Yeh - I was down to 7 at one point, but it was not only difficult to maintain, but I really didn't see much in the way of any weight loss improvements once I got lower than 35 grams.

Definitely have a look through the archives (the "all discussions" link at the bottom of the list). There are a number of conversations on it, especially in April through about June of last year.

@FIT_Goat do you think we could get a carnivore primer up in one of the resources? I'm a bit busy right now and don't know when I'll be able to get to it.

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@gsp90x I gave up all sweeteners about a year ago. Artificial sweeteners kept me hooked on expecting food to be sweet. Moderation has never been my strong suit -- I was pounding six diet ginger ale per day. Now I drink nothing but unsweetened coffee, tea, club soda, dry wine and spirits. (Probably two much of the last two.)

I do eat hot sauce, soy sauce, mustard and other low carb condiments. No salads and definitely no veggies. Again, I try to keep it two zero. Twenty grams or less for sure. As for protein -- I grill a lot and eat one big meal per day, plus maybe a snack.

Ideally, of course. This weekend I messed up and ate nachos late night. I let myself get too hungry and I had a buzz on, so the will was weak.

@Dragonwolf I sued the search but didn't find anything specific like a discussion on Zero Carb. I may not have gone back far enough. I definitely don't want to rehash stuff that has already been discussed.

It sure would be nice if we could actually search the old threads.
What I end up doing is Ctrl+F and typing that in, and searching each page until I find what I want or give up.

http://zerocarbzen.com/resources/
http://myzerocarblife.jamesdhogan.com/wp/
https://www.reddit.com/r/zerocarb

Just dropping a few zero-carb resources.

Any others? I know there are.

@Dragonwolf I think I could throw together a carnivore primer sometime this week. I could start on it tonight.

@milandy1969 most of the previous discussions won't specifically say "zero carb" as we've got a variety of terms. We did a "meativore May" challenge (mostly because I enjoy alliteration). Carnivore comes up frequently. Some also go and call it plant-free, zero-carb, etc. Almost every single time fiber comes up, there will be a side conversation from us fiberless folks who exist without any at all.

Don't worry about rehashing things here and covering old ground. Everything is new to someone. And, the lack of good search support means that only the most recent stuff being talked about is easy to find. It is nice in the respect that the topics we see most are the ones people want to talk about at that time.

As for myself, I am over 18 months now, I think. I don't really keep track. It's been a while. I tend to be more extreme than most people on the carnivore path (actually argued with the nurse at my work today that spinach was basically poison, lol). Always nice to run into others. I try not to talk too much about my eating, because I don't want those with higher carb goals to think they're not welcome here.

As for carb goals, I don't actually have one. I don't worry about carbs from animal products (eggs, cheese, seafood, organ meats), but typically exist well below 5g total (usually below 1g total... if any at all). I have been using heavy cream in my coffee most mornings lately, so probably around 1g.

Feel free to comment or add things to the carnivore thread. Same goes for everyone eating this way. I will incorporate them into the main post. Not everyone does this my way.