One of the things that came up yesterday when I talked about the 7 Day Challenge was "Carnivore Harder", meaning the idea that you need to be more and more strict in order to lose weight or heal, and often times the responses you get online when you talk about the fact that you are still not healing or not losing weight is that you aren't being strict enough.
Now sometimes that might be true in cases where you are still having some carbs or having alcohol or keto treats etc. But in a lot of cases you could be doing everything right with carnivore, not having any cheats, fasting, etc but you still aren't losing weight or not healing fully. Lots of people online will tell you it's because you aren't eating only grass finished meat, or you are having PUFA's in pork, or you ate in a restaurant one time, or you just must be doing something not perfect ENOUGH.
While some seasonings/oils/sweeteners etc can cause issues for people they likely aren't the root cause of your stall or why you are still sick. If these minor things are causing you an issue there is likely some other root cause issue that might not be healed by food. Things like hormone imbalances, thyroid issues, Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS).
Carnivore is very healing and can fix a lot of issues but often times we think we are doing something wrong if it's not fixing EVERYTHING for us. It doesn't mean you're doing the diet wrong, it just means there is something else going on.
You might need to take a deep dive into your hormones (and remember the doctor tells you that things are in "normal range" doesn't mean you don't have an issue), or mold issues, or you are having sleep issues or extreme stress (these are big ones).
And most importantly, remember that most of us have spent a LIFETIME overweight or sick and we can't expect to reverse/heal that in only a few months. Focus on fueling your body, being consistent in not having carbs/junk, getting adequate sleep, (reduce stress) and try to be patient for your body to heal.
Has the diet healed everything for you or is there anything you have had to address OUTSIDE of the diet in order to fully heal?
Yesterday we surprised the kids and brought home a puppy!! They have been begging for one for years and we felt like the time was right to bring one home.
Meet Angus 🐕 He's a Golden Retriever/King Charles Cavalier Spaniel mix. He's 11 weeks old and currently weighs about 8 pounds, he should be around 35 pounds fully grown. I know it will be an adjustment for a while as he gets potty trained etc but we are so excited. 😂 Wish us luck! 🤪
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 Tuesday! Thanks to those that hung out on the Livestream last night. One of the topics we talked about is breaking a stall. And unfortunately the best advice I have for breaking a stall is "keep it boring" and just stay consistent. Honestly that's been my motto this year. I love variety of course, but the more simple/boring I keep things with my food the better results I get. Usually when we add "variety" we add a lot of diary, or carbs, or those replacement recipes that increase cravings or contain hidden dairy/carbs/calories.
It might be hard to get into a routine at first but I do find that just eating the same things most days is actually a lot easier. And if you really enjoy that food (and know how to cook it), you'll still look forward to it each day.
If you're feeling stuck, just focus on consistency and keeping that food simple, and I PROMISE it will work...you just have to be patient.
Boring =Results! Have you found this to be true for you?
Happy Tuesday evening!
We spent the day at the farm show w/out 5 yo who didn't feel well. Which was probably good as it was windy, cold, rainy. We figured we walked 3+ miles. So lots of fresh air and exercise.
We ate breakfast on the way (location is an hour away from our house.) They had a Chicken Club Protein Bowl, so I had that. The "cheese" was plastic american cheese and it had tomatoes on it; but otherwise it was just eggs, bacon and chicken breast. I also had about 1/2 of my normal protein coffee on the drive.
We skipped lunch.
After some farm errands in that city, we came home to chore and go through all the swag we got. Caps, tee-shirts, flashlights, rain gauges, fly swatters, chip clips, pens and I seriously will never have to buy another note pad or sticky notepad, ever! And of course the nice grocery bags and 5 gallon buckets.
Then we took the grandkids swag in to them. Stickers, caps, corn hats, coloring pages, rubber bracelets, pencils.
Then we went to our Mexican ...
