I was using dairy because I haven't been able to find a better source of fat. Plus it is delicious. But I know that shouldn't be a reason to keep it at all. But I was mostly using it for the fat, and hoped to phase it out once and if I found a better source of fat. Which I still haven't really found. Grass-fed anything seems to be pretty difficult for me to find..
a) Intermittent fasting is difficult for me, as I usually get hungry often, especially now that I've been sleeping less. But, I had managed to get down to only two meals a day, though, but I would still get hungry in the middle of the day or late at night sometimes. I was eventually going to try to get it down to just one meal, though, but it's difficult because if I don't eat before work, I'd sometimes end up feeling weak and tired, plus there is the temptation of eating free pizza at work if I get super hungry(like, light-headed hungry). And then working always works up an appetite, so I'm hungry again after work, too. I was going to try to fast for two days a week, or maybe even three if I could, to try to save money, but doing so left me feeling so extremely weak and tired that I decided I wasn't going to fast again for a while. I think I needed more time to adjust to this diet first.
b) The ONLY organ meats I could find are grain-fed commercial beef liver and commercial (foster farms brand) chicken livers, which I am afraid to try either of them because they're probably from hormone-infested tortured sick animals and gross tasting too. Might possibly have found a source of organic frozen grass-fed beef liver, but I'm waiting for a reply email from the store, because it might be pre-cooked and I have to order it.
Although, the store did also sell whole chickens, which might possibly have all the organs still inside, though I doubt it but I'm not sure I'd have to ask and also check the price.. But I'm quite a bit more afraid to eat raw chicken than raw beef, as far as food poisoning and such.. It's organic free-range chickens though, so I'm sure it's better, but do you happen to have any info on what possible illnesses I could get from raw chicken and raw chicken organs, and what the risks of getting sick from eating any of the meat or organs is? I haven't done much research on it. I don't think I would ever eat commercial raw chicken though, so I would only even try organic free-range. Also I don't think I know how to cut up a whole chicken properly, and would either have to do it from my car, or wait until my dad wasn't home to do it in the kitchen, and then keep everything stored in my cooler in my room...
c) I was eating 100% raw foods with no additives of sauces or spices whatsoever, other than the salt which was in the cheese, but I couldn't find unsalted raw cheese or else I would have got it. I never even liked sauces or spices or anything when I ate SAD, I always preferred my foods plain and bland(and undercooked too), I never even added salt or pepper to any of my foods, even eggs or potatoes, so I definately wouldn't add them after changing to raw. Avoiding cooking and adding spices was eeeaaasy for me.
d) I did try to keep my carbs down as much as possible. I did eat fruit sometimes, but then we'd run out and I'd go days without any fruit at all, so then I was only getting carbs from the eggs and other dairy.. so it wasn't much. I don't think I have issues with VLC, though I would get tired sometimes, and I was feeling a bit weak for a while but I think that was because of my 2 day fast.. either that, or I just wasn't eating enough, because I've felt much stronger the passed couple days but I ate a lot the other day so that might have helped. What sort of issues would I have with VLC?
e) My dad isn't much of an issue when I buy all the food myself, but it becomes harder when he's the one who buys all the food. It would be nice if I could move out and get my own place, but I can't even afford to buy my own food let alone buy a house or afford more rent. I had actually hoped to start saving up as much money as I could for a start on saving up for a down payment on something, but then I decided I would have to cut into that savings to instead invest in my diet and health.. but now things are so slow at work that I'm losing my money and can't even afford to invest in just my food. This should however, only be temporary, so I SHOULD be changing stores (if they ever finish construction on the store I'm SUPPOSED to be working at) to a closer and better area and better manager and hopefully more hours and making more money then, and when I do then I will definately be able to better afford this diet a lot more easily. But until then right now, I might have to temporarily revert back to SAD so that I don't starve.
