Christian Carnivore

Weight gain….on Carnivore, and it’s only been 3 weeks.

Looking back at this week, there are multiple likely suspects for the weight gain:

• Overeating
• Sugar-free sweeteners
• Lots of dairy
• Lack of exercise
• No calorie-tracking

For weeks 1 and 2, my daily calories were around 1,000 calorie meals x 2, plus a snack around 200 calories. However, on week 3, I exceeded those calories at least 3 or 4 times this week. So here’s what I’m going to change for week 4:

1. Bringing my meals back to 1,000 calories a meal x 2 daily, with a 200-calorie snack.
2. Gardening for 30 minutes a day x 4 times this week (or more since I have a garden project).

I’m not cutting out the fake sweeteners or dairy yet, but those will be areas to refine in future.

Meal 1 – Steak bites 1 pound

Snack – McDonald’s iced coffee (had sugar in it b/c I forgot to specify no sweetener) + Korean jerky

Meal 2 – Pork loin 1 lb + 1 tbsp creamy cilantro dressing

Snack – 2 servings string cheese

Today was completely off beyond the meat I ate. Snacks were a disaster.

Cravings: Sugar, carbs, everything bad. I was having a reaction to “failing” this past week, and stressing over a situation with a neighbor. Since I already ate off Carnivore so many times today, I didn’t ruin it further by getting other garbage to eat.

Energy: Slept well.

Exercise: 30 minutes raking leaves, gathering yard waste and dog washing

Today’s sermon reminded me of my father, with a reference my mother made during his memorial. During the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said the wide gate leads to a broad road, but that road leads to destruction. The Frank Sinatra song “I Did It My Way” was referenced. My father didn’t like that song, because he wanted to do everything God’s way. Tears came to my eyes, but I also felt such gratitude for the Christian walk my father modeled for me. I am so grateful to my Father for my father.

This idea of the broad road can be applied to the Standard American Diet (SAD), with the narrow road being Carnivore or any other elimination diet. Lots to think about, but now I’m off to bed.