a couple eggs or something small at around the 20-hour mark just to quell my hunger, then eat my main meal a couple hours later when I park the truck. The in between period is when I feel slightly queasy. It goes away within an hour. I'm not sure what's up with that yet.

-I've lost 10+ lbs in two weeks, surely the excess water I've been retaining.

-And speaking of hunger, I have yet to reach the "I don't get hungry" phase. By hour 14ish I'm starting to feel like I could eat something, and by 18ish it's time. But the hunger pangs are lessening. I'm fairly strict on my fasting regimen, eating all my food for the day either at once or within a 4-hour window. The only downside is the little bit of hunger I mentioned above, and even that isn't at a level that is irritating or anything.

-The upside is I've experienced a significant improvement in my alertness and energy level. This of course could be because a body instinctively needs to remain sharp in order to secure it's next meal. The nourishment a proper human diet gives also plays a role in energy levels too, I guess. My previous habit of a late breakfast consisting of a couple sausages, a chimichanga and a glass of milk would have me sluggish and nappy by noon or so and throughout the afternoon. Now I have none of that, I feel so much more awake now throughout my entire day. Cool side effect.

-I'm exercising regularly again too. Nothing crazy, just either a walk, HIT workout, weights, or a combination every night or so. One can't discount the importance of exercise. I'd much prefer to do these during the day in a fasted state, but I just can't yet get myself to give up that drive time. Some habits just don't go away.

-I've talked mostly about the fasting. On the carnivore side, once again that wasn't a huge change for me from my natural tendency. However, I have cut carbs, sweets, snacks, and anything non-animal based completely out of my diet now. That wasn't exactly simple. Though I'm sure it would be harder for others. It makes shopping easier, but dining out at restaurants a little harder. A normal portion of meat isn't enough to fill me without the sides, so I've had to order a la carte. Fortunately, my local hometown first name basis favorites have been more than accommodating, substituting sides for little or no up charge. I have yet to order at any other places, so I'm not sure how this will work out.

-Besides than the alertness and energy changes mentioned above, I haven't noticed any real changes resulting from going carnivore, other than the freedom to eat what I love, and an overall sense that this just feels right. It's still early, so time will tell if there are any measurable changes that result from this.

Since you guys already talked about it, I won't have to bring up the poop subject. But I will say this: less frequency, less volume, and less uh.. mess. Another side bonus. Who knew?