What NOT To Eat. Nutrition On The Road.

I had AI give me a rundown of Turtle's experience:

Pros:

• Weight Loss: Rapid weight reduction, likely due to water weight initially.
• Increased Energy and Alertness: Significant boost in daily energy levels.
• Reduced Hunger Pangs: Hunger sensations are lessening over time.
• Simplified Shopping: Easier grocery decisions with a carnivore diet.
• Digestive Improvement: Less frequent, less voluminous, and cleaner bowel movements.
• Exercising: Energy to begin exercising again

Cons:

• Carb Flu Symptoms: Initial discomfort like headaches, nausea, and diarrhea.
• Nausea During Fasting: Occasional nausea when breaking the fast.
• Hunger Management: Still experiences hunger by the 14th hour of fasting.
• Exercise Scheduling: Difficulty in scheduling exercise during fasting windows.
• Dining Out Challenges: More complicated to dine out due to limited menu options suitable for carnivore diet.

Everything seems to be going great!

The negative symptoms aren't the food you're eating, but your body adjusting to the food and the new schedule.

I still experience a little nausea when breaking my fast

I'm not sure what that might be either. We'll see how it plays out. Maybe related to something you're drinking in the hours before eating? I'd guess it's something little and temporary.

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

The first two weeks of one-meal-per-day were difficult psychologically. I'd start getting hungry after 15 - 20 hours, and I'd be daydreaming (obsessing, really) about that big plate full of food and watching the clock. When it was finally dinnertime, I overfilled my plate by double for those first two weeks! Eating was a genuine celebration every day!

I got used to it after a few weeks or a month, maybe. But psychologically it was weird eating only once per day.

I have a rule that says no calories before 4:00 pm. Then I can eat anytime, but I normally eat between 5:30 - 7:30.

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 agree with both points. The body's desire for food and the proper diet leads to steady energy levels. That's why I love eating a huge feast every night. I'm sharp and energetic all day and I feast to end the day. I sleep like a baby after that.

the freedom to eat what I love, and an overall sense that this just feels right

That's what really seals the deal. Once you experience the full power of it, you know it's the right way to eat. You can feel it on a level that needs no verification from anyone. You just know it on a primal level. That's why I keep encouraging people to try it.

As I've thought over the years about how humans have had to eat throughout history, where we stand on the food chain, and how we're built, eating this way seems rather obvious. In fact, it makes you wonder how on Earth any of us fell for the vegetable and starches and three meals per day ideas in the first place.

I'm having salmon tonight. Fish at least once per week, often twice.

Week 2 of carnivore is now complete.

For my route this week I left home with 9 hard boiled eggs, 3 half pound cheeseburgers(no buns) and a full rack of ribs. I found that if I ate 2 eggs in the morning and another at about noon, this tied me over nicely until I ate supper around 7ish pm. I came home with one of the burgers and about a third of the ribs so I'm starting to figure out how much food I need to eat each day.

I feel great! I was anticipating experiencing some of the symptoms that people are describing but I haven't. I had a little bit of diarrhea the first week but that has cleared and I have not eaten a single carb in over a week. It seems like my body likes this diet and I have easily adapted to it.

Prior to starting carnivore I have always had allergy issues. Itchy/watery eyes, nasal congestion, skin rashes like dermatitis, etc... Over the past two weeks, ALL of these symptoms have disappeared. To me, after living with this my entire life(I'm 57), it almost feels miraculous to wake up in the morning with clear eyes and no congestion.

I'm sold!

I'll probably deviate every now and then(special occasions) but I'm a carnivore going forward.

I feel great!....I'm sold!

I love to hear it!

I found that if I ate 2 eggs in the morning and another at about noon, this tied me over nicely until I ate supper around 7ish pm

If you can eat all of your food within an 8-hour window, that would leave 16 hours without eating. They call that intermittent fasting. That 16 hours gives your body the time it needs to clean everything out completely and balances out your hormones like insulin.

Intermittent fasting has incredibly powerful benefits. If you can do this consistently, the results will be fantastic!

I came home with one of the burgers and about a third of the ribs so I'm starting to figure out how much food I need to eat each day.

It still amazes me how little we have to eat. Even as a very active athlete, I eat very little. Once a person learns to eat properly there's no mystery why everyone is so fat.

have not eaten a single carb in over a week

That is incredibly impressive. If you did that without major symptoms, your body has adapted well and you're off and running. Your health and energy will continue to improve as time goes on, but you're already at a great place.

Prior to starting carnivore I have always had allergy issues. Itchy/watery eyes, nasal congestion, skin rashes like dermatitis, etc... Over the past two weeks, ALL of these symptoms have disappeared. To me, after living with this my entire life(I'm 57), it almost feels miraculous to wake up in the morning with clear eyes and no congestion.

It's always exciting to hear these stories of healing and better health! The carnivore community has thousands of people with stories of healing like this. Diseases like diabetes, Crohn's, Alzheimer's, heart disease, arthritis, cancer, and so many more have reversed in thousands of people. These are miraculous stories for people who have suffered so much.

I'd love to see more participants! Who else is gonna try this? Yeah, I know this is a trucking website, but sick people and dead people don't do much trucking. So if people aren't healthy, there won't be much of anything worth talking about.

Who's next? Let's hear it!

I’ve been reading along and thinking how this fits into my lifestyle and eating habits. I’ve come to the conclussion I’m kinda in the middle of this road.

I’ve lived this way the majority of my life. I’ve been blessed to always be healthy and weight has never been an issue.

I eat 1 meal a day, usually supper. Mostly meats and few veggies. I don’t take vitamins or anything else over the counter. Stay away from soda and generally drink coffee, water or beer. Occassionaly a good glass of wine.

I do eat bread as long as it is good biscuits and gravy with a couple over easy eggs. Breakfast food can also be good for supper.

I rarely snack on anything. Not sure why I don’t but I just don’t.

I rarely even get a cold. Never any health issues.

I guess I’ve been doing some good with my diet even though I had no idea I was doing it.

I’ve never been what I consider overweight despite what the BMI scale says. I’m 6’3, 220-30 lbs and have been since I was 20. Almost 50 now.

I have been on a low carb/sugar diet since I got my CDL almost 3 years ago. I recently took it a step further after following this thread.

Before this conversation I was eating what I thought was healthy. Apple/Cinnamon instant oatmeal for breakfast. Meat( Beef, poultry, pork) and veggies for dinner. Snack on zero sugar beef sticks and cheese, pistachios, cashews, almonds throughout the day rather then a lunch. Pork rinds when getting the urge for chips. Apple with peanut butter and grapes as my sweet treat. Maybe a couple iced oatmeal cookies.

I have cut out the oatmeal, veggies and few cookies the last three weeks and have lost 8lbs and noticed a jump in energy levels. Feel generally stronger moving freight around on the dock. Also… Not as sore after a rough dock shift, my body seems to recover faster.

I am sold on this diet and will continue on it for life. Hoping my pre diabetic sugar levels will go down at my yearly bloodwork next August due to this diet as well.

Thanks for bringing this diet to light.

Hey, all right! This is great! Love to see more people giving this idea a shot and thinking about it!

I guess I’ve been doing some good with my diet even though I had no idea I was doing it.

Yeah, you have. You just went with what felt right, and it turns out it was right!

I want to emphasize to everyone that being strict with your eating pays off, but eating some ice cream or dinner rolls occasionally does very little harm. Notice I didn't say it's harmless because it's not. But some things taste so darn good they're worth a little harm!

Every Friday night I have a routine. I go to the gym, I see a movie, and I eat at Texas Roadhouse. Last night I had their steak and chicken combo, mashed potatoes, rolls, and a salad. I do that every Friday.

Saturday and Sunday I eat 1/2 pint of ice cream each day. Then I don't eat from Sunday dinner until Tuesday dinner as a complete reset each week.

So you can eat anything you like, but anything that isn't meat, eggs, or dairy does more harm than good.

I have been on a low carb/sugar diet since I got my CDL almost 3 years ago. I recently took it a step further after following this thread.

Fantastic! Thrilled to hear it!

I have cut out the oatmeal, veggies and few cookies the last three weeks and have lost 8lbs and noticed a jump in energy levels

Love it!

Feel generally stronger moving freight around on the dock. Also… Not as sore after a rough dock shift, my body seems to recover faster.

I noticed this as well. I almost never get sore from the gym anymore. For a while, I thought I wasn't working out hard enough, but that's not the case. Eating a high percentage of fats and proteins allows you to recover far more quickly. If you follow the carnivore community, people commonly say that muscle soreness is minimal or gone completely after workouts.

Hoping my pre diabetic sugar levels will go down at my yearly bloodwork next August due to this diet as well.

If you're pre-diabetic then my guess would be you're not on any medications at this point. If this is the case, great. No worries.

If you are on meds, be careful because eating this way will reverse diabetes, making the medication unnecessary or even dangerous.

You'll eliminate all sugar problems if you follow this way of eating, the same way Brian eliminated all of his allergy symptoms. Most of the common diseases we face are simply from eating the wrong foods. Eliminate those foods and you eliminate the disease.

I would recommend moving toward intermittent fasting where you eat all of your day's food within an 8-hour window, say between 10:00am and 6:00pm. Then your body has 16 hours to process the food, clean itself out, and rebalance your hormones. This is especially important for controlling blood sugar levels with insulin. The long period without eating allows your body to use less insulin overall, meaning your body will become less insulin-resistant, and your blood sugar will normalize.

Over the years they went from recommending three meals a day to five smaller meals per day, because you know, we're not fat enough already, right?! Let's eat every 2 - 3 hours, right? Hell, why not just strap a food bag to your face like a horse and never stop eating!

Good grief!

Even when I was eating two meals per day, a few eggs in the morning and then dinner, I still struggled to keep my weight where I wanted it. It wasn't until I went to one meal per day that I lost all extra weight and now I stay very lean and never have weight issues. That one meal I eat is an all-you-can-eat buffet of meat and eggs. I do not count calories and I eat until I'm stuffed and don't want another bite. It keeps me at the perfect weight and in perfect health.

I'm excited to see more people giving this a shot! Eating properly has a dramatic and almost instantaneous impact on our health and wellbeing, as everyone can see from the members who have shifted their diets. They're seeing fantastic results right off the bat.

Whose next? Let's hear from ya! I'm really enjoying this!

If you're pre-diabetic then my guess would be you're not on any medications at this point. If this is the case, great. No worries.

Correct.. No meds at this time other then a low dose of Crestor for cholesterol. Last test my sugars were at 5.5, they have been right there in that range the last 5 years since the Doc started checking. Cutting out most of the sugar should hold the number right there or lower it. We’ll see how it goes next summer