My Tasty Meaty Meals

After being derailed from the carnivore diet due to stress and emotional eating, today is exactly 30 days since restarting this way of eating. Woohoo!!

I remember how good I felt after I eliminated carbohydrates and switched to a meat based diet. I was very invested into this way of eating although from time to time, here and there, I do eat carbohydrates.

A day or two eating curry mee or chee cheong fan will not mess me up or derail me. My tolerance level is four consecutive days (and even then only one carb meal per day) of non-carnivore food before I start becoming addicted to carbs. After a month of carb fest, I will start feeling crappy.

From March 2023 to June 2023, I had to deal with some emotional stress and when I get emo,  that's when the carb addiction is triggered. 

Besides, for convenience, I ate out and eating out while emotionally triggered is dangerous (for me). So once I started on the carbs (featured under my Past Eats posts) I got myself derailed big time.

And there were consequences. The most significant ones have to do with mental health. The anxiety and depression came back. Sundays were miserable again. I was demotivated.

When I see my laundry basket full, my brain goes bonkers. When I see dirty dishes on the counter top, my mind goes berserk. It's horrible. That was what I used to experience all the time (which I accepted as the way that I was) prior to changing my diet.

I don't want to live like that again. So. On 24-06-2023, I resolved to restart my meat based diet and I stocked up my fridge and freezer with meat and eggs. I want to feel good again.

I have actually forgotten what it is like to live with anxiety. Early in the week, I had to go for a meeting (my most hated activity). The Sunday prior to that, I was so anxious and depressed. At the time, I was already 3 weeks into the meat based diet.

Three weeks is too short a time to resolve any health issues. Last year, it took two months for my anxiety and depression to lift. It will take time for me to heal. On the day of the meeting, I was on the verge of an anxiety attack. I was very tempted to call the client to call it off (I would give any excuse to get out of the meeting).

But I told myself NO! Just get it over and done with and don't prolong the mental torture. So I went to the meeting two hours early, to give myself enough time to calm down and to look for the venue. The meeting went well and when I got back to the office, I was so relieved.

Today is Sunday and I am not feeling anxious or depressed. In fact I was motivated to do my laundry early this morning. I did some cooking and food prep and the many plates and containers I had to wash didn't make me feel miserable.

With that, I know that I am healing. The negative consequences are a strong deterrent against getting derailed again. It's not as if I will never eat rice or noodles (or kaya puffs) again,  just that I will enjoy these treats from time to time and not every time. It was a very expensive lesson to learn.

I am sleeping much better again and I wake up feeling well rested. I no longer want to stay on in bed and wishing that I don't have to get up and face the day.

Today I made myself a Big Breakfast of fried duck eggs, chorizo sausages, bacon and a fake French toast hah...hah.... Oh no, it does not taste like French toast of course. You can't imitate bread, that's for sure.

So I am resolute in eating this way for life. As for eating out, my go to places are Twins Signature Roast Duck or Ding Xiang Sang Nyuk Noodles. Or another alternative is the chap fan shop.

I am now eating beef, bacon, lamb, pork and eggs with gusto. As you all know by now, I am not afraid of eating red meat and loads of eggs. Meat and eggs are very nutritious.

Recently I found a local doctor who is supportive of the low carb diet (even carnivore) and using nutritional approach to heal and to reverse type 2 diabetes.

Those of you who are terrified of red meat, you need to open your eyes and educate yourself. I know many doctors still tell their patients to avoid red meat and want to put their patients on statins when they see you have high cholesterol. Your doctor is outdated. All they do is push pills and medications.  

I am going to continue enjoying lots of (fatty) red meat and will be doing another blood test at the end of the year to see any changes from the previous results. 

Okie dokie. I am going to chill out and enjoy the rest of my Sunday. Monday doesn't scare me anymore. Hope you had a lovely weekend!