Keto/Carnivore works great so far (UPD: day 10)

[Vladimir]

My first attempt to start Keto/Carnivore was about 2-3 weeks ago. I was already on a pretty low-carb diet, avoiding sugar and sweet things.

I cut out all carbs and tried eating only steaks—it worked great for a day. But the next day, I started craving something different, so I added eggs, then butter. That worked more or less but by the evening, I craved sweets so badly that I couldn’t resist anymore and ended up eating a lot of milk and cookies.

I tried again a couple more times, but the same pattern repeated. What I noticed was that each time I ate "bad stuff" like cookies and milk, I felt worse than I did when I ate the same things before starting this experiment.

Five days ago, after another evening of milk and cookies, I decided to start over again. I felt cravings right after breakfast (eggs and butter), so I tried eating a cucumber instead—and it worked! I ate cucumbers every time I started feeling cravings, and each time, it helped. By day 4, all of my cravings had disappeared. I then gradually removed cucumbers from my diet as they gave me some bloating and intestinal dicsomfort (but I will probably continue to eat it occasionally anyway).

I also had some discomfort on my right side, which I figured was my gallbladder struggling to process all the extra fat I was eating. To address this, I started taking 1000 mg of milk thistle with every meal, and it quickly resolved the issue. The only other supplements I’m taking are 5000 IU of D3 with K2 and 10 mg of zinc.

Today is my 6th day, and I’m eating only eggs, butter, steaks, and coffee—with zero cravings for unhealthy food. I feel better every day, and I’m sleeping better every night. Almost all of my joint pain has disappeared, and my digestion feels great—no bloating, and my stomach feels tight and healthy.

I really hope these improvements will last.

I’d be happy to share more about my experience and answer any questions!

 

[Vladimir]

Completely forgot that I also take potassium citrate powder - about 10 grams per day, plus magnesium glycinate -360mg twice per day.

I also noticed that taking extra 15mg of Zinc some time between meals gives almost an instantaneous energy boost.

 

[Mouse girl]

interesting! that's great!

now that I can tolerate more foods and have such a hard time getting out and cooking, I don't know if I have the motivation to try some of this carnivore trend going on that some have had great luck with. In the past, in the early decades of being sick, I was soooo strict, tried so much and I did find help but eating flesh, and veggies. and some veggies I was sensitive to but some were fine. I also ate brown rice. it helped get out from the darkest times for sure. I always craved sugar and found very dark chocolate helped. flesh was the most important thing though, eating lost of flesh and I did well with high fat and I was not gaining weight at all. I should really try to get much more flesh in my diet again. hard to make all the food now.

really glad you are having some good results.

 

[Vladimir]

Thanks for sharing your experience.

I never had any cravings while I was on low-carb diet, my best dessert was rice or buckwheat crisp with butter and black coffee.

For some reason, any carb intake gives me at least some bloating... Even peeled cucumbers, which I consider the most neutral and safest food. Although, cucumbers always give me such a great feeling of calmness in my stomach and work extremely well to tune down any cravings to zero, so I will definitely keep it in my diet list.

One of the great things among others about this diet is that it's so simple to cook - you just mix eggs with bread, or throw a steak on a pan or into a air fryer

 

[Mouse girl]

Standing there while cooking steak or eggs and the clean up is hard for me, though. Alll the prep work of standing and cooking and the worst, having to stand there and watch the food (NOTHING more boring than watching food cook, in my opinion, lol, but I always had that even when healthy...haha...) but standing for any length of time kills me.

I also have always had the salt issue and now severe electrolyte issue which is wny I must crazve sugar. I do better with sugar now, couldn't take it in the past except dark chocolate, bjujt now, it does help me sleep better. no food is right for everyone, so not surprised that cucumbers don't work for you especially if you are sensitive to chemicals or something else. there are some veggies that make me horrifically sick, brain fog, can't think of function right away, like spinach or Kayle. corn is a no go and I LOVE corn but haven't risked checking that out in some time. I did handle pop corn which is odd lately but it isn't great. food has been so difficult since I got sick, sometimes just eating something with preservatives in it would make me not function at all, make me soooo sick, turn me green and worse...

 

[Wishful]

NOTHING more boring than watching food cook

Yes, and going to do something else "for just a few minutes" results in something burning, sticking to the pan/pot bottom, or other culinary disasters. Yet that keeps happening, because watching food cook is so boring.

I did handle pop corn which is odd lately but it isn't great.

Meanwhile I can tolerate canned corn and masa flour, but not popcorn. I'm pretty sure it's something in the germ. Such a frustrating disease.

 

[Vladimir]

So, it's day 10 and the results are stable. My sleep is getting better every day, I now feel sleepy by 7-8pm even if I get an espresso.

Zero cravings for carbs/sugars, I crave for steaks more and more and enjoy them every time.