Karlnold
Apr-15-07, 03:51 AM
In the past two weeks I've been living on a totally new different diet. I used to have a classic low-fat, high-carb, high-protein diet, carbs filled the majority of my dinner plate. I ate seven times a day.
Now I've changed my diet so proteins play a bigger part in my daily calorie intake. Instead of letting proteins be a 35% part of my daily food consumption, I've raised it to about 65-85%, yesterday it was probably close to 90% because all I ate during the day was steaks and low-fat cottage cheese... After a few days with my new diet I started to feel some pain in my lower back after the meals, I guess it was the kidneys or liver. However, I solved this by drinking 7 litres of water each day. I now eat about 4-5 times a day, somehow I never really go hungry between the meals anymore, as I did on my previous diet, which I've had like for 5 years.
What I eat.(Roughly)
Red-meat: Veil, oxe, moose, deer, lamb etc.
Chicken, ostridge, turkey.
Eggs: whites
Fish, not that much though.
Cheese: mozzarella and low-fat cottage cheese.
I eat some fruit and vegetables, but not close enough to what is recommended.
Occasionally I eat a bowl of high-protein pasta, or rice to get some extra carbs, but it's usually very little.
I drink alot of milk and some juice, but mostly water.
I don't use any supplements of anykind.
I've learned that it's a pretty expensive diet, but it's mostly because the red-meat is expensive. I'm solving this by eating wild meat I've got stored in the freezer at home, when I run out I'll probably poach a deer or some hares. I'm also considering smaller mammals and rodents. As summer is closing in I'll live at my dad's summer house by the coast and I'll start fishing alot more, I have several spear-guns and harpoons and now I've got a reason for going on aquatic hunts, except for the enjoyment. I've also placed a few traps in the wilderness.
Effects/side-effects so far: Except for the lowerback pain, probably caused by a lack of water needed for digesting all that protein, I really haven't encounterd any serious side-effects so far, I get pretty tired after meal, but I usually solve this with a brief time of inactivity, or if I can, a nap. When I workout I'm actually having the same results, and I'm still gaining in the terms of lifting, I had a new personal best at BP the last workout. My bodyweight is standing still, but that's because I kept my calorie intake as with my other diet. I've also managed to lower my bodyfat without dropping weight, my jawmuscularity has also increased because of the amount of chewy red-meat I consume. I don't know why I'm on this diet, but I will continue on it until I'm forced to change it because of health reasons, if I drop below 200lbs, if I'm turning weaker, or simply get bored with it. Right now I'm feeling great.
I'll make a more detailed report in a few weeks when I can see some more "longterm" effects. Meanwhile I recommend everyone to follow my example, especially pregnant women.
http://www.syslog.com/~jwilson/pics-i-like/carnivore.jpg
Now I've changed my diet so proteins play a bigger part in my daily calorie intake. Instead of letting proteins be a 35% part of my daily food consumption, I've raised it to about 65-85%, yesterday it was probably close to 90% because all I ate during the day was steaks and low-fat cottage cheese... After a few days with my new diet I started to feel some pain in my lower back after the meals, I guess it was the kidneys or liver. However, I solved this by drinking 7 litres of water each day. I now eat about 4-5 times a day, somehow I never really go hungry between the meals anymore, as I did on my previous diet, which I've had like for 5 years.
What I eat.(Roughly)
Red-meat: Veil, oxe, moose, deer, lamb etc.
Chicken, ostridge, turkey.
Eggs: whites
Fish, not that much though.
Cheese: mozzarella and low-fat cottage cheese.
I eat some fruit and vegetables, but not close enough to what is recommended.
Occasionally I eat a bowl of high-protein pasta, or rice to get some extra carbs, but it's usually very little.
I drink alot of milk and some juice, but mostly water.
I don't use any supplements of anykind.
I've learned that it's a pretty expensive diet, but it's mostly because the red-meat is expensive. I'm solving this by eating wild meat I've got stored in the freezer at home, when I run out I'll probably poach a deer or some hares. I'm also considering smaller mammals and rodents. As summer is closing in I'll live at my dad's summer house by the coast and I'll start fishing alot more, I have several spear-guns and harpoons and now I've got a reason for going on aquatic hunts, except for the enjoyment. I've also placed a few traps in the wilderness.
Effects/side-effects so far: Except for the lowerback pain, probably caused by a lack of water needed for digesting all that protein, I really haven't encounterd any serious side-effects so far, I get pretty tired after meal, but I usually solve this with a brief time of inactivity, or if I can, a nap. When I workout I'm actually having the same results, and I'm still gaining in the terms of lifting, I had a new personal best at BP the last workout. My bodyweight is standing still, but that's because I kept my calorie intake as with my other diet. I've also managed to lower my bodyfat without dropping weight, my jawmuscularity has also increased because of the amount of chewy red-meat I consume. I don't know why I'm on this diet, but I will continue on it until I'm forced to change it because of health reasons, if I drop below 200lbs, if I'm turning weaker, or simply get bored with it. Right now I'm feeling great.
I'll make a more detailed report in a few weeks when I can see some more "longterm" effects. Meanwhile I recommend everyone to follow my example, especially pregnant women.
http://www.syslog.com/~jwilson/pics-i-like/carnivore.jpg