I agree with not weighing and measuring daily. When you have been eating a carnivore lifestyle you can see in hindsight that this is not a weight loss program but a health program. Trust the process.

Weigh yourself every day!!! You can self correct your course before it's too late.... My 2 cents !! 📈

Lol😊

Three months congratulations!!! Stay with it!!! Get healthy stay healthy 😊

I thought I would try some of the flavored seltzers that are out on the market. They typically don't have artificial sweeteners, so I thought they would be ok. They don't taste sweet, but they offered a little flavor. Now I find that some of these "Natural Flavors" may actually contain things like maltodextrin, which is basically another sweetener. I'm still not sure why the carbonation may cause weight gain, I am going to have to do more research on this.

@RalphKnowsCarnivore If it contains "Natural flavors/flavorings " nothing but toxic bull crap 😤 Carbonated drinks leave your guard down then possibly drink 1 "sugar free " drink then you'll plunge back into carbohydrate hell. Best is like a few of us carnivores did is shut out all processed foods, booze and vegetables. Sticking fast to meat eggs and some dairy. I am going to take a break from coffee for 30 days and see if it makes a difference in my health. I'm 5 months in, strict carnivore except coffee. Lost 35 lbs in my sedentary lifestyle until I heal up from surgery but overall I see my health improvement 100 fold but need to lose about 85 pounds to reach optimum weight. I'm 57 , 1 major heart attack and 2 minor.

@@meatheadforlife I think I may be coming around to that same conclusion. (Except for the coffee part)

@RalphKnowsCarnivore I'm going to hopefully try 30 days no coffee soon myself and see how I feel. If I get out of this stall when I do then I may extend it.

I loved it before and even more on carnivore.

I'll look into it. Thanks

Thank you Lillie. I don't think I need to worry about doing too much exercise, I'm not that motivated to do it. haha

I was the same wasn’t motivated at the start of my diet, 2 months later I’m always out walking and riding my bicycle

Hi Gary. Good to hear from you again. I totally relate to having to wait on surgery until I accomplish something. About 10 years ago, I had to lose weight in order to have double knee replacements. I hope things are going well with controlling your A1C. I am having to keep an eye on that as well. Mine is at 5.9, putting me in the prediabetic range.

@ you can relate! I can’t wait to get this hip done!!!!

@@garynolandoldermanstronger6400 I feel for you Gary. I struggled with my knees for years. I had to walk with a cane. Both knees were bone on bone. I did steroid injections, and synovial fluid injections. I even had bone marrow removed from my shin bones to turn into stem cells and injected back into my knees. Nothing helped. I would park in the parking lot of someplace like Walmart and ask myself, how badly do I really need that item from the hardware department in the back of the store. Often the answer was, not bad enough. My knee surgery was literally life changing. I'm praying for you buddy.

Hi Eddy. Congrats on losing 13.6 pounds. That's awesome. It sounds like you keep pretty busy with work. I can totally see how you could get stressed. I'm impressed by your being a wine retailer. I admire people who can understand wine. Personally, I don't have a clue. I'm not quite sure how or why the whisky worked with gut issues, but I'm thinking there must be a better way to deal with that. As to starting a 2nd KZbin channel, well....obviously, I have done just that. But, you have to ask yourself, will you have time to do your regular jobs, a KZbin channel, and still have time to devote to a second KZbin channel. Only you can answer that question. If you take KZbin seriously, you treat it like a business and not a hobby, and a business takes more time. I try to treat it like a business, but a lot of people just want to share what they are doing with others, and that is fine too. The more you treat it like a business, the more stress is involved. I was extremely lucky with my first channel and it was monetized after only 2 months. But my 2nd channel is a different style from my first channel and I have to take the time to figure it out. In my cooking channel, the food or the cooking technique is the product, but in my carnivore channel, it seems like I am the product. If I am not successful on carnivore, how can I expect my channel to be successful. Talk about putting some stress on yourself. Let me know if you decide to start your second one.

Hi Robert. I have never been on statins. Cholesterol has never been a problem for me. It must be genetic, because you would think that a person like myself, being overweight and not watching my diet most of my life, would have terrible cholesterol. In fact, my cholesterol levels are extremely low. My wife on the other hand, is thin and watches her diet, but has elevated cholesterol levels. From things I've read, I am not entirely sure that doctors really fully understand the relationship between diet and cholesterol. I wouldn't drop the statins until you know how a change in diet effects things.

Normally I usually like to season well in advance of cooking, but with frozen steaks, there just isn't a way to do that. However, I discovered, with frozen steaks, seasoning at the halfway point, actually works. As to using the silicone, I wasn't sure how well using a silicone liner in a hot air fryer would work. It seems like it would be counterintuitive to how hot air fryers work. However, the liner that I use has raised, "grill like" ridges that seem to let the air circulate underneath the surface of the meat. The crust that is forming on the surface of the meat seems pretty legit. And I have to say, it sure is a lot easier to clean.

Thanks. I’ll try both. Love your videos.

Thanks Alex

Gary, let me know how the A1C turns out. Did you make to 8.0 level?

@ I did! In one month on the carnivore diet I dropped my A1C by 1 whole point! The doctor couldn’t believe it!!! Hip replacement 2 weeks from today 😊

@@garynolandoldermanstronger6400 WOW Gary, that is totally awesome. I am so glad for you. Let me know how it goes.

Great information. This really helps.

Hahaha I love this Oscar.

Thanks Gary.

I found a super cheap and super thin plastic cutting board from Walmart. I put it between my knees and I am getting the extra functions to come up more often. I don't think the measurement's are going to be super accurate, but I think I can learn a lot from the trend lines.

Hi James. Maybe I should have listed an affiliate link. lol Based on information I've seen, the accuracy of the measurements for ALL smart scales, may not be all that great. However, I think you can still learn a lot from the trend lines. It should be useful to know if your losing muscle mass or gaining it. The same with fat %. The actual percent is not as important as knowing that it's going the right direction. I have found a thin, plastic cutting board at Walmart that I put between my knees and I now get readings for the extra functions more often.

So I am discovering. Thanks for the encouragement.

Thanks Annie.

From what I've seen, the actual accuracy for smart scales may not be the greatest. The same can be said for most of the other techniques that supposedly measure all those different functions. However, I think there is still value in knowing the trend lines. Knowing that your fat % is trending down, or your muscle mass is trending up, is more important that knowing the actual %.

@@RalphKnowsCarnivore I agree. Just wish it was a closer representation of the actual numbers

@@thecappy Very True. I saw a test of about 8 different methods of measuring fat %, including the Dexascan. Even that was suspect on accuracy. Some of the methods were crazy expensive, but not necessary reliable. At least for the price of a scale, I hope I can see the trend.

I found a cheap, thin, plastic one at Walmart, and it does make a difference.

Lucky, your diarrhea cleared up a lot faster than mine. lol We got this.

Thanks. I'm feeling better and finally getting caught up on answering comments. Prior to carnivore, I was trying to get my BP down with taking a dose of olive oil every morning and beet supplements. They helped, but no where near as much as losing weight.

Hi Robert. Eating a lot of meat will cause your iron to spike. I handle mine with blood donations. I've been doing it for years. I donate platelets every 2 weeks. You can give whole blood every month. It not only helps to control iron, it also reduces the risk of blood clots and stroke by a huge %. It also may help reduce the risk of some cancers. Plus, you get to help a lot of people who really need it.

Great to hear from you again. I was sicker longer than I expected and it effected my staying caught up on replying to comments. I agree with the idea of taking supplements.

Hey Gary. Thanks for the idea of Keto Chow.

hahaha I don't want to scare anyone off.

Thanks for leaving this comment. A good friend of mine was wondering about this and he reads these comments.

Sexy radio voice! Lol

Wow....that's pretty impressive Eddy. Don't get discouraged if it slows down, it's always greater during the 1st week due to water weight. But that is definitely impressive. You got this. Let us know your progress. We're here for you.

Wayne

Hey Wayne, good to hear from you. I wasn't sure about this myself in the beginning, but it's working out pretty good. It's not as hard to follow as I thought it would be. It can be a little challenging in restaurants, but nothing I haven't been able to work out. Most of the time I forget about food and find that I've made it to dinner without eating during the day. I love a good pizza or pasta, but I haven't had a craving for either one. I hope all is well with the family. Let me know if you start this thing.

Thanks for sharing your Why. I don't measure either, I don't think I can do it accurately. I trust how my clothes fit more. The scale on the other hand, I'm just too OCD to avoid it. I have a new scale that measures things in addition to weight. For example, this morning I gained .6 pounds, but the scale told me I had added .4 pounds of lean body mass. I will be reporting more on this scale in an upcoming video. I didn't think I liked it at first, but now I think I do.

@@RalphKnowsCarnivore 👍

I love hearing this Gary. I have pre-diabetes. It's not terribly high, not high enough for medical intervention, but enough for the doctor and I to keep an eye on it. It didn't get any better at my last appointment a couple of weeks ago, but it didn't get any worse. I'm hoping that at my next follow up, we night see some improvement.

I love this. So often we don't feel in control of things. At least with this, we can have control. We can do this.

Thanks Alex. We can make it through these plateaus. Keep letting us know how your doing.

Yup, the more I do this, the more I realize that other things are going on beside pure weight loss. I love the idea of fitting into jeans you haven't been able to fit in for years. Obviously, your doing something right. Keep it up and keep letting us know how things are going.

Meat eggs and cheese have everything you need

Meat will supply you with everything, especially if you include fish and seafood along with some organ meats occasionally. Some people choose to supplement with a Vitamin D3/K2 supplement and one to two drops of iodine in their morning coffee.😊

Perhaps this will happen to me too. I'm actually surprised by how little food seems to satisfy me now. I just don't think that much about it. In the late afternoon, I might start feeling some hunger, but at that point, I might as well just wait till dinner. While waiting, the feeling of hunger tends to go away, and by dinner, it just doesn't seem to take that much to satisfy me.

@@RalphKnowsCarnivore I know exactly how you feel! It's an uphill battle, but not impossible to win!

Great stuff here. It's very encouraging to hear about your success, both weight wise and health wise after going pure carnivore. Keep letting us know how things are going.

Good point. Thanks.

Thanks Curt, this is good advice. I don't know if I can follow it, I tend to be kind of OCD about stuff like this, but it is exactly what I tell other people to do.

Anthony, this is good advice. I have made myself a form to record everything on. Not just weight, but what I eat, how I feel, changes I am going through. I probably need to be taking some pictures, but being on video is probably taking care of that.

Thanks for this Doug. I can't imagine how much your jeans must have been pleating up from cinching a 34 waist into a 42 jean. lol

Absolutely true.

Hey Doug, this is some good advice. I'm not sure I can stop the weighing every morning, but I agree with you that people shouldn't. I'm just a little OCD about stuff like that. At least I can recognize that when I don't see the results I would like on the scale, I am still getting benefits in other areas.

WOW.....that's incredible. I have just recently gone from a 3XL to a 2XL shirt. I am almost to the point of dropping down a waist size in trousers a second time. You are an inspiration to me. Keep the comments coming.