I probably won't be posting before Christmas.
So if I don't....

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!
Happy Holidays!!!!!!!


Now with that said... Stomach bug is going through the house right now. Yay.
Daughter had it first. She was sick with it Friday. Then my older son came down with it last night. One moment he's wanting to watch scary YouTube ghost videos, the next he's projectile vomitting orange juice and pizza vomit.
He's been sick and sleeping all day but thankfully finally seems to be better.
Now to just wait for the youngest to get sick with it. Just hoping hubs and myself don't get it too bc I know we'll probably be worse off. Definitely won't be a one day thing for us old folks lol.

Anywho... Can't wait for Christmas!!!!

Hey everyone!! I hope you all are having a great day!
Christmas was... messy. Still a giant mess in the house too. 3 kids and very enthusiastic/generous family and there is toys and toy trash EVERYWHERE!! UGH lol

But... starting carnivore tomorrow!! A couple of days early but we like starting things at the beginning of the week.
I'm so ready though. SO READY!
My body has been screaming at me to stop with the junk, but it also craves the junk every time I eat it. Like almost to the point of wanting to binge junk food. That's how much my body wants me to eat it.
Moderation is NOT in my body's vocabulary when it comes to sugar and carbs. I can literally be bursting at the seams, but my body will be like "Go... go eat something else. We're not satisfied yet."

I also haven't weighed myself. Helps that our scale needed new batteries, but I still haven't weighed after they were replaced lol.
I can see and feel the bloat and weight I've put on in this last month though and damn it's not pretty. I've probably set myself back a year.
I don't plan on weighing for another week or 2 though. I know my body has A LOT of bloat it needs to dump. I also have AF coming up soon too (which has been getting more irregular too), so I know that's going to add to the scale.
So I'm going to wait for all of that to come off, then I'll weigh to get a better idea of where I'm at.

Also on the OMAD front. I'm hoping that with going carnivore, it will be easier to go OMAD since hopefully eating meat will keep me feeling satisfied for longer. Carnivore is a lot more listening to your hunger and just eating. No real tracking of anything. At least that's what a lot of people say. I dunno... I'll have to wait and see what happens.
At the start though, I plan on just eating while my body readjusts back to a strict diet. Then I'll take it from there. Hopefully readjusting won't take longer than a week or 2 but we'll see. FX for no keto flu!

And yup.... BRING IT 2020!!! I'm ready to kick some butt!!!

Carnivore is going well. A tiny bit of a struggle w/ craving something sweet after dinner, but not a huge deal.
I did have a dream last night that I "accidentally" ate some cornbread lol.
I was feeling ok yesterday until I suddenly wasn't. The dull headache I had just got worse and just ibuprofen alone didn't help.
I don't think my body is dumping the extra water weight yet. Hopefully soon though.
I was hoping this week would be my body adjusting back, but I think it will start next week. Hope not though and it's smooth sailing lol. That's when daughter goes back to school. Even though sleep is awful right now, at least I can somewhat sleep in (if the youngest sleeps in too).

Just gotta keep chugging along though!
Last night I fixed 80/20 hamburger patties and shrimp for dinner. Didn't really go together all that well lol, but tasted good at least
Tonight will be ham. Bought 2 before CHristmas. Fixed the spiral cut for family and the non-spiral cut one is for us No yummy sweet glaze for it, but it should still be delicious!

Yeah it's definitely not a diet for everyone. But we all do what we're going to stick with
So far so good on carnivore though. I am craving some breakfast sausage. Going to stock up on some tomorrow when we go grocery shopping. Plus it's something easy I can make in bulk and save some for later if I feel snacky or just if I don't want to cook lol.
I'm still craving sweets, but it's not a strong craving thankfully.

And although I'm tired (don't think it's diet related, but it could be)... I'm already feeling SO much better. Still bloated some, but the aching and overall BLAH horrible feelings I was having while eating crap is almost gone. Still having some minor carpal tunnel pains but it's gotten better too.

Yeah I certainly did gorge myself on carbs/sugar during the holidays. I can totally see this as my body getting rid of all the junk.
My face broke out SO bad the first couple of days back on carnivore. I developed big cystic pimples along my hairline and where the arms of my glasses are. Thankfully those are mostly cleared up now. I'm just left feeling greasy atm lol.

My face has been SO incredibly oily. Not sure what that is about but BLEH! Go to rub my forehead and come away w/ enough oil to fry up some chicken. Good for the skin though right? Maybe??? lol

I think I'm going to have to give up my daily coffee. Not giving it up completely, but I think with my body getting back to carnivore... coffee has been giving me some bad diarrhea.
And not sure if beef fat is the only thing that gives me nausea and indigestion.
Fixed carnitas last night and ate a lot of the fatty bits. No reflux and no nausea after. BUT I think eating too much fat also causes some problems w/ my #2s too b/c I woke up in the middle of the night needing to go and it was LOUD and not exactly solid lol.
It's all trial and error at this point.

Woke up with a dull headache. Drank a monster and some pickle juice. Also ate some breakfast sausages w/ eggs. About to go drink more pickle juice and hope it helps. So far the headache has subsided, but I can still feel like. Like it's right on the edge of coming back.

Overall I feel ok though Just sucks that I have to wake up early again. Stupid school lol

So pork fat does trigger the nausea. I ate some leftover pork before picking daughter up. About 3 hours later, I got nauseated. It didn't last as long as with beef, but I think that's just b/c I hadn't eaten as much.
Also I did end up having to take tylenol yesterday. The headache didn't get worse, but it never fully went away either until I took some tylenol for it.
I swigged down pickle juice twice and I think it helped the headache from getting worse. Maybe... I dunno lol.

Tired of waking up in the middle of the night to poop. lol Such a PITA trying to get back to sleep and I couldn't get comfortable after and never got back in to a good sleep. Booo

Thank goodness for energy drinks though.

So far so good though. Still craving some sweets, but I think that's more of a habit thing right now. I am craving some variety. While the meat has been good... I want some veggies to go with it. It's not a super strong craving craving, just the want for variety.