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The Carnivore Codex
Curriculum
Module 06 · 30 min

When Progress Stalls

Weight loss plateaus, mid-protocol weirdness, and how to debug.

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Newcomer summary

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If the scale stops moving but you feel great, you're probably recomposing — losing fat, holding muscle. If it stops and you feel worse, the usual culprit is dairy creep or too-lean meat.

Topics

What this module covers

  • 01Stalls vs. plateaus vs. recomposition
  • 02Protein creep and gluconeogenesis
  • 03Dairy as the silent variable
  • 04Fasting layered on top — when it helps, when it hurts
  • 05Hormonal lag (women, perimenopause, thyroid)
Learning objectives

By the end you'll be able to

  • L01Distinguish a plateau from a stall.
  • L02Identify the three most common stall causes.
  • L03Know when fasting helps and when it backfires.
Expected takeaways

What you should walk away believing

  • Most 'stalls' are dairy + too much protein + too little fat.
  • Recomposition can hide scale stalls. Use waist + photos.
  • Adding fasting to a stall before fixing fat ratio rarely works.
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