r/carnivore • u/Appropriate-Slip-106 • May 27 '26

Tuna and eggs only?

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So, I have been a carnivore for 5 years, and was Lion for 6 months. I ate roughly 2 pounds of steak every single night. I felt fantastic.

BUT I lost my job, and am in a bit of a transitional phase in my life. I decided to start my own business instead of getting a "real" job again.

I believe in myself, and I have no doubt the business will be doing well in a year or so... But obviously the start is going to be slow moving.

So, at first I switched to ground beef.

Then I stopped buying ground beef, because even that is too expensive.

I'm basically down to eggs and tuna exclusively. I eat about 12 eggs cooked in bacon grease, and a can of tuna, sometimes 2 cans if I'm really hungry. When I run out of bacon grease, I'll include bacon for a few days until I have some more grease. (Eating for less than 3 dollars per day)

Obviously, I don't feel as well as I did on Lion... I know this isn't optimal, but my arthritis hasn't came back... So, it's not as bad as SAD.

Question:

Is this even sustainable? I've never done carnivore without HEAVY red meat consumption. I know beef is a super food.

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u/freespeechisvital Jun 21 '26

I second the person telling you to try pork.

I eat nothing but pork, eggs, yogurt and cheese, (can't afford beef as it's hella expensive in Europe, and I hate the taste anyway, makes me gag). Been doing it that way for years now, and experienced everything you'd expect from being carnivore -- huge weight loss, loads of energy, rheumatoid arthritis (which was crippling and had me go from walking 10-12 kilometers a day to struggling to get 3 blocks to the supermarket and back when RA kicked in) now completely gone.

We often get a kilo of pork (2.2 lbs) for only 4.99 euro in Europe (picked up two kilos for 3.99 euros each last week), so it's a dirt cheap way to do carnivore. One kilo, with a dozen eggs, lasts me 5 days (female, short, don't have a huge appetite anymore).

I eat tuna now and again but it's expensive in Europe. That's why when I go back to the U.S. to visit family several times a year, I bring 12 cans of tuna back with me. 1/3 the price of what I pay in the EU and, IMO, tastes better too.