Carnivore 2023

Righto guys im back. Unfortunatly in February my mother took a turn for the worst and passed away in March so i had a fair bit to be dealing with over the last 10 weeks. Between hospitals, wakes and dealing with bereavement this endeavour got pushed to the wayside. I have been training fairly consistently (running, swimming, spinning, bike) since before patricks day and have even done my first 5km and 10km road race since then and Triathalon season is just around the corner now too. Despite going back onto the standard western diet the last 10 weeks ive felt slimmer more confidence in myself the usual and even got remarks that i was heading in the right direction too. However the tape and scale dont lie and i was putting off getting back to it but decided on this week and i pulled out the tape and scale this evening.

Shoulders 55, up 2 inches

Neck 18, up 1/2 inch

Waist 43 up 2 inches

Gut 45 up 3 inches

Chest 45 up 2 inches

Rh quad 25 up 1 inch

All gone the wrong direction however were still not quiete back to where we were at the start of January thankfully. I knew the weight wasnt going to drop over the last 10 weeks but thought i would at least maintain it or maybe go up 1 or 2kg with the training regime being fairly consistent however i was shocked to see the scale go from 128kg up to 134kg over the last 10 weeks. It really does go to show you cant outrun a bad diet. Tomorrows the first day back at it and hopefully i can get a good long run at it this time round. All feedback welcome, off to cook some duck eggs and bacon for tomorrows breakfast now.

Not fully a week in yet Tuesday would be a week done fully, however ive just done my measurements since you posted.

Weight is down 2kgs

Shoulders 54 down 1

Neck 17.5 down .5

Waist 42 down 1

Gut 43.5 down 1.5

Chest 44 down 1

Rh Quad 23 down 2

After 5 days thats 2kgs down as well as 7 inches lost too not bad going i would say. I even had a few Guinness 0.0s the last two nights which is not strictly animal based in the slightest.

A typical day so far looks to be between 2000-2500 calories consumed with some form of cardiovascular excercise in the evenings. Typical days macros are protein 178g(33%) fat 132g (56%) carbs 58g (11%) the %is the %of calories consumed that day. The weekend was a bit looser to be fair and i did consume some fairly fatty dairy foods yesterday which has caused a bit of an upset too. Ive not had any fruit so far its just been ruminant meat, eggs both duck and hen however ive a preference for duck eggs, bacon and tea i also had the least bitvof honey through the week also.

I spent €45 at the butchers this on friday for a 12 duck eggs, 1lb butter, 5 good thick steaks and a pack of liver. I also picked up 15kg of venison burgers for €30 this weekend too which will ease up on the spending a bit every week too hopefully.

6 eggs and 4 streaky rashers at 10, a striploin and a venison burger that needed to be used up at 1 had a training session tonight covered 5km my Garmin says i burned 575 calories. Got held up till nearly 11 o clock with a visiting relative and i wasnt going to face into cooking at this hour, not really feeling hungry anyway this might become a regular thing yet. Hard to believe im not hungry after that training session i have two sessions tomorrow evening so it will hardly work tomorrow evening.

No update for last week as the results would ve skewed. Went for pints saturday night and in my hungover sorry state of mind yesterday evening i had a pizza. Im bloated, inflamed and even still feeling sick after eating that this evening still. Definitly not worth it.

This weeks numbers.

Neck 17 down .5

Waist 41 no change

Gut 42 down 1

Chest 44 up 1

Shoulders 53 no change

RH Quad 25

Weight 128.5kg

Thats 6kgs lost over the month of May along with 9 inches, hopefully we can lose the same this coming month. Last week was more or less 1-1.5lbs of beef between 1-2pm then 6 duck eggs and maybe a few rashers depending on the day in the evening time. Caloric intake would generally be 2000-2100 calories daily. Im feeling great have great energy and a bit more drive in me too when it comes to training aswell.

Progress photos in this one

Weight 131.5kg

Neck17.5 up .5

Waist 41.5 down .5

Gut 43.5 up 1.5

Chest 43.5 down .5

Shoulders 51 down .5

RH Quad 24.5 down .5

Up and down again all over the place at the minute had a wedding last week so this WOE wasnt adhered to greatly as well as a fair consumption of alcohol through the week. Getting back into it after that week off however its summer and its the first summer ive had to enjoy out of the last 4 and you could even throw in a southern hemisphere summer too just before i got home where i didnt give myself a break at all. Im not going to pass up pints at the weekends this time if year especially with the fine weather but will remain fairly disciplined other wise. Have a solid training routine going at the moment now, it had me out doing a 10km run friday night thats become part of the training regime now and back in january i had aimed to complete one 10km event over the year which i did in April when i was after falling off the wagon.

Right heres the photos, say what ye want and be honest im not going to be offended.

14/05/23

11/06/23

Exact same clothes only difference is the runners and socks in the photos.