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  • 75 Dedicated – Weekly Carnivore Log

    Starting Day: June 1, 2026

    Last Day: August 14, 2026

    Week 1 – So far, so good. My main over-indulgence is eating 8 servings of pork rinds in 1 sitting (the whole bag). I also drank heavy cream at night before bed. I believe both of these indulgences are showing in my low weight loss, with just under 2 pounds lost in a week. I’m still happy for that number on the scale, and I can tell the difference in my feet with the lower inflammation.

    Week 2

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    Week 4

    Week 5

    Week 6

    Week 7

    Week 8

    Week 9

    Week 10

    Last 5 Days

  • 75 Days Dedicated to Carnivore

    Based on the choppiness of my entries, it’s probably obvious that I have struggled with my eating plan. When I give in to the junk foods, I find it difficult to go back to Carnivore. And the gluten just wrecks me for days!

    While watching YouTube one night, I came across a video about a lady doing “75 Dedicated”. She wanted to pick 6 tasks (like 75 Hard) that she would follow daily for 75 days. For her, the tasks were creative, physical and mental health-based. I thought, “Yes, this is what I should do for Carnivore.”

    I actually did 75 Hard in the past with my sister, and saw a significant weight loss and increase in physical strength. But I treated the changes as temporary, and quickly enjoyed going to back my regular foods and inactivity. This time, I don’t want to finish the 75 days in the same way. This is a lifestyle change.

    My first goal is to remain Carnivore for the entire 75 days. This would be my longest stint on Carnivore yet. I will allow sugar-free soda and electrolytes if they don’t trigger my desire for cheat meals. A few other things I allowed was roasted whole garlic and 1 tbsp of herb sauce. In my eyes, these are extremely clean whole, natural, unprocessed ingredients. I’m not going to freak out about that.

    For these 75 days, I’m not going to log every meal or every day. However, I will update my Weight logs, and I’ll create a weekly log with my insights so far.

    I’m grateful for those of you find inspiration in these posts. I pray God leads you to what helps you and heals you. God bless you.

  • Carnivore – Weekly Weight Tracker

    My weight has fluctuated so much due to cheating, that I decided to consolidate all my weigh-ins to one page that gets updated weekly. I only weigh in weekly, versus daily, because daily weigh-ins were defeating for me when my weight would go up. Even if that weight was just for the day. Seeing the number only 1x a week is so much better for my mind.

    Must for reference, my very highest weight was 320 pounds in 2012 after I finished college, and I ate a lot of pizza with my corporate paychecks. In September of 2025, I was around 302 pounds.

    DateWeightNotes
    March 1, 2026293.2I had already started the transition to high protein
    4 months prior.
    March 8, 2026283.8
    March 16, 2026279.8
    March 22, 2026282Cheated
    March 31, 2026280.2
    April 5, 2026280.6
    April 12, 2026277.8
    May 10, 2026288.2Ate lots of snacks and some gluten on road trip.
    May 17, 2026284Recovering with meat/dairy Carnivore, but gluten
    symptoms still 8 days after the trip.
    May 30,2026280.8Eating carbs and sugar but no gluten
    June 7, 2026279Started eating Carnivore again since Monday June 1st

    The scale isn’t always down, but I’m thankful this isn’t the measure of my worthiness.

    God bless you all.

  • Day 1 Lion Diet/Carnivore – Weigh-In Sunday

    After a 9-day road trip, poor eating and recovery, I find myself with an empty house for a week. My mother is taking a week-long birthday cruise with a friend, and this seems like the perfect time to try out the Lion Diet. My mother doesn’t like food repetitiveness, but when it comes to steak, I don’t even care! Give me the beef!

    Weight: 284 pounds

    • Starting weight 293.2 (beginning of Carnivore)

    Meal 1 – Steak Bites w/ 1 tsp of ghee and salt

    Unfortunately I’ve been mixing excess beef fat and bacon fat in my glass containers, so my only options for cooking “oil” were butter or ghee.

    Snack – beef stick (not pure beef, but no sugar with minimal ingredients) + 1 glass of black tea (to fight caffeine withdrawal and oxalate dumping)

    Meal 2 – Hamburgers 1.3 pounds (4 patties) with salt and garlic powder

    I was able to save about 2 ounces of beef fat for future cooking. Problem solved! As far as spices go, I am limiting my seasonings this week to salt, garlic powder, onion powder and perhaps some infused/smoked sea salts. I’ll include them in my meal notes.

    Snack 2 – beef stick

    Cravings: Last night I did have a cheat dessert before starting. However, I’m going to avoid all sweeteners, even fake ones, this week. I won’t be having sugar-free electrolytes either.

    Energy: Pretty good today, but I did take a nap because why not?

    Today is a day that the Lord has made. Thank You, Lord, for modeling and advising the importance of a Sabbath day.

  • Ketovore Meals – Week 4/12 to 4/18

    This week was not very successful with tracking or eating well on plan.

    Grocery list for this week:

    • 8 eggs
    • 8 oz bacon
    • 4 oz chicken breast
    • 2 servings turkey breast, sliced
    • 4 oz chuck roast
    • 2 pound pork
    • 1/2 serving salami
    • 1 cup Greek yogurt plain
    • 1/3 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
    • 3/4 cup almond flour
    • 2 servings string cheese
    • 6 tbsp SF BBQ sauce
    • 2 tbsp cacoa nibs
    • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
    • 3/4 onion
    • SF electrolyte packet – raspberry, orange
    SundayMeal 1
    Meal 2
    Snack    		Miller’s Ale House Chicken Club Salad
    Leftover chuck roast, chicken fajita, 2 string cheese
    McDonald’s SF Iced Coffee
    MondayMeal 1
    Meal 2
    Snack    		Bacon and Eggs
    Pork
    Chocolate Raspberry Greek Yogurt + 2 string cheese
    TuesdayMeal 1
    Meal 2
    Snack    		off plan
    Keto Flatbread Sandwich w/ Turkey & Salami
    off plan
    WednesdayMeal 1
    Meal 2
    Snack    		off plan
    Pulled Pork w/ Onions & SF BBQ sauce
    Chocolate Orange Greek Yogurt + 2 string cheese
    ThursdayMeal 1
    Meal 2
    Snack    		Steak and Eggs
    BBQ Platter w/ Pulled Pork SF BBQ, Kielbasa, Chicken
    Chocolate SF Greek Yogurt + 2 string cheese
    FridayMeal 1
    Meal 2
    Snack    		off plan
    SaturdayMeal 1
    Meal 2
    Snack    		off plan

    Hopefully this menu gives you great ideas for your own journey.

    God bless you all.

  • Day 47 Ketovore – Clean Up

    After 2 days of eating off plan, I wanted to clean up my eating today. Carnivore and Keto is just as delicious, or even more so delicious, than regular standard foods. Today I was enjoying the Ketovore options.

    Meal 1 – Steak 10 oz with 4 eggs

    Meal 2 – Pulled pork w/ onions + 4 tbsp SF BBQ sauce + 1 ounce chicken breast + 6 oz kielbasa

    Snack – 3/4 cup Greek Yogurt w/ 1/6 orange SF electrolyte + 1 tbsp cocoa powder + 2 servings string cheese

    Cravings: I just wanted delicious Carnivore foods today.

    Energy: Good today

    Thank God for another day to try again.

  • Day 46 Ketovore – Food Noise

    My mindset was to just go for the “normal food” desires, since the cravings came up. My feet are puffy, and show that the gluten is affecting me already. I even lost more hair in the shower this morning, another side affect of eating gluten.

    Meal 1 – off plan

    Meal 2 – Pulled pork w/ onions + 4 tbsp SF BBQ sauce

    Snack – 3/4 cup Greek Yogurt w/ 1/6 orange SF electrolyte + 1 tbsp cocoa powder + 2 servings string cheese

    Cravings: Woke up just fine, and the idea of eating off plan didn’t occur to me until my mother said she was going on an errand. Then the idea of McDonald’s or Dunkin breakfast came to mind. Bread. I ate off-plan obviously for my 1st meals.

    Energy: Woke up feeling a bit blah, but energy was fine afterwards.

    I feel so much more calm today, versus the last couple days, and that realization about Ezekiel yesterday really helped my mental state. Bringing my thoughts current into today, versus all my past years, feels so much more free. I’m grateful to God for that.

  • Day 45 Ketovore – Off Plan

    I’ve grown to dislike the “cheater” for any eating plan, because the words sounds like I’m sinning. Since what I eat is of my own free will, I no longer want to call it cheating. From now on, I will refer to what I do as being “off plan”. And OH BOY, was today off plan.

    Meal 1 – off plan Olive Garden

    Meal 2 – Keto flat bread sandwich w/ 2 servings turkey breast and 1/2 serving salami (flat bread had 3/4 cup almond flour, 1/3 cup Greek yogurt plan, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese)

    Snack – off plan

    Cravings: I didn’t start my day planning to eat non-Ketovore, however with stuff going on, and an invite to Olive Garden….plans changed? And then the desire for ice cream after dinner started. Having eaten off plan already made it too attractive to go ahead and make the day a disaster eating-wise.

    Energy: Was sluggish and overwhelmed by something else, so my mood wasn’t great. I still technically had energy to do life.

    I’ve been reading Ezekiel in the OT, and during my down mood, Ezekiel 18:21-24 came to my mind. These verses talk about an evil man returning to God, and leaving his old ways, and his transgressions would be remembered no more. Having been angry at myself for all the wrong I’ve done in the eyes of God, this brought me comfort in the moment. I turned from my old ways, and I want to follow God’s best now, God’s ways. My past is remembered no more. Thank You, Lord.

  • Day 44 Ketovore – Puzzling Surprise

    Today I was just going on “feels”, and today felt like a great day for bacon!

    Meal 1 – 4 scrambled eggs + 8 oz bacon

    Snack – unsweet tea w/ SF electrolyte

    Meal 2 – Pork bites 1 pound

    Here’s the surprise: I didn’t label the meat after I originally packaged it in a 2-pound portion. I seriously thought this was beef, and that I was going to get some steak bites. Well, surprise, surprise, it was pork bites. My mom was thrilled because she secretly wanted pork chops, but said nothing. Winner, winner, pork’s for dinner!

    Snack – Chocolate Raspberry Greek Yogurt (3/4 cup Greek Yogurt + 1/6 packet Raspberry SF electrolyte + 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder) + 2 string cheese

    Cravings: Just fine today. Was actually stressed about something, so my stomach was in knots all day. No cravings today.

    Energy: Pretty good level today

    Do you ever just hear a message that you are needing, about totally relying on and depending on God for everything? I went my own way for so long in my life, I am still peeling pieces off to hand over to God on a daily basis. Lord, I know you have the best way.

  • Day 43 Ketovore – Weigh-In Sunday

    Weigh-in time

    Weight: 277.8 pounds

    • This week -2.8 pounds
    • Total -15.4 pounds
    • Starting weight 293.2

    Meal 1 – Miller’s Ale House Blacked Chicken Cobb Salad w/ Blue Cheese dressing (had hard-boiled egg, bacon bits, chicken, tomato, greens and red onion)

    Met up with my friend today after her trip to Michigan. Her grandmother just passed, and she gave a faith-filled eulogy about her granny. This was a great lunch to just catch up, and for her to release the valve on some thoughts.

    Snack – McDonald’s SF iced coffee

    Meal 2 – Leftover chuck roast 4 oz + leftover chicken fajita 4 oz + 2 string cheese

    Cravings: Nothing until snack time, and then I wanted iced cream. That’s when I got a coffee because it wasn’t completely a “cheat”.

    Energy: Pretty good today, but I slept in pretty late.

    God is so wonderful. In Isaiah 43:25, He says “I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.”