I didn’t realise Australia has just been in a lockdown … but what good news to see the results. Can’t see that being the case here… too many inconsiderate idiots! I don’t tend to watch the news very much as it is always miserable and they rarely report the good things which we all need to keep our spirits up. Mind you I rather enjoyed the first lockdown as I re established the art of reading books! I enjoy my own company a little too much sometimes. The peace and quiet was wonderful though I still had to work right the way through. Yes our government have been assisting those who had to stop work thankfully. It has been the great divide really hasn’t it? Those who couldn’t work and had nothing and those that had to continue working but had no where to go so managed to save so much! Fortunately I was in the latter group.
NoCarbvember Adventure!
Hello everyone, will post later with the day’s eats.
I just wanted to say that as of right now, my mum and I are away from home due to my training. Because of this, we may not have access to a kitchen in the very near future, which means I will have to be more flexible with my diet. HOWEVER. Carnivore, dirty or not, makes me feel so much better. I will try to be as carnivore as possible, however right now that may be difficult until I find a permanent training location. As an example, I posted a topic asking about the tuna-in-a-pouch we ordered that contains vegetable broth + soy, and I know that isn’t good for true carnivore, but we need convenient and cheap foods.
Luckily for me, I have access to a kitchen at this present time, which means I can be as carnivore as possible. Later, though, if/when we move out of where we are staying, there is a chance that I won’t have any access to a kitchen.
This is NOT me quitting. I will try my hardest to continue the WoE.
Thanks for reading.
…okay today was a bad bad bad day eating wise but time to get back on the carnivore train. i just don’t understand why this happens since i feel so bad afterwards. okay. okay. eating out is literally a disaster waiting to happen. i can’t give up.
It’s a outdoor Cube Hybrid Jules, it’s got a few years and miles on the clock now, and pretty much every component has been replaced/upgraded/repaired but still holds well! Desperate for a new one at some point, but the lack of cycling makes me hesitant to spend hard earned money on one.
I am glad you said that you rather enjoyed the first lockdown, as I did too- I thought I was the only one! Schools closed and we homeschooled for an entire 10 week term and it was blissful. It wasn’t without its challenges, but just reading books as you also did and just being okay with the simple life was really special. I was fortunate in that I work in an industry that will never go out of business (I am a midwife) so still had my regular income throughout.
I agree, the news is depressing, easy to get overload on all the stuff going in the world. Bunkering down with a book is far preferable to watching too much news. I look forward to hearing how this zero carb lockdown adventure goes for you, hope you have a great stash of books to get through.
Today was an uppy downy kind of day emotionally, some really great stuff happened and then also got some news that rattled me a little. I am pretty resilient, so I will just process the information, deal with it and zc on throughout that process. I know turning to carbs will not be a helpful thing to do.
I was too busy to access water for half the day which resulted in a headache, all good now. Food-wise today I ate:
Breakfast: Egg pudding (essentially my serve= 1/2cup cream, 1/2 egg and a sprinkle of nutmeg)
Lunch: Doner kebab meat with sour cream and cheese
**Dinner 4x small minute steaks. I cooked a cheese kransky too, but wasnt really feeling it so gave it to the dogs. I did have 1/2 egg pudding afterwards as probably needed the fat as there was zero fat on the thin little steaks.
My stomach was flat as a pancake all day long, even last night after lots of steak it was too. Pretty amazing really to have no post meal bloat.
yup, this is a perk I love. I eat alot and never bloat, heck I never gain an ounce even on the scale LOL a big part of zc I sure am happy with 
--------I got wifi on hubby’s phone hotspot.
lake campsite is beautiful. water is like less than 10 ft away from the front door. just super nice.
food yesterday traveling was
bacon before I left home
1 naked double cheeseburger on the road…it was ok, eh.
ate some chicken I sautee’d and got from the camper fridge
bought me a small pork loin roast from grocery store and ate the whole thing…it was yum
some salami slices
not bad for travel day
got me a NY strip defrosting to eat in the morning
thought I would snooze later but up at my usual 5AM in the morning, at home or on trips.
off to have a fun day and eat zero carb as usual
I’m sorry you had a bad day. Yes, it’s best to avoid the temptations of eating out when you are first started on carnivore. Too many things to send you sideways! But like you said, just jump right back on! Good luck to you!
Good morning. I made it through Election Day. It was a long slow day since there was so much early voting.
I brought some bacon, hard boiled eggs, carnivore bread, and roast beef. I thought that would be enough food, but I guess it wasn’t. I ended up with a headache most of the day. When I got home at 9 pm, I ate a bunch of wings my husband had ordered, and low-and-behold, my headache went away. The seasoning was quite salty. Maybe the salt helped, too.
Since I ate so late, I’m currently not hungry for breakfast, but will make sure I eat enough to keep away any headaches today.
It was tempting to have a Diet Coke yesterday, but I did not. 
I got myself Michael McIntyre ‘life & laughing my story’ so I think I may be laughing my way through the next 4 weeks. I have a few others on the shelf ready to read though they are more science based books. Pity they weather isn’t going to be as hot as the last lock down! Done my last CrossFit class till December this morning, had some streaky bacon to tide me over before heading to town this afternoon for lunch with my dance partner/good friend who I keep an eye on (he’s 83,) so I think I will have another look in the butchers shop while I’m there and see what goodies they have today. The 2 beef ribs were absolutely delish and so so tender. I have the oxtail i bought at the same time in the slow cooker as I have to get prepared for a 14 hour shift at work tomorrow. I’m a Prison Officer so very much frontline like you. I always say no rest for the wicked lol.
thrilled ya ditched the icky soda VE!
and yea that salt could easily have helped. and the food helped too we can have alot of ‘fast signals’ that we are undereating and you are super smart to eat and let the food handle that!
you are doing so great on zc, like it really suits you, cool!! you are coming into this plan like gangbusters!! Happy you are doing great into transition!
I am very depressed today. Just so much in my life and family right now has got me down. I think maybe hormones could be a part of it too. I do not have my uterus but still have my ovaries (sorry, TMI) so I have no idea when that time of month is for me. I guess it could be now. It’s just that all the stress and worry has me overwhelmed and just down today. I am fighting the urge to eat the pound cake a coworker brought and the chocolate bar a friend brought me from Germany that she just happened to give me today. UGH! I just went to lunch and stuffed myself on meat instead. Now I’m just trying to listen to comedy to lighten my mood. I haven’t had a day like this in a long time. Full disclosure, I did have a little bit of salad that I had bought for my daughter last night. I am sure the addition of carbs from the lettuce has contributed to this depression. I do have extra burger patties in the fridge if the carbs tempt me later as well. I just need to get through this day. 
Yesterday was a Good Day, *emotion-wise. Don’t know why. I was on cash for a couple of hours (short staffed whoa!). BIG thing is: I’m a Supervisor at my work and I should NOT be on cash as I need to do supervisor-y things, like price checks, exchange codes, overrides, etc. So I was on cash. And everytime I’d look up at the lines, they grew longer! But I dealt with each customer individually, modulated my voice so I sound “alive” lol, and actually had a bit of fun with a few customer, and laughed a bit too.
I’d gone in an hour early due to staffing issues (when you give a list of covid symptoms that include “runny nose” and we hire immature 20 yo, they’ll latch onto that symptom and call in “sick”). But even that extra hour at work didn’t seem to diminish my mood, nor with the store floor being “a mess” of used clothing tossed over racks, or dropped on the floor, and it’s a right mess, but we have NO STAFF to keep in clean cuz they’re all cashing out customers. But even then, I just walked onto the floor started cleaning it up, singing under my breath to whatever highjacked song is playing (that’s not ABBA!)
Food yesterday morning at 8am was 11oz cooked ground meat (beef and lamb) with cream cheese and grated tickler cheddar on top. And another 11oz container brought to work for my 3pm meal break. I usually eat most my food before work (feast?), and fast at work. Unless I’m starting early (10am), then I’ll bring food with me. Last night, once home I was hungry so I boiled 3 eggs and mashed them with butter. 
Today is my day off, so I’m cleaning house. I’ve already had 3 boiled eggs (from yesterday’s batch) but no bacon. Why? Just didn’t feel like frying any up. Maybe later…
*I’m usually either flat/anhedonic, or seething with anger. Rarely actually happy, or content. When the smile actually feels real. Don’t know if it’s physiological, or environmental yet… Been trying to figure that out for…decades I guess. LONG before paleo/primal/keto/carnivore. I’d even tried veganism about 20 year ago (lasted a few years). 10 years later it was ultra low fat a la Susan Powter (that lasted about 2 yrs.) After that it was whatever I wanted to eat, and ■■■■ health. Cuz mental health with ■■■■ anyway, so why not let the body follow, eh? Yeah, fun brain I gots! 
I’ve had days like that too. 
If I’m at work, I push through and “git 'er done”, but if I’m at home I’ll “give in” and let it ride, and forget about pushing through it. I think sometimes we gotta give air to our internal emotional turmoil.
Very likely. Could be natural cycles, or in response to our present day issues (covid).
The day after halloween (a bad day) we got donated TWO boxes of Nestle chocolates (really?!?) and my first thought was “oh sweet which one should I have first…?” and then caught myself, and tossed them. But damn didn’t my mind go back to those damned chocolates (still wrapped!) in the garbage and I so wanted one, like HARD.
Multiple deep breaths, and guzzled water like mad, and it seemed to help with that craving/desire/urge.
For me, it’s the stress of being in a place that treats me like a walking plague germ that could cause someone to lose their life, but if I don’t follow the rules, I WILL lose my job. MY coat has to be in a plastic bag, but all the clothes we get donated can stay on the floor (sometimes literally!) and that is safe?? My clothes on my body are safe, but not my coat?!? So my mind starts asking “when do we drape out entire bodies in a plastic bag to avoid killing others?!?” And then I read that Tam (Canada’s “top” doc) wants us to now use at least two layers of cloth AND a layer of polypropylene over that, essentially a plastic bag over our faces. (Polypropylene is the same as “subway gloves” they use.)
When I was 15 I read an apocalyptic book called Swan Song, and one of its characters (a former-nurse now homeless bag lady) had a saying, “One step, and then the next, gets you where you’re going.” I try to remember those words, and just keep moving forward, one breathe and then the next, one minute and then the next.
Thank you, Kismet. It helps to know that I’m not alone in feeling this way. I love that quote. I’ll just keep taking deep breaths and take it one minute at a time. It’s not often I feel this way, but my trip over Halloween to see my family just brought to light a lot of brokenness in my family. Just a lot to take in, you know. Ever since it has been hard to smile or think of anything except the reality of this past weekend’s revelations.
Hold on to yourself. 
Sending flowers and sunshine your way.
I think sometimes as we are transitioning to a new way of eating our brain transitions, too, not just our bodies and digestive tracts. Also, I think when we are new to a way of eating, we can feel
sorry for ourselves and deprived, especially if we are already feeling low, and we wonder, “Why can’t (or shouldn’t) I be able to enjoy that candy bar like other people do?” I’m like that with Diet Coke, in particular.
I think the answer, as @Fangs would probably say, is to make sure your belly is full and happy to keep your energy up. When our energy is low, that’s when those feelings can truly overpower.
I hope your mood picks up soon. 
Hugs to you!! I also have ovaries but no uterus. It definitely complicates things, not having that marker to go by. But yes, eat your meat and if you are a praying person, pray. God and meat will get you through!
That does sound like Fangs, lol.
I definitely am. Thank you Daisy. I am trying to cheer up as I have to help with our youth tonight and I don’t really want to fake a smile with my church family. I know I will get through this, it’s just strange to me because I don’t normally feel this way. Actually my mood has been upbeat this entire time on zero carb, but I guess I’ve been on the mountain so long I am due for a valley. So glad I have all of you here to talk to and help me get through.
KP there is not a person on in the world immune to this. ONE THING is think this too shall pass and even if that darn steak you are gonna mug down IS not the comfort food ya want, it is the ‘key’ next meal thru the emotions. And the if feared it wno’t help eat darn more…eat more LOL
on ‘my bad days’ I eat the world in zc any way I need and alot of times I hate this food in that I will do tuna, sardines, salami, eat up a small burger on top of a big steak and my mind is not carbs at all, it is literally emotions of life and yet I then grab beef sticks, and then maybe I grab some chicken with melted cheese and then I fry up a lb. of bacon.
girl what I eat in that ‘day’ that nails me is massive and I need it all.
thing is I never go off plan and won’t allow it and believe there is a tip point where the ‘emotions and the body match’ and ya say OMG after all those foods and nibble and crazy, I AM FINE…been there a few times You will always be ok if you eat ALL the meat/seafood/fish ya want, even tho it kinds sucks and it aint’ what you desire, in the end of it all you go, holy crap I got thru. And then that sense of well being comes over you cause ya held and found your success thru zc hard times
I know…hugs big time…just think zc is key and hold on like hell!
it fixes things truly but we think no way LOL but it does LOL
Thanks, Fangs. I know I will feel better about myself if I keep myself full of meat. The sugar is what I used to turn to when I was feeling down, but I need to remind myself that I am not that person anymore, just focus on the way zerocarb makes me feel, and remember that I don’t want to go down that crapy carb road anymore. I almost did not post today. I almost opened that candy bar, but in the end I stuffed my face with steak and hamburger, spilled my emotions on the thread, and now with my belly full, I listen to PG comedy radio on Pandora and get my mind off all the bad.