r/carnivorediet

I don’t know why all the carnivore influencers are saying to heavily salt your food and water for electrolytes. I learned the hard way and was adding salt to my steak and water and had a never ending thirst. Salt really dehydrates you from the inside and knocks off the balance of all the other electrolytes. It made me feel so sluggish, crampy and had a slight migraine everyday. I decided to do the opposite of what the influencers were suggesting and slowly weaned off salt until I don’t use any at all. Now I feel more hydrated than ever, my skin is smoother and I’m not downing cups of water all day to quench my never ending thirst. I hope this helps someone because the carnivore diet is great but I do not agree with adding salt.

If you're eating meat and milk everyday then you're getting all the protein you need naturally. There's no reason to pay extra for a tub of protein powder when you're eating animal protein for your meals. I've several pounds of muscle just from eating. I haven't even been working out.

I used to use protein powder, but not anymore. It's just redundant and pointless at this point.

Hey everyone!

Hope you're all kicking goals on this diet.

I (41M) am about to complete week 8. I've been a good boy - beef, lamb, butter, bacon and eggs. Plenty of fat, too. Only vices have been tea and black coffee.

I hear people mention how they are losing lots of weight in a short amount of time. Weight loss was never my goal (mental health, lethargy etc) as I was lean when I began this way of eating.

I've put on about 5kg/10lbs since I started. It's no big deal because I can lose it later but how long will it be before I'm not consistently feeling the need to eat 3, calorie heavy meals a day? Isn't this diet supposed to be satiating? When does that happen?

I may need more time to adapt but if things continue as they are, I'll put more weight on which is something I'd rather not do. Would love to get to a point where I can wake up in the morning not feeling hungry or have a light brekky and then nothing until dinner time. Anyway, I'm off to the kitchen for more bacon and eggs.

Appreciate your help!

I’m interested in trying the lion diet, but I’m worried about the transition into ketosis—especially headaches, lethargy, and brain fog. I work and need to function during the day, so I don’t want to feel completely wiped out.
For anyone who’s tried it, how was the transition? Did you gradually cut carbs or switch all at once? If you felt rough, how long did it last, and what helped?
I’d appreciate honest experiences, including from anyone who tried it and decided it wasn’t for them.

Alright so I basically eat the same things every single day

I skip breakfast, with lunch I eat 150g of Salmon

With dinner I eat 200g of Ribeye with 5 eggs

1200 calories, 120g of protein, 80g of fats

And I'm not even hungry the entire day

Like I haven't been hungry in like 7 days since I started this

I even walk 10.000 steps a day

How is that even possible that I'm not hungry or crave anything? This diet is amazing man

I've seen people saying that they sleep really well on this diet, while others (like me) , struggles with staying asleep during the night .

I've been on this diet for 7 months, and during huge part of this time i've been doing lion (with some minor cheatings).

I can sleep very easily, but i may wake up after 2 or 5 hours.

I've tried eating early, i've tried eating late, doing omad, increasing fat, (stopping caffeine seems to help a bit), i dont use any blue light at my house during the night, etc.

Now i started taking ashwaganda (i know it isnt carnivore).

I would appreciate some advice.

Edit: im a 20 year old male. I train, i get sunlight (not too much, we are coming out of winter here). I do not wake up to go to the bathroom, i just wake up and i feel inhibited to sleep.

I've been on carnivore diet for the past 3 weeks. Most days I'm on lion diet with some days adding eggs, a little bit of salmon and having chicken. I'm having black coffee most mornings, and I drink electrolytes daily.

The last few days my body started crashing. It doesn't matter that I eat only meat products, I still have ongoing diarrhea. I also started having more gut pains. I'm considering doing a few days fast so maybe my gut will settle a bit.

I would be keen to hear from others who struggled with IBS, Crohn's or UC or any other gut issues - what did you do specifically that what helped you? And how long did the process itself take? Is there actually a light at the end of the tunnel?

I feel more satiety on high fat low protein than the opposite on carnivore. High Protein leaves me hungry. I'm 313 lbs , 5'7" , no exercise for now besides occasional walks. Any advice please?

When I am fully eating carnivore, any time I consume any significant amount of pork I find that it doesn't sit well, and then my stools are also messier (no ghost poops). Does anyone experience this?

Been masterdebating whether to get one or not. My grill fell apart. Do you use a pellet or traditional style?

So essentially I remember when I tried carnivore some time ago (only for about a week) and I can’t lie, one of the main benefits I noticed was I felt so full, and food wasn’t an issue. Compared to now, where when I switched back to eating carbs and sugars and multiple meals throughout the day etc, all I can think about is food, and I am STARVING. All the time.

However, I switched back to carbs due to one major reason when I was on carnivore and it wasn’t really because I wanted to. It was energy. As soon as I stopped eating carbs my energy plummeted, like bad, I felt like I hadn’t slept all the time in terms of energy levels (although I did), and I couldn’t understand why. Energy to me is really important, as I train 7 days a week incl bjj and im active everyday.

I ate well, just high fat red meat etc and about 6 eggs a day, cooking in ghee etc, ate till I was full. My question is what was wrong? I want to get back into carnivore because my current way of eating is no way sustainable, and I felt sharper and more satiated on carnivore, but the energy was the only factor making me quit.

Any help I’d appreciate