I am in too. I have ben easing into it for a few days. Meats, eggs, and I am going with some cococnut oil in my coffee. I have used a bit of HWC, mostly because I didn't want to throw it out, and I may use butter on some meats or eggs.

So far I have notice no real difference. Maybe a slight drop in appetite.

It is tricky to focus so much on meat after decadeds of trying to cut back on meat. The funny thing is that we do our own butchering so I have everything wrapped to appropriate family sizes... That isn't working out so well now that meat is my main focus. LOL I need extras at everymeal.

Goes without saying for the vets, but for people reading the thread, make sure to keep fat high: don't drain the pan, use butter or ghee in good amounts, get the 80% ground beef, don't get cuts like filets or loins, etc.

Because of my foul mood yesterday I ended up fasting until I got home from work at 7pm, by then I was more than ready for food and really enjoyed my pound of rare rib-eye with extra butter . Today I have mostly been eating bacon with a nice big chunk of brie I found in the fridge. I also added back the coconut oil to the first coffee of the day and have been adding double cream to my coffee for the rest of the day. I feel much more human today

Things are going pretty well. Appetite has picked back up. Made chicken Parmesan tonight; I always leave the breadcrumbs off of mine, but there was some incidental tomato sauce (maybe a quarter of a cup). I browned all the chicken pieces in lard instead of my usual palm oil. Not really feeling any different at this point (no keto-flu symptoms).

Very nice @Sunny_Bunny_

The scale has dropped a bit for me too. Close to 2lbs in 3 days. Some of it may be water weight from dropping carbs from ~20g to ~5g, but either way I'm happy.

I am starting to realize how unconsciously I have been eating for the last few months. I am regularly catching myself opening the cupboards looking for snacks or nearly licking the knife when I make food for my kids. I haven't lost any weight, but its shark week and I had two nights of zumba that I don't normally do, so I probably have some inflammation from that. I am looking forward to weighing next week.

Day 8 for me: The scale came down a few for me last week but has been bouncing around the past couple of days. I have been feeling hungry off and on. I feel like I could definitely eat more, but, I know that would put me way over what I "think" my calories are, since I'm not logging either. Also, there has been some bathroom shall we say, unpleasantness these past few days. I find I miss nuts. I will endeavor to persevere.

@Sunny_Bunny_ I think the magnesium may play a part in my disturbance as well.

Day 4. Eating meat isn't too tough... cutting out the sweetener is. I have cut down, but not out. My first cup of coffee for the day needs to be a little sweet, and I had a cup of coffee with creamer yesterday for dessert which is a no no, but oh so comforting.

I did 'accidentally' eat hot dog chili the other night. I didn't even think about it having other 'stuff' in it until I finished it. Oh well, its an adjustment to my thinking, I need to work on the 'did this come from an animal' question, before I eat it, not after!

All-in-all I feel good. I think I have lost some water weight, but I won't step back on the scale until Thursday. I have gone way over my calories just about every day, but I'm not going to worry to much about that for the first couple of weeks.

Day 4 went very well; we had breakfast for dinner so that made things easy. Not having any issues - those who are having bathroom issues: were you supplementing with magnesium prior to starting? I don't supplement (too lazy to remember), and haven't noticed any changes in that department. Go to the gym tomorrow (first time since starting this experiment). Don't think it will effect my performance, but will let you all know.

Saw a new low in the scale this morning. Figure I'm losing water at this point tho.

Okay thanks @Sunny_Bunny_ that explains it

Well, poop: are olives animals?

I had to eat at my desk yesterday, which meant hitting up my stash of sardines. I was almost done with the 2nd tin when I realized they were packed in olive oil!

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Well, poop: are olives animals?

I had to eat at my desk yesterday, which meant hitting up my stash of sardines. I was almost done with the 2nd tin when I realized they were packed in olive oil!

I literally laughed out loud! Too funny!
I was kinda bummed yesterday when I passed on the tiny amount of tartar sauce I like on my tilapia.

It is a challenge to completely avoid any non animal foods in trace amounts. I think I've quite well since I've only eaten at home so far. I guess I won't stress trace amounts too much if they can't be avoided. But I could avoid tartar sauce, so I didn't even have a little bit.
I am still using MCT and coconut oil as supplements and I'm still eating cheese and rarely HWC. The cream was already becoming less and less frequent.

Not that I had much tummy trouble, but every now and then I would feel a little bloated, nothing major at all, but I would notice it. It wouldn't last too long. But, that's not happened at all this week, so it seems the vegetable fiber or something was to blame for it. Maybe it was just certain vegetables??? I don't know. I'll probably find out at some point the next time I have some.
I still haven't taken measurements or a new pic, but I lost all of the almost 2 pounds I had been up the last month, plus another half pound, hitting another new lowest TREND weight this time. Probably had some intestinal inflammation I guess...

I actually managed to get zero carbs today. I don't think I've ever done that before.

My oldests is eating a LOT more meat now that I am too and it is available. Between us, I almost have the quantities figured out. I'm dreading it in a few more years when I have 3 teenaged boys to feed... I'm picturing 4lbs of beef just to cover dinner. LOL

Today is actually day 9 for me. Still feeling good. I've had some mayo and a couple of shots of hot sauce as my only non-animal items. I think my protein is way higher than my fat, even though I'm adding fat to everything. The scale is still playing tricks. I'm enjoying this, though.