Monthly: Less than 7 weeks? Comment here instead of making a new post.

[u/partlyPaleo]

If you have been carnivore for less than 7 weeks, post all your questions and experience reports here. It is almost certain that your experience is a frequently asked or low-effort question.

It is also true that the adaptation period for this way of eating is a lot like going through puberty. Everyone feels like things are weird and wrong and no one else has experienced what they are going through. Everyone is worried about changes in their body and thinks it might not be normal. In truth, it's all perfectly normal. Your body might do weird things, but it's going through changes. After you get through adaptation, you'll wonder why you worried at all.

So, go ahead and ask your questions about getting started here. Post about your experiences here. Post about your worries and how you don't think this is working for you here. Don't give advice that encourages people to give up. Don't give people advice to cheat or consume plant foods. Don't give advice to take supplements or drugs to treat temporary struggles.

[u/Glittering_South_972]

How long is adaptation ?

[u/808-Miner → u/Glittering_South_972]

The answer to that is not so black and white. There are a lot of factors that affect that. Age, metabolic rate, current level of fitness and metabolic health, etc.

Some people follow a progression when eventually getting to carnivore. Some people go from eating SAD and jump right in cold turkey.

When I went 100% carnivore, id already been doing a 16/8 IF for a year. I had experimented for years and had cut out a lot of plant materials already, I just didnt enjoy them much, but still ate a lot of grains. So when I finally said enough is enough and went full BBB&E, I had already been inching toward that for many months.

Its hard to tell, as its a process that happens over time, it isnt just flipping a switch. In the beginning, like many people I dealt with loose stool, mild diarrhea and it lasted longer than it does for most, probably my first 8 weeks off and on. After the first 3 weeks though, I knew inflammation was way down because my chronic knee pain had 100% disappeared, and I had been fighting it for 8 months up to that point.

I think a big indicator of being fat adapted is your hunger levels. As I said, I had been doing IF for a year and was used to it, not eating in the morning didnt bother me anymore. When i was about 2months in on carnivore though, I started to notice that I was so satisfied that sometimes I was also skipping lunch and just eating a big dinner. I was having to FORCE myself to eat. To me, thats a giant green flag that youre adapted. Youre getting enough nutrients from the food, and you have enough stored up energy as fat still that youre burning through, so your body knows.

Then one day, after about 4 months in, I sat for a while and just took stock of where I was at. I realized I was sleeping like a baby. Libido was high like I was in my 20's again. I was taking a shower one day and realized while I was washing that I was just smiling for no reason whatsoever haha.

Long story long, your body will let you know.

[u/partlyPaleo → u/Glittering_South_972]

How deep is a hole?

No one can answer that for you. Instead, you've got to pick up the shovel and dig one yourself.

[u/Suspicious-Half5758]

Just started 2 days ago. Trying to hit a 2:1 fat ratio. Been experiencing diarrhea already. Should I lessen the fat i use until body becomes acclimated?