30 Day Carnivore Diet Results | Weight Loss, Libido, And Pooping...

I just finished my first 30 days — technically 31 days — of the carnivore diet. How much weight did I lose? How did I feel? Could I, you know… poop? I’m going to cover all of it here, because if you’re thinking about trying carnivore yourself, you deserve to know what you might actually go through — not just the highlight reel. And to be clear up front: 30 days was never the finish line for me. I’m still going. This is just a really good checkpoint for a recap.

The Starting Point and My Goal

During the third week I did an InBody scan, and it put me at 21.6% body fat. My target is 18%, and I’ve got real motivation to get there: I leave for vacation on April 2nd. That deadline is doing a lot of the heavy lifting for my discipline right now, and I’m not ashamed to admit it.

Some context on the starting weight: my last weigh-in before the holidays was December 23rd, and then I went nuts through Christmas and New Year’s — ate a ton, drank a ton. I jumped from 266 up to right around 270 by January 1st. So I’m using 270 as my benchmark for this experiment.

How Much Weight I Lost in 30 Days

I track everything in an app called Happy Scale, and here’s the bottom line: I weighed in on February 1st at 257 pounds. From my 270 benchmark, that’s about 13 pounds of weight loss in the first month.

I’m really happy with that number. It’s the most weight I’ve ever lost in a single month, and honestly, it just shows how much I needed to change my diet. If I hadn’t stalled for a week in the middle (more on that below), I think I could have hit 15 pounds.

Week by Week: Energy, Mood, and Libido

Nobody tells you this part clearly enough, so here’s my honest week-by-week experience:

Weeks 1–2: Very low energy. My mood wasn’t down or up — it was just… whatever. Flat. And my libido was totally shot. The upside? I was losing weight at a really good clip, and that kept me motivated to push through.
Week 3: The scale stopped moving for almost the entire week, which was frustrating. But this was also the week everything else turned around — my energy came back, and it was the first week I’d say I felt really good.
Week 4: The weight started dropping again, the energy stayed, and the libido came back to normal. I felt really good through the entire last week of the month.

So if you try carnivore and feel like garbage for the first two weeks — that was exactly my experience too. It flipped in week three.

The Bathroom Situation (Constipation and the Fix)

Let’s just talk about it, because everyone starting carnivore wants to know. I was really constipated during the second week. What fixed it for me: I saw somebody on Reddit talking about melted butter and bone broth, so I started doing that and added some magnesium — and the constipation went away completely.

Without getting into TMI territory: after the fix, things swung the other direction. Not diarrhea, but not too far off. And honestly, I don’t mind it — I always feel thinner afterward. Just know going in that your digestive system will take a few weeks to figure out what you’re doing to it.

What I Ate Every Day (Without Liking Steak)

Here’s my confession as a carnivore dieter: I don’t like steak. I don’t like pork chops. I don’t like roast beef. I don’t like thick meats, period. So how did I make this work? I kept it simple and ate mostly the same things every day — because if I have to think too much about food, the whole thing gets harder.

Main meal: Ground beef from my local butcher, cooked with salt, butter, sharp cheddar, a little Philadelphia cream cheese, and a zero-calorie sauce. I ate this almost every single day of the month.
Eggs: Usually six eggs with sharp cheddar on top, cooked in butter. My other daily staple.
Gap fillers: Bagged turkey bites from Walmart (really good), beef sticks, tuna every once in a while, and canned chicken from Walmart, which is actually pretty cheap.
Budget win: Walmart had fully cooked rotisserie chickens for about $3.50 a couple weeks ago — I bought three and froze the meat.

Workouts on Carnivore: Did I Lose Strength?

My workouts stayed pretty much consistent throughout the entire month, and I didn’t feel like I lost anything in terms of my ability to push weight. If anything, I’ve increased how much I’m working out. When I go to the gym now, I’m usually finishing with 20 to 30 minutes of cardio at the end of my lifting — and cardio is not something I historically do a whole lot of. So no, carnivore didn’t wreck my training. It might have actually improved it over the course of the month.

The 30-Day Verdict and What’s Next

All in all: about 13 pounds of weight loss in the first month, feeling really good since week three, and the weight is continuing to drop. Nothing about this experience makes me feel like I’m close to being done. I’m genuinely encouraged about where this is going, and I’m excited to see what the next month looks like — I’ll be back with a 60-day update.

Quick reminder: I’m a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach, but I’m not your doctor. A diet this restrictive is a big change — do your homework and talk to a professional who knows your health situation before you dive in.

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