The days fall off the calendar and leaving only hours before I reach the halfway mark for The 16th Expedition. While there are some good developments in this stint, I fear the results won't show up on the scale this time. Despite yesterday's post, I considered punting the whole carnivore approach and returning to my old retro diet, one that I know will work...and yet; I remember the 808-day adventure. If a plant-based, low-calorie, high fiber, low net carb approach worked, it would have worked!

Yes, did I drop from 331 to 208 on it—YES, absolutely yes. HOWEVER, did I ultimately go from 208 to 292 in its aftermath? YES, ABSOLUTELY YES! Big picture: it failed to bring me home. I have no interest in the short term. I want to cross the threshold.

My hesitancy in adopting a meat-based approach is the unknown. It's a fear: "eat this, not that" mantra that has been drilled in my head, the "vegetables good / red meat bad" nonsense.

I also fear that the boredom will break me in the Christmas season. In these past years, I haven't fared well during it. With this consideration, while I wrote that I was only going to eat this:

• Meat
• Eggs
• Salt and Potassium Chloride
• Butter
• Water

I'm adding transitional options:

1. Re-opening the lab: diet drinks and MIO Green Thunder.
2. Bulletproof Coffee (MCT oil, Kerrygold butter) It's delightful and I don't see doing this long term, but I want it as a bridge over the upcoming Christmas season.

I'm dropping the three-week trial period and taking this into the new year.

What I hope to address in the future is my training regimen for the upcoming year. Right now, my legs are a little jacked up from my newer activity, which basically tells me that I need to add more emphasis on recovery.

EVENTUALLY, this site is going to be much more about running...perhaps even to Outrun the Night.