After 5 years of ovo-lacto vegetarianism, and the last couple months eating fish, I was feeling the most unhealthy of my life. To the point that I was taking 19 different supplements/vitamins/minerals a day. As a last resort, I went back to eating meat to see if it was a nutrient deficiency. The jury is still out. It’s been less than a week, I believe.
The one problem is that I eat far too much of it and have been gaining weight. So I’ve got to get that sorted out.
Do you track your macros besides carbs @Sharon_E? It might help, I have seen a few others here who claim that meat makes them gain weight but they are usually really lean people. Most people who eat too much meat just slip into a maintenance phase and slow down or stop weight loss but not gain usually. It might help to track protein for a short while to get an idea how much works for you. 
I log everything I eat, religiously. I lost 54lbs last year (in 6 months) by low carbing, but also watching my calories. I took a 3 month hiatus and came back doing true keto and now it’s so hard to lose. I really wasn’t true keto last year, I just cut out all sugar and bread and pasta and fruit, etc. The obvious stuff.
Then I went true keto, LCHF, and I’m losing sooo slowly. At first I upped my dairy to get the fat in, and then I added things like avocados. I really only lose when I do EFs, but then I gain back 90% of it. Hell of a way to lose 1lb a month. I still have 60+ lbs to lose, it shouldn’t have slowed so drastically.
I’ve got protein set at 65g, fat at 102g, and carbs at 15g. I feel much fuller when I eat big salads with lots of vegetables than I do if I eat a meat-based meal. To be perfectly honest, I have felt more and more crappy ever since I went LCHF. I am less regular and when I do go, it’s soft and greasy. I don’t feel constipated but it’s like the food is just sitting in there for days. I eat clean keto; no fat bombs, no “keto products”, no artificial sweeteners, etc. And now have added meat back and I’m gaining like a fiend.
Sorry for the rant; this has been percolating in my brain for a couple months now and it decided to all come out today.
I would imagine your body needs to relearn to process the animal proteins. It may time some time for the digestive flora to adapt.
I should clarify that I did the actual math and it came out to 3.25lbs a month for the last 4 months, which is obviously more than the 1lb/month I stated in my previous post. It’s just that when I kept my calories at 1,200 and just ate salads, I was losing 3lbs a WEEK.
Now that I’ve been increasing protein and fat, and cutting more carbs (vegetables) for the last 4 months - my calories are more like 1,500-1,800 - and my weight loss has slowed dramatically.
Sorry, I’m turning this into a “How come I’m not losing?!” thread, which was not my intention. I got tagged on this thread and y’all caught me at a very confusing time for me right now.
You have SO MUCH going on right now with your doctor not responding with an appointment, a diagnosis you didn’t know they had made, adding animal protein to your diet… your cortisol levels might be through the roof!
Sorry you are having such a rough go right now and I hope you get everything sorted and start feeling better soon.
maybe you really need to modulate the meat very precisely, down to the ounce
and salt your salads! they don’t call it erba salata for nothing…
They used to not have an issue with obesity. Now they do.
I think it has nothing to do with the fat-sugar mixes and everything to do with, well, the intrusion of modern poly fats.