Carnivore Week 1 Thoughts

 Week 1 of the carnivore "experiment" done, completed on a diet of beef and lamb, with water, black coffee and salt the only other ingredients.

So how was it? 

All in all not bad. Here's the tldr; more detail below

Pros

Meal prep is very easy

Weight loss

Better energy

Food consumption awareness

 Cons

Slight intestinal discomfort 

Less bowel movements

Boring

Difficult if not at home

Slightly anti-social 

The Detail

While it appears there's more cons that pros, the pros are pretty significant and the cons pretty minor. The most noticeable effect was weight loss - 3kg for the week. Now most of this is probably fluid but this is still significant. It's highly likely that I wasn't eating as many calories as usual, but I definitely didn't get hungry as often. I usually do an OMAD type fast most days anyway and continued that this week.

TMI section. Related to this (I think) was a very reduced frequency of bowel movements. Not constipation,  as there were none of the symptoms of this, but it just seemed like there was significantly less waste product to be moved. This could be a pro but was a bit disconcerting to start with.

There was also some slight intestinal unrest. Very minor and I'm guessing this will disappear as my body adjusts.

Energy levels seemed a bit more consistent - not necessarily more energy, but less fluctuations during the day.

Especially on the first couple of days I became aware of how often I opened the fridge. I wasn't hungry, and didn't get any cravings so this was just a habit

Probably the hardest part of this was that, for me, this was quite boring. I like different foods, and cooking, so just prepping and cooking like this soon became a bit boring, though it did free up some time to do other things.

Week 2

So onto week 2. This week will include eggs and other meats, so a bit more variety which is exciting.