I no longer eat Somali cuisine

[Malab]

That isn’t to say I have completely cut off from eating Somali food. I am trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle and I am also inspired by our ancestors and how they looked before colonialism. My diet is mainly protein and healthy carbs, even in Ramadan I hardly made samosa and buur. I also don’t drink Somali tea. It was hard cutting off these foods but it gets easier and when I have a cheat meal and I am craving Somali food, I will either make it myself or buy it from the Somali restaurant.

 

[Shimbiris]

I mostly do the whole carnivore thing. Have for many years. Aunt who visited me years ago when I was living in the UAE saw my daily meals which at the time consisted mainly of fatty camel meat cuts and dairy (yogurt and milk) and she was like, "Wallahi, all you eat is camel meat and milk. A true Somali man! Not like these ciyaal cheeseburger. You would survive in the baadiyo!"

One of the loveliest compliments anyone's ever paid me.

 

[NidarNidar]

I mostly do the whole carnivore thing. Have for many years. Aunt who visited me years ago when I was living in the UAE saw my daily meals which at the time consisted mainly of fatty camel meat cuts and dairy (yogurt and milk) and she was like, "Wallahi, all you eat is camel meat and milk. A true Somali man! Not like these ciyaal cheeseburger. You would survive in the baadiyo!"

One of the loveliest compliments anyone's ever paid me.

The happiest I ever felt was eating fatty cuts of meat, and Greek yoghurt, full-fat cheese and coffee with butter ghee.

 

[Malab]

I mostly do the whole carnivore thing. Have for many years. Aunt who visited me years ago when I was living in the UAE saw my daily meals which at the time consisted mainly of fatty camel meat cuts and dairy (yogurt and milk) and she was like, "Wallahi, all you eat is camel meat and milk. A true Somali man! Not like these ciyaal cheeseburger. You would survive in the baadiyo!"

One of the loveliest compliments anyone's ever paid me.

How does your body look??!!

 

[Shimbiris]

How does your body look??!!

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I'm noticeably less defined and muscular now as I don't live near a gym and just do some pullups, chin ups, pushups and bodyweight squats when I get the chance and haven't been as strict (family gatherings and such) but still overall the same weight range, fit into the same clothes, still rather visible abs, veiny arms and healthy.

 

[Shimbiris]

The happiest I ever felt was eating fatty cuts of meat, and Greek yoghurt, full-fat cheese and coffee with butter ghee.

I tend to feel my absolute best when I only eat meat with maybe some eggs. Dairy is hit in miss. Sometimes I still feel just as amazing and sometimes it brings me down a few pegs. But overall, this way of eating makes me feel every year of my life before it was basically me being "cheated" out of my birthright.

It's really baffling to realize this level of comfort and happiness is our natural state and we're just bogging it down with glycation from carbs; all sorts of inflammation and derangement from seed oils, phytotoxins and antinutrients; and reward system haywiring with poisons like alcohol, weed, p*rnography and so on.

You know how the average person describes just having unexplainable "lows" where they'll just feel down and almost depressed sometimes for no reason? I get the opposite very frequently. I'll just be sitting doing mundane work at the office or watching a show at home or reading a book in a park and I'll just feel happy for no reason at all. A genuine joy in the sensation of being alive. Thank God for it everyday.