Just started my third - yes, third - carnivore attempt. I'm doing much better this time with navigating everything. I'm not experiencing the same negative side effects, and that's in large part due to channels like Max's... Thank you for the explanations while keeping it simple for me!
Good stuff man. I had about 100lbs to lose when I started carnivore and the first 60 pounds came off really fast. Then my weight loss slowed. I cut out everything but beef, also cut out dairy but it was still slow. Only about .5-1 pound a week. Then I switched to doing one meal a day. I still ate the exact same amount of food, but instead had one big meal a day instead of two smaller ones. My weight loss skyrocketed. Instead of 1 pound a week I am now averaging 3-4. Eating the same number of calories as before but OMAD seems to really supercharge your weight loss.
Omad never worked for me. I just stayed at the same plateu for 4 years. I'm still stuck with at least 40lb to lose. 70lb down in my first year. Nothing is working.
@JarinXeno I'm not you know.. and actually, tomorrow, I'm going full lion for a while. I'm going to cut out eggs and butter for a few weeks and see how I get on. I think it might be the eggs 🤷🏾♀️
@@No_Frills_Carnivore I have heard people claim that you can't lose weight sometimes when your body is still having inflammation issues. Maybe you have issues with eggs.
Less mass intake will result in fat loss. Remember when you swap carbs for fats, you are consuming LESS MASS and it will keep insulin levels down. You will only lose Fat when insulin levels are down.
First 3 days are the hardest because you still have sugar in your system. Keep it up. Around 3 weeks in you will start to get fat adapted and then you will feel really good and almost all of the cravings will go away.
This was great. Thank you Max I’m 9 weeks in and have lost 20 pounds but I want to lose the next 20 fast ! To lose the first 20 I went down to 2 1-2 meals and am walking more I could barely walk a mile as my joints were in pain and carnivore has improved it so much my walking is improving The nature walks a few times a day are helping the dopamine Now I am on 2 meals a day and only have 1 oz of cheese and 1 1-2 T of cream in my coffee
I started on June 24th, I lost 11 pounds in the first 2 weeks, then nothing stayed exactly the same for 5 weeks now, I have no idea what to do, I find it very discouraging that nothing budges, I eat Beef, eggs, bacon and butter, that is all, I don't cheat ever, I do not have any cravings, even today we had a party for one of our colleague and I could not eat anything there as it was all horrible and only wine and beer, so I did not eat anything and did not drink anything, I was not even tempted, but still the days I eat NOTHING I GAIN WEIGHT! This is the weirdest thing ever: I keep the same weight when I eat. I don't know what to change or do.
I believe Kelly Hogan has a video that may help and even Laura Spath. I’ve been doing Carnivore form6 weeks and have lost 10 pounds but I know I’ve lost more in inches because my clothes feel loser. Although your scale isn’t moving maybe you too have lost some inches 👍🏼 good luck
Mr German could you please make a video about the importance of eating enough salt on a carnivore diet? I never understood how ancient humans a million years ago managed to get that much salt for their food.
salt can help but if you're really struggling just eat 1 piece of fruit in the early evening. A tablespoon of raw honey might be best actually. Just have 1 tablespoon of raw honey with a pinch of salt an hour before bed. Thats only about 17g of carbs and it wont have a big impact on your diet, and will keep the adrenaline down which is whats keeping you awake.
Week 7. I literally am blessed. I just want beef good salt and organic beef tarrow. All the meat for sale is soooooo trimmed of fat. My goal is plain water electrolytes cause I’m working outside in heat waves. And the regular meal I stated. I did not do it for weight loss but do far it just keeps. Dropping and my body distribution of fat is a first in my life ❤. So far so good. I sleep much better my mind is clearer and I’m in it for the long run. Hang in there brother n sister carnivores. We can do it
I agree with this video. I can only lose weight when I do everything you said. Its still very slow because I'm a female over 45, but you are definitely right.
Whenever I see your 'tache I always think that it's somehow the key to success in the "after" picture, in other words: to lose weight --> grow a 'tache!
As always a great video Mr German. My Problem is that i have to add butter to my steak, because i can't afford to get all my calories only from the beef.
@@max.german I'm genuinely confused. Several carnivore channels (like Steak and Butter Gal) encourage the consumption of butter, so I thought I was doing the right thing by cooking steak in it. I prefer to use ghee when I can... Is this an issue?
It is wise to do a parasite cleanse for the gut. Most people have some form of worms inside of them at some stage of their life. People have gas that smells and gastro symptoms thinking it's food but it could be worms. Definitely something to look into.
@@sigiligus could be both. But bacterial imbalance for sure. All the ultra processed foods promote gut dysbiosis. Vermox is good once a year to cover for any potential worms anyway. Who knows what’s inside of food…
Sorry to tell y ou that you are wrong in your 2-meal suggestion. For some people yes it is a good way to cut the energy in but for some it is not. Being a carnivore myself at some point ı managed to eat only 2 meals a day, skipping lunch. But within 3-4 weeks i started to put on weight. Everything was same but i gained weight. Then i added my lunch back then the weight immidiately started to drop. It is well known now that body chemistry is not following a linear mathematics. It is complicated and everybody's system complexity is different. Also, I listened to a lecture (forgot the name, an insulin researcher in some university) he said they found that when mice was healthy fat didnt make them fat, but once the mice was insulin resistant fat made them fat. So it is not a basic calories out calories in equation
Yes, sadly I love snacking on cheese sticks while cooking my meats or chugging milk when feeling thirsty. I will have to submit to the facts if I want my muscle definition to show.
I love drinking milk and chocolate milk. It seems to be ok if I only drink it once a day or once every few days. I know the sugar doesn't help, but it's my way of keeping my sanity when drinking mostly water. How does milk fit in to a carnivore diet?
Depends what your goals are. If trying to lose weight, give it a miss. If you're a weightlifter trying to get sufficient or even surplus calories to support muscle growth, it's a perfectly good source of nutrition as long as you don't have so much you surpass your daily carb 'limit'. Fermented milk is better (kefir/yoghurt - unflavoured/no additives).
It has nothing to do with excess of energy man.... it's HORMONES!. Just reduce insulin by eliminating carbs, avoiding protein without fat in high amount and fasting.
Butter and cheese are technically carnivore but they are both still very processed and dairy is really high in calories. A lot of people will have trouble losing weight if they eat too much dairy. I personally don't see a need to eat dairy at all.
Everyone is different. Plus depends where you are in this. I started off with a lot of butter and then my weight stalled so now I cook in beef tallow and add some butter on top. But I am doling it out.
@@JarinXeno Calories is and invention, they has nothing to do with your body. The only problem is with dairy that contains carbs (lactose): milk, yogourt, white cheese,... butter is good.
What do you think of Rob Goodwin strategy to use pre work out carbs? He explains it on the video "ketogenic bodybuilding: how i did it part 3". I just want the best of physique and performance, but adding carbs again?
I haven't seen any Rob video but you don't need carbs for anything. If you have rested at least 24h since your last workout your glycogen will be full again, you don't need any pre work out non-sense.
You have started with the same old lame and utterly false premise that ignorant people do - I expected better from you. The CICO model has been utterly debunked so many times it's beyond laughable. Energy is massless. If you think that massless energy gets converted into mass somehow by the human body then please explain how. I have asked this question very same question of countless people and no one has yet been able to. Let's see how you do, Max
I would not follow her advice. She is always trying to over complicate carnivore and gives some bad advice. I don't know if it's because she is trying to farm content or just trying to sell her course.
@@JarinXenoIt's both. The carnivore lifestyle is not very conducive to social media content creation. Unlike the vegoons where they keep reinventing recipes after recipes
@@JarinXenoIt's both. The carnivore lifestyle is not very conducive to social media content creation. Unlike the vegoons where they keep reinventing recipes after recipes
She has a lot of recipes and strikes me as a nice genuine person. Truth be told I don’t watch many of her videos. But I see she posts recipes hence why I suggested her.
Hey Max, been meaning to leave a comment to tell you how well you’re doing. You’re fast becoming my fav carnivore content.
Thank you very much. I greatly appreciate you taking the time to comment.
This channel is pure gold. Straight to the point, everything explained well. Thank you for your work❤
Just started my third - yes, third - carnivore attempt. I'm doing much better this time with navigating everything. I'm not experiencing the same negative side effects, and that's in large part due to channels like Max's... Thank you for the explanations while keeping it simple for me!
No worries Andrea. You got this. Let me know how it goes.
Good stuff man. I had about 100lbs to lose when I started carnivore and the first 60 pounds came off really fast. Then my weight loss slowed. I cut out everything but beef, also cut out dairy but it was still slow. Only about .5-1 pound a week. Then I switched to doing one meal a day. I still ate the exact same amount of food, but instead had one big meal a day instead of two smaller ones. My weight loss skyrocketed. Instead of 1 pound a week I am now averaging 3-4. Eating the same number of calories as before but OMAD seems to really supercharge your weight loss.
Thank you. That is a very interesting story. Glad to hear carnivore worked so incredible for you.
Omad never worked for me. I just stayed at the same plateu for 4 years. I'm still stuck with at least 40lb to lose. 70lb down in my first year. Nothing is working.
@@No_Frills_Carnivore are you eating a lot of dairy? That's the main thing I see people say is keeping them from losing weight.
@JarinXeno I'm not you know.. and actually, tomorrow, I'm going full lion for a while. I'm going to cut out eggs and butter for a few weeks and see how I get on. I think it might be the eggs 🤷🏾♀️
@@No_Frills_Carnivore I have heard people claim that you can't lose weight sometimes when your body is still having inflammation issues. Maybe you have issues with eggs.
Less mass intake will result in fat loss. Remember when you swap carbs for fats, you are consuming LESS MASS and it will keep insulin levels down. You will only lose Fat when insulin levels are down.
so if it's insulin levels is not mass amount. You can eat a big mass of fat without spiking your insulin.
genuinely helpful guide, i'm on day 5 of this so thank you so much
First 3 days are the hardest because you still have sugar in your system. Keep it up. Around 3 weeks in you will start to get fat adapted and then you will feel really good and almost all of the cravings will go away.
I’m on week 9 and my cravings are gone. When I look at them at get togethers nothing changes.
And I’ve lost 20 pounds
Glad to hear. You got this. Let me know how it goes.
legend, love this guy.
I just love this channel… short and informative and right to the point👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you very much
This was great. Thank you Max
I’m 9 weeks in and have lost 20 pounds but I want to lose the next 20 fast !
To lose the first 20 I went down to 2 1-2 meals and am walking more
I could barely walk a mile as my joints were in pain and carnivore has improved it so much my walking is improving
The nature walks a few times a day are helping the dopamine
Now I am on 2 meals a day and only have 1 oz of cheese and 1 1-2 T of cream in my coffee
No worries at all. Glad to hear you are doing amazing.
I started on June 24th, I lost 11 pounds in the first 2 weeks, then nothing stayed exactly the same for 5 weeks now, I have no idea what to do, I find it very discouraging that nothing budges, I eat Beef, eggs, bacon and butter, that is all, I don't cheat ever, I do not have any cravings, even today we had a party for one of our colleague and I could not eat anything there as it was all horrible and only wine and beer, so I did not eat anything and did not drink anything, I was not even tempted, but still the days I eat NOTHING I GAIN WEIGHT! This is the weirdest thing ever: I keep the same weight when I eat. I don't know what to change or do.
I believe Kelly Hogan has a video that may help and even Laura Spath. I’ve been doing Carnivore form6 weeks and have lost 10 pounds but I know I’ve lost more in inches because my clothes feel loser. Although your scale isn’t moving maybe you too have lost some inches 👍🏼 good luck
Great video Max short and concise
Mr German could you please make a video about the importance of eating enough salt on a carnivore diet?
I never understood how ancient humans a million years ago managed to get that much salt for their food.
6:15 Wow Bro, you definitely didn't skip leg days.
I love your no-nonsense approach. I watch your videos every day and it helps to keep me on the right track. Thank you Max.
Thank you very much
Can you talk about insomnia in Carnivore?
Yes, please address this
salt can help but if you're really struggling just eat 1 piece of fruit in the early evening. A tablespoon of raw honey might be best actually. Just have 1 tablespoon of raw honey with a pinch of salt an hour before bed. Thats only about 17g of carbs and it wont have a big impact on your diet, and will keep the adrenaline down which is whats keeping you awake.
Week 7. I literally am blessed. I just want beef good salt and organic beef tarrow. All the meat for sale is soooooo trimmed of fat. My goal is plain water electrolytes cause I’m working outside in heat waves. And the regular meal I stated. I did not do it for weight loss but do far it just keeps. Dropping and my body distribution of fat is a first in my life ❤. So far so good. I sleep much better my mind is clearer and I’m in it for the long run. Hang in there brother n sister carnivores. We can do it
Great to hear. I feel the same.
I agree with this video. I can only lose weight when I do everything you said. Its still very slow because I'm a female over 45, but you are definitely right.
Whenever I see your 'tache I always think that it's somehow the key to success in the "after" picture, in other words: to lose weight --> grow a 'tache!
Hahahahah maybe you are right
Thanks for the content 😁
No worries. Thank you for taking the time to comment.
I hope Jessica didn't do this to win back her jerkwad of a husband. He's not worth it. But she surely is.
Good job Max.👍
Appreciate it as always
As always a great video Mr German.
My Problem is that i have to add butter to my steak, because i can't afford to get all my calories only from the beef.
Thank you very much. Fair enough. As long as the butter is not over consumed that’s still great.
@@max.german I'm genuinely confused. Several carnivore channels (like Steak and Butter Gal) encourage the consumption of butter, so I thought I was doing the right thing by cooking steak in it. I prefer to use ghee when I can... Is this an issue?
Thanks for the awesome content as usual! I bet Jessica looks like a knockout now, and her husband is regretting it 🤣
No worries at all
It is wise to do a parasite cleanse for the gut.
Most people have some form of worms inside of them at some stage of their life.
People have gas that smells and gastro symptoms thinking it's food but it could be worms.
Definitely something to look into.
Nice /pol/ meme. Much more likely to have a bacterial imbalance than a parasite problem
@@sigiligus could be both.
But bacterial imbalance for sure. All the ultra processed foods promote gut dysbiosis. Vermox is good once a year to cover for any potential worms anyway. Who knows what’s inside of food…
I'm bulked at 187 at 14.2% BF. I platued. Only beef and electrolytes.
Wanting to get to 12%
Wonder where the equilibrium norm of BF truly is.
5:17 Hahahaha this cracked me up but it's true.
Love this channel. Why are so many carnivore channels so verbose? Tell it to me in 10 to 15 minutes. Thanks I'm watching all your videos.
Glad to hear. Love having you here.
sounds good.
Sorry to tell y ou that you are wrong in your 2-meal suggestion. For some people yes it is a good way to cut the energy in but for some it is not. Being a carnivore myself at some point ı managed to eat only 2 meals a day, skipping lunch. But within 3-4 weeks i started to put on weight. Everything was same but i gained weight. Then i added my lunch back then the weight immidiately started to drop. It is well known now that body chemistry is not following a linear mathematics. It is complicated and everybody's system complexity is different.
Also, I listened to a lecture (forgot the name, an insulin researcher in some university) he said they found that when mice was healthy fat didnt make them fat, but once the mice was insulin resistant fat made them fat. So it is not a basic calories out calories in equation
Yes, sadly I love snacking on cheese sticks while cooking my meats or chugging milk when feeling thirsty. I will have to submit to the facts if I want my muscle definition to show.
I love drinking milk and chocolate milk. It seems to be ok if I only drink it once a day or once every few days. I know the sugar doesn't help, but it's my way of keeping my sanity when drinking mostly water. How does milk fit in to a carnivore diet?
Depends what your goals are. If trying to lose weight, give it a miss. If you're a weightlifter trying to get sufficient or even surplus calories to support muscle growth, it's a perfectly good source of nutrition as long as you don't have so much you surpass your daily carb 'limit'. Fermented milk is better (kefir/yoghurt - unflavoured/no additives).
It has nothing to do with excess of energy man.... it's HORMONES!. Just reduce insulin by eliminating carbs, avoiding protein without fat in high amount and fasting.
Energy is massless and cannot be stored as mass
@@jasoncdebussy so what?
@@user-ud5sm2de4lIt's a fact, that's what 🤣🤡
Would be Beef Mince a good option?
Absolutely
Just one question isn't butter okay for fat loss? The one I buy is 0.1 carb per 100mg.
As long as you don't go crazy, because it is very energy dense, and very easy to overeat.
Butter and cheese are technically carnivore but they are both still very processed and dairy is really high in calories. A lot of people will have trouble losing weight if they eat too much dairy. I personally don't see a need to eat dairy at all.
Everyone is different. Plus depends where you are in this.
I started off with a lot of butter and then my weight stalled so now I cook in beef tallow and add some butter on top. But I am doling it out.
@@jameschesterton energy is good for your body. You don't store butter in your fat tissue without insulin, you can eat as much as you want.
@@JarinXeno Calories is and invention, they has nothing to do with your body. The only problem is with dairy that contains carbs (lactose): milk, yogourt, white cheese,... butter is good.
What do you think of Rob Goodwin strategy to use pre work out carbs? He explains it on the video "ketogenic bodybuilding: how i did it part 3".
I just want the best of physique and performance, but adding carbs again?
Not here. Look at Chaffee videos. His body is amazing and he’s an athlete - rugby player
@@lisalyons5381 Rob argument to this is "Cool, but you could be better", so idk.
Btw I love chaffee's videos and livestreams.
I haven't seen any Rob video but you don't need carbs for anything. If you have rested at least 24h since your last workout your glycogen will be full again, you don't need any pre work out non-sense.
@@user-ud5sm2de4l try watching this video. Im not fully convinced too and I agree with you by now.
Nah I disagree. The proper human diet is optimal for all forms of life. I train for hours per day sometimes and feel amazing.
But I love my butter 😩😅
butter has no carbs you can eat as much as you want. Only milk, yogurt or white cheese could be an issue.
You have started with the same old lame and utterly false premise that ignorant people do - I expected better from you. The CICO model has been utterly debunked so many times it's beyond laughable. Energy is massless. If you think that massless energy gets converted into mass somehow by the human body then please explain how. I have asked this question very same question of countless people and no one has yet been able to. Let's see how you do, Max
Lmfao Steak and Butter girl pffft
What is with her?
I would not follow her advice. She is always trying to over complicate carnivore and gives some bad advice. I don't know if it's because she is trying to farm content or just trying to sell her course.
@@JarinXenoIt's both. The carnivore lifestyle is not very conducive to social media content creation. Unlike the vegoons where they keep reinventing recipes after recipes
@@JarinXenoIt's both. The carnivore lifestyle is not very conducive to social media content creation. Unlike the vegoons where they keep reinventing recipes after recipes
She has a lot of recipes and strikes me as a nice genuine person. Truth be told I don’t watch many of her videos. But I see she posts recipes hence why I suggested her.