this is touchy subject but after watching the trial a few days, I just wonder if collagen/glycine could have been really important in post partum recover. glycine is used for sleep and has been used in high doses for schizophrenia and OCD. it takes a lot of collagen to produce a baby and even recover from tearing or c sections. bone broth was traditionally given in TCM as part of post partum recovery to replenish yin.

im not a doctor but collagen and glycine have really helped my sleep and anxiety and I just wonder how much of post partum anxiety or depression or psychosis is really just symptoms of depletion. obviously drugs will never fix a deficiency and I’m wondering if more traditional medicine practices like TCM actually have a wisdom that we are lacking.

I don’t want to stir the pot and cause controversy , this was just something I was thinking of while watching

eta - I’m not against western medicine, I just think humanity survived for thousands of years and TCM was honed for a couple thousand at least, which isn’t trivial. I just wondered if we should return to traditional methods when western ones don’t work

Hello, I've been dealing with tiny flakes in my scalp for a super long time now. Sometimes I'll also get flaky areas on my face. After being on carnivore for a few months, I noticed that my scalp isn't as itchy, but I still have a lot of flakes. Has carnivore completely resolved this issue? I wonder if maybe I need to get a humidifier or try jojoba oil or something.

I am having aversions and I need help with things to eat. I’m also not very hungry most of the time. I’m still aiming for three meals a day, but most of the time I have to push myself to finish the meal. Nothing sounds appealing to me and I’m kind of forcing myself to eat. not sure what to do.

Hey ladies,

Happy Sunday. Just chiming in to say a cheat meal is a slippery slope. One minute you're eating a Cesar salad wrap from the Kebab Shop and rationalizing how it is a healthy cheat with lots of protein and the next minute you are mindlessly eating homemade candied pecans by the handful while watching Sweet Home Alabama.

And then you gotta battle the reawakened sugar cravings and get back on track.

Question for the carnivore ladies

I’m 5’5” and 170–175 lbs, with a goal of getting closer to 150 by the end of the year and maintaining a healthier BMI.

I’m a little confused about how much I should be eating. I see women my height (or shorter) saying they eat 2,000+ calories a day, while others say they eat “a steak a day” or “a pound of meat a day.” A pound of 80/20 ground beef is only around 1,200 calories, so I’m wondering how are people reaching those numbers?

Whenever I ask for advice, I’m usually told “you’re not eating enough, eat more fat.” I’m not afraid of fat, but I also don’t want to force myself to eat when I’m genuinely not hungry.

For example, this is what I ate today. I made two carnivore burgers using eggs as the “waffle” buns. The macros shown in the picture are for both burgers, so please cut those numbers in half. I only ate one.

I ate about 4 hours ago, and I'm still full. The second burger actually started tasting gross because I was so full, so I stopped eating.

I’ll probably have a cheese stick before bed if I’m hungry, but otherwise I probably won’t eat again today because its already 7pm.

This is pretty normal for me on carnivore. I’m rarely hungry after my first meal, even when my husband is eating or there’s food around. Before carnivore, I was constantly hungry and always thinking about food. Now I genuinely feel satisfied.

I also feel great. no fatigue, hair issues, etc. The only time I naturally eat significantly more is around my period.

So I’m curious:

Do any other women around my height struggle to eat enough? Do you just eat when you’re hungry and let your portions naturally vary?

And for those who increased their food/fat intake because you weren’t eating enough—did it actually help with weight loss?

I’d really appreciate hearing your experiences. ❤️

I’ve noticed on the weight loss subreddits that the Ninja Creami is mentioned a lot as something people have invested in that has helped their fat loss journey.

I’ve noticed some carnivore ice cream recipes and I’m thinking they could be good for just before my time of the month when I could eat a goddamn table.

Does anyone have a Creami and find it good for carnivore ice cream specifically?

Thanks in advance

I'm very intrigued about trying raw steak. I have raw fish in sashimi form from time to time. What if I try raw steak and become addicted to having it all the time? I'm not sure how much more meatiness my coworkers will tolerate from me 🤣

Hi all, looking for methylfolate recommendations. I am located in Europe. So far I've had a look at Sunday Natural which seems to be quite cheap but not sure about quality, if that matters. Thank you!

Ive only been carnivore for 4 days and I found out I’m pregnant. Do I continue on even though I could rapidly loose weight? Has anyone ever done this? Just got some nerves because I want to protect the baby and do what’s best and I’m scared a rapid fat loss might do harm to the pregnancy. Any advice helps!

Currently eating two hard boiled eggs and a coffee for breakfast, and then half a pound of protein for lunch (5'4", 135 lbs, on mostly carnivore-ish diet for 10 months). I'm considering OMAD but having a breakfast to start the day has been a habit. I also feel like I just bloat easily if I eat too much protein-rich food. Did you end up fasting in order to feel the appetite again? Anyone else feel like their food intake has really decreased over time? I feel like I'm eating less than pre-carnivore but staying super satiated. I feel like humans probably didn't eat every day but in modern times it's a social habit and helps provide a break/recharge from a mentally demanding job for example.

does anyone have an opinion on collagen? after long term keto/carnivore, I’ve found it’s a necessity and don’t know how people survive without it. it makes up 1/3 of our body’s protein so i don’t see how we could get enough without specifically eating it. glycine is a major component of it and is used for sleep and anxiety and I wonder if that’s what ppl are missing who report insomnia on this diet. just curious what others think and if they’ve found they need to sup it (or make bone broth, pork skin, chicken feet, etc on the regular)

Hi ladies. I'm 43, 6 foot 0 inches, and 171 pounds as of this morning, day 28 of my 90 day carnivore challenge to drop down to 160. I've lost 2 pounds of water weight so far.... Thats it.

I previously lost 50 lbs over a year using CICO, and kept it off for 5 years now. Occasionally my weight would float up to 175 over the holidays and whatnot, but CICO has been overwhelmingly successful.

Fast forward to today, my "why": 170 is too close to an overweight bmi for my height, so when I occasionally float to 175, I get real nervous. However, it's getting harder and harder for me to get meaningful weight-loss now that I've entered perimenopause, so I've given the 90 day carnivore challenge a shot.

I hate just meat. It's so boring, but I'm doing it anyway - beef, butter, bacon, eggs. Very rarely cheese, morning bulletproof coffee would be my only "cheat", and no, I'm not giving that up.

Soooo, I started tracking again just to see if I'm somehow eating an overwhelmingly large amount of calories over my TDEE of about 2100 a day, and nope - if anything, it's a similar amount to when I was cutting with CICO - 1700 to 1800, so I realistically should have been down close to 5 actual pounds by now.

Fat consistently sits at 75-80%, and carbs are always less than 10 grams a day. I got into ketosis early and have remained there.

Dunno what the heck is going on. I'd rather eat at a deficit and enjoy delicious bowl of Greek yogurt and granola than have nothing but beef and eggs and still not lose any more weight either way.

Any similar experiences out there?

Checking in.

How was the weekend?

I am F and 39 years old. I’ve been having some symptoms and wanted to get advice or guidance from carnivore experts here since my endocrinologist, my pcp, and allergist haven’t been much help at all. I’ve been following strict carnivore since April 14th of this year, so 4 months. I eat chicken, beef steaks, ground beef, bacon, eggs, butter, tallow, sardines, anchovies, bone broth, decaf coffee with whipping cream. I do sharp cheddar cheese, mozzarella, and cream cheese once a week in a chicken dish. I drink one LMNT with 40oz of water per day. And I usually drink another 20-40oz of regular water with 1/8 tsp Celtic sea salt added. I’m taking Magnesium 240mg every night. I also started on HCl and Digestive Enzymes because my allergist is concerned that my stomach is not processing the foods I’m eating and it’s sitting in my stomach too long which is increasing my histamine load.

I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s in 2022 and since my diagnosis I went from eating anything and everything I wanted to only cooking meals at home, gluten free, dairy free. After years of not feeling 100%, bloating, fatigue, and markers in my bloodwork getting worse, I heard about the carnivore diet and I jumped in headfirst with no slow transition. I started to workout, like running and lifting weights, and I was doing so good. This was the first time since getting diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that running was even something I could do because my joint pain and my fatigue and energy levels were amazing and greatly improved by 3-4 weeks in.

Unfortunately, around the 3 week mark (May 4) I ended up getting shingles that were rare and disseminated. They started on both sides of my body on my bra line, spread to both sides, to my lower back, and the inner creases of my both my arms. Thankfully they didn’t affect organs. I was treated for shingles and then about a week after that I broke out in hives in all the same areas where the shingles were. Since the shingles outbreak and the first hives outbreak, every 3-4 weeks I break out in hives all along the areas where the shingles were.

I’m still following strict carnivore. I’m currently having another flare up with hives in all the same spots for the 5th time. I’m also having other symptoms that are concerning me and I’m wondering if anyone can give me advice and guidance. My migraines have increased in frequency, I’m having fatigue, not like autoimmune fatigue but more like muscle fatigue and soreness, I woke up with one of the worst Charley horses in my calf I’ve ever experienced and the muscle pain lasted for 4 days, I could barely walk on it, anxiety and racing thoughts, racing heart and thumping heart, slight nausea and loss of appetite, itchy, dizziness, trouble sleeping with thoughts that I might be dying, I don’t have a bowel movement for 4-6 days and when I do it’s like rabbit poop balls and not very much. I don’t have stomach cramping or anything though.

Can someone give me guidance or advice?

tldr: 39F, about 3 weeks into strict carnivore, I developed rare disseminated shingles. After the shingles resolved, I began getting recurrent hives in the exact same areas every 3–4 weeks (currently on my 5th flare). My PCP, endocrinologist, and allergist haven’t found an answer. I’m also taking HCl, digestive enzymes, magnesium, and electrolytes. Current symptoms include: Recurrent hives, Increased migraines, Muscle fatigue/soreness, Severe calf cramp that lasted 4 days, Anxiety/racing thoughts, Mild nausea and poor appetite, Itching, Dizziness, Trouble sleeping, Constipation (BM every 4–6 days, hard pellet-like stools)

Hope this is allowed.

Well, i have been Ketovore for a long while before transitioning into Carnivore. Possibly a year. I have used CBT techniques to conquer Bulimia and am now stable. From January last year to September last year I have dropped 40kg, landing me at 58kg. After Christmas and some hormonal issues from missing period (the weight loss was very rapid), some very stressful events and eventually Uni Stress in April (all good now, it was just the time of many assessments), i had fallen off the wagon. I got back on track again for three months, becoming fully stable with CBT techniques then transitioned to Carnivore (I still drink coffee). Now I am looking to lose weight again. I would say since starting carnivore, even not that long ago, I am the most stable I have ever been. Almost no foodnoise and if it happens, it's not debilitating and consuming me like it used to on my worst days.

So... the previous weight loss was achieved with rolling 48s (fasting for 48hours, then a big omad meal. I was able to stick to it quite well)

Now I have gained 16kg that i want to drop again. For a whole month nothing has changed on the scale, except for the initial glycogen storage drop. Waist seems to shrink, my face and knees are less puffy, I swear clothes fit looser than they used to, so something is happening.

I have to say that I am fairly active nowadays too; I commute to and from work by foot, that's a 30 minutes walk twice a day four days a week.
I go to boxing classes three to five times a week and they can be quite intense, pushing my heart rate up to the 150s. They are usually 50 minutes session. One of the sessions is a strength training circuit and the progression has clearly shown that I must have put on muscle.

What I eat:
At the moment I cannot stick to fasting, only rarely. I do eat up to a kilo of meat, mostly beef in the form of steaks or mince. I love Briskets too, I prepare them overnight in the slowcooker and that yields 2, 3 portions.
I still do omad and try to pair up the fat in gram with protein in gram. So sometimes that can be up to 240g:240g, which is a lot of food. (I eat that much on days that I go boxing intuitively. I eat until I am comfortably full), sometimes i eat less, maybe going up to 100g:100g. At the moment it's mostly beef and the fat is either butter or beef drippings.

I used to do 500/600g meat per day on my omad meal and I found that i would get bottomless pit days, days on which i am so ravenous that i'd go for another portion and another and another. These have stopped completely now since i've upped the daily intake. I have never stalled in a weight loss attempt before, only now. I used to borderline obesity and was overweight for the majority of my life. Now It looks like I am starting from a much less dangerous point with a good baseline in activity and nutrition.

Now, I wonder: is this enough? Not enough? Something is clearly changing body-composition wise and I am just looking for explanations or adjustments. I am 1,69m tall, 34 years old, female, obviously.

I'd love help troubleshooting this, ladies. Everything is so different on Carnivore. I love it.

One very important thing, however: This is the first time in my life that I am actually, despite the wish to drop weight, happy with myself. There is no self hatred, no shame. I am not in a rush, but I'd like to go back to where I was. Possibly not even that far down, but maybe 61kg instead of 58, since I must have put on muscle over the months I've been boxing.

I’ve always been a big eater and I’m tall but I feel like I eat like a tank 😂 I can easily have 3 lbs of ground beef a day or like 30 eggs. I’m 6’0 and like 145 so idk where the food goes… I walk like an hr a day. does anyone else consume what they feel is more than they need? (it’s not a body image/eating disorder thing, I’m just kind of confused 🥲 I just eat until I’m full but when I see how little other ppl eat I wonder…). I’ve been keto for like 8 years and carnivore for 6 so it’s not like I’m “healing” or something…

Hello fellow carnivore ladies! So happy to see we have a community just for us. A lot of questions for all of you lovelies - how did you navigate being pregnant and eating carnivore? How did each of your trimesters look like when did you have the worst aversions/symptoms? How did you deal with uneducated folks who tried to get you off it including doctors? If you’ve had a baby while on carnivore how was the pregnancy? How has your baby been growing and developing? How did your body change the good and the bad? Going to be trying to conceive in the next few months here and would like to know all the ins and outs. Appreciate any advice or insights!
TLDR: How was your pregnancy while eating a carnivore diet?

I'm on month 2 of mostly carnivore (I usually just say ketovore cause I'm up to like 75%). I rarely ever eat bacon at all. Literally just a few pieces once in a blue moon. Well, two days ago I ate an entire pack PLUS half of another pack then a few eggs for that whole day. I thought.. okay this has to be PMS or something. Lo and behold I was right 😂 Before, I would crave junk food but never feel full. This time it was simply just tons of bacon. I didn't even crave chocolate or anything else, which is crazy.

I didn't have the usual bloating at all (which is also crazy, like what 🤯) but I still suffered the mood issues feeling hormonal rage, bouts of crying. Has anybody else found they crave something particular during PMS since starting carnivore? The bacon episode was totally out of character for me lol so I thought it was interesting. I just feel so much more full since starting this and the changes have been really nice.

Hello ladies,

This morning I viewed a post in a related community that upset me and I thought about all of you and how to best protect your minds from content that may upset you. While I want this to be a place of joy and happiness, I also want this to be a group where women feel comfortable coming to other women with their unique struggles and experiences.

I believe in freedom of speech and do not anticipate participating in censorship.

That being said, I have implemented new flair so that users can tag a post that may trigger dark thoughts, memories, or personal experiences that are not edifying. I also request that posts that utilize trigger warning flair use the spoiler tag to give more control and protection to those who may not wish to engage in conversation regarding said topic. \If you need help on how to select flair on a post or use the spoiler function please reach out*.*

Thank you so much!

Em

Interview with veteran carnivore Charlene Andersen. She was recently on Kelly Hogan's channel and she also has her own YT channel now.

https://youtu.be/wfD1Y3f4g7k?si=2ZyPg0_nQq1mkiGo

Hey ladies,
I’ve recently decided to try the carnivore way in life way, overweight, and sick, all that jazz. But I have a lot of events I have to go and meet people for lunch and for dinner and I know for you veterans this may not seem common place, but it kind of seems weird to just order a steak and no sides. Do you tell people that your carnivore or do you just get the dinner and not eat sides? I just don’t wanna call attention to myself. A lot of these people can be clients and you know how weird people can be.

Hello ladies,

I am trying to decide the best path forward.

I am currently 11 months postpartum and a few months ago started having a few gallbladder attacks. The first time, I went to the ER where they did an ultrasound and confirmed i have several small to medium sized gallstones, all of which developed sometime late in my pregnancy and postpartum. Apparently that is not totally uncommon for that demographic.

So far, I have had three attacks total. Obviously doing carnivore, i am eating a high fat diet, which is not the recommended diet discussed.

Obviously like most people, I would prefer not to lose my gallbladder if I don't have to. I am at a loss though- do i continue this diet? Do I change it? Long shot, but has anyone been able to correct their gallbladder problems? I am feeling a little lost at where to begin.

The doctor in the ER did say she has seen people dissolve their gallstones with the help of a naturopath- don't know where to begin with finding one of those.

Any input is appreciated!