The hardest thing about being carnivore is the transition. A lot of people are mentally prepared to beat themselves up in the gym, but they are not mentally prepared for the emotional rollercoaster of breaking a carb addiction or the fear that eating only meat is somehow dangerous--which is amplified by all the discomfort of withdrawal & the lack of fat adaption.
The transition pains vary from person to person, both in symptoms & duration, but can be very flu like. Hangry cravings are pretty much inevitable & everything that isn't sugar may temporarily taste like cardboard. Dying organisms in your gut release chemicals that manipulate your mood & responses to certain foods. Generally after about 2 weeks people feel dramatically better, but it does take longer for some.
Ability to work out or run with the same intensity as before can take time to recover. Your body has to get good at predicting & producing all needed glucose for high intensity activities. It's helpful to think of it similarly to the adjustment that comes with working out at high altitude, however, recovery from all exercise should generally be better & faster.
Focus on consuming fatty meats (not chicken), saturated fat is your friend. If you want to burn fat you need to eat fat. Carbs & sugar put you in a hormonal state that produces fat rather than burning it. Calories are mostly irrelevant. Your brain is the most resource hungry organ & will consume much more energy in the form of ketones & glucose (produced by your liver) after you become fat adapted. So you will actually be able to consume more calories from meat without gaining weight.
It's important to distinguish between carb cravings & real hunger, if steak or eggs or salmon don't sound good then it's probably not real hunger. But when you are really hungry, eat as much steak & eggs & other real foods as you want. Liver & other organs are NOT necessary, & based on my experience may even be detrimental. Keep things simple & consistent.
After 5+years of carnivore, fatty steaks, eggs & lots of salt every day, my blood pressure is lower than when I started. BP dropped from ~130/80 to ~100/60. Everything the fiat medical industry has to say about diet is wrong. Fat is not a body type. Stop listening to them & fix your health. Most "incurable" health issues are curable.
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