The Magic Bus Trip

Sol · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:10 am Post subject: Greetings from Santa Fe

Hi,

I'm happy to be on the bus. I heard about the bus at the "Beyond Price" mailing list.

I'm the Santa Fe chapter leader for the Weston A Price Foundation and I'm pretty experienced with Aajonus' way of eating so I'm comfortable with eating lots of raw animal meat and fat.

My body has never done very well with carbs. The worst diet I've ever done - and I've done lots - is a raw vegan diet. It really tore up my insides. When I discovered the Zone Diet some years ago I started making the shift to more protein. Then I discovered the primal diet and did that for a time.

In the last month my body has naturally - no effort on my part - shifted to very low carb. I eat one or two grapefruits or a bit of some other fruit, several times per week. I eat non-fibrous veggies occasionally. I eat fermented veggies occasionally. I drink homemade kombucha. That's pretty much it for carbs most of the time.

I eat lots of meat (beef, lamb, organs), maybe some fish, maybe several eggs on a typical day. I have some high meat (chicken) fermenting in my fridge right now. Until recently my body didn't do well with lots of animal fat due to problems with my liver/gallbladder. That has been healing itself and now I enjoy having lots of fat in my diet. I'll soon have 1/4 of a cow in my freezer to enjoy and share with friends.

I eat most of my meat raw (or previously frozen). I very much enjoy the lack of gas, lack of bloating, lack of hunger, loss of bodyfat, and lack of mental fog that very low carb gives.

New to me is the high fat to protein ratio. I like fat and now that I have virtually no discomfort in my liver/gallbladder when I eat fat I'm going to shift my fat/protein ratio up. I like butter (pasteurized right now) and coconut oil. That's most of the extra fat I eat.

I have some confessions to make that I hope don't lead to my getting gagged and bound, forced to the back of the bus, having to listen to scam-baiting stories

Happy

1. I sometimes refrigerate eggs.
2. I sometimes drink water, even when I'm not thirsty.
3. I sometimes cook meat.
4. I buy some of my meat frozen

I'm looking forward to enjoying riding the bus. If any of you are in Santa Fe or ABQ, drop me a line and lets get together. I recently met a guy here who eats raw meat and he's introducing me to other carnivores in the area.

I've been curious about intermittent fasting and may do it from time to time.

I lift weights (Olympic-style - snatch + clean + jerk) and I have been getting into rock climbing lately.

Sol

jeff · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:21 am Post subject:

Hi Sol. Welcome aboard the Bus. You'll fit in great here. We have a very knowledgeable and supportive group here.

Dean · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:30 am Post subject:

to the Bus, Sol!

So glad you could join this journey. We are quite the carnivore clan.

Feel free to venture to the back of the Bus and help yourself to some Kool-Aid. Cool

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~mina~ · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:23 am Post subject:

Sol · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:49 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the warm welcome, Jeff, Dean, and Mina.

~mina~ · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:38 pm Post subject:

youre welcome, im looking forward to your contributions! i like to read weston price and id like to hear about your experiences with raw etc al

check out our april carnivore contest.. its alot of fun Yup

,

mina

Sol · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject:

Hi Mina,

Where's the April Carnivore contest written about?

I think a fun contest would be to see how long it would take a person to eat an entire cow! I'll have 1/4 of a cow in 6 weeks or so. It's grass-fed, thus on the lean side. So, my share should be about 200 pounds. Pre-carnivore that might last 18 months. But now ...

Thanks,
Sol

Bobi · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:54 pm Post subject:

Hope you enjoy our Magic Bus, Sol.
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Billi-Jean · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject:

Welcome to the bus, Sol!! Sunny

So great to have you here! Happy

Can't wait to hear more about your experiences eating this way! Sounds like you have so much great stuff to share, I look forward to picking your brain... Wink

oh, and I love the *confessions* LOL

Yes, it's off to the back of the bus with you... Devil

Heather · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject:

Nice to meet you! Welcome

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Sol · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject:

Wow! You are all a very friendly bunch. How could anybody ever want to leave the bus? Is it the raw meat that makes you all so friendly or something in the Kool-Aid?

Heather · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject:

Definitely more "friendly" on zero carb! Wink

I only my beef steaks raw, everything else is at a various stage of cooked so I'm not sure if that would be it.

"Something in the kool-aid?" Shock

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Sol · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject:

Heather, you're quite a kick.

What's finally pushing me to do virtually no carbs is that my body doesn't enjoy breaking down the cellulose in fibrous fruits and veggies. (I can provide details to all who are interested!) That doesn't leave much in the way of healthy carbs. So, carnivore fare it is!

I wonder if my body would do well with kool-aid. According to the Kraft web-site, Kool-aid has no cholesterol (Thank God!), virtually no sodium, no fat (saturated or otherwise) and one serving has only 64 calories.

Anyone up for a cow-eating contest?

Billi-Jean · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:50 pm Post subject:

Dean · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:16 am Post subject:

BJ, just remember to cook that cow Heather style... "Cut the horns off, ride it past the fire." Wink

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
- Jimi Hendrix

Every day you'll see the dust
Never get off the Bus!

Karen · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:50 am Post subject:

Hi Sol,
Welcome to the Bus..sorry it took me awhile to get over to the welcome threads, i am recently returning after being away.

Anyhoo, i LOVE Weston Price, i have the book "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" i also have the "Nourishing Traditions" cookbook and Mary Enig's "Eat Fat, Lose Fat" as well. I love the website too, great articles. i have learned alot from Weston Price, and have messed around a bit with NT, but the thing is ..i have eaten so much sugar and garbage for so many years..seems i am just best staying away from carbs as much as i can at this point.

Anyhoo..welcome to the Bus! Happy

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