My BIG Carnivore Mistake (And How YOU Can Avoid It) 

I'm so dang lucky! Everyone in my group of people are 100% behind me. In fact, I think I made a little mistake. I told my wife that I was having issues with dairy. Now if I decide to take a spoon of cream cheese as a pick me up, I get the stink eye, or the raised eyebrow. But all of my friends and family are not only supportive but encouraging and actively interested in my journey.

I really needed this! Love your recipes. My biggest block is alcohol when I get stressed with husband’s Alzheimers (just being honest). Love both of you!

I didn't have any struggles 2 years ago when I started Carnivore. Now, 60+- pounds gone, but now I find myself slipping. I'm doing the sardine fast, now, so finally see the inches coming back off. The struggles are very real, and the addiction is very strong.

I don't have a local support system, all of my friends and family don't understand. I have my youtube support system that I check in with daily and that is what keeps me motivated and driven to keep fighting the good fight. Started Carnivore 8 months ago with an occasional lapse, but was able to right the ship immediately due to youtubers (like you) to give me the needed support to keep going. Down 70 lbs and looking to drop another 70 in the next year. Thanks for your support.

Thankfully my husband are in this together. My mom and her husband are doing it as well We were all keto for 5 years prior to Carnivore as well. Did really well until all the stupid keto products came out. The thing I am most fearful of is losing my husband. He had cancer 40 years ago and lost his leg. He had 6 bypasses in 2011. He had a centralized stroke that left him partially blind in one eye. He just turned 60 and feels better than he has in a long time. We both eat this way to keep him here as long as possible. Thankfully I always have someone I can talk to. It has made the last 15 months much easier.

Started carnivore 3 weeks ago. Stunningly, I am down 36lbs already. Will not weigh myself again for a month. I have planned a BLT sandwich when done my 3 month challenge. Will be using carnivore bread and the butter mayo recipe, so not a major "cheat" but I am scared of breaking my newish habits.

I do remember how supportive Chris was to you, Ash, when you were keto and he was carnivore. How he supported you and cooked keto for you while he continued to be carnivore and I thought that was so loving. We can support each other, without tearing each other apart, even when we don't agree with the different choices we each make as individuals. We all desire to feel better and get healthier. Sometimes it takes awhile to see what others have learned on their journey to better health that could help us be healthier. I say this because I struggle with wanting others to just do what I do (even though I often give in to my addictions), and I have in the past been very pushy towards others. But, I have calmed down and just learned that if I live out what I want to help others, that is the best example I can be and the best way to show others just what changing your eating lifestyle can do to help you feel better in all areas of your life. I have come off all 3 anti-depressants that my doctors put me on and I have never felt better! I just want to feel better. When the weight comes off because I continue to eat healthier and feel better, that is a bonus for me! I have a long way to go, but I am heading in the right direction, praise God! I couldn't do it without Him and His strength. When I mess up, and I do, He gets me back on track and I am so very thankful, for Him and for you both. ❤

Ashley looks amazing btw, can see how well she's toning up in the short sleeves

I'm on keto to keep my blood sugar in check rather than to lose weight. The nutritionist said that at my age, my bmi was good, but I have lost about 10 lbs. I'm pleased with that,but I am more focused on other things, like reducing inflammation and autoimmune issues. I realise that it's going to take time, but those mornings when I wake up feeling really great are so worth it. Ash, I have seen the new video, and I was wonderful. You have one of those raw, heartfelt voices that are so often heard in classic country. Keep singing, and I will happily keep listening.

I’ve been in maintenance for three months and I weigh every day because I’m charting a trend and you are exactly right. My trends show that my weight, even though I change nothing in my diet, can vary within a 4 pound window. The amazing thing though is I still feel a little bit of inches still coming off. I am blessed that I haven’t struggled. Today I’ve been carnivore for 400 days. My success is do to my mindset. I came into this lifestyle with the attitude that I will not fail. Nothing can bring me down. I will succeed no matter what. One must be totally committed to healing themselves. I don’t care what anyone else thinks. All that matters is the wonderful healing that I’ve experienced. I am proof that this is the proper human diet.

I am 8lbs away from the weight I was at all through my 20's. This is amazing considering I'm doing carnivore rather loosely. I went from around 146 to 126. Makes me want to regroup and do carnivore more purely. The weight keeps coming off.

So happy with your channel. Been Ketovore since June 12, 2024, so all your videos and content is so encouraging

I was lucky to have my husband totally on board with me doing low carb/keto/ketovore. For me, once I was over the addiction to the carbs (it took 8 weeks for me - a long time of feeling awful and sad and depressed! ) But once I was on the other side, even though from time to time I've had a bunch of carbs (extremely rare) it's never sent me back. Down 55 pounds, and feeling better than ever. I hate to think what my life could have been if I'd understood this long ago (I'm 64, started at 62.) But c'est la vie. That's how it went. I feel I'm setting myself up for a good older age, doing what I can do to avoid disease and decline. I eat few carbs, I work out, I lift weights. I'm so much happier. Love this channel and watch every video. I didn't have a specific community, but I watch 2 keto-related videos a day - one in the morning, one in the evening. I love to cook, so Chris is a hero to me. Anyway, that - I suppose - was the community for me, just watching the videos and learning more and more. xoxo Much love to Ash & Chris

You look great Ash! You too Chris🙂 I love your channel and your relationship.

That support is vital for any amount of success. I finally have my wife's support. My "why" is to get off all the meds and I had to change my view about bad carbs. Because of Type 2 diabedes, carbs are a poison to me and I have to stop poisoning myself.

Mine is going out to eat with my cousin, its hard to stick to keto or ketovore. I fell off the wagon bad last night, but today I jumped right back on and I'm trying to not feel guilty over it. This is a great chat, it is really helping me :) I do find planning very helpful, especially if I'm not eating at home.

Doing a “Ketovore thing tomorrow …going to make BLT sandwiches for family…I baked cloud bread buns for myself…wish me luck! 🥓🥚👍🏻

Thank you for such support. Love you guys. You’re making me look into why I’m stalling with my weight loss journey. I’m about 15 lbs from my goal. I k know a major issue is Diet soda & stress. I feel it’s my comfort go to but I need to kick it. Any suggestions?

That was one of my biggest worries as well. Just not having the support. Turned out I had more than I realized and it made talking about my health issues and the things I'm doing to try and resolve them easier. Over the last month(?) or so my IBS symptoms have plummeted and went from a daily issue to maybe once a week. My acid reflux issues are a bit more entrenched apparently as my issues with it have dropped but nowhere near as much as my IBS. Regardless, it's nice to have some relief...

I just crossed my 3 year ketoversary. I've been really depressed. Despite being"fairly" on plan, I've gained 30 lbs this last year. I have no one in my personal life that is PHD. All T2D and heart issues. My why is to be able to take care of myself and not have to rely on anyone for "normal" life stuff. I'm struggling. Been very down/depressed lately. Binging on berries. Glad for youtube and everyone out there in this space.

I’m only 6 weeks into carnivore. I did two years of very low carb and lost 145 pounds but stalled out at about a year and a half. I was constantly fighting cravings for sweets. I began carnivore because of increasingly worse IBS, which is MUCH better already on carnivore. While my cravings are mostly gone, stressful days really make me crave cookies and peanut butter. I’m getting ready to go on a three-week cruise with three friends who are supportive but eat daily sweets and drink a bit of alcohol. I’m committed to stay carnivore on this trip because I truly am addicted to sugar. All of those delectable desserts worry me.

Well said Chris & Ash! ❤Great talk! We’re definitely here for each other. WE ARE FAMILY! 🫶🥰🙌🤗

Great advice Chris and Ash! Thanks for the encouragement!! You guys are awesome!! ❤️❤️

Congratulations Ashley!!

You all are awesome!

I don’t struggle I’ve been doing carnivore for over a yr now. I don’t stress if I eat or drink something not on the diet. I get back on track the next day. I not gaining but it’s slow 3 lbs a month is it I was 199 now 190

If you feel disappointed that you only lost one or two pounds, go to the store and look at a one/two pound package of ground beef.

Great advice Chris. I find that when I'm most vulnerable to cheating is when I am stressed about something in my life. Whether its my kids or grand children, it is too easy to use food as a way of dealing with the stress. So, now to plan for that, so I have a plan to immediately squash that thing, as you say. I'll have to think about that:)

One of the very best carnivore videos yet. I'm struggling too badly today to comment entirely (one of the many illnesses this diet is HEALING is acting up because I accidentally took too much fish oil) but I'm coming back tomorrow to lend some support. I love what you guys are doing! Congratulations Chris Cooking for Ashville ❤

You also need to remember that losing fat while adding muscle will decrease your measurements but can actually add weight. Muscle takes up less space but weighs more. What I do now is only record the lowest weight, and as long as I don’t see a consistent weight that’s more than 5 lbs more than my lowest, I don’t worry about it. If you keep your record more as a graph than simply as a number, you’ll see the downward slope when you’re in losing mode.

Thank you so much for your videos! I totally agree with you ❤

Some tough love from Chris cooking Nashville 👌 my biggest stumbling block was not from self sabotage but from family members sadly. But I realize in general the longer I do carnivore the more my body responds and the easier it is to go off the wagon and come right back on quickly and less often.

We could sure use a lot more of this exact positivity & support in the world today. 👍🏻 It’s not just about the weight loss, but yes-way to go, Ash! You both look fantastic! Now I need to hop over to your 2nd channel & show a little love over there as well. 😀❤️

I have been doing keto for about 6 weeks now. I did adkins back in the early 2000’s. Doing adkins, I had resigned myself to “this is my new life, and I’m happy with my choice” this time around, I am going through the motions, but I almost feel like I have to do this. And honestly, I’m rebellious, I think and sometimes I’m angry. Although, I am a great cook and have a ton of options of things to eat. I haven’t eaten crackers in a year before starting this, but now that I can’t eat crackers, I’m mad about it. It’s totally mental and likely stems from food insecurity as a kid. But honestly I didn’t give it any real thought until you guys sat me down to have a talk. So, thank you for that! Lol

Remember the "why" and support each other... Great work! 👍🏻

Great advice❤

It's a daily way of eating to us, not a diet. I am lucky to have a wonderful, encouraging husband. He did remove all the food that were not animal based. We started as an elimination and it saved us. We feel better, all positive....well except the purging and flu like in beginning. Now 6 months later, we have so much more knowledge of what the standard diet has done to us. So thank you for sharing your meals. For me, PBJ and Cake is a weakness. One month I had Peanutbutter because we had grandkids over and I felt I could have, it's my comfort food, (one week). Ok no, I was inflamed and could not make a fist without pain. It took 1 1/2 weeks to recover. The only food, that we have not found to replace is Chinese Food, Orange Chicken. ..yum. My trick now is I crave the food, but I can literally taste it in my head, and remember how it hurts me, I say nope...🎉

Thank you both!! Much of what you said hit home with me and much of your advice will help me with my crazy cravings😊

You, "stop it." Me, jumping on a scale. x-) Down one pound. Yay.

Continued from a longer post..... great video today, You both are inspiring. I wanted to say I weigh daily. It doest hinder me, I just need to know, fun to track. When I went to Nashville, I thought I'd eat all the things, but I ate but made better choices. And the sweets, I had two bites. Heard that " you only are tasting the first two bites" then....you are only eating to eat."

My struggle is with friends and family thinking it’s not a big deal to “eat whatever “ when they offer it up. It’s more like they take it personally that you aren’t taking food they are offering. Somehow it hurts their feelings in someway. I hear “you deserve “ to have this sweet treat- when I’m thinking I deserve to be healthy. My other struggle is at work. My work environment is a high carb/ sugar additive group. Every day there are bagels or doughnuts, ice cream, cakes, pizza etc. I really don’t crave these anymore, but the constant environment of unhealthy food is insane. Smelling bagels cooking in toaster is a struggle sometimes. Employers believe they are helping the staff through stress and being short staffed by supplying “comfort” food to show they care- good intentions but not helping anyone. More recently my office has been moved out of the main area, so now I don’t see or smell all this food constantly, so that helps. I guess it’s making me stronger and more dedicated to health , when I see so many addicted to the SAD and unhealthy. Many of my coworkers are young and haven’t seen the long term effects , but I’m in my 60s and my body is not as forgiving as it was in my 20s. I am dedicated to my health and wellbeing , but it would be nice not to have it in my face everyday at work.

For the most part I have support, however there are some who are showing concern with my weight loss. The constant push of even “vegetables” of healthy filler foods, thinking and being concerned that I’m not being healthy. I just need to remember to not eat what essentially for my body is “poison” because of the violent reaction I have. I don’t have the breakthrough migraines or pain and inflammation when I eat carnivore. I need to keep from letting others “opinions” affect what I put in my body. Thank you so much for these reminders, I don’t need any validation from anyone aside from how I feel!

Good afternoon neighbor, from Copperhill Tn. 😊

Great inspirational video! It's a daily struggle, for real! My husband had a really big Carnivore win when he went to his annual endocrinologist visit to see if his thyroid meds were still appropriate. They noticed his significant weight loss, and his blood pressure was perfect 120/80. His blood work reviewed with Dr. was also better than it's ever been despite only having half his thyroid and missing some morning doses of his ND thyroid med. Dr said keeep doing what your doing. Amazing results 👏 👌 🙌!! I agree with everything you said in this video. A couple weeks ago I made a modified Mole enchilada recipe (my husband is half Mexican)using bone broth and butter for the sauce and a carnivore crepelike tortilla that was delicious. Keep the recipes coming because we just need them sometimes!

You’re a good man, Chris!

Awesome advice im takingʻ in a lot here

Hey Chris. Your such a recipe wizard could you come up with a carnivore crispy ginger beef recipe. Enjoy you videos. Thanks from Canada

I just eat steak the same way every day. I dont get sick of it.

Having a doc freak out that cholesterol went from fine to not fine as I moved from keto to carnivore. Overall, lost 107 lbs since my heaviest, then promptly gained 17 back. Switching to carnivore, now I've re-lost 2, but am impatient and discouraged with the rest results.

Love you guys❤

The struggle is real. Even though I have only been doing this a short time, (May Challenge) continuing in June even though we are not home! My family lives in Minnesota and we are visiting June-August. So we are living in a mini hotel room with a makeshift kitchen so of course we are eating out or at family gatherings soooooooo it is a very hard thing. Include in that graduations happening with open houses where you are not in control. So far I have offset by eating before we go and just sticking or doing Ketovore instead of carnivore but I am struggling!

love and light

Family gatherings are the biggest external challenge. There’s one (who has always been fit and athletic) who thinks a little candy can’t hurt and is pushy and judgmental. My biggest internal struggle is not loosing weight. I think my body composition is changing ever so slightly, but it’s a grind. At this point I’m mostly focusing on keeping inflammation down, but it would be nice to see more obvious progress. I guess it’s due to an unhealthy need for validation.

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Love you guys.

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I need help figuring out what to eat at work. I drive a school bus, not sitting at a desk so I need to keep something there that I can eat quickly. I’m thinking meat sticks. I bring hard boiled eggs but I’m sick of them. I have access to a refrigerator and microwave.

I've been keto for nearly 3 yrs. What I crave once in a while is Kraft Macaroni and Cheese! I don't have a problem with not eating sweets. I never really did like cake (except strawberry short cake! Thankfully, it's a seasonal sweet. 1 time a year year and I'm good!) I would love to eat carnivore, but my husband is not on board with that, yet 😂

My biggest struggle is dessert. I am not happy if i don't have it after supper. I make things with allulose or monkfruit and alternative flours, just made a new carnivore flour that i think will help. But, i don't see how i can give up my sweets, even if they are keto sweets.

U guys are so AMAZING!!!!

The one food i really miss/struggle with is baked potatoes :< i absolutely Love potatoes and it's extremely hard to no longer eat them. So sometimes i will have a single scoop of baked potatoes and i eat them one by one savouring the taste.

Go post on his studio channel to help take traffic there. Please

Thank you

Excellent video

I completely went off the rails, struggling to get back on

Sweets are my biggest problem. And breads.

This is a time of year where there has been a lot of birthdays anniversaries celebrations and of course the hot weather these are times when I really miss cold ice cream so if you can create an amazing carnivore ice cream that would be a merciful lifeboat for me right now. I've actually had regular ice cream a couple times this month and I just don't want to do that to myself anymore. I don't want to totally undo all the good that I've done in my body and emotionally right now I need ice cream. I just need to eat the right kind of ice cream something that's purely carnivore that's got all the protein and it's got the healthy fat It doesn't have to have fancy fruit flavors or anything it just needs to be cold hard ice cream.

I dont get any flak for eating keto/carnivore but am having trouble sticking to it now. Chemo is making eating the heavy protein foods very difficult

My biggest issues are not liking beef, hating the texture of fat and cheese causing inflammation 😢

Im doing this alone its been a year and a half. Im not even tempted to go off. Im good alone.

I’ve been carnivore three months and haven’t lost an ounce….so discouraged. For the first time today I checked ketones and I haven’t even managed to achieve ketosis. Beef, lamb, eggs….nOTHING!

Carnivore oatmeal pls!!!!!!!!

There are still doctors who tell people they NEED sugar. I am having some trouble at the bottom of my esophagus where it enters my stomach and the recommended diet is fruit and veg and crackers. No fried foods. Well, some fried stuff IS bad. I bet lightly scrambled eggs in butter would e great for me but wonder if anyone would recommend it? People who won't respect your 'no' are trying to control you. This and berating is abusive behavior. Abusive.

i miss light and refreshing foods... like cold fruit or cold veggies... fat is so heavy

I know I’m carb addicted, unfortunately my family doesn’t get what that means, and since I don’t live by myself because of disability I can’t have total control what comes in the house, I had joined dr ken Berry’s community until food prices went up and had to choose paying for support or to put it towards meat which is my main food. I love my dog Bosley who’s 13 and a big dog half German Shepherd half red haired hound and was struggling with a bad back, bad right hip and of course stressing me out, unfortunately dealing with trigger foods sometimes at home, sometimes at Wednesday night Bible study where they have trigger food snacks, which means sometimes was easier to buy when alone to give in to quite the cravings the nights before. Thankfully Bosley has been doing better as of late medicine seems to be working for him, still when alone I tend to struggle, because Bosley also has extreme separation anxiety when I leave the house even if an hour, let alone have vacation for days, so its been close to 3 years since going on a true vacation, I’ve been using Golf as a mini vacation and really helps to get away from busy thinking, for a mental break, still trying to find something to have that same mental break at home , I’m getting there even while preparing for a time alone as my family goes away, unfortunately it’s when I’m home alone I feel I can get away with certain foods, I also know I need to give up dairy because too much triggers joint pain. So how can I stop sabotaging myself is the question I’ve been asking, more and more each day I’ve been trying to focus on Jesus who is my Savior and planting Good Seeds, Good Words, Good Music, I write poetry by the way books found on amazon. Having more people around me that understood would help also, and know I’m not alone helps, just haven’t found that human connection that I can join consistently on a friendly budget. One day at a time

The scale is LAVA 😂

The biggest problem is I am disabled, and nobody want to do this with me. I don't cook for myself.

My main detractor is my oldest son. Who has forbidden me to cook keto food when he's around. Well then -- bring your own food, because I don't HAVE nonketo food...(I want to be clear here, I *NEVER* experiment with new foods on the boys - only tried and trues AND things I think they may enjoy. AND I don't mind them saying nope, that doesn't do it for me. I'll go back to the drawing board and come up with something else!) I came home from the hospital, during which the dr said if I didn't change things I'd be dead... and literally cleared out my cupboards. He knows this as he got about a third of it. (another third to my youngest son, another third to my bestie)It does hurt though...that he doesn't care if *I* suffer, so long as I cater to his whims... I'm lucky Youngest Son supports me. Of course he's the one that had to come over and care for my animals while I occupied space at the local hospital, I guess. Anyway I'm glad to have him. I guess I'm lucky he's the only one to give me a rough time. Well him and my coworker who lectured me on getting too thin -- I was still 190 then, hardly wasting away here...*roll eyes* Kinda shut her down. lol

How about keto deserts like cupcakes?

I have trouble avoiding sodas.

Ash, the scale will lie, and your pants tell you the truth. (Bacon makes your pants fall off!!) You know this, but I think that American women have been brainwashed to obsess over the scale. I'd been doing keto for six months with zero scale change, but my pants were definitely speaking to me. Then BOOM!! 30 pounds down. Just listen to the fit of your clothes. They will never lie. You are looking fabulous, btw!

limited choices of foods is hard... i've never been a big red meat fan and i miss diversity a lot

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My biggest fear is that I lose all the weight I want to lose, but gain no muscle definition and just look like a shar pei dog. Floppy flappy blob. 🥴

I only weigh once a month

I used to weigh 280 pounds. Yesterday, I weighed 109. I'm always afraid of getting fat again. After I lost all my weight, when we got together with the family, I ate whatever I wanted.I can gain seven pounds in a day. But the next day, I go right back to my normal eating, and it might take two or three days, sometimes 4, to lose those pounds, and that's ok.

The nice thing is if you hit a plateau you still loose inches big time.

You both are looking thinner arms, face, shoulder upper area❤praise the Lord Jesus ❤

I’m guilty.