I did a carnivore challenge Jan 2024 to jump start weightloss. My BP had been spiking as well and I knew keto/carnivore could bring it down. Id just built out my garden with 5 tall raised beds a few months before so my husband thought I was crazy. LOL. Ive lost about 45 lbs with 40 more to go. I made a deal with myself that "if I grow it, I can eat it." So thats why I still have strawberry plants, fruit trees, blackberry plants, etc. I figure eating some fruit during the brief harvest season is better than constantly eating sugar or eating a steady stream of fruit from the grocery store.
I admire everyone who can do this and stay with it. I grew up eating bread every day. Potatoes, rice or pasta was a component of our dinner everyday. I was healthy and skinny all of my life until I moved from Germany to the U.S. Within 4 years I gained over 50 lbs and with that I got some health issues. I can tell it’s the food (ingredients) that’s sold here and my lack of walking. Here you can’t walk to the stores like I used to without fearing to get run over. No sidewalks!?! You’ve got to take the car to get to the store safe. Isn’t that crazy? I now cook 99% from scratch, read the ingredient labels carefully, make my own pasta, grow a lot of veggies, mill my own flour, bake my own bread and I lost a lot of weight. I’ve got to work on exercising though. 😊
In 1973 we had an exchange student from Germany. We were 16/17 and healthy. She lived with a family of 6 was amazed at the amount of food they ate. Huge steaks which she said would feed 3 people back home. About 3 months after she returned home she sent me a letter with a photo of her 30 pounds lighter! She returned to California after a year and looked fantastic. We eat too many processed foods in the US with too many chemicals
Good for you two! I went meat based carnivore in March. Best thing I ever did. My body is healing, inflammation gone, better sleep, improved skin, anxiety gone, and dropped 60lbs. I encourage everyone to get rid of all the sugar and grains as well. Keep going!
Hi Rachel... so glad you just mentioned about your 15 lb weight loss, I saw a video last week but didnt want to comment you were looking great! As you stated you may not want to share or could have been for medical issues. So I didnt. Stay healthy and keep sharing great ideas for us too.
You know we’re from the same era when ‘grody’ is one of our words used for gross! Tell me you were a teenage girl in the eighty’s without telling me you were a teenage gal in the eighties! Haha! 😘👍
I really enjoyed your video today and would love to see more of what you eat in a day with the new diet change. I think I might be able to get my Hubby to get on board with this so I'm super excited to see more. Hope you both have a great Thanksgiving!! Blessings to you and your family! ❤ Sam
I hope your viewers are kind... so many "carnivores" are so mean about how "real" you are... like i have seen some folks argue adding salt to your meat and water "isn't carnivore" makes me so mad! I love how you said no refined carbs... carrots are higher...but i still eat them here and there! Keep it up! I'm down 100 pounds and off 10 rx drugs eating mostly meat.. with some veggies and maybe some fruit here and there! ❤
Fundamentalism is never useful imho unless there’s a very specific, truly elimination-oriented phase one is going through. It just drives people away when it’s better to tailor these eating styles to the individual
Yall look absolutely amazing!!! I was shocked when I saw you guys had gone carnivore haha I’ve been watching for awhile now and you always makes bread and all the goodies! Me and my hubby have been carnivore since the end of August and it’s been the best thing ever! I had back knee and back pain and it went away with the diet change. My husband had bad heart burn and that is gone too! I do miss bread and snacks sometimes, but like you soda you do get used to it after that initial few weeks of feeling g sorry for yourself for not being sober to eat what you want haha you look younger too!!!! Congrats on feeling better!
I use crushed pork rinds (pork panko) instead of almond flour for my meatloaf. No carbs and additional protein. I’ve been keto/ketovore for years to control my diabetes.
For anyone with nut allergies, I went gluten free a few years ago and substituted oats for bread crumbs until I realized I was reacting to oats. These days I toss in dehydrated carrots and onion flakes and use all the dried spices. Could also do dried mushrooms. My understanding is that the point is to soak up the liquid and help hold everything together...... which at least in baking stuff almond flour doesn't do. If anything it gives off some fat which does the opposite on the moisture.
When my husband and I were eating Keto I would put ground pork rinds in to replace the bread crumbs and it was great. My husband doesn't like pork rinds so I made sure not to tell him until after we had eaten it. He said he wouldn't have guessed that is what I used and he now prefers I make it that way instead of using bread crumbs.
I just made meatloaf last night. I used my freeze dried bell peppers, freeze dried onions, freeze dried garlic. Plus our home grown canned green beans & corn I cut off the cob & canned. My husband & I were pleasantly surprised that the corn still had a little crunch to it. I love having our working pantry. Knowing exactly what is in my jars is so satisfying. 🙏♥️
Great video! I've freeze dried organ meat and vegetable greens and powdered it to add to meatloaf, meatballs, casseroles etc for the health benefits. (My husband is not a vegetable lover) I also encapsulated it for myself to take every day. I do the same with beets, turmeric and ginger for blood pressure and cholesterol control. And yes, I grow my own vegetables as much as I can. Blessings to you and the family. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
loved your what's for dinner. i haven't tried that yet, but i definitely see lots of people having positive results. and just like hearing you two chat to the camera with us!
My husband has been eating strictly carnivore for the last 100 days today. Kudos to you, Rachel, for joining Todd for the support! I couldn't do it. I have been thinking about joining him lately though. He won't even taste anything I cook if it has veggies, sugar or carbs in it. His "why" is for health reasons. He has diabetes and has always had a hard time controlling his blood sugar. He hopes to reverse it with this diet. His sugar is starting to come down and he seems to really enjoy the diet now, except for the times that I have something he really likes and he will take a good whiff of whatever it is. 😂 I am also diabetic but my sugar is well controlled on Mounjaro shots. I did lose 55 pounds on the shots but now the shot is not working for weight loss and I've started to gain a few pounds (about 15) because I'm not able to lose weight on diet alone. Well, I tried strict keto for about two years and only lost about 20 pounds. The only recipe that I have to cook him something is a quiche without the crust. It is sooo good! Keep up the good work and for encouraging me to join the hubster! ❤
Love this video! The calming way to show how and why u r eating this way. I have done that way of eating for years and it works great, but I do go off of it and hate the results! It's hard to get back on track so this video is great content to help me feel like I have a community to encourage me, thanks!!
I have gone mostly carnivore myself. I used to love raw spinach salads and almonds. I've learned that raw salads & veggies give me horrible gas. And spinach and almonds gave me kidney stones from all of the oxalates. I feel so much better when I just eat meat and eggs. I do eat berries occasionally.
WOW!! Love to see this. I have been looking into this diet 'carnivore' and 'animal based' for awhile... but I've been worried because as a gardener and canner for years, how could i give that up? But I would really love to see health and joint and nerve pain go away. I love watching how you two are doing this. Please keep going!! I would love to see how you are incorporating this.
I gave up carbs other than low-carb veggies two years ago and have been full carnivore for 11 months, all to get some histamine issues under control as well as T2 Diabetes. I have had so many things that have healed and improved as well as 110 lbs of weight lost. I researched the carnvinore diet for 6 months before I was ready to take the plunge. I am still very limited in my eating but am so very happy and healthy! Even gave up my 2500 sq ft garden and canning due to my histamine issues. You may want to try a month of being dairy-free. I discovered that even a tablespoon of heavy cream will cause joint pain and inflammation. Feeling great is so much better than any foods I miss, but someday I hope to add back in some other foods. Glad you found something that has helped you to feel better!!
I've been carnivore since April and I don't see myself going back ........ What you made is Keto since it contains onion, carrot, and most especially almond flour. You both look great!
***30-60-90 is the rule when starting carnivore 30 days, if you make it go to 60 and so on.... Only products from an animal nose to tail. Be careful with any seasonings because they will contain sugars. Also, being an avid canner this WOE is a bummer because you pretty much rule out 90% of what you can. My goal is to be ketovore consuming mostly meat and animal fat plus a few veg and avocado.
I definitely noticed that you have lost some weight. I really appreciate how you are approaching your diet changes. Not hard core but focused. My husband and I have been keto low carb for a couple of years now and we feel so much better. We are thinking of adding back in einkorn sourdough bread on occasion. Have you baked with einkorn. Love your channel!
I had noticed the change in Rachel immediately in this video before you mentioned it, and happy this is working for you. I've been keto/carnivore for a few years now. I definitely feel crummy (mostly joint aches) when eating the inflammatory foods now. Most times I feel worse just having the littlest bit of carbs from from fruit, vegetables, or almond flour baked goods. I love meat loaf and make it once a week in the colder months. I use a combination of grated parmesan/romano cheese and pork panko instead of almond flour.
I make pizza crust from sweet potato flour. I ate paleo( no gluten, no dairy, no grains) for years. Then my Mom moved in and though still Gf I began eating refined sweets and drinking sweet tea. Slowly wea re eating better. I grew a huge garden and preserved a lot. If you don't have sweets in house, no temptation. Do enjoy fruit though, it doesnt replace chocolate but it's so good for us.
For a low carb meatloaf or meatballs I use zucchini flour instead of bread crumbs. When I’m overloaded with zucchini from the garden I shred it and put it in the freezer until the winter months. I take it out let thaw, squeeze out the excess water and put it in the freeze dryer. When it’s done I powder it in my blender.
Thank You for sharing your journey. I have been carnivore since Jan 6, 2024 and have lost 66 pounds. The most important benefit though is I had severe pain from Rheumatoid Arthritis, high cholesterol, acid reflux and hypothyroidism. I took a biologic injection for RA and other meds for all the other ailments that have since healed. I am off all of my medication and the pain is gone. It has been amazing. In addition my blood pressure is now 116/66! Had not been that low in May years. I just turned 62 this week. I have been strict carnivore only using animal products. Bacon and eggs for breakfast and steak every night for supper. AMAZING. I NEVER GET TORED OF STEAK AND BACON.
Todd- Absorbine Veterinary Liniment Gel (yes, for horses) works really well for your back issue. I have same L5 S1. I use it on my knees too when they get stiff and achy. Thank u both for continuing to share :)
Todd, my husband had a spinal fusion at L5/S1. It completely changed his life for the better. He woke up from that surgery without sciatic pain, numbness, all of the issues. He was so happy even though it was a longer recovery.
Hey. You should have us pick your next. What's for dinner. Meal. We put up delicious meals and you choose which one you want to eat. It will get the subscribers involved and make sure we watch each video. So in turn. You make a higher UA-cam profit. If the recipes don't meet your full expectation based upon your current diet plan food life style. Then you can make alterations to the meal. Yayyyy she picked my meal choice. Woohooooo. Thanks Devie. 😁
I have some osteoarthritis, I'm trying collagen powder can be found at costco and it's grass fed, non gmo as well. As we age our collagen gets diminished. I just m ade some collagen keto gummies. Looks yummy.
Good for you Rachel to join him. My husband switched to the carnivore diet a few months ago, and even though I see how much better he feels, I’m struggling to get onboard. Ha.
That's awesome! I just got 2 cast iron bread pans too 😊 love them! Something I would do next time is instead of using ketchup in the meatloaf, I would use half the sloppy Joe mix in the meatloaf and half on top, that way I don't have extra sauce to use up...sounds yummy 😋 ❤ Also I'm curious how you feel on freshly milled flour bread? I can tell a difference because I was gluten sensitive, but i can handle freshly milled breads/grains.
I did weight watchers many years ago and Loved it, it taught me that you can eat anything but in moderation and many small meals a day to keep your motor going and burning those carbs and calories. I love my shredded carrots and zucchini and diced tomatoes along with lots of onion in my meat loaf, shredded cheese would be good in it also. I would have to have green beans on the side at least or asparagus also would be a good side with it something besides just the meat. Todd take turmeric with the curcumin and peperino, it helps with inflammation, plus many other natural ways to go about it, I understand back pain from a horrible car accident it left me with really bad back problems and I go to pain clinic for injections in my sciatica joint because it is really bad as well as a bulging disc in my upper back so it really sucks, I've also been looking into wild lettuce as a natural pain reliever. I think the book is called Backyard Medicine.
I often go for a week after eating all my bread before I make another loaf of bread. I'm not much of a bread person, and if I eat carbs in the form of flour, I often make sourdough quickbread or sourdough soft tacos. That seems to do it for me. I have very little craving for sugar, and if I make something baked, I usually put 50-60% of the sugar called for in the recipe, not out of being an ascetic, but literally because it doesn't taste good to me with the amount of sugar called for. I guess your taste really does change! I love fresh veggies and fruit, so probably wouldn't do well on an all-meat diet, but I do really like meat, too. Just not all the sugary, processed food.🌻🥀
Love! We are eating much the same. My husband for health concerns (was able to get off his statin meds 🙌) & me for weight.🤦♀️Would love more videos like this.😋🤩
We are now carnivore after a time on Keto. Love this! We are both on the cusp of our 40s and have some things that we want to get a grip on right now, and I in particular have become very educated about oxalates, so we’ve fully shifted to plants ONLY as medicine and not as part of our diet unless as a rare outlier. Almond flour has a SHOCKING amount of oxalate in it … 😮
Such a difference for me. I stopped all sugar and grains and lost 10 lbs in a month. Not as much inflammation and no cravings. For women, it has helped reduce menopause symptoms which are no fun to say the least. lol. And stay organic where you can. It helps soooo much.
There is a sausage crust that a Chicago pizza house makes. The keto twins made it and it looked amazing. Very filling as I have head. My a1c numbers were bad and decided to go low carb nothing new to me, but all on board now. After about 6 weeks the numbers went to normal. Diabetes is in my family line. So it was something I had to do for myself. The research on how wheat and flour affect your body is surprising. I wish you both the best.
I’m sorry if you’ve mentioned this before, but why did you cut out veggies at first? I am really interested in this type of diet and only because you shared how it has helped with arthritis and inflammation. Thank you for sharing the “why”!
Good for you! Started carnivore/keto combination about 20 months ago, lost a lot of weight, no more pain in my joints, back pain gone, think a lot of inflammation gone. Reversed insuline recistence for the most. Sleep improved too! Nothing tastes as good as a healthy body! Now all my carb veggies sit in jars, unused in my pantry..😢 Oh well….
Congratulations to you two!! I always said I would die without carbs, but I would love to give a carnivore diet a try. I have back problems also and arthritis in my hands. I think I may start some research.😀
Dinner looked amazing! Dark greens are so good for you would you be opposed to dark green veggie salads with your dinner with just various oil and vinegar dressings? I have wanted to let go of white foods (rice, flour, sugar) for years, its so hard if only one of you do it. Nice job guys!
Todd and Rachel, if you've never tried it, you can make lasagna by replacing the noodles with sliced turkey breast (you won't taste the turkey at all). I just pulled one out of the oven a few minutes ago. My husband and son love it more than they do the regular way. Our son calls it "Delicious Meat Dish".😁
LOL so funny to hear you say about being angry that you 'cant' have the food you loved anymore - i totally got the same thing but boy do i ever feel grateful that I stuck with it .. I have just been on a month long cruise and despiite all the temptation it was really easy to not overindulge in the wrong things. I did gain a couple of kilos back because HEY that Black Forest Gateau was DELICIOUS!!!! But back to normal now and enjoying normality :) xxx
My style is the same as yours 👍 I can’t stand all the fancy, and instruction right down to ‘I’m washing my hands, - you’ll need to remove the plastic ‘ 🫤🥴… like WHAT? 😂🥴 The younger ones watch too many cooking shows I think and it’s just funny. I don’t do fancy,, I grow my gardens and cook everything from scratch, and I just aim to fill bellies. ♥️. Love your channel because you’re so laid back and natural ♥️
I was Keto for a while, it is very difficult cooking 2 separate meals each day when you are away from the house for 10 hours a day. I will tell you, Pork Rinds makes an amazing breading on fried chicken. :-)
I don’t know if you’d tried pork rinds in the meatloaf? I usually add grounded pork rinds to my meat loaf I think it gives it softer texture and more of a moist meatloaf.
Hi Rachel Got to say we love a good meat loaf We haven't had one in a while So thanks for sharing urs I may just have one This week I love it with cabage or collie
Doc wants me eating like that and fasting from 6 pm until 11 am. It's hard to do. I have reduced my carbs but supper with no starch, for me, is near impossible.
My husband just shot a turkey and a deer, and were getting a cow. I did carnivore for 5onths a couple years ago and felt amazing, it's just a little difficult. Feeding a family of 8 makes lowcarb a little tricky. But I definitely do better if I just eat meat and a little veg when I'm hungry.
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We've been carnivores for over a year and I've healed so many issues and was able to balance hormones and will be welcoming our miracle baby any day!
I did a carnivore challenge Jan 2024 to jump start weightloss. My BP had been spiking as well and I knew keto/carnivore could bring it down. Id just built out my garden with 5 tall raised beds a few months before so my husband thought I was crazy. LOL. Ive lost about 45 lbs with 40 more to go. I made a deal with myself that "if I grow it, I can eat it." So thats why I still have strawberry plants, fruit trees, blackberry plants, etc. I figure eating some fruit during the brief harvest season is better than constantly eating sugar or eating a steady stream of fruit from the grocery store.
"if I grow it, I can eat it." I like that ♥
I admire everyone who can do this and stay with it. I grew up eating bread every day. Potatoes, rice or pasta was a component of our dinner everyday. I was healthy and skinny all of my life until I moved from Germany to the U.S. Within 4 years I gained over 50 lbs and with that I got some health issues. I can tell it’s the food (ingredients) that’s sold here and my lack of walking. Here you can’t walk to the stores like I used to without fearing to get run over. No sidewalks!?! You’ve got to take the car to get to the store safe. Isn’t that crazy? I now cook 99% from scratch, read the ingredient labels carefully, make my own pasta, grow a lot of veggies, mill my own flour, bake my own bread and I lost a lot of weight. I’ve got to work on exercising though. 😊
In 1973 we had an exchange student from Germany. We were 16/17 and healthy. She lived with a family of 6 was amazed at the amount of food they ate. Huge steaks which she said would feed 3 people back home. About 3 months after she returned home she sent me a letter with a photo of her 30 pounds lighter! She returned to California after a year and looked fantastic. We eat too many processed foods in the US with too many chemicals
Good for you two! I went meat based carnivore in March. Best thing I ever did. My body is healing, inflammation gone, better sleep, improved skin, anxiety gone, and dropped 60lbs. I encourage everyone to get rid of all the sugar and grains as well. Keep going!
Excellent job! I've been eating this way since October of 2016, and absolutely LOVE it!
Hi Rachel... so glad you just mentioned about your 15 lb weight loss, I saw a video last week but didnt want to comment you were looking great! As you stated you may not want to share or could have been for medical issues. So I didnt. Stay healthy and keep sharing great ideas for us too.
My folks are in their 70’s and have been carnivore for nearly 2 years. They feel great!
I was strict keto for 3 years. I fell off the wagon, this feels very encouraging to get back on board and not feel alone! Thanks for opening up!
Stick with it! I started in May too, plantar fascitis gone in about 5 days! Wish i had heard of this year's ago. Thanks for the video!
You know we’re from the same era when ‘grody’ is one of our words used for gross! Tell me you were a teenage girl in the eighty’s without telling me you were a teenage gal in the eighties! Haha! 😘👍
😂 so true
Haha lol, I also used the word prissy the other day and thought this word needs to come back
I was a teenage girl in the 70's and we said grody!
Yes! “Grody to the max!” Lol!
Born in the 80s and I say grody, prissy, groovy, nifty, and a whole slew of other slang from back in the day.
I really enjoyed your video today and would love to see more of what you eat in a day with the new diet change. I think I might be able to get my Hubby to get on board with this so I'm super excited to see more. Hope you both have a great Thanksgiving!! Blessings to you and your family! ❤ Sam
I hope your viewers are kind... so many "carnivores" are so mean about how "real" you are... like i have seen some folks argue adding salt to your meat and water "isn't carnivore" makes me so mad! I love how you said no refined carbs... carrots are higher...but i still eat them here and there! Keep it up! I'm down 100 pounds and off 10 rx drugs eating mostly meat.. with some veggies and maybe some fruit here and there! ❤
Congratulations!
Fundamentalism is never useful imho unless there’s a very specific, truly elimination-oriented phase one is going through. It just drives people away when it’s better to tailor these eating styles to the individual
Yall look absolutely amazing!!! I was shocked when I saw you guys had gone carnivore haha I’ve been watching for awhile now and you always makes bread and all the goodies! Me and my hubby have been carnivore since the end of August and it’s been the best thing ever! I had back knee and back pain and it went away with the diet change. My husband had bad heart burn and that is gone too! I do miss bread and snacks sometimes, but like you soda you do get used to it after that initial few weeks of feeling g sorry for yourself for not being sober to eat what you want haha you look younger too!!!! Congrats on feeling better!
I use crushed pork rinds (pork panko) instead of almond flour for my meatloaf. No carbs and additional protein. I’ve been keto/ketovore for years to control my diabetes.
For anyone with nut allergies, I went gluten free a few years ago and substituted oats for bread crumbs until I realized I was reacting to oats. These days I toss in dehydrated carrots and onion flakes and use all the dried spices. Could also do dried mushrooms. My understanding is that the point is to soak up the liquid and help hold everything together...... which at least in baking stuff almond flour doesn't do. If anything it gives off some fat which does the opposite on the moisture.
I love you bring us in for dinner! No matter what the plan looks like for you both right now. Thank you so much for the video.
I have been carnivore for two years. I will never go back to the standard diet. I have healed so many issues. I recommend it for everyone.
When my husband and I were eating Keto I would put ground pork rinds in to replace the bread crumbs and it was great. My husband doesn't like pork rinds so I made sure not to tell him until after we had eaten it. He said he wouldn't have guessed that is what I used and he now prefers I make it that way instead of using bread crumbs.
I'm 2 months into a celiac diagnosis thats a great idea! I think I could also try oats😊
Great idea for the pork rinds
@@baglady216, lots of oats have been cross contaminated with gluten, so make sure to get them that specify certified gluten free.
I just made meatloaf last night. I used my freeze dried bell peppers, freeze dried onions, freeze dried garlic. Plus our home grown canned green beans & corn I cut off the cob & canned. My husband & I were pleasantly surprised that the corn still had a little crunch to it. I love having our working pantry. Knowing exactly what is in my jars is so satisfying. 🙏♥️
Great video! I've freeze dried organ meat and vegetable greens and powdered it to add to meatloaf, meatballs, casseroles etc for the health benefits. (My husband is not a vegetable lover) I also encapsulated it for myself to take every day. I do the same with beets, turmeric and ginger for blood pressure and cholesterol control. And yes, I grow my own vegetables as much as I can. Blessings to you and the family. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
loved your what's for dinner. i haven't tried that yet, but i definitely see lots of people having positive results. and just like hearing you two chat to the camera with us!
My husband has been eating strictly carnivore for the last 100 days today. Kudos to you, Rachel, for joining Todd for the support! I couldn't do it. I have been thinking about joining him lately though. He won't even taste anything I cook if it has veggies, sugar or carbs in it. His "why" is for health reasons. He has diabetes and has always had a hard time controlling his blood sugar. He hopes to reverse it with this diet. His sugar is starting to come down and he seems to really enjoy the diet now, except for the times that I have something he really likes and he will take a good whiff of whatever it is. 😂 I am also diabetic but my sugar is well controlled on Mounjaro shots. I did lose 55 pounds on the shots but now the shot is not working for weight loss and I've started to gain a few pounds (about 15) because I'm not able to lose weight on diet alone. Well, I tried strict keto for about two years and only lost about 20 pounds. The only recipe that I have to cook him something is a quiche without the crust. It is sooo good! Keep up the good work and for encouraging me to join the hubster! ❤
Love this video! The calming way to show how and why u r eating this way. I have done that way of eating for years and it works great, but I do go off of it and hate the results! It's hard to get back on track so this video is great content to help me feel like I have a community to encourage me, thanks!!
I’m very grateful to have learned how to make meatloaf from my grandmother before she passed and your video reminded me of the memory thank you ❤
Do yall miss salads?? I just can't imagine not eating salads 😅 I love some veggies.
You're meatloaf looks delish! Thanks for bringing us along. ❤
I have gone mostly carnivore myself. I used to love raw spinach salads and almonds. I've learned that raw salads & veggies give me horrible gas. And spinach and almonds gave me kidney stones from all of the oxalates. I feel so much better when I just eat meat and eggs. I do eat berries occasionally.
WOW!! Love to see this. I have been looking into this diet 'carnivore' and 'animal based' for awhile... but I've been worried because as a gardener and canner for years, how could i give that up? But I would really love to see health and joint and nerve pain go away. I love watching how you two are doing this. Please keep going!! I would love to see how you are incorporating this.
Rachael, Todd must share his recipes for the different meats! They look very yummy 😋
I gave up carbs other than low-carb veggies two years ago and have been full carnivore for 11 months, all to get some histamine issues under control as well as T2 Diabetes. I have had so many things that have healed and improved as well as 110 lbs of weight lost. I researched the carnvinore diet for 6 months before I was ready to take the plunge. I am still very limited in my eating but am so very happy and healthy! Even gave up my 2500 sq ft garden and canning due to my histamine issues. You may want to try a month of being dairy-free. I discovered that even a tablespoon of heavy cream will cause joint pain and inflammation. Feeling great is so much better than any foods I miss, but someday I hope to add back in some other foods. Glad you found something that has helped you to feel better!!
Venison meatloaf is a stable in our home! Going to try a variation of this next time. Thanks Rachel!
I've been carnivore since April and I don't see myself going back ........ What you made is Keto since it contains onion, carrot, and most especially almond flour. You both look great!
***30-60-90 is the rule when starting carnivore 30 days, if you make it go to 60 and so on.... Only products from an animal nose to tail. Be careful with any seasonings because they will contain sugars. Also, being an avid canner this WOE is a bummer because you pretty much rule out 90% of what you can. My goal is to be ketovore consuming mostly meat and animal fat plus a few veg and avocado.
Yayyyy! So excited to watch this video. Good to see you both as always.
I definitely noticed that you have lost some weight. I really appreciate how you are approaching your diet changes. Not hard core but focused. My husband and I have been keto low carb for a couple of years now and we feel so much better. We are thinking of adding back in einkorn sourdough bread on occasion. Have you baked with einkorn. Love your channel!
I had noticed the change in Rachel immediately in this video before you mentioned it, and happy this is working for you. I've been keto/carnivore for a few years now. I definitely feel crummy (mostly joint aches) when eating the inflammatory foods now. Most times I feel worse just having the littlest bit of carbs from from fruit, vegetables, or almond flour baked goods. I love meat loaf and make it once a week in the colder months. I use a combination of grated parmesan/romano cheese and pork panko instead of almond flour.
I make pizza crust from sweet potato flour. I ate paleo( no gluten, no dairy, no grains) for years. Then my Mom moved in and though still Gf I began eating refined sweets and drinking sweet tea. Slowly wea re eating better. I grew a huge garden and preserved a lot. If you don't have sweets in house, no temptation. Do enjoy fruit though, it doesnt replace chocolate but it's so good for us.
Yay! A what’s for dinner video!!!
For a low carb meatloaf or meatballs I use zucchini flour instead of bread crumbs. When I’m overloaded with zucchini from the garden I shred it and put it in the freezer until the winter months. I take it out let thaw, squeeze out the excess water and put it in the freeze dryer. When it’s done I powder it in my blender.
I would definitely love to see more of the whats for dinner on your new diet. Hubby and I are needing to make the same changes.
Love the recipe change for inspiration!
Thanks so much! 😊
Thank You for sharing your journey. I have been carnivore since Jan 6, 2024 and have lost 66 pounds. The most important benefit though is I had severe pain from Rheumatoid Arthritis, high cholesterol, acid reflux and hypothyroidism. I took a biologic injection for RA and other meds for all the other ailments that have since healed. I am off all of my medication and the pain is gone. It has been amazing. In addition my blood pressure is now 116/66! Had not been that low in May years. I just turned 62 this week. I have been strict carnivore only using animal products. Bacon and eggs for breakfast and steak every night for supper. AMAZING. I NEVER GET TORED OF STEAK AND BACON.
Todd- Absorbine Veterinary Liniment Gel (yes, for horses) works really well for your back issue. I have same L5 S1. I use it on my knees too when they get stiff and achy. Thank u both for continuing to share :)
Todd, my husband had a spinal fusion at L5/S1. It completely changed his life for the better. He woke up from that surgery without sciatic pain, numbness, all of the issues. He was so happy even though it was a longer recovery.
Hey. You should have us pick your next. What's for dinner. Meal. We put up delicious meals and you choose which one you want to eat. It will get the subscribers involved and make sure we watch each video. So in turn. You make a higher UA-cam profit. If the recipes don't meet your full expectation based upon your current diet plan food life style. Then you can make alterations to the meal. Yayyyy she picked my meal choice. Woohooooo. Thanks Devie. 😁
interesting idea ♥
so happy you guys are heading the way of keto/carnivore.
I have some osteoarthritis, I'm trying collagen powder can be found at costco and it's grass fed, non gmo as well. As we age our collagen gets diminished. I just m ade some collagen keto gummies. Looks yummy.
I LOVED my grandmother’s meatloaf and Sloppy Joe’s!
Yay! It’s what’s for dinner!
CONGRATULATIONS you guys. You are looking great! 🥰
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Love you both and thank you for the update
Good for you Rachel to join him. My husband switched to the carnivore diet a few months ago, and even though I see how much better he feels, I’m struggling to get onboard. Ha.
Meatloaf ASMR! Im looking forward to your dinner with us videos this winter!
Thanks Rachel 😊
glad you are feeling better..
I would ❤ a cookbook from Rachel and Todd! That would be awesome! 😊😊
That's awesome! I just got 2 cast iron bread pans too 😊 love them! Something I would do next time is instead of using ketchup in the meatloaf, I would use half the sloppy Joe mix in the meatloaf and half on top, that way I don't have extra sauce to use up...sounds yummy 😋 ❤ Also I'm curious how you feel on freshly milled flour bread? I can tell a difference because I was gluten sensitive, but i can handle freshly milled breads/grains.
I did weight watchers many years ago and Loved it, it taught me that you can eat anything but in moderation and many small meals a day to keep your motor going and burning those carbs and calories. I love my shredded carrots and zucchini and diced tomatoes along with lots of onion in my meat loaf, shredded cheese would be good in it also. I would have to have green beans on the side at least or asparagus also would be a good side with it something besides just the meat. Todd take turmeric with the curcumin and peperino, it helps with inflammation, plus many other natural ways to go about it, I understand back pain from a horrible car accident it left me with really bad back problems and I go to pain clinic for injections in my sciatica joint because it is really bad as well as a bulging disc in my upper back so it really sucks, I've also been looking into wild lettuce as a natural pain reliever. I think the book is called Backyard Medicine.
Been eating carnivore for awhile. Not perfect by no means but trying our best and seeing some positive things happening!! Enjoyed the video.
I often go for a week after eating all my bread before I make another loaf of bread. I'm not much of a bread person, and if I eat carbs in the form of flour, I often make sourdough quickbread or sourdough soft tacos. That seems to do it for me. I have very little craving for sugar, and if I make something baked, I usually put 50-60% of the sugar called for in the recipe, not out of being an ascetic, but literally because it doesn't taste good to me with the amount of sugar called for. I guess your taste really does change! I love fresh veggies and fruit, so probably wouldn't do well on an all-meat diet, but I do really like meat, too. Just not all the sugary, processed food.🌻🥀
Love! We are eating much the same. My husband for health concerns (was able to get off his statin meds 🙌) & me for weight.🤦♀️Would love more videos like this.😋🤩
You guys are looking great.
We are now carnivore after a time on Keto. Love this! We are both on the cusp of our 40s and have some things that we want to get a grip on right now, and I in particular have become very educated about oxalates, so we’ve fully shifted to plants ONLY as medicine and not as part of our diet unless as a rare outlier. Almond flour has a SHOCKING amount of oxalate in it … 😮
Super excited for the new eating style. I'm diabetic so I avoid carbs.
Thank you for this recipe. My husband and I are Keto and feeling good. Lost 35 lbs each. Didn’t know about the almond flour.
Doggy wants in!
9:43 cute weewee (puppy) on the floor waiting to see if any meat drops on the floor ❤. FYI that’s what we call our neighbors dachshund. 😊
Such a difference for me. I stopped all sugar and grains and lost 10 lbs in a month. Not as much inflammation and no cravings. For women, it has helped reduce menopause symptoms which are no fun to say the least. lol.
And stay organic where you can. It helps soooo much.
There is a sausage crust that a Chicago pizza house makes. The keto twins made it and it looked amazing. Very filling as I have head. My a1c numbers were bad and decided to go low carb nothing new to me, but all on board now. After about 6 weeks the numbers went to normal. Diabetes is in my family line. So it was something I had to do for myself. The research on how wheat and flour affect your body is surprising. I wish you both the best.
I gave up potatoes and my arthritis +++ improved. Good for you. Keep inspiring us please!
love it! thanks for sharing, I love the change & hopefully new recipes ;0)
Glad to see you're including organ meats in this recipe. You'll notice the taste isn't much different & the vitamins added are so beneficial. 😊
I’m sorry if you’ve mentioned this before, but why did you cut out veggies at first? I am really interested in this type of diet and only because you shared how it has helped with arthritis and inflammation. Thank you for sharing the “why”!
Good for you! Started carnivore/keto combination about 20 months ago, lost a lot of weight, no more pain in my joints, back pain gone, think a lot of inflammation gone. Reversed insuline recistence for the most. Sleep improved too! Nothing tastes as good as a healthy body! Now all my carb veggies sit in jars, unused in my pantry..😢 Oh well….
Hi Rachel your meatloaf looks great. That is one of my favorite comfort foods. Also regardless of the weight you have loss I think you look great 😊
We love meatloaf as well. You can really make it so many ways ❤
Congratulations to you two!! I always said I would die without carbs, but I would love to give a carnivore diet a try. I have back problems also and arthritis in my hands. I think I may start some research.😀
We use the carb smart tortillas shells for thin pizza crust, not bad.
Dinner looked amazing! Dark greens are so good for you would you be opposed to dark green veggie salads with your dinner with just various oil and vinegar dressings? I have wanted to let go of white foods (rice, flour, sugar) for years, its so hard if only one of you do it. Nice job guys!
Pork rinds are zero carb and can be used in place of tortilla chips, potato chips, or even crushed and use as a breading
You can also exchange bread crumbs with blended pork rinds.
Todd and Rachel, if you've never tried it, you can make lasagna by replacing the noodles with sliced turkey breast (you won't taste the turkey at all). I just pulled one out of the oven a few minutes ago. My husband and son love it more than they do the regular way. Our son calls it "Delicious Meat Dish".😁
I have been carnivore for about a year, list approximately 60 lbs. I use Italian pork panko for my binder with eggs
Interesting, glad you're feeling better. How will this change how you plan your gardens for next year?
Your a good sport Rachael!
Tigernut flour works incredibly too!
Looks so yummy! Thanks
Whoo can't wait for more recipes
Looking great!!
LOL so funny to hear you say about being angry that you 'cant' have the food you loved anymore - i totally got the same thing but boy do i ever feel grateful that I stuck with it .. I have just been on a month long cruise and despiite all the temptation it was really easy to not overindulge in the wrong things. I did gain a couple of kilos back because HEY that Black Forest Gateau was DELICIOUS!!!! But back to normal now and enjoying normality :) xxx
My style is the same as yours 👍 I can’t stand all the fancy, and instruction right down to ‘I’m washing my hands, - you’ll need to remove the plastic ‘ 🫤🥴… like WHAT? 😂🥴 The younger ones watch too many cooking shows I think and it’s just funny. I don’t do fancy,, I grow my gardens and cook everything from scratch, and I just aim to fill bellies. ♥️. Love your channel because you’re so laid back and natural ♥️
Love it!❤❤
With this big dietary change, are you going to even have a garden this coming garden season?
Yup - just like we did this season.
This looks great, i love meat loaf and need to get back to very low carb eating
We love meatloaf as well! Have you tried crushed pork rinds in place of almond flour or bread crumbs? It works very well and tastes great!
i'd be curious to what you eat for breakfast. and how you make those devil eggs too!
Rachel usually doesn't have breakfast. I usually have lunch meat, sausage or bacon
I was Keto for a while, it is very difficult cooking 2 separate meals each day when you are away from the house for 10 hours a day. I will tell you, Pork Rinds makes an amazing breading on fried chicken. :-)
I don’t know if you’d tried pork rinds in the meatloaf?
I usually add grounded pork rinds to my meat loaf I think it gives it softer texture and more of a moist meatloaf.
Hi Rachel
Got to say we love a good meat loaf
We haven't had one in a while
So thanks for sharing urs
I may just have one
This week
I love it with cabage or collie
We had meatloaf today😊
Doc wants me eating like that and fasting from 6 pm until 11 am. It's hard to do. I have reduced my carbs but supper with no starch, for me, is near impossible.
I can't imagine sticking to this for very long. But I know lots of people do.
My husband just shot a turkey and a deer, and were getting a cow. I did carnivore for 5onths a couple years ago and felt amazing, it's just a little difficult. Feeding a family of 8 makes lowcarb a little tricky. But I definitely do better if I just eat meat and a little veg when I'm hungry.