How much is too much?

[gingersmommy]

“So you want to lose thirty pounds? Well, would you rather look as though you lost thirty pounds and stay the same weight, or lose thirty pounds and still look just as fat?”

So right. Loving my body and the transformation, however, just have a few areas where I could drop a little bit more fat.

[Shinita]

I don’t get paranoid, my body handle various things - but somehow it sounds a good idea to eat little dairy. We are all different and we ourselves change. Dairy almost never was a big part of my life, it’s just a tiny extra, it has its uses. But I feel it’s not my normal meal and it doesn’t satiate me properly.
I have a very strong connection with eggs and I need them as I still can’t eat much meat. 20 oz is just adorable among carnivores and I only eat that on my meaty days (they are more and more frequent now, it starts to be my norm. I still feel the need to take breaks and my meat intake varies)
If someone only eats meat and not super much, they need to eat a bigger amount especially when they need more food for some reason. Who cares if that sounds much for a non-carnivore or a beginner one or I don’t know, someone with some lingering brainwashing…? I always was stubborn and never had strange ideas like 12 eggs or 20 oz meat or 200g fat would be much for a lunch for a woman…
But sometimes I meet people who has that, even here. Sometimes I think about the one who told me 4-6oz meat is the normal portion and only food eating contestants eat, like, 6 eggs Why eating 500 kcal in eggs is excessive, I have no idea and egg eating contestants eat (sometimes several) dozens… Well that is crazy and unhealthy.

would you rather look as though you lost thirty pounds and stay the same weight, or lose thirty pounds and still look just as fat?

My fat and weight is correlated a bit but I totally agree. I always say I have zero problems with my 75kg, I have problems with the fact it’s too much fat and not enough muscle! I probably will need to lose a significant amount of weight to be muscular and slim as I am a 45 years old female at 163cm/5’4" - but I really want health and no fat rolls, not some small number on the scale. I never understood why that matters, it must be some modern thing and pressure on women, never considered myself a proper women or bothered with such things.

[DIYGURL]

They also say that people who are beginning a carnivore diet don’t need to worry about gaining weight at first, because that problem will eventually correct itself as they continue eating carnivore.

I started gaining about 3 months or so ago and I’ve actually increased my meat intake from around 1.5 to 2.5 as I try to fix my “set point”. I’m not too concerned anymore about the weight gain because that just means I’m still healing. I was freaked out as F*@^ in the beginning but stress does nothing but make it worse. Eat when you’re hungry - eat like it’s a Thanksgiving dinner and then don’t eat again until you’re hungry. It might be 8 hours it might be 18, might be 20 but my advice is to not fast on purpose.

[gingersmommy]

I was freaked out as F*@^ in the beginning

I hear you! After experiencing “thin,” I like where I’m at and how my body looks and am terrified of gaining weight. I have no cravings, do not cheat, do not calorie restrict and eat to satiety. Luckily, I haven’t gained so have chilled out a bit, although sometimes when I eat a lot during a day, I’ll still feel a little paranoid. A lifetime of dieting and weight obsession doesn’t go away in a few months (even though I am trusting more).