173 - The Carnivore Diet

Welcome back to a Sorta Star Wars podcast! Today we're talking about living 2 weeks with only eating meat! The carnivore diet was probably my most difficult challenge so far. I did not enjoy meal times or most snacks.. and I barely lost any weight. the goal wasn't to loose weight and I definitely wasn't calorie counting... but I thought that cutting out all the sugar and carbs would help me loose some pounds... but just not as much as i wanted. i lost 3 lbs in two weeks... some of you are saying well, that's pretty awesome but i was not impressed. i would of rather had ice cream and kept those 3 pounds... lol. I also think carnivore by itself is too hard to maintain... like many diets. i think with slight modifications it could be doable. i also felt a lot better on it physically. it increased my energy. I was hungry less. it increased my sex drive... noticeably. eesh... awkward i know. but its definitely true. I did lose weight (even if it wasn't as much as i hoped)... so it had a lot of good things going for it. i just didn't enjoy meal times anymore. so, was it worth it? well, let me tell you this.... I stopped the carnivore diet on a Monday after that week and weekend of going back to my normal diet... i went back to a meat based diet by the next Monday. at this current time I'm still trying to avoid carbs and sugars, but not be tooo too picky. i just felt really bad that first week off of carnivore. bloated and sluggish and in the bathroom way too much. i wasn't enjoying it. now i have meat at meal times, but if i do want some chips and salsa for a snack, i let myself have it. i think everyone should at least try it and see what they think. the pros may outweigh the cons for you... or you might get sick of eggs and chicken your third day. but, you'll never know unless you try. Take a listen to see how it all turned out! Thanks for listening! Be safe. Be courteous. BYE! If you'd like to support the show and be entered to win the monthly contests, visit our Patreon at patreon.com/sortastarwars Thanks everyone for your support! *This podcast is a production of Ryit Media and is hosted by Ryan Lehman (@sortastarwars) **To hear other podcasts hosted by Ryan Lehman, search "Ryit Media" on any podcast player or find the links here: Granny Shiftin’: THE fast and furious podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/ipk12aZ_ Dad Reads Books: https://link.chtbl.com/q_7bYUCz AND NOW Silver Screen and Television Dreams: https://link.chtbl.com/djA5v-LB