Congratulations to me! I have finished week 6 of my all beef, salt, water and black coffee diet. I originally set out to do this diet for six weeks, so I am happy to have achieved this goal! I have made it through two birthdays, a week of vacation and July 4th with no cheating. And here’s how I feel: great.
I have lost four pounds, most of my bloating is gone even on 90 degree days, the merciless tight feeling in my body is gone, I have way more good days than bad days, and get this, I have even started exercising. I attended my first yoga class in years and teared up with gratitude for arriving at this point. Today was my second class and I was amazed again by how much more flexible my body is. I can’t believe it!
In central Virginia we have had about 3 weeks now of consistent 90 plus degree weather. In the past I simply could not handle the heat stress on my body. I routinely would be going back to bed, feeling uncomfortable, swollen, with many Lyme/mold symptoms flaring. This week I have been productive, have only taken maximum of 20 minute naps a couple of times, practiced, gone to the gym and done my normal routine.
Walking up our driveway is a litmus test for how I’m doing on any day. It’s a hill. Not a huge hill, just a hill, but some days I feel so crappy that it takes me a long time to walk slowly, like an elderly, feeble woman up the hill. This week even with temperatures soaring close to 100 I walked up that hill with strength, like a normal person.
Anything I’m seeing that’s not positive about my all beef diet? My electrolytes which have been pretty wacky pre-all beef are even more depleted. I am having to chug electrolytes all day to stay optimally functioning. When I get low symptoms are anything from bad calf cramps to major brain fuzziness to fatigue and lethargy to burning in muscles. I have heard other Carnivores say that eventually the body figures it out and regulates it. I’ve also heard that supplementing with electrolytes can keep the body from regulating, but I’m really not sure how I would manage without supplementation. So I’ll just see how it goes.
My digestion fluctuates from normal to quasi diarrhea, although I don’t really see that as a negative because it wasn’t great in other ways pre-all beef either. The fact that it’s normal about 50% of the time is actually an improvement. And no you don’t need fiber. That’s totally a made up thing.
Does this progress mean that I’m cured, good to go? No, I still have symptoms which impair the quality of my life that need to be reversed; but the progress is tangible and honestly elating. I am filled with joy to see these noteworthy changes in my body.
Sooo guess what? I’m not gonna stop now. I don’t know how long I’m going to keep doing it, but for right now, beef, it’s what’s for dinner.
Gonna Get Well 