Yes, this has been the key issue, but we’re working on that.
It creates a protein sparing modified fast effect. We want to preserve muscle: traditional fasting is less than ideal for that. A protein sparing modified fast allows us to obtain the majority of the benefits of fasting while preserving muscle.
if you eat 2 pounds of meat
My recommendation was not 2lbs of meat: you are mixing up posters here. Remember: I DON’T count things. You don’t want to do that either. Cool. So I eat until I am satiated. That said, I HAVE absolutely done that on multiple occasions with the protein shakes. The purpose of the meat is to give you the things that AREN’T in the protein shakes: essential fats, vitamins and nutrients. These are the other things the body hungers for. When we satiate these demands, the hunger goes away.
is easier
We’ve seen the outcome of doing things the easy way.
~300 grams of meat + some solid cheese curd…there was something missing
Understandably so. You had very little meat in that meal. Additionally, I advocated for meat and eggs: not meat and cheese. Cheese is not something I would consume if my goal was fat loss: it tends to be unsatiating, to the point I find it hunger PROMOTING. I can eat limitless amounts of cheese, but with meat I eventually fill up. The casomorphines in cheese may also have a triggering effect that you’re observing here.
All that said, if you legit went all day consuming protein shakes, came home and had that small of a meal and followed it up with some bread, congratulations: you just followed the Velocity Diet. You had protein shakes all day and then a small, healthy solid meal. That approach also works.
EDIT: Meant to say, I also DO eat carbs with my current approach to eating. Once a week, I have a meal with them. This will include cookies (made my the Mrs, with quality ingredients), honey, and typically some manner of pasta dish. @freshyfresh is using a similar approach as well. If you want to eat this way and eat carbs, it can happen.
and I might eat pork for life. Fish and poultry/ rabbit are not really meat, beef and lamb not that popular and often eaten, also expensive (especially lamb).
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