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Hello friends: I have been doing the carnivore diet experiment now for 3 months. My goal is to do it for 52 weeks. The carnivore diet is a diet that consists of eating meat when you are hungry and drinking water when you are thirsty. …
Hi friends: It’s day 82 of 365 of the carnivore diet experiment! Also day 4 of the water fast/sea salt flush! I woke up headache-free today and slept great! Today was a no exercise day. Actually, all week has been exercise free. I have used …
Hi friends: It’s day 62 of 365 of the carnivore diet experiment! As many of you know I am a supporter of intermittent fasting and omad.
If you are new to my blog, omad is one meal a day. It is the practice of eating only once.
Intermittent fasting — the practice of going without food for some period of time.
Intermittent fasting has many health benefits. It can help prevent heart disease, speed fat loss, and reverses aging. The sweet spot for intermittent fasting is autophagy.
One of my Instagram friends mentioned that intermittent fasting encourages autophagy which is a cellular self-cleansing process. The cellular self-cleansing process that breaks down and recycles damaged molecules and cellular organelles. Simply put autophagy is a detox process your body undergoes to clean out damaged cells and regenerate new ones. Isn’t that exciting?
Because many of our cells, like those in the brain, need to last a lifetime, the body developed a unique way of ridding itself of those faulty parts and defending itself naturally against disease.
When autophagy is activated, the aging process is slowed and the reduction of inflammation begins.
Why and when does autoghagy occur?
Autophagy is also achievable through intermittent fasting just as easily as longer fasts. Autophagy begins when liver glycogen is depleted, around 12-16 hours into a fast. The rate of autophagy peaks there, and then drops after about 2 days. So the body is doing a cleanup. It’s our body’s own recycling system.
Autophagy health benefits:
1) Make our bodies way more efficient and conservative with our energy.
2) It helps fight infections.
3) It decreases inflammation in the body.
5) Slow down the aging process.
4) Improves our muscles.
Many people that do the carnivore diet also do intermittent fasting by default. Because our meals are so satisfying and filling. We eat only one or two meals a day. Personally, I eat one meal and fast for 20 hours and have a 4-hour eating window. Another benefit of the carnivore diet is autophagy!
Today’s dinner was steak, eggs, and bacon!
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Hi friends: It’s day 49 of 365 of the carnivore diet experiment! I think that my meals are becoming very repetitive of course because I am mostly eating a steak a day. In the past I would feel guilty when I ate a steak…not anymore. …
Hi friends: It’s day 32 of 365 of the carnivore diet experiment! I have completed one month of the carnivore diet experiment! This is the longest that I have ever gone without eating any carbs, vegetables, sugar etc. Many of my followers are very interested …
Hi friends: It’s day 31 of 365 of the carnivore diet experiment! It’s also Halloween. I would say that this was probably not the best month to start this experiment. Two reasons: we celebrated Thanksgiving this month and also of course Halloween. There are so much junk food and sugar around at this time of the year. My dentist tells me that she sees a higher percentage of people because many people overindulge by eating their children’s Halloween candy. I was one of those people. I would eat more of my daughter’s Halloween candy than she did. After the first week, she was pretty much done with her gigantic bag of treats but not me. I would just gorge. I had a hard time just throwing all of those treats away. I felt like I was throwing away food or something.
In the past, I had so many issues with my teeth and gums. Sugar did that to me. The sugar and acids were very harmful to my teeth. The acids were actually dissolving the enamel, giving bacteria an inroad to begin decaying it. We all know that sugar promotes decay (cavities) but we ignore this.
Thankfully, my daughter is a teen now and she no longer goes out to Trick or Treating. So no temptations of the big bag of treats to content with this year. However, we do give out candy. What I did a couple of years ago was buy extra chips and chocolate bars so that I could have them for myself..and I hid them. I didn’t want anyone to judge me. Wow these are some deep confessions.
This year because I am doing the carnivore diet experiment I have bought two boxes of Lays chips. So about 120 bags. I didn’t buy any chocolate bars. Why tempt myself? I will give them all away, happily.
My daughter got dressed up as Mad Scientist and she gave out all the treats to the children.
Tonight’s dinner was steak and eggs!
Check out my flashback video! My previous 30-day carnivore challenge video! Just in case you missed it. The truth about the carnivore diet!
If you would like to join me in this experiment, please check with your doctor first. I will be posting on Instagram/lolaslifessons. If you are not on Instagram, comment here: Twitter/IamLola2017 and Youtube/lolaslifelessons Feel free to let me know about your process there.
Hi friends: It’s day 30 of 365 of the carnivore diet experiment! I am feeling great! I cannot express to you the importance of drinking water. It doesn’t matter what diet you are experimenting with. If you are doing the carnivore diet combined with intermittent …
Hi friends: It’s day 29 of 365 of the carnivore diet experiment! Today, I listened to the Breakfast club radio show when I go for my nightly walks. This was an old podcast. I wanted to share this with you because this topic had to …
Hi friends: It’s day 28 of 365 of the carnivore diet experiment! I am noticing that people start the carnivore diet for many reasons.
The most common reasons are:
However, the number one reason is weight loss. Many people come to the carnivore diet because they want to lose weight. It is the last resort. I have noticed that many of my followers ask me how is the weight loss going. They want to know if there is a connection between the carnivore diet and weight loss. The answer is yes and no. Many people lose weight and many gain weight.
If you are coming to the carnivore diet eating the typical standard American diet and you are overweight. Yes, you will lose weight. The fat will melt off especially if you haven’t restricted a calorie in your life. If your food intake was composed of junk. A switch to the Carnivore Diet, or any diet, would lead to weight loss. The scale will move in the right direction no matter how many steaks or how much bacon you eat. To summarize, most people see dramatic improvements in body mass because most people are overweight/obese, to begin with, and they didn’t calorie restrict or yo-you diet.
In my case, when I first attempted this carnivore diet my main goal was not weight loss. I was at my goal weight and I wanted to find a diet that would help me to maintain but I also wanted to see my abs.
When I did the 30-day carnivore diet challenge. I had rapid weight loss and I went from 135 to 128 pounds in 30 days. At this time I was doing omad and my diet was a standard American diet which consisted of mostly junk food and sometimes nutrient-dense foods.
Now if you come into this carnivore diet, for example from a restrictive diet like the ketogenic diet and you are a tracker and you weigh and count everything. You may just gain weight. This is because you are coming into this diet leaner. If you are not tracking anymore and eating as much as you want. You might just eat like a person that is going from feast to famine. The other thing that happens is your body wasn’t getting the protein and fat it desired. You may have been deficient in micronutrients as well as macronutrients. Actually, this weight gain is a good thing because the body is finally getting the nourishment it needed. Everything will balance out.
This time I started 139.6 and my weight has been going up and down! Actually last weight in I gained almost two pounds. I was actually expecting the same weight loss experience as my 30-day challenge. The funny thing is I did exactly the same thing I did for the challenge. Just before starting this time around. I was doing a lot of binging. I was doing keto, carnivore, omad and just eating like an idiot. But mostly I was doing a lot of restrictive eating. So I really should not be surprised at the weight gain. My body is in serious need of the nourishment that the steaks are providing. I will have to ignore the weight craziness for now.
Week 4 health benefits so far
Acne – I have fewer new breakouts.
Digestion – Still no more acid reflux! No more bloating!
Sleep – Same as last week – I am sleeping throughout the night.
Energy – Still the same. It is fall.
Weight – Current weight is 137.2!
Week 1 – I was 139.6!
Week 2 – I was 137.2!
Week 3 – I was 138.8
So I am back to 137.2, which is the same weight as week 2! On a positive note, the scale is moving in the right direction.
If you are doing this experiment and the scale is moving in the wrong direction. Don’t give up. Let’s keep going. We got this!
Check out my flashback video! My previous 30-day carnivore challenge video! Just in case you missed it. The truth about the carnivore diet!
If you would like to join me in this experiment, please check with your doctor first. I will be posting on Instagram/lolaslifessons. If you are not on Instagram, comment here: Twitter/IamLola2017 and Youtube/lolaslifelessons Feel free to let me know about your process there.
Hi friends: It’s day 27 of 365 of the carnivore diet experiment! I am only three days away from a carnivore diet milestone. I will be at 30 days on this journey. It’s Saturday and I’m spending the day with my daughter. Sadly my husband …