Definitely food first, then exercise, then sleep, then other (I believe less important) lifestyle factors like grounding, no screens after hours, etc.

@Coach Kristin Fatty ribeye, bacon. Never trimming excess fat from my meat. Cooking everything in beef tallow. Now I use ceramic non-stick cookware and did away with the tallow.

@Coach Kristin I wasn't gaining, but then again I most certainly wasn't losing at all. Personally my weight always fluctuated like the waves on an ocean. I like chuck as well. It has as much, if not more, flavor than ribeye. It's a bit more chewy, but I like chewy. The ribeyes I would get are just the prepackaged ones on the shelf at the GS. (I'm assuming untrimmed ones are fattier?)

I am fat adapted and have rarely been in ketosis.

@James Dawkins I have not eaten carbs in any significant amount in 4+ years. Basically strict carnivore. I always wondered why I am eating only meat, but cannot for the life of me change the color on a keto pee strip. Thanks to your explanation I now understand why. My daughter tried carnivore some time ago and showed me a picture of her keto strip being dark purple. But she had only been on carnivore for about a month when this happened. This would seem to make sense given your explanation.

@Patricia Walters Good point. I'm not of the mindset that believes that we will necessarily crave something, because we are deficient in it. If that were the case, then why do so many people crave junk food? Are we deficient in ultra-processed garbage? Especially when it comes to salt, I don't believe deficiency = cravings.

@Patricia Walters "most people don't believe they can be in control of their own health journey." That is the problem with modern day society and health paradigms.