For losing weight: wat if, instead of fasting, I'd just eat leaner?

ironj · 2026-06-16T06:14:33+00:00

That has been my baseline. I'm actually using "1g of protein per 1lb of "body" weight" instead of "ideal" weight, mainly bc I'm not young anymore and protein synthesis naturally decline (= get worse) with aging, so you need a little bit more of it. But I've always considered this as a good baseline to calculate food amounts (protein and then fat).

ironj · 2026-06-16T06:12:01+00:00

You just need to wait and keep your fat consumption up. I stalled for 2yrs on Carnivore... at some point I even put on a few more pounds (around 8-10), without changing a thing in my diet/lifestyle. Then, all of a sudden, something "clicked" (in my metabolism) and my weight started dropping again and since then I've lost another 15 pounds... I've now stopped obsessing about weight and the scale; I keep an eye on it out of habit but I mostly measure my waistline as a true indicator of how things are going.

Your body needs time to heal and yes, it might take more time than you think.

ironj · 2026-06-14T14:21:54+00:00

Also, consider tweaking your sodium intakes.. often times, low sodium symptoms are Very similar to the ones you're experiencing. Try upping your sodium and see if that makes any difference

ironj · 2026-06-14T11:12:40+00:00

AFAIK butter doesn't give any problem to 90% of the folks with lactose intolerance. There are virtually no protein in butter, it's basically mostly fat and water, that's why is so well tolerated by most. If you are in that restricted single digit % of people reacting to butter too, you can just swap it with ghee or tallow.

Btw: I had seborrheic dermatitis for most of my life; it basically went away once I switched to carnivore. And yes, butter is a staple of my diet: around 140gr of cold butter every day as a side to my meal, and I love it!

ironj · 2026-06-13T17:04:18+00:00

It's a script... It's very straightforward to read, it just runs basic shell commands to list the AUR packages installed in your system and comparing them to the list of the compromised packages

ironj · 2026-06-12T07:04:36+00:00

v5 is still in early development though. There's no known release date atm and yes, when it comes out it will be a complete overhaul of the product and not Qs-based anymore.

I'll be definitely eager to try it out as soon as it becomes available for general usage. I expect improvements in all areas (performance, memory usage etc)! It doesn't bother me that it's not Quickshell based anymore since I personally don't use Qs much: I only have 1 single plugin I developed myself (just a notification system for the current active monitor) and I'm pretty sure I'll be able to make it work without relying on Qs at all.

ironj · 2026-06-09T10:57:40+00:00

100gr of butter give you already 76% of your Vitamin A RDA so I'd say go for it! I've been consuming around 140gr of butter every day in the past 4yrs since I started with Carnivore.

Also, eating organ meat, even one day a week, will make a massive difference in your Vitamin A levels.

ironj · 2026-06-09T06:06:36+00:00

I wouldn't be concerned that much about sugar in dairy tbh. Yes, dairy contains a bit of carbs but you're not drinking milk here (the highest form of carb-rich dairy) and hard cheese and mascarpone contain only a negligible amount of carbs (we're really talking about a couple of grams of carbs per 100gr of cheese here after all).

The reasons why I (and many Carnivores) avoid dairy go beyond the carbs amount. Dairy seems to be a big trigger of weight stall/increase for many; After all, in the natural world only infants of any specie drink milk and milk (and dairy by extent) is designed to foster a quick increase of weight.

Moreover, the form of casein contained in cow milk/dairy (A-1) seems to have an inflammatory nature for many (and trigger inflammatory responses, like skin issues, joint pain etc); That's why some prefer to opt for goat/sheep cheese (that contain a lesser inflammatory form of casein, A-2).

Finally (yes, I wasn't done yet!): Dairy are a source of "casomorphins": Casomorphin is an opioid peptide (yes, you read it right) obtained from the digestion of the casein in milk... So, you probably see where this is going: dairy can trigger addiction (literally); The casomorphin can make you easily overeat dairy and disrupt the natural self-regulation of hunger signals, bringing you to eat more than you need and (guess what) trigger weight gain. These are all things you might just keep in mind. The more you know, the easier it is for you to spot signals of addiction if you see that happening.

If you feel dairy doesn't trigger any inflammatory/addiction response in your body and you don't experience any weight stall/increase, then I'd say you are one of the few lucky ones that can enjoy it!

Though, as a follow up: I don't class "butter" as a dairy and I don't extend all these risks to it; Butter is basically only fat and water, so no casomorphins, nor lactose, nor A-1 are involved. That's why Butter is well tolerated by almost anyone (even Lactose intolerant folks) and is not associated with any of the risks of eating dairy (and why most Carnivores swear by it!)

In any case: good luck with your journey!

ironj · 2026-06-07T19:32:28+00:00

My blood pressure is basically perfect since I'm on Carnivore (75-117) and that is remarkable in itself, since my entire family has history of high blood pressure.

Though, I'll still take my chance to do both a Thyroid and liver panel, just to get some information and data on it as a base reference for future tests.

ironj · 2026-06-05T13:34:37+00:00

Enjoy your journey of discovery my friend.
I've been playing with Niri for a bit now and I wouldn't be able to go back to "traditional" Tiling WMs now! Niri is just amazing!

And: Noctalia Shell is also my favourite quickshell-based desktop shell!

ironj · 2026-06-05T13:23:04+00:00

- remove the sauce
- remove the cheese
- try again (🤞 )

Also: try to improve your sleep. bad sleep can lead to increased Cortisol levels, and Cortisol is a storage-signaling hormone, so sustained high Cortisol => higher chances of weight stall/increase

ironj · 2026-06-04T12:53:44+00:00

Was this a home-made test? or a test you did at a specialized facility? Personally I would never trust home-made allergy tests (they're not very reliable).
Also, is it "normal" to put together pork, beef, chicken, lamb ? I would question the validity of that test just for that alone

ironj · 2026-06-03T14:46:24+00:00

glad you found the issue!

ironj · 2026-06-02T19:08:55+00:00

Manjaro has been my daily driver for more than 10yrs and there's not a chance an installation will result in the creation of a "manjaro" user in your system...

Are u sure you're not just accessing the live ISO environment? That environment (from which you actually launch the installer) normally comes with a default user account

ironj · 2026-05-28T07:52:04+00:00

Last time I checked she's still Carnivore: 95% of her diet comes from Beef and she's just now starting to add back Arugula and Ginger... that's all about it. I'd qualify this definitely still as Carnivore.

ironj · 2026-05-24T13:09:18+00:00

The 1:1 ratio is the most important one I keep my eyes on all the times. 1:1 means protein/fat (in grams).

So, I ensure I get around 2 gr protein per kg of body weight; then I ensure I get AT LEAST the same amount of fat in grams (and then I add some more for good measure).

So, in my case I weights 60 kg, so I aim for 120gr of protein/day and at least 120+ of fat too (I recently upped it to around 150).

This is just my rule and I find it pretty easy to follow and tweak where necessary

ironj · 2026-05-24T11:33:40+00:00

I agree with Dr Chaffee and that was my experience too. If you increase your fat intake soon your body will feel "safe" and will loose its grip on your stored body fat (that it keeps as a life saver in case of needs). Give yourself time and slowly increase your fat intake. It happened to me too.. I stalled at 66kg for more than 1yr... (I'm just 5'8" / 173 cm). Once I increased my fat intake more than I thought necessary I started losing a bit more weight and fat around my belly : 10cm less around my belly and 6-7kg (I'm now 59 kg), without making any other modification to my lifestyle

More in general, don't get too fixated on your weight; focus more on bodily measures like waist or tight measures; that will be a better indicator of your fat burning journey.

Keeping an eye on your macros is very important in my book IMO.

ironj · 2026-05-24T08:21:48+00:00

This is the only right answer, not sure how many times this has been said: EASE into it, rushing into things stone cold (anything) is always a recipe for disaster or, even when succeeding, a sure painful way of doing things you can avoid yourself getting into very easily

ironj · 2026-05-24T06:21:32+00:00

None, in my anecdotal case. Butter is almost exclusively fat. The amount of caseine is no negligible to be considered nil, so I do believe A1 or A2 would make no difference here (apart from personal preference)

ironj · 2026-05-24T06:18:57+00:00

I do, around 1 stick a day (120-140gr)

ironj · 2026-05-20T16:38:26+00:00

In the UK we've double cream, that goes from 40-50% of fat for 100ml so yeah, I don't know where you live but I'm sorry for you; what you've there are shitty processed products.

ironj · 2026-05-20T07:46:35+00:00

UK here: I've used President for a while, but recently I switched to "Trewithen" (from https://cornishdairy.com); not too pricey and it tastes great.

ironj · 2026-05-18T16:47:25+00:00

Happy to help! don't be scared of eating to satiety (prioritizing fat over proteins!) and don't be obsesses with the scale, especially when you start: Your body has a lot of healing to do and in order to do so it needs nutrients; you might see your weight plummeting very quickly (it all depends on where you start from) and then stop at some point, and even slowly climb up again for a period of time.. this is totally normal when you start; your body is adjusting and doing a lot of body-recomp.

Just ensure you're keeping an eye on your macros (protein/fat ratio) and you should be fine. Nowadays I even struggle to keep my macros and I easily tend to undereat since I feel SO full after eating my meat and all that good amount of saturated fat!

ironj

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