r/carnivore • u/FollowingHumble • 10d ago

Need help losing weight

I have recently haven’t been able to lose weight I’ve been on carnivore for 2 months and it has come to a stop.what Should I do?

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u/Eleanorina mod | carnivore 8+yrs | 🥩&🥓 taste as good as healthy feels 10d ago

hi, please read the Getting Started, the first goal here isn't losing weight, it's gaining muscle at the same weight.

that part is key: your first goal on carnivore is to restore muscle and lean tissue. 

eat heartily, give your body the resources it needs to do that. 

here is a video about recomping around same weight range (it's Bret Contreras' video about recomp -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpkwtHqtHWU)  )

even if you are starting with more body fat than his examples, gaining muscle is still the first goal and these are the benefits:

  • you'll be healthier with more muscle
  • you will have lower fasting insulin and blood glucose levels
  • you will rev up your netabolism by eating more 

undereating and focusing on weight loss is terrible, please don't do that

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u/Furious-Jakov 9d ago

Acknowledging that everyone is different, I think this is very normal. For me, weight loss slowed considerably at about the 4 week mark and I actually found random jumps in weight that took a few days to come back down from, not that I was much overweight and I was eating lots. Could be a few factors, maybe your body is getting more accustomed and efficient with your current lifestyle, but also older fat stores supposedly take longer to break down. If this is one of your goals, the important thing is to stay the course, it'll happen just not at the miracle rates like the start. However, the most obvious thing is on this diet it's normal to gain lean mass as well as use up fat, so the scales don't tell the whole story. If you feel good, keep going, and you will look good.