Meativore May {{May 1 Check-In}}
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My question is, he is 6'4" and about 157 lbs, so he does NOT want to lose weight... He asked last night if he could have milk and I said I thought whole milk would be ok, because the carbs wouldn't matter as much since he doesn't want to lose... Am I right or wrong?
He could. If his eczema still doesn't clear up, he might want to try cutting it out to see if the dairy is the cause.
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Thanks, that's what I thought. He's gone playing army man for the weekend, but I worked out an eating plan for him that's a good 600+ calories over his TDEE, but uses eggs and dairy. I told him I think he should try it for 2 weeks, and if his skin doesn't get better then we will cut out the dairy and/or eggs...0 -
Dragonwolf wrote: »Hey Meativores!
The first day of May is upon us! For those participating, that means it's time for the first check-in.
Let us know where you're at, what your goal is for the month, and anything else you want to share.Dragonwolf wrote: »Hey Meativores!
The first day of May is upon us! For those participating, that means it's time for the first check-in.
Let us know where you're at, what your goal is for the month, and anything else you want to share.
IM NEW HERE AND CANT SEE WHERE TI JUST POST SOMETHING THATS NOT A REPLY TO SOMEONE ELSES POST. IM DOING THE MAY CHALLENGE! CAN I ASK FOR IDEAS FOR MENU PLANNING? What are others DOING? I really need this since I struggle withalways adding flavors to my water and having Atkins bars if cravings are bad, and this has kept my weight stuck. Think this group will help. Hi y'all!0 -
So I posted my REPLY at the end of the above comment... Trying to figure this out.0
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Connie, you're fine.
I find a good menu, for me, is eggs and bacon in the morning. Then I usually do a couple burger patties for lunch, or maybe leftover steak. Dinner is more varied. I sometimes make ribs, steak (ok, mostly steak), or will roast a chicken. It really depends on what you like.
There's really not a lot of meal planning for this way of eating. You just end up cooking the meat you like or feel like eating. Nothing fancy needed.0 -
Bacon & eggs with coffee for breakfast, leftover rotisserie chicken from the store for lunch, & burgers with bacon & mayo was the plan for dinner, but hubby never got hungry so he never cooked & I ended up cooking the jalapeno poppers he'd bought.
So...only 8 carbs or so, but still had vegetation. Ah well. I'll keep going.0 -
Fried egg over carnitas for breakfast, tuna & egg salad with pepperjack cheese crisps for lunch, jalapeno beef stick & pork rinds for snack, and more carnitas for dinner. Today's "meal planning" was easy, since I threw the pork for the carnitas in the slow cooker last night and have had it on the keep warm setting all day- if I get hungry, I go grab some meat from the slow cooker.0
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Okay people here's the thing: I'm 36 years old, and I played a competitive volleyball tournament all. Day. Long. (I pre-games with ibuprofen! Lol)
I had eggs and bacon for breakfast, but I felt myself bonking after the first game, so I drank a p90x recover drink--40 carbs!! After that, I did fine the rest of the day and even this morning don't feel as sore as I have in the past.
Strangely, I didn't really feel hungry the rest of the day. I had some summer sausage about 3pm for a snack. I suppose if someone had put a half-pound burger in front of me, I would have devoured it, but I was too tired to cook. Lol.
Anyway, poor planning=3,000 calorie workout on Day 2 of zero carbs.0 -
Hubby cooked burgers tonight. He asked how many, and apparently if I say "All of them", I end up with 35 burgers leftover after dinner to freeze for later. Woohoo!0
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I made meatloaf tonight, stuffed with cheddar cheese, wrapped in bacon. 1 1/2 slices and I am stuffed! Hubby ate 2 1/2, plus some green beans with cheese. He's starting Meativore May tomorrow!0
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Ready for day four! Yesterday I ended up eating 800 over my calories, not because I was hungry but because I kept feeling like I needed to eat something. When I looked at my pie chart at the end of the day it gave me 70% Fat and 30% protein. First time carbs where not mentioned!
I have not added any AS to my water or coffee, although I know I have not been drinking enough water (and too much coffee), but I did break down and chew a few pieces of gum. This is going to be a hard battle to win.0 -
So....i am in for sure. i had a "eat all the carbz" day on May 2. Since then i have been doing ZC and IF... Just kind of toying around with the IF... the cheat day made me feel crappy the next morning but since then, i have been feeling great. i am not sure if it was a mental release, something physical, i can't say. Since going ZC i lost .5" on the waist and gained like two pounds. i am at a frustrating stall but i know if i keep researching and trying new things, something will give.
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I'm dropping from ZC. At this point, meat doesn't even sound tasty even though I'm hungry enough my stomach is growling at me. I'm just going to focus on keeping my carbs down (40g max) and my fats up.0
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I'm dropping from ZC. At this point, meat doesn't even sound tasty even though I'm hungry enough my stomach is growling at me. I'm just going to focus on keeping my carbs down (40g max) and my fats up.
That's actually common. As mentioned before, even the Arctic explorers went through that, until hunger overcame the lack of desire for meat.
It's up to you, of course, but I encourage you to press through it if you can (and fasting isn't causing its own problems).0 -
Dragonwolf wrote: »That's actually common. As mentioned before, even the Arctic explorers went through that, until hunger overcame the lack of desire for meat.
It's up to you, of course, but I encourage you to press through it if you can (and fasting isn't causing its own problems).
I may try it again later, but I think that right now, if I try to hold out until I want meat, I'm going to end up eating tamales & chips & queso pretty quickly.0 -
meat always sounds good to me, which i guess is why i keep coming back. It just always sounds yummy.0
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Today (as planned) is my day one.
Starting
216.5 lbs
Took many measurements so, hoping to at least see some of those change.
I'm not tracking because trying to track meat will drive me mad! But I'm hardcore meativore this month so...
Just meat n eggs. Coffee n butter. Period. Oh and water.
I'm having severe indigestion today. Like (TMI) acid coming spontaneously into my mouht. I have a headache and of course tired. I've had the headache and tired since I started LCHF about 2 months ago.
If this challenge doesn't yeild positive results my next step is to do <15net carbs/day and only green veggies. *sigh* There's got to be a way!
On the up side, asthma isn't getting worse. Isn't getting better, but isn't getting worse any more. All the puffers make my throat soare. Doubt I can start to running, but trying to think of any other exercise I might be able to do. Thinking of body weight exercises. I can get in about 10 pushups before my asthma is triggered for the day, so if I keep reps low at least I'm getting something. GAH!
I'm in the OMG I want sweets camp too! I really don't want to eat anything but can't get it out of my brain and if I drink more water the acid reflux is horrible! going to go out tonight to keep busy! I'm sure it will sort itself out in a few days.
Here's to a successful day one!0 -
Someone mentioned they were trying to keep their carbs under 20net but were doing meativore. Am I missing something? How do you end up over 20net if you're only eating meat?
Edit: and cheese n eggs etc. That would still be a heck of a lot of cheese n eggs wouldn't it?0 -
Dragonwolf wrote: »That's actually common. As mentioned before, even the Arctic explorers went through that, until hunger overcame the lack of desire for meat.
It's up to you, of course, but I encourage you to press through it if you can (and fasting isn't causing its own problems).
I may try it again later, but I think that right now, if I try to hold out until I want meat, I'm going to end up eating tamales & chips & queso pretty quickly.
Fair enough, good luck with your adjustments. :drinker:0 -
Someone mentioned they were trying to keep their carbs under 20net but were doing meativore. Am I missing something? How do you end up over 20net if you're only eating meat?
Edit: and cheese n eggs etc. That would still be a heck of a lot of cheese n eggs wouldn't it?
That would be a heck of a lot, plus net carbs are meaningless for carnivores. If you're eating something with fiber, you're not eating meat. Sure, seasoning might have some, but you'd really need to be killing things with seasoning to get the fiber up to an appreciable amount.
I did end up with a few carbs today. My wife had some sausages with cheese. Really borderline stuff, in my book, so I wasn't planning on eating any. My wife didn't like them. They were like 2g of carbs each. And, yeah, I ate three. Cheese and carbs from fillers and some trace amounts of sugar. But, it was mostly meat. I couldn't let them go to waste.
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Can we eat pork rinds on this challenge?0
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I've been living on:
Coffee with double cream.
Eggs.
Bacon.
Steak.
Pork belly.
Pork spare ribs (the boneless ones).
1kg (2.2lbs) lighter.0 -
Someone mentioned they were trying to keep their carbs under 20net but were doing meativore. Am I missing something? How do you end up over 20net if you're only eating meat?
Edit: and cheese n eggs etc. That would still be a heck of a lot of cheese n eggs wouldn't it?
That would be a heck of a lot, plus net carbs are meaningless for carnivores. If you're eating something with fiber, you're not eating meat. Sure, seasoning might have some, but you'd really need to be killing things with seasoning to get the fiber up to an appreciable amount.
I did end up with a few carbs today. My wife had some sausages with cheese. Really borderline stuff, in my book, so I wasn't planning on eating any. My wife didn't like them. They were like 2g of carbs each. And, yeah, I ate three. Cheese and carbs from fillers and some trace amounts of sugar. But, it was mostly meat. I couldn't let them go to waste.
I know I push the carb amount when I get lattes. I get them plain now (just espresso and milk), but even with half & half (or better yet, cream, but that's hard to come by), it still racks up the carbs. It's a treat at this point for me, but I can see someone with a non-black coffee habit struggling to get under 20g even on a carnivorous diet.0 -
Right, ok. Fair enough, if you're including dairy, I could see how the carbs could go up quickly. But, I see then I'm safe as I'm also not doing dairy this month. I think I WILL however track my calories, just for data sake, not to adjust. But I'm suspecting I'm going to be one of those people who are going to still have to track calories to loose. But for this month, we'll just let the body do it's thing and see where we end up. For heavens sake, before my calorie goal was 1200. I've already eaten 730 calories just for breakfast!!0
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I've been a bit hit or miss on the artificial sweeteners, but have maintained zero carb since May 1. The scale hasn't moved, in fact, went up a bit, but all of the sudden I can fit into some of my old XL shirts I had stashed away. Color me excited!0
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ChairmanWow wrote: »I've been a bit hit or miss on the artificial sweeteners, but have maintained zero carb since May 1. The scale hasn't moved, in fact, went up a bit, but all of the sudden I can fit into some of my old XL shirts I had stashed away. Color me excited!
that's a win in my book!! congrats!!0 -
If the place where you get your coffee has whipped cream (not in an aerosol can), ask for heavy cream in your coffee. That's what I do at Starbucks.0
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octobubbles wrote: »If the place where you get your coffee has whipped cream (not in an aerosol can), ask for heavy cream in your coffee. That's what I do at Starbucks.
They only have the aerosol canned one. One of the stores actually does have heavy cream, but it's hit or miss whether they can use it (due to the managers), so I just do half & half, which I know they'll do without a problem, and limit the frequency that I go there.0 -
Hi Im new here and want to do May challenge. Im 152lb and have 25 to lose. I would be happy with 8lb this month. I am actually exercising now. Lo carb works for me. I am a bread crack addict so its best to stay away. My inspiration is to see my bellybutton again lol0
