tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post316468825708370170..comments2023-05-11T20:27:09.878+10:00Comments on Girl Gone Primal: Modern Agriculture is the Biggest Contributor to Greenhouse Gases.Jezwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649071387857019341noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-14323311543074231542009-12-02T13:05:40.760+11:002009-12-02T13:05:40.760+11:00klowcarb is also Katelyn, BTW. I've posted bef...klowcarb is also Katelyn, BTW. I've posted before.<br /><br />I eat about 2000 calories on work out days and 1650 or so on non work out days. I am 5'4" and 100 lbs. I eat at least 1.5 lbs. of beef each day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-29488813448142642982009-12-02T13:03:23.684+11:002009-12-02T13:03:23.684+11:00My zero carb diet, which I have done purely for 8 ...My zero carb diet, which I have done purely for 8 months, is 70% fat and 30% protein. Right now I am doing entirely ground beef, but that is not necessary. Ground beef is a great ZC food, particularly 80/20 and 75/25. Easily digestible, very inexpensive, tasty, and you know the exact percentages. I have never been leaner and more muscular while lifting on a zero carb diet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-66200908018122434852009-12-01T09:46:55.340+11:002009-12-01T09:46:55.340+11:00Phwoar, 15oz in one meal? Even your 10oz lunch is ...Phwoar, 15oz in one meal? Even your 10oz lunch is almost double what I eat in one serving. And my meat is fatty, unlike your chicken breasts. I bet you'd feel much better if you swapped for a fattier type of chicken, like thigh with skin. That's cheaper too, at least here.<br /><br />Do you have the ability to buy meat in bulk? I can often get bulk packs of ground beef at a really cheap price, or bulk packs or certain kinds of steak... My lamb chops - the way I used to buy them - come in slabs of about 2k for an outrageously cheap price, and yet I maintain that they are the tastiest meat out there! I know you don't have such access to lamb, but there's probably a local equivalent...<br /><br />I reckon you could be quite sated on 8oz max of meat for breakfast and dinner, with a protein shake on standby at lunch if you need to, and more fuel on workout days. I'd be surprised if that broke your budget, but I don't know what your situation is.<br /><br />The only reason I've responded is because 40g carb would certainly stall me, and make me retain water. But your body may well be different. Keep me informed of your progress! :)Jezwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649071387857019341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-62542089143877951422009-12-01T03:07:40.734+11:002009-12-01T03:07:40.734+11:00Hi Jezwyn and friends, thanks for taking your ener...Hi Jezwyn and friends, thanks for taking your energies, and time to explain in this blog the science behind fats. <br /><br />Well i am honest and realist, i am not doing a zero-carbohydrate diet, because its economically imposible for me to have meat 2 to 3 times a day. It's cheaper for me to eat whey protein powder in the food. <br /><br />And the whey-protein powder i use has about 2 grams of carbohydrates per scoop. And i take in about 3 scoops of whey-protein powder a day (6 grams of carbs.).<br /><br />Plust i take a small, bowl of cooked, boiled green-vegetables at lunch with my 10 ounces of chicken, turkey or meat.<br /><br />I was trying a zero-carb diet like you propose and instead of eating 10 ounces of meat at lunch with a serving of cooked green vegetables, i was eating 15 ounces of meat. (that made me feel too bloated and sluggish)<br /><br />I guess i could've tried 10 ounces of meat and the other calories from fat. But now i eat 10 ounces of meat and a small serving of green vegetables (which is like 30 grams of carbohydrates)<br /><br />So i think i am eating about 45 grams of carbohydrates a day, which is still within the range of most low-carbohydrate diets.<br /><br />Anyways i think i will try this low-carb diet of 40 grams of carbohydrates a day to see the results in my body-weight.<br /><br />.<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-67492236586797150382009-11-30T19:56:53.649+11:002009-11-30T19:56:53.649+11:00Congrats on the progress, Ryan! That initial water...Congrats on the progress, Ryan! That initial water-weight loss is a serious motivational boost, huh?! I was amazed by how quickly the scales showed me results when I first cut the carbs, even if the clothes took a while to show change.<br /><br />Do eggs keep your sated for long? I often have to skip lunch during the week, but meat keeps me going for a good 8-10 hours, even if it's less than 500kcal worth...<br /><br />I don't have a calorie goal when I go carnivore - I just eat as much meat as I like when I'm hungry. I track all of my food intake at the end of the day, so I see my stats when I do that. I never feel bad if the number is high, but I sometimes second-guess my lack of hunger if the number seems low, usually on lunch-skip days. Today, for example, I had two pure beef snags and an egg in butter, then for dinner I had a filling scotch fillet steak with butter, and I'm far from being hungry... But I've barely cleared 800kcal! So my concern for my metabolism is nagging me to go stuff more food down my throat, even though I feel mildly repulsed by the thought of eating more! Argh... But anyway, I tend to find myself eating between 1300kcal - 1600kcal lately, if the food stats on Spark and NutritionData.com are to be trusted. Those kind of figures are inherently unreliable though, so I don't stress about it. Equally unreliable is a past calculation of my BMR by Spark, which claimed I use about 1800kcal in just surviving. However, in my first Carnivorous experiment, I was consuming an average of 2200kcal per day, and still losing fat, so who knows! 'Follow your gut instinct' may have never before been so relevant :)<br /><br />Yes, I worked out what my minimum protein intake should be based on body weight - 1g per kg given my broad frame and muscular build (under the chub). This puts me at a current minimum of 76g protein per day, which I always consume, and then some!<br /><br />I look forward to being updated on your progress! Have you found good substitutes for if you find yourself craving the look/feel of rice & beans? (Though if you're going ZC, you'll probably just have to push through that one, unless you can crumble ground beef to look like beans! Ew...) :DJezwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649071387857019341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-610835037797328762009-11-30T19:01:55.281+11:002009-11-30T19:01:55.281+11:00Wow awesome...I might have to try that again..I kn...Wow awesome...I might have to try that again..I know I had great results doing a Low Carb diet in the past...I think I will try the close to zero carb diet here. I love eggs for breakfast so will stick with 2-3 eggs for breakfast...<br /><br />What is your goal for calorie intake each day? Do you base your protein intake off your body weight? <br /><br />I just started a paelo style eating regime...I know I lost a good 6 pounds in the first week alone just from removing the Brown Rice and Beans from my diet. (Had been stalled for the last month)<br /><br />Thanks,<br />RyanRyan Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08451088272754192380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-70097620914144138552009-11-30T18:54:53.852+11:002009-11-30T18:54:53.852+11:00Yep, zero-carb when I'm meat only, although th...Yep, zero-carb when I'm meat only, although this time around I'm including one or two eggs per day if the mood strikes me, and there is a small amount of carb in egg. Spark (like FitDay) reports tell me that my usual intake is between 75-175g each of fat and protein, with only 1 or 2g carb, sometimes 0g, none of which is fibre. I look and feel wonderful eating this way, I'm often in ketosis, and the fat burning visibly starts up again :) I'm not completely averse to using vegetables as condiments from time to time, but I never cheat when I'm focussing on maximising fat-loss. I'm going to do my darnedest to stay meat-only right up until Christmas Day, and maybe beyond! If I could get away with wearing a bikini before the end of summer, I'd be over the moon! Still got a good 6kg to go though...Jezwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649071387857019341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-53124745277714527182009-11-30T18:42:13.118+11:002009-11-30T18:42:13.118+11:00So would you say your diet consist of nothing but ...So would you say your diet consist of nothing but Proteins and Fats? Zero Carbs? Thank's and keep kicking ass...<br /><br />RyanRyan Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08451088272754192380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-38670498636752096522009-11-30T17:05:45.371+11:002009-11-30T17:05:45.371+11:00Relying on protein as your main food/fuel source h...Relying on protein as your main food/fuel source has lots of associated problems - protein toxicity being the top one. Guys who have tried to live wild have often 'starved' while only being able to find and eat rabbits, and are then saved from malnutrition when they can finally kill and eat a fattier animal like deer. This anecdote is proven again and again.<br /><br />Fats are absolutely vital for survival. If you are wanting to minimise your caloric intake by looking at macros, the healthiest way to do it would be to eat just enough protein to cover your requirements, and eat the rest as fat. Arguably, the healthiest peoples in the world live(d) on pemmican! <br /><br />Ultimately, there's no biological need to eat more protein than you need, whereas fat has significant nutritive value and healing potential, as well as improving the taste of protein. So you'd be better dropping calories in the form of protein, if you are truly needing to do so.<br /><br />But with all that said, you probably don't need to really over-think it. Given my results every time I go meat-only, I would encourage you to try that to see if your carb intake is what's stalling you (if that's your situation). The wonderful thing about meat-only, despite all the metabolic bonuses, is that it's really hard to eat more than you need without feeling ill! So it's self-regulating, unlike carbs and dairy, etc. Meat-only has me getting more protein than I necessarily need, but I still get around 60-65% of my calories from fat, so it's not a low-fat diet! To go low-fat would certainly make me very sick.Jezwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649071387857019341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-74856855426084118562009-11-30T16:28:52.720+11:002009-11-30T16:28:52.720+11:00Hello Jezwyn and friends: I have a little question...Hello Jezwyn and friends: I have a little question about the fat intake in the diet. Is it really necessary for people following low carb diets to eat a moderate high amount of fat in the diet? <br /><br />So my basic question is, what would be the result of a low-carb diet, low-in fat, and high in protein? i ask this because in one your posts you mentioned that at the end of the day, we should also take into consideration the total amount of calories we eat, and since fats have the double amount of calories of proteins, i would like to know i could follow a diet high in protein, low in carbs and low in fats as well.<br /><br />Would such a diet lead to good weight loss results?<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-11461193406256076922009-11-30T08:39:28.564+11:002009-11-30T08:39:28.564+11:00RSG - yes. I try to limit my repeat exposure becau...RSG - yes. I try to limit my repeat exposure because the whole thing is so completely depressing. <br /><br />Anna - animals only require a lot of fuel if they are being fed a diet apart from their grazing areas, and are processed mechanically. The meat I eat is pasture-raised in a part of Victoria which is lush and moist (i.e. not often affected by drought) so the animals can graze year-round and have minimal need for hay supplementation. They are killed and butchered by hand by Organic Direct, who deliver the meat to all customers on one day. The one beast I consume per year might fart out a bit of methane during its life, but this amount is nowhere near the amount of fuel burnt by a tractor in just one day of operation. <br /><br />Compare this process to even organic agriculture, where crops tend to be plowed and harvested by machines, and need to be transported to market daily as the products have a very limited lifespan. Unless you have your own garden, or local access to a community garden, etc, even simple vegetables require a lot of fuel to be produced and transported.Jezwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649071387857019341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-73084710145823685892009-11-30T06:12:38.100+11:002009-11-30T06:12:38.100+11:00I'm wondering how your mostly meat diet is hel...I'm wondering how your mostly meat diet is helping the planet? Don't animals require a lot of fuel and spew a lot of greenhouse gases? <br /><br />I enjoyed the farm for the future videos. It's what I'm trying to do here on my homestead.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070660421065950285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-55567379012807848482009-11-30T05:32:37.849+11:002009-11-30T05:32:37.849+11:00You ever see any of the docs on Monsantos?You ever see any of the docs on Monsantos?Scott Gricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453268769934375821noreply@blogger.com