• I found carnivore through YouTube after putting a few reels aside at first.
• A six-month plant-based period was hard for me to maintain.
• Dr. Anthony Chaffee's material on day-to-day and athletic benefits made carnivore feel relevant to performance, not just weight loss.
• Zero-carb athletic performance was the question that pulled me in.
• Weight loss matters, but this became a lifestyle change.

Health background and why change was needed

• I had a small health scare after three "CO" jabs, recovered, and did not investigate it further.
• My bigger issue was an unhealthy lifestyle while chasing esports, which led me to neglect my health.
• Growing up in a large Filipino household with a giant rice cooker normalized overeating for me.
• Overeating became one of the habits I needed to break.

Starting carnivore and adapting

• I started around January 2024 and have stayed with it for about two years and some change.
• I went in cold turkey.
• The first two weeks were a real adjustment, with gut issues, frequent bathroom trips, and unstable energy.
• Milk stayed in because I love milkshakes and kept milk within how I was approaching carnivore.
• After that early adjustment, sleep, recovery, and general day-to-day feeling improved a lot.

Family response and longer-term view

• My siblings gave mixed reactions, but they understood the case for animal foods as nutrient-dense.
• They also warned me about cholesterol, how I was feeling, and possible internal damage.
• My brother Michael was especially supportive and kept checking in.
• He now eats mostly animal foods himself and feels great on that approach.
• I am taking this year by year, but I expect to keep eating far more animal foods because my energy stays consistent and I do not crash.

Work, fasting, and daily structure

• Carnivore plus fasting made me more productive at work because the afternoon dip largely stopped.
• I usually have coffee in the morning and wait until later to eat, and that helped regulate my tendency to overeat.
• Meat becoming less appealing once I have had enough feels like my body telling me to slow down.
• My weekly structure is 500-calorie coffee-and-milk days on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, with bacon, eggs, steak, side meat, and another egg on the other days.
• My eating days are about 2,500 calories, my lighter days are about 500 calories, and that is far below the 5,000-calorie overeating pattern I used to have.

Food noise, weight loss, and body change

• Food noise dropped sharply, and I can now watch a movie without constant thoughts about going to the kitchen.
• Chips and milkshakes used to make it easy for me to eat thousands of calories without noticing.
• I started at about 220 kg, sit around 150 kg now, and lost 70 kg over two years.
• I lost about 35 kg in the first year and about 35 kg in the second year.
• I want another 50 kg off and see carnivore as the best weight-loss tool I have used.
• Slower loss feels better for body adaptation, and so far loose skin is mostly limited to my stomach and love handles.

How I explain it to other people

• I tell people the first two to four weeks are hard, so they need to find a version they can actually sustain.
• My practical advice is to eat animal foods, lean hard on staples like beef, butter, bacon, eggs, milk, honey, and seafood, and take it one day at a time.
• I see the goal as changing your life, not proving something for 30 or 90 days.

References

• [00:30] Dr Anthony Chaffee — https://dranthonychaffee.com/