This thread is the challenge. We do a monthly zero carb/carnivore challenge in this little corner of the forum. This is our February thread 
Ferocious Fix February - Carnivore Challenge (Fit it In - Fit in It! ) Feb 2022
Ketodaisy
(Daisy)
#41
Shinita
#42
I didn’t know what this is so I googled. Now I know. (My guess wasn’t far 
But of course it’s butter and not broth…)
And found a diet that is the same - plus ice cream (mostly cream but sugar too. little but still)… What.
Hi guys, I didn’t want to come until I have a proper carni day but of course I can’t last so long. But just popped in a tiny bit. [Yeah, sure. You would think I already know myself after all these times. Nope, I still believe in the chance of me being short. When there are many new comments since my last visit and I am just getting ready for a new carnivore period.]
I had 6 vegetarian days I think, carbier than ideal but most of my food still was pretty good (and very, very eggy). I am not into scrambled eggs anymore but pancakes are fine and I have several savory fillings now.
I run out of all my dairy except butter and sour cream and I don’t overeat them. Not like I overate cream, almost the whole bag (250ml) was consumed by Alvaro. Yay. No cream January and low cream February, nice. I don’t ban it anymore but I rarely will buy it and only consume it in tiny amounts. 50-100g a month should be fine I suppose.
Today I planned to eat some leftover (from Alvaro’s soup) cabbage I fried. I LOVED that stuff. It’s quite low-carb - it’s not for eating in big quantities at all, it’s flavorful, a little goes a long way. It suits eggs, I can add sour cream too… I even liked the smell while frying it. And added black pepper, it’s awesome with black pepper. Nope. I don’t want to eat even this single leaf I actually liked before. (Spices don’t count.) The soup was nicer as it’s soup and I LOVE soups. Unless they are way too dense, carby or sweet. This one is good because… 1. water! 2. sour cream 3. vinegar. And it was tasty just too sweet but that’s what salt, sour cream and vinegar are for… Still wasn’t tempting in bigger quantities. So it seems I am still not good with vegetables beyond onions, tomatoes and the occasional crunchy juicy raw vegs. I don’t even want to try the rest in the future, they are simply not for me.
But I have a bread phase. So I will make carnivore breads, better ones than my previous ones, they worked but I want some firmer, drier stuff. Maybe it will be short lived as I will have meat but I can’t imagine eating my usual roasts yet. Maybe I just need to start… But I rather start carefully, with some fish and that will be not a big amount. I have liver too, sounds nice as it’s chicken liver this time, again.
I wonder if I ever had one… I know we at the company all had to make to a check-up about 15 years ago but I got no results, I just were told my blood is wonderful or something like that.
One day I might get curious but as long as I feel okay, I couldn’t care less about my numbers and I am pretty sure I will be healthy for many decades more (I was born with good genes and the opposite of hypochondria, you see. I wonder if it has its own word, probably… everything has its own word). And I have no doctor anyway. But I have healthcare, I should use it for something, I never used it for my teeth and they were very costly…
Yes, it would be interesting to see my numbers. But I can’t compare them with anything. Only with my even more future ones.
I am pretty sure a human can die from about anything. Not any human and it may take some other unlucky factors but…
I still can’t imagine losing my taste, it’s something that should be in my room 101… Though it’s not one of the worst things ever. But pretty bad for a hedonist who loves food and feels very irritated with super low appetite for days on row… I need my joy from food, not all the time but sometimes. Often. Almost always.
My aunt still says that. My Grandma died decades ago… But the house is big and my aunt is only one person and she had the biggest, sunniest room anyway with plants and a nice view to the garden. So that room stayed just like it was.
There is someone with an extremely short memory. MINUTES. He was a big musician and he still can play. And remembers his ex-wife (she visits and is nice and everything). Remembers almost nothing at all, everything is the first time but music and her, he remembers them. Not their wedding or anything at all, just something vague but important of her.
So music and the strongest love ties, they are special and some part must be stored(?) elsewhere.
Yay, another one who likes chicken liver. I still remember @Fangs saying it’s cat food
We all have our personal taste and many people doesn’t even like any liver. I can get bored of chicken liver but I still can eat it pretty regularly. Just not every week anymore. And I eat it slowly, a little at a time. I will make pâté next time, even the bad pork liver got edible that way, the chicken liver will be great I am sure.
No, that’s a nice yellow (orange), I could look at it a lot too (well, maybe we are both weirdos… well I would wish every weirdo would be this cool weirdo, appreciating changing colors) and it’s a blessing to find a warm color that looks good enough all day… I like warm yellows. I probably would choose a tad less orange myself (not like I can know from a photo what color is this but still) and would enjoy a superior warmness when sunset hits it. But I have deep red tiles on the roof so my wall never will be orange-ish yellow, that would be too much. I just like to look at such houses, there are many around here. The fences are very open, just some wire on most places. And we don’t even have any fence between us and one neighbour (we need to go to their property to care for our own blackberries. the owners probably were in good relationship in the past as the well belongs to both properties. hopefully it never will cause a problem. we don’t have neighbours living here at the moment).
IDK how big a patty is but a pound of salmon is very little food!
Once I ate 1000g fatty pork, not in one sitting, though… Well that was a lot. To me. Not necessarily to everyone…
Tomorrow I will bring photos. I think. Not sure what I will do with my fish (one hake at a time, it’s so tasteless lean fish but the texture is nice and I can add things to make it better), stew or some recipe I have found ages ago and never made it.
Azi
(Linda )
#43
Yeah BBBE isn’t as restrictive as lion but ppl have had amazing results even if not in pounds but in lost inches…
I prob won’t eat a ton Of eggs and butter but it’s options along with the bacon that I can add if I need it…
I cooked 4 flanken ribs but I could only eat 3…
Shinita
#44
I would rather stay fat Well I can’t afford much beef anyway and it’s fine as I prefer pork… And I don’t like bacon much. Sour cream, on the other hand… Butter should be avoided as it doesn’t satiate me (and I can’t afford it anyway). But it’s good and unique so a little here and there is fine… 
My eggy coffees would be very sad without both cream and butter. Butter offers the dairy flavor and I take up on its offer 
Of course, I don’t NEED to drink coffee but it’s not how I work, sadly.
I will have hake fish and pork jowl as my main dish, it seems, they are frying in the pan now but my meal is far away at this point. I just cook a simple thing for Alvaro so I could supervise my own stuff too, at the same time. Caroline (who had a name day yesterday and she got a new name as a present: Aida as it was both Karolina and Aida day. Karolina is the Hungarian version of Caroline/Carolyn, the cat got the name from the Portal game. I call her Caroline, Alvaro calls her Carolyn and he says the original is one written and the other spoken…? I don’t care, to me she is Caroline), so Caroline was happy with some fishbone with plenty meat on it. I am not stingy if it’s fish I don’t even like I would never eat it alone, boring, tasteless. And tender, that’s the good part. It’s so fun that there are animals with so soft meat…
Fangs
#45
@Ketodaisy
so I read your lamb shanks and think WHAT is she doing? that isn’t Lion? and then I know what I mixed up… 
In my brain I am doing beef and water only. My limited Lion version, but I know Lion is actually any ruminant like lamb or bison or deer etc.
Yes, hot water on face or steam from a shower is a very good break up on clogged sinus! I do it all the time when I go down with sinus but happy you are doing so much better!
-----------------So I said Lion with KD but I am doing limited Lion. Just beef and water. Beef meaning just from a good ol’ cow. But Lion of course is any ruminant critter but I am gonna do this month on beef…so that was my mix up reading about KD
today is big Tbone steak
second meal…not sure but probably burgers again but I have to hit store and check out entire beef area, I think I need some beef short ribs, beef roasts, like chuck or something…you know, just some change from a steak and burger in my day. Not like it is different ya know, but YEA it is different
All good so far but on exercise. I just am not doing those darn tapes. Raining today but my mind thought, walk dog? In the cold nasty horrible winter brrrr out there? maybe? Probably not HAHA but I know something in this month of Feb I need to find something to move a tad more…but ya know…warmer months ARE coming sooner than later so maybe I will wait? 
yea me bad on this!
we shall see…
edited to say hit my local close smokehouse little store down the road and scored 4 beautiful ribeye steaks on big markdown…oh yea my butcher friend was putting them out and I GOT them first happy ribeye shopper here right now HA
Karen18
(Karen)
#46
This is the shade of yellow during the day when no sun on it. The sun turns it a golden yellow and that dark sky made it a darker golden yellow (orangish lol)
FrankoBear
#47
Crikey another summer heat wave.
Warm balmy nights for walks at the beach.
Rib eye steak and baked chicken wings for dinner over 2 nights. 3 pastured eggs and 3 rashers of shortcut bacon at NoFUN breakfast (2pm). 2 coffees with careful portion cream before noon.
Have to restart prednisone every 2nd day with immune reactive polyarthritis flare up on 3rd day off it.
Fangs
#48
@Karen18
I love you get a color change like that, changes the environment and keeps ya wondering on just ‘what shade’ the wall will be today LOL
Great pics, you did such a nice job making your own little paradise, well worth all the pennys ya spent on it K, all for you to enjoy!!
@FrankoBear
trade ya. wet cold rain here!
you are eating so well FB, I feel you are on that right path, a bit of meds controlled to help you and good food and that darn beach ya live by to just melt away the stress from your life is such a great combo for you!!
robintemplin
(Robin)
#49
Those are my colors… anything in the amber/gold/yellow range. and I love when colors change during the day.
robintemplin
(Robin)
#50
Meanwhile, we are in a sea of white. Six inches plus. Beautiful. If it wasn’t for our little dog Paul needing to venture out, I could spend all day indoors. Hot tea, a book, and a blanket. A nap, perhaps. (This retirement gig is growing on me.)
Fangs
#51
me too, I am sharp paradise location colors like vibrant parrots and sharp greens and blue oceans but then I love love love the muted Santa Fe or Albuquerque type adobe colors. I can combine and do both actually LOL
what I hate is the drab brown and dead of winter type stuff…ugh or that ALL white crap you are getting!
being South in NC when we get 3-6-8 inches I have to literally shovel a dog path out in the yard. Papillion and he can’t make it so I am out there shoveling a pee/crap path…shoot me HAHA I feel ya on small dog needs
VirginiaEdie
(Edith)
#52
It’s the drab browns and greys of winter that bring a great leaping of joy to my heart when spring arrives. I would not get that leaping if it wasn’t for the drab winter.
robintemplin
(Robin)
#53
YES! My hubby always shovels a nice little race track around all the bushes and trees for Paul. (Never mind that my car is covered, lol)
Fangs
#55
very true and I feel that too when it happens but what I want, no damn change, give me hot hot paradise 24/7 and I am good to go!!
Paul? OMG!! Paul! Ok you know where this is going right? 
Azi
(Linda )
#56
But even in florida there were places getting down in the 20s we hit the 3os but no snow but stikk needed to turn heating on lol…but yesterday was actually quite a nice day and was able to get back in the pool and enjoy it today Is another nice day but supposed to be another cold snap coming at us at some point.
Shinita
#57
Okay, it’s the perfect yellow then!!! It was SO, SO orange that I thought it’s more orange to begin with and that in sunset would be maybe too rich (it depends on people’s taste though)
I think it’s one of my fav yellows especially if it’s on a big surface where a super bright color would be bothersome.
Nice choice
Bright sunshine, a nice walk (so much mud though, we had some rain lately between sunny times), good workout for me today. This week I raised (will raise next time) almost all weights except for my back exercise (but maybe it will happen today). As I raised my weights once or twice in the previous 3 months, it’s spectacular. And probably nothing to do with my carbier days but I will compare these things when I can (not my plan to go carbier in the next months let alone for days but it probably will happen eventually). As with other things, too many factors… I don’t know why I have extremely good weeks here and then. My spirit must be better (it has a big impact on my workouts) but why…? Sudden hope? Sunny day? (But we have so many sunny days) Better sleep? Better timing? (It’s not very successful for me to be good at lifting when already hungry.)
I just have good days sometimes. I can see that all or most of my exercises go better than before then.
Whatever, I am glad I get stronger!
Yes, yes, yes. And black for me. And some nice browns and especially tans.
And deep red.
This is very apparent in my acrylic paint collection I have lots of extra yellow, tan, golden and antique copper (but it looks bronze to me)… And silver because that is cool as well… I have fav shades from almost all colors but I only like a very very limited range of blues or greens while I love almost all yellows. Not the ones without any red in them.
I like greens in foliage even though I am not very much into green as a color. I love olive but that’s about it. But Nature, oh I even almost like pink in Nature (let’s include skies. I LOVE clouds. I had a few years when I made zillion photos but they never were nearly as good as in reality), it can get away with anything!
I very very love red leaves in winter. And yellows and browns but looking at hills with lots of red leaves… That’s amazing.
Maybe but I would get that leaping if spring would come NOW… I got bored of winter. I want tiny curly first leaves on the forest floor…
And snowdrops. I should start to look for them and a bit later pasqueflowers… They are super early, sometimes we forgot how early but we won’t anymore! I am so glad I always have a hill full with pasqueflowers around me since 2 decades… Purple ones only but MANY kinds of purple! Lighter, darker, almost pink… One of my favorite flowers and it’s so early that it gives me lots of joy. Maybe I will bring some of my best photos from last year next time. If you don’t mind. I just will be in trouble if I want to choose only a few…
Oh, food. My first carni day since a while. No photo, it wasn’t so pretty and I was kinda hungry. I ate lunch again but maybe it will be fine…
The hake fish fried together with pork jowl was a big success, I ate it all without difficulties. Last time a single fish lasted for 3 days.
I had some head cheese pancakes too and eggy/buttery coffees.
These processed things come handy now but I won’t eat nearly as much from them later (when I will find the idea of eating normal pork realistic).
We always need to burn wood and paper outside but Alvaro got bored of that thing if it involves much cooking on open fire (what we use burning stuff for). So he doesn’t want to cook beef stew just potatoes. I cook a lot of stuff for him all week and he can’t even make stew for me? (He probably is willing just inside.) So I am not sure about the weekend meal yet. But I still will eat some beef I guess even if we don’t make a stew. Anything but pork for now. I even ate FISH so my aversion is serious But it was okay. Not particularly good but very much edible. Like scrambled eggs when I am already a bit bored of it.
Karen18
(Karen)
#59
Well @FrankoBear you got me green with envy. Nights are just starting to get a little bit lighter, 5.15pm and it would have been lighter but for the overcast grey clouds. I want that heat wave! We may be getting snow in next week or so… trouble is we may get snow in June this country’s weather is so unpredictable lol
Thanks everyone who likes my choice of colour… I like happy colours. I am definitely with you all where drab browns are concerned … and greys.
Crap night last night… the burger did no good whatsoever and I was back downstairs a couple of hours after going to bed … wasnt able to drop off. Everytime I thought about work I did my utmost to change my thoughts to nice ones … didnt work entirely! Even when I went back to bed with a herbal sleep aid I didn’t sleep particularly well and then woke an hour before my alarm was set to go off. Of course I dropped off then but up at 4.45am for a 7am start at work.
Did my stair runs before going. Only had a 4 hour shift to do which passed fairly quickly but I felt so tired and was quite clumsy and had a bit of trouble with my balance. Spoke with our temporary #1 Gov who was very nice, so if my BP spikes too high before a work shift I just have to call in and say I have med issues and it won’t go down as sick. Think she probably only said that as she will know I don’t take sickies. Also they don’t want a dead prisoner officer on their hands lol.
Also brought up subject of medical retirement and she is going to set ball rolling but can’t make any guarantees as it will be down to the new Gov who arrives this month. We will see what rolls out but I am not going to get stressed about it. What will be will be!
Had a brunch of 500g minced lamb (ground) pan fried. It was quite nice. Trying to get stuff used up out of the freezer a bit of cheese to start and follow then dinner was a thin sirloin steak. Will no doubt have a bit of bacon and a hard boiled egg before bed. Which will be early tonight lol.
Shinita
#60
7:30 pm. It seems the pork jowl was wonderful at satiation as always I just need to make sure I don’t eat it unnecessarily,. it’s super easy to eat and it’s super dense. 800 kcal is just a few very easy bites…
I am perfectly satiated and it wasn’t a big lunch. Just dense Maybe I can get away without a second meal, we will see. {Just tracked, couldn’t resist, it was a simple day. Well, I got enough calories for that, actually… Not like I function that way. But pork jowl satiation lasts quite long normally, I managed to make an early OMAD with it before.}
My belly complained in the morning, it’s rare but as my body got more spoiled and sensitive, it got even more vocal to guide me. So I get lots of tiny nudges if I don’t eat right.
But now it’s very content.
Tomorrow I will try to have more protein (but it probably will happen automatically anyway), I was a tad low today, didn’t want many eggs and my processed pork was mostly fat…
So I won’t be very surprised if I get hungry later but try to focus on lean protein then as I ate enough fat. I have 4 tiny tins of tuna… And it’s a workout day with wonderful results! My tiny muscles grow