Thread by @nickfogle

After 10 years of bad nutrition and poor exercise, I made a radical change.

90 Day Results:
🧠. Clarity
💪 Six Pack Abs
🧈 Lost 8% Body Fat
📉 Blood Pressure
📉 Resting Heart Rate
📛 No inflammation
🦠 Mild Covid-19

Can you guess what I did? 👇

Years ago, @saifedean introduced me and some of the @casahodl team to the #carnivore diet.

This sounded totally contrary to anything I'd learned in college. How could someone survive on just meat?

I was perplexed, but fortunately I kept an open mind.

Since then, I've been a big lurker on #carnivore #keto Twitter and watched the evidence pile up from accounts like @KenDBerryMD, @KetoCarnivore, & @Mangan150.

When I finally decided to get serious about my health, there was only one option, 🥩.

The results blew my mind. 🤯

On day 1 of my 90 day experiment, I built this cardboard & pvc dehydrator and filled it with 6 lbs of flank steak.

Soon I had a steady source of beef jerky. I was becoming a meat eating machine.

👆Thanks to @bitstein's justmeat.co for DIY jerky maker instructions.

This went well for a few days, BUT by the end of week 1, my resolve was weakening.

The jump from carb-ivore to carnivore felt unsustainable, so I dialed it back to a meat-based keto diet. This gave me some more variety: non-animal fats, some vegetables, and up to 20 carbs/ day.

It's hard to commit to something if you're not seeing progress, so I recommend regular ketone testing to track your levels.

Urine test strips are inexpensive and easy to find. They'll give you a rough idea of how you're doing, but the results aren't real-time.

For accurate data on how your levels fluctuate throughout the day, you should use a ketone blood meter. This will give you a better real-time report.

It only takes a small finger prick and a drop of blood, and you can buy one for $40 on Amazon.

Here's my reading after fasting.

Keto is like finding the "cheat code" to fat loss.

My experiment was from June 1 - Sept 1, and I used @roamresearch for tracking daily vitals, mood, and energy levels.

90 Day Results:

💪 Ripped Physique
🧠 Mental Benefits
❤️ Healthier Heart
📛 No Inflammation
🔋 Stable energy

After 100 days of keto, I took my first cheat day. The next morning the soreness was back. I'm pretty confident the culprit is processed sugar.

Now I'm planning to stick to a ketogenic diet long-term.

For a deeper dive with tips, snacks, etc, check out nickfogle.com/keto-skeptic-t…

And for more on fitness / goal setting in general.