Hi Everyone,
Not been on the forums much lately and thought I'd have a browse!
Happy to see this thread, I have been steering more towards carnivore in the past 6 or 7 months, but am struggling a bit.
I can never quite fully commit to full carnivore and my meals are the same every day and I need to make a change.
I have definitely noticed improvements in my mood, energy and skin (which is the main reason I do it). May seem weird but I'm sure my eyesight is better, clearer, I used to get blurry eyes by the afternoon, hindering me from using a computer or reading a book, I don't get this as much anymore.
I want to go full carnivore for at least a month, with no dairy either as I'm still trying to pinpoint if this is an issue for me.
I want to keep a diary and after the 30 days start re-introducing things gradually and really pinpointing what causes me problems.
By the way I am not diabetic, but I have reactive hypoglycemia, since starting a Keto diet my hypo's have lessened a lot and even more so with cutting right back completely. My HbaC1 has gone down and I am no longer pre-diabetic.
I could do with some ideas on what to actually eat, my typical day at the moment is
Breakfast: Bacon, eggs and avocado
Snack: now I probably don't actually need a snack, but its a mid morning break at work and I have always had a cup of tea and its habit more than anything, a bit of a pick me up, my only sweet thing I ever eat it is a tablespoon of peanut butter with a square of 85% dark chocolate. I really don't want to give up this small little pleasure.
Lunch is usually a repeat of breakfast or I occasionally swap out the bacon for smoked salmon, this is where I need a few different ideas.
Dinner is usually steak and eggs, beef burgers and eggs, or pork usually on its own. (I just cooked a shoulder joint and ate just some of that along with some of the crackling). This feels very odd without veg or anything else, I haven't eaten any veg for several months now!
Dinner is hard, as I have to also cook for my two children, and sometimes they do end up eating not so well as I'm no longer cooking 'keto' meals and just adapting theirs like I used to., plus I'm not very organised and don't tend to pre-plan a whole weeks worth of meals...I have tried but I'm just no good at it.
So basically the only food I currently eat is, meat, eggs, avocado, peanut butter and dark chocolate
, some cheese and yogurt in small quantities...oh and tea, with almond milk. That's weird right?
but I do feel alright!
What do you usually have?