Weekly Challenges

Our original live Big Fat Challenge, which we ran from January to March 2023, included mini-challenges across each of the 12 weeks. You may choose to follow the incremental weekly schedule, or just view them all and jump straight in at the deep end - it's up to you!

Weekly Challenges

Week 1: One Day “Lipovore” (8m)

You may choose to work through these challenges week by week or simply dive in and go full carnivore (lipovore) from day one (which is the way to get the best and fastest benefits). In addition, we recommend: Choosing your initial challenge now. (You can always modify it.) Start your daily Big Fat Challenge journal, where you’ll write your measurements, steps undertaken, as well as any issues or thoughts that come up. If your goal is to lose (or gain) body fat, consider taking your “before” measurements. One measurement around the

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Week 2: Bin the Seed Oils (9m)

Understand why so-called “vegetable” oils are toxic industrial byproducts that nobody’s body needs.

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Week 3: Ditch Sugar (13m)

Sugar is a staple of the Western diet, but it’s something your body does not need that should really be viewed as a recreational drug.

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Week 4: Ditch the Grains (7m)

Grains have been a staple food for the majority of humans since the end of the last ice age and the agricultural revolution (between 10,000 and a few hundred years ago, depending on location), but are they suitable for our biology?

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Week 5: Ditch Ultra-Processed Junk (12m)

The majority of what Westerners eat today can be categorised as ultra-processed “food-like products”, which is not food at all as it neither nourishes nor satisfies, but rather is designed to be hyper-palatable and addictive.

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Week 6: Ditch the Remaining Carbs (13m)

Understand that there is no essential carbohydrate, and once you appreciate the effect that starch and sugar have on your body, you will stop seeing them as food.

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Week 7: Intermittent Fasting (13m)

As your body adjusts to being fully nourished, you will naturally find it easier to go much longer between meals, which also brings many health benefits.

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Week 8: Cut out an Addiction (16m)

Most people are addicted to certain foods (or food-like products), as well as eating patterns and various other chemicals and behaviours. Beating an addiction gives you a great feeling of authority and power.

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Week 9: Light Hacking (20m)

After diet, light is probably the single most influential factor that affects our day-to-day health and wellbeing. Understanding our ancestral relationship with the sun’s rays (and lack of them) really helps you to get your hormone timetable back in synch.

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Week 10: Cut Out Remaining Plants (7m)

We are told plants are healthy and we should eat more of them, but the opposite is true. As a biological carnivore, you have no need for plants in your diet, as everything you need comes via prey animals, clean of toxins and in the exact right proportions.

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Week 11: Cut Out Dairy (23m)

The reality is that milk is the perfect and ideal food source for a human… when it is weaning. But when we are strong enough to move around and eat solid food, even if we are genetically adapted to handle dairy without obvious negative reactions, there may be long-term costs.

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Week 12: Grounding (15m)

Your ancestors spent their entire lives in contact with the Earth, which has a slight negative charge (extra electrons) that compensates for our tendency towards a positive charge (too few electrons). Many people have discovered that getting in touch with the Earth every day delivers powerful benefits.