Warning: This is another rant.
Being in a carnivore/lion or low carb diet here in the Philippines is really hard. Given the usual food choices in the usual places like mall or work place, the meat to carb ratio is really awful.
Even if at least you eat a small amount of rice, the meat on most meals are tiny.
And those small portions of meat especially with beef ulam (valiant) is so insignificant in which may result to undereating and starvation if in case you do not have enough budget to buy more.
That is why if you have inflammation to your body and eating too much carbs affect your life like I do and you are earning minimum wage here in the Philippines I would say it's really tragic. Almost 60% of my budget is dedicated to buying beef to prepare at home. If in case I wanted some junk outside and buy at fast foods I have to increase my budget.
I really feel defeated sometimes because I am not a great cook and I sometimes despise my own cooking.
But for a good quality cut of ribeye, thankfully I get to learn to cook it and truthfully enjoy eating it l. (Here's the linkof the YouTube video I follow on cooking steak in a pan).
Anyway, the reason for this rant is because I still feel hungry, as much as I wanted to increase my meat intake I despise my cooking so much that I had enough (example of my cooking are beef bicol express, sometimes beef stew).
And now, I couldn't find ribeye steaks at my local meatshop ( Monterey Tungko SJDM), because they are out.
Apparently, they say they have to wait for the store to buy another carcass of beef to have ribeye. And I went there for 3 weeks already and their stock of beef (not steak) is still a lot, enough reason not to buy another carcass of beef.
Anyway, I am really finding it hard to increase my beef intake and not go to starvation mode. With limited budget, resources and skills its really hard to go low carb/ carnivore diet 😞.... this really is becoming a rant.
I especially feel alone too, because people who try carnivore diet wanted to lose weight, in which I am the opposite. I am too skinny already and my goal is to gain more kilos.... hence I have to eat more.
I hope I get better at cooking, at least I can make a cheap cut of beef tasty enough for me to eat it for the next two weeks. (That's what I do, I cook a big batch and freeze it then eat it fo the whole week). It will be so much better financially, and I really hope I can finally find my ribeye steak near my location. (I will try to look for it at Fairview Terraces or Robinson Fairview, if not, Monterey Novaliches- found out no Monterey in the market I went to, and if I have budget I like to look at S n R near SM Fairview. And the last option is online.😞 -Its just nerve wracking to buy meat online delivered at your door step because you wouldn't know the quality until you receive it....) plot twist.. I did not find ribeye but I am able to buy t bone for a cheap price and better quality at Cions Meat shop- and upon talking to the butcher, they always have ribeye in the morning I just need to be there early. I am excited to go there next week, even if the ribeye cut is not that fatty, I will see if I like it, buy initially I think its ok because their beef are locally sourced and is fresh everyday.
Well anyway, I have shared a lot of my worries plus plot twist already.
Thank you so much for reading all the way.
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