Calories always matter, energy tend to do that.
But it’s kinda complicated and if I could eat at a nice deficit automatically, I wouldn’t need to focus on calories. I am against of forcing a deficit, though - but some people want results in mere years or months so I understand it’s a valid and possibly unavoidable thing for some.
I personally focus on satiating food. It’s not like I can NOT overeat just because I want to. I need to eat right for it.
My energy need is around 2000 kcal, probably. Calculators aren’t reliable at all. Of course, the number is changing, I am building muscles now, it seems 
My exercise level isn’t always the same either and that matters A LOT. It’s not THAT hard to add 1000 kcal with exercise sometimes but needs some dedication and I never do that anymore. I only could do that with hiking and cycling… Of course I don’t have any idea about the energy need of that but I suppose 10 hours hiking needs extra calories aplenty 
But I got a bit carried away.
I shouldn’t even be here, I so messed up yesterday, well mostly my body did, I had no options. And I kept it keto I suppose (I dropped tracking when I already was way over my energy need and I ate so, so, so much more…).
I had Insatiable Hunger. I still don’t know if it can come on carnivore after the first days… Hopefully not, it’s annoying. I wasn’t very hungry, per se but I had some hole inside I had to fill with food? I missed something and definitely could eat. I ate all ALL my eggs, more meat (not much as I dislike lean pork but some. and I had processed stuff) and everything even remotely tempting to me. It didn’t include much carbs and I got satiated in the end. But I was already temporarily insane and ate more and carbier stuff later with zero need. Not the worst ones, we don’t even have those here…
Sigh. It’s so disheartening. But main thing I got satiated 
Today I felt a little pressure I always have if I eat too much or too late, it doesn’t matter what. But otherwise I am quite fine, obviously, I always are.
So day #1 again. Yesterday I kept my no-dairy for very long… I am unsure how strict I should be. Probably not very much when I don’t have proper meat. I always found that logical, being more relaxed on low-meat days or else problems may arise.
But yesterday I ate so, sooo much. I am bad at guessing but surely over 3000 kcal. My stomach obviously couldn’t get ever full as it’s little food for that and I had a big eating window. I never reached complete satiation either. Stupid day.
I missed having some pork chuck, I always could get satiated with that stuff unless I got bored of it first but that takes very much
But I fought for long, using proper stuff, they just didn’t help and felt boring.
I wanted to disappear and not writing until I really see I am on the right track, established carnivore OMAD…
But I forgot. I tend to forget my planned restrictions.
Btw we talked it over with @KetoKoala and bulls have thin penises, it seems so that would look different. We talked about eating sexual organs, dogs and humans… She said dogs have too much Vitamin A and not healthy to eat… I never heard that. Is it true? How come one animal is unsafe to eat while almost all the others are okay? We have similar muscles, after all…
Why can’t you write penis I wonder? It’s a proper, scientific term. Or people wanna be cutesy? I never understood women, being biologically one never helped. Not like I understand humans in general but women have a bunch of odd things from my viewpoint. Not all just many.
Back to calories.
But it totally count calories, mine at least. And others uses calories too. If there is a defiucit, the body always loses stuff as energy can’t be made of nothing. Surplus isn’t that simple as using more energy is a thing.
Obviously some carnivores do. Carnivores aren’t some special group with all the same attitude and circumstances and everything. They are different as people in general are.
Most don’t track I would think but some do for various reasons. Some people must track to see if their specific fat/protein ratio for health reasons is the right. Not everyone can work with various ones and just following their bodies though that’s the right thing.
And just because I am no carnivore, I have eyes and see that some tracks. And it’s obvious carnivores do things very differently as they are individuals and it’s not a religion either.
Fat never fluctuates in my life (from day to day a little, sure but I never have leaner times), I doubt long term carnivore could change that, I would starve without my high-fat… But we will see if I ever will do that, probably I will, I just don’t know when. And maybe not pure carnivore, I still don’t see any point in not eating whatever I please if that seems to work when I will be able to do it all the time. Not my stupid yesterday and whenever there is some compulsion. December will be crazy too… I have high hopes for 2022!
(Or 12022 as my brand new calender says It starts with human history, vaguely.)
The body is good but I totally need to track sometimes to see if it’s okay. My body is great but it often did undereating in the first times and it NEVER ends well. Better to avoid it if possible…
And now I overeat if I am not very careful. Probably it gets better later but even so, bad food choices results in overeating now that I need much food on carnivore unless in the first times.
I’ve read from so many people that they can eat almost forever if it’s certain food items. I have that too. I can easily add extra 1000 kcal to almost any day (including ones with a slight surplus already).
I believe that using the right food choices and the right timing (not too early afternoon OMAD for me), I can avoid eating too much on carnivore. I even may be able to lose fat and that requires even less eating so it’s very tricky for me.
Calorie counting is just informative, I can’t ensure a deficit with it (even if I knew the numbers of my body. I vaguely know and it’s enough). But it can show if I do things right or not regarding satiation. If I frequently overeat, I have some bad item or too many meals and need to change that.
Not everyone is lucky enough, sometimes things just don’t fall into place, we need to actively work on it, make experiments and track to see what happens. I need to decide when to enforce things (doing carnivore is that for most people, it seems except maybe long term ones?) and when to relax them. I am way better with the latter but it results in overeating and going off keto too often. Maybe it’s fine but sometimes crazy things happen and I dislike them…
Oh well. I better disappear and talk about my experiences weeks later! I shouldn’t think about food this much anyway.
an older, paid off car…
Yeah I am back… And committed to Carnivore this month. I notice such differences compared to a carby WOE… Like I only did 5 days carbs and it feels so different to just a week ago… One thing I really noticed is when I’m NOT in ketosis, my menstrual cycle is MUCH more painful and drawn out… Whereas on keto and carni, it is not as painful and lasts only about three days… I wonder why that is and if anyone else has this experience… 
Lol Fangs, I can relate… I ate nothing but chicken legs for weeks some time last year, and STILL can’t bring myself to ear them… I am still done with pork after nothing but that for ages a few months ago… but I just go through phases… I am NO fancy cook… fry it up as quick as I can and eat it, is my motto… Burger meat is my thing lately too… Bunless burgers… I melt cheese on them…
Ugh I am wanting but over Thanksgiving we are going on a trip soon to the beach for all you can eat crab leg buffet and I KNOW I will inhale a million of them, so might keep my money in my wallet til later. But man I am wanting them real bad now.
A baby calf maker perhaps…