Let's talk about Sleep...
Quality sleep is the one big thing on Carnivore that I haven't been able to consistently improve. When I was a carb eater I was always tired, slept 10 hours a night, and could nap anytime. Even with all that sleep, I was always tired.
After going carnivore it's normal to need less sleep. Chris needs a lot less sleep now but it's always consistent and he feels rested.
Now however I often have a hard time falling asleep at night, I contribute that to stress or just my brain being in overdrive (the amount I travel doesn't help I'm sure)...but I still question if there is something else going on. Part of my recent bloodwork was to check my cortisol levels and my hormones to see if that was causing my sleep issues. They all came back fine.
My normal issue is trouble falling asleep (my mom has this issue as well), but last night I woke up at 3 am and took me all the way till 5:30 to fall back asleep.
I have often adjusted my eating schedule, my fat/protein levels, added magnesium...all the things. (Regular use of melatonin should be avoided since it is a hormone.) But I still have rough nights getting great sleep.
All that to say...how is your sleep? How many hours do you sleep each night? Do you feel rested during the day? If you get great sleep what factors do you think contribute to that?
Cheese is good! I ate a block of chipotle oven baked cheese with lunch yesterday and it was divine. I love it, but know that it halts any progress I'm making, and will even trigger eating in excess to where I'll gain weight. It's sad but I have accepted it. If I eat it in small quantities with a meal, it's ok, but I really have to work to keep it in check.
What's your favorite cheese? How do you incorporate it? Do you see negative results when eating it?
Happy Sunday! Sharing a video today from our week, one of the highlights. This was Wednesday evening church, normally they have a more casual prayer meeting where someone plays the guitar, but they were doing some construction in the fellowship hall so they had their prayer meeting in the sanctuary. No one was there to play the piano so my my Grandma did it, she's been playing the piano in church for probably 80 years.
For context, she's 88, she had a really bad fall 5 years ago now and hit her head and ended up with a lot setbacks, similar to having a stroke. She has a lot of dementia like symptoms also (I am sure related to her Type 2 diabetes), she really can't read music anymore, and she has trouble seeing well, and she needs to wear hearing aids to hear but hates wearing them, so on this night she didn't want to wear them. My 93 (almost 94) year old grandpa takes care of both of them on their farm. Anyway, on this night she sat down on the piano and led worship as people called ...
Happy Saturday! I hope you are all doing well. I know some people in the group have had some recent tough news for themselves or family members. It really puts the day to day issues we face into perspective, and reminds me to just focus on doing the best I can to be as healthy as possible. To those who are having a hard time, we are all here for you and sending you some prayers and support. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Just focus today on doing the best you can and remember that food isn't going to bring you the comfort you are looking for.
Here is a little video of Penelopes performance from her piano recital l last night, she's been taking lessons for about a year and a half. 🎹🤍🖤
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Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. This is our last full week before Thanksgiving. Hopefully you can come hang out on the Livestream tonight and start your week feeling motivated. I will do a giveaway tonight to send one of you a Meater and some other Carnivore goodies in time for Christmas.
To enter the Giveaway just comment on THIS post and share your non-negotiable for the week. We will email the winner so you can enter even if you can't join tonight.
Also, Meater is running their Black Friday Sales currently if you want to grab one for Christmas. FYI Equip's Black Friday Sale starts next Monday. https://store-us.meater.com/?rfsn=8864422.ebcff5
Happy Sunday, we got our inside decorations up yesterday, they convinced me to go to hobby lobby to grab a few things, which was obviously chaotic on a Saturday afternoon. We had a lot of fun but it was a long day. Today we are attending church and volunteering at a second service, after that we plan to just play games and watch a movie. Are you relaxing today or have a packed agenda?
Livestream tomorrow (Monday) for supporters here in Locals at 7pm EST. Excited to catch up with everyone!
I went camping with my cousin and a friend of hers over the weekend. We each sleep in our own SUVs and we always have such a good time. We found out when we got there that there were 6 concurrent hunting seasons so we had to go buy some orange items to wear while hiking 😂. Picture while on a walk, my ribeye cooked on my camp stove on Saturday and a picture of some "roller food" I got on my way home. (Thanks to Laura's video on what to eat from the gas station) Not sure why that never entered my mind before...beef sticks and pork rinds get old fast lol.
