Results of My 5-day Carnivore Experiment
Lillith32
Posts: 483 Member
Since I could not commit to the full Animal-only April, I decided to try it out for 5 days. 5 days ended yesterday, and I would like to share a few thoughts about what I learned about food and about myself. My diet consisted of the following: oven roasted pork belly, pot roast (no veggies other then a few cloves of garlic), fried cheese, brie, chicken wings, some sea food. I did consume sweetner, unlike the official challenge, in form of sugar free water flavoring, Sparkling Ice drinks, two diet Cokes, and a packet of Splenda in my coffee. Here is what I figured out:
1. It was easier then I thought. Apparently I don't really like vegetables that much. I was really happy to eat meat and cheese.
2. I had no cravings for sweets or junk food at all this week, which is highly unusual due to the TOM. Around this time of the month, I have horrible binge episodes. Not this month.
3. This diet is easy to maintain in social situations. I was randomly dragged to a fancy cocktail party (no, seriously, RANDOMLY). I was able to eat cocktail shrimp minus the sauce and cheese from the cheese platter, and was not even tempted by the gorgeous dessert display. I was also able to eat wings with my family, and Mexican with my SO (steak and chicken fajitas, meat only, with a side of sour cream). In all cases the quality of food consumed was smaller than what I would usually consume, and I was satisfied at the end anyway.
4. The sweetners didn't impact me much that I could tell. No cravings or hunger when consumed. However, I am finding myself wanting less of them, so I will probably be cutting down on that consumption naturally in the future.
5. Cheese may be my kryptonite. I mindlessly munched about half a block of queso fresco while frying slices of it for dinner the other day. I will be working at getting rid of or severely limiting dairy in my diet in the future.
6. I did not weight myself, but the pants that created a massive muffin top last month are fitting loosely on me and I am swimming in my tops. If I didn't lose, at least I am confident I didn't gain.
Conclusion: I feel this experiment was a success. Once this weekend is over, I will most likely continue eating the way I've been last week for another week. I will be limiting my dairy intake, and will weigh myself in a Monday. If sticking to an animal-only diet gets me rid of cravings, then meat it will be, with dairy and vegetables as a rare treat.
1. It was easier then I thought. Apparently I don't really like vegetables that much. I was really happy to eat meat and cheese.
2. I had no cravings for sweets or junk food at all this week, which is highly unusual due to the TOM. Around this time of the month, I have horrible binge episodes. Not this month.
3. This diet is easy to maintain in social situations. I was randomly dragged to a fancy cocktail party (no, seriously, RANDOMLY). I was able to eat cocktail shrimp minus the sauce and cheese from the cheese platter, and was not even tempted by the gorgeous dessert display. I was also able to eat wings with my family, and Mexican with my SO (steak and chicken fajitas, meat only, with a side of sour cream). In all cases the quality of food consumed was smaller than what I would usually consume, and I was satisfied at the end anyway.
4. The sweetners didn't impact me much that I could tell. No cravings or hunger when consumed. However, I am finding myself wanting less of them, so I will probably be cutting down on that consumption naturally in the future.
5. Cheese may be my kryptonite. I mindlessly munched about half a block of queso fresco while frying slices of it for dinner the other day. I will be working at getting rid of or severely limiting dairy in my diet in the future.
6. I did not weight myself, but the pants that created a massive muffin top last month are fitting loosely on me and I am swimming in my tops. If I didn't lose, at least I am confident I didn't gain.
Conclusion: I feel this experiment was a success. Once this weekend is over, I will most likely continue eating the way I've been last week for another week. I will be limiting my dairy intake, and will weigh myself in a Monday. If sticking to an animal-only diet gets me rid of cravings, then meat it will be, with dairy and vegetables as a rare treat.
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Nice! Good results.
I hear you about cheese kryptonite! I could easily eat 3-4 oz in one sitting.
I know what you mean about it being intimidating to go all animal products, but it does seem to cut some of my cravings too. If I don't eat nuts, I don't crave them, except when I type about them and think about them and now I want a handful, darn it!
I'm enjoying this experiment too. I may need to go on and off of it like you because I am staying with family for a weekend for another butchering bee, and then am having some vegetarian family staying with us for a week. It could be tricky to stay 100% all animal (AAA) but I too will do what I can. 0 -
I got so much going on I can't have another thing stressing me out right now. That said, I'm actually sure I will stay 99% AAA, just because it's actually more convenient for me. I just don't want to worry about it more then I have to, or wonder if ceviche is AAA enough or not. So I gotcha! But yeah, I'm loving it, and my uniform pants that I want able to button up all the way a few months back, and had to shoehorn myself into last month don't even make a muffin top anymore. That's a WIN, right there.0
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Awsome win!!0
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You guys are encouraging me to try too. I think a week first. Trouble is I have spinach and salad stuff in the fridge. But your results are encouraging, thank you.0
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Thanks for sharing! I really want to try this and Im mentally getting there. The mental block around all meat/fat and no veggies is finally fading. I figured out that upping my magnesium cleared up the blockages...and those dang vegetables werent doing the trick anyway. I need to stock up on some meat and go for it next week :-)0
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Thanks for sharing! I really want to try this and Im mentally getting there. The mental block around all meat/fat and no veggies is finally fading. I figured out that upping my magnesium cleared up the blockages...and those dang vegetables werent doing the trick anyway. I need to stock up on some meat and go for it next week :-)
I had recurring issues with "blockages" from cheese and I blamed protein too. But since I've not eaten vegetables I seem to be able to eat all the cheese and protein I want. I even had to lower my magnesium dose!0 -
That's great!0
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Interesting. That is the blockage I was most worried about!0
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So, as a quick update, I stayed ZC. Pretty happy with it, so I'm sticking with it. It's been about 2 weeks, let's see how the month is gotta go.0
