HI!!!
first thing is ‘dabbling’ is kinda on that fence of ‘you don’t know’ your sweet spot in that you aren’t ‘all in’ with ZC so that makes a difference in your knowing or guessing what is ‘effecting you’ so it is kinda like…go for it all in for at least a week and then re-evaluate 
Another is that focus on lose weight and zc isn’t about that as ‘a goal of main intention’ in that we heal to lose. ZC is heal body, handle hormones, re-balance the natural lifestyle your body wants and more…so that if I eat this fat/meat and I feel great, and I don’t lose or are more hungry on another meat kinda doesn’t come into play as a ‘real zc’ thing cause ya ain’t zc just yet. It could change up, it could be the same, you could learn more about what your body wants and requires? Kinda on that fence again. NO ZC benefits come your way and you don’t learn your body unless ya go all in kinda deal.
Thing is many and I mean many function best on a fatty any red meat type situation cause they are zc. They went thru adaption and they walked the healing path, they are in it to win it and when one does that the red meat becomes superior over any fowl, pork, seafood, fish or whatever and the beef/red meat usually takes top priority but that is for a zc;er doing this path and doing it as needed from the start.
then ya got an individual. if one goes ‘all in’ and goes for it point blank on a carnivore trial eating plan…they find what works for them. Many can’t handle pork. Pork intolerance is a real deal for many YET some find they live on pork and do SO well. Then ya got those living on eggs, fish, seafood with butter thrown in and they function wonderful.
So if ALL IN with ZC then you find what works for you. Just cause a lot of zc’ers rely on that red meat, many function so well on different meat and seafood so…this is when you find you as an individual thru adapting to zc.
then ya got the, eat big certain fat content makes me less hungry if skimming off a big roast or whatever, and eating a ribeye steak makes me more hungry in a way after? How big is that steak? You doing one of those like 8 oz steaks, heck yea you are hungry after that Eat 1 lb. ribeye. Then wait a bit, if hungry fry up some bacon or have another steak.
See we are not limited/restricted/starving ever in our changeover into zc because we can eat. But if we don’t ‘just keep the faith’ and go all in then you never know what your path thru this healing will be.
butter is not dairy HAHA yes it really is not in that what David said. Butter is fat. Butter is fine if you do well on a lot of butter. Some can’t handle a lot of it as ‘liquid fat’ and want some to add taste etc. but some can suck down butter like it is going out of style and it satisfies/heals and more for us…but again, you have to be all in to learn what is you.
Dabble is great and we know if we wanna roll this way or not.
Dabble will never give you the truth of what ZC can do if ya go for it and do the plan.
hope some of that helps a bit I am happy you are dabbling in it but I have to say, going all in gives you such a difference in perspective/individual truth on your eating and more one can find and it is a wonderful way to roll…good luck to you!!
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but when one truly improves their health to levels of living better and healing, of course we are gonna be a carnivangelist LOL great post!!
And eating eggs is my basic skill, it’s just hard if I don’t make them into sweets. And I am not good with carni sweets yet (they totally exist in my world, it’s fine if I am the only one) but carnivore-ish, that works and I am quite relaxed when I barely have meat.
It’s not a fast task to get out of the water, grab a shovel and wipes, find a spot away from the water, dig a hole, and wiggle out of your waders. I’ve cheated twice just to stop the constant stream coming out of my bumhole.