? About egg fast

(Jean) #1

I started an egg fast today,3 days is no problem but to do 5 I think I would need a keto ketchup or something else to put on the eggs. Is this allowed or anything else

(Bunny) #2

What is an egg fast?

I eat them raw most of the time but not while fasting.

(Jean) #3

From what I read it’s all you eat for 3 or 5 days . And you have to eat butter per egg. And every 3 -5 hours . Something like 3 eggs and 2 tablespoon of butter . Not explained great but that is the basic

(Bacon is a many-splendoured thing) #4

It depends on your reason for limiting your diet to eggs. If you are doing it just for the sake of doing it, then make your own rules. If you are doing it as an elimination diet, then I wouldn’t include anything but the eggs and the butter. If you are doing it to bring down your insulin level or to trigger autophagy, then eating every 3 to 5 hours is probably not a good idea, and whether the keto ketchup would be okay would depend on the ingredients.

(Jean) #5

I was doing it as people
Said it helps when you have been stuck at a weight it will help and it helps with quick weight loss . The ketchup I had was g Hughes but want to do it properly just eggs are kind of dry without ( omelette)

(Bacon is a many-splendoured thing) #6

Then I’d say to take a hard look at the list of ingredients on the ketchup you want to use. If it contains anything sugary, it means they’ve jiggered the serving size in order to be allowed to say that the sugar content is 0 g/serving on the nutrition label, so assume in that case that the sugar content is 0.499999999999 g/serving and calculate your carb intake accordingly. Good luck!

(bulkbiker) #7

Poach, boil or fry the eggs… no need to only have them as omelette? Poached I find best with the butter melted over the top.

(Alec) #8

I reckon I could do a month on just eggs and butter. I might try it sometime.

(Jean) #9

I only had the omelette for supper. The other meals
Where fine. With omelette I prefer ketchup . I love eggs so this shouldn’t be too hard will miss some of my other red meat and chicken food for a bit

('Jackie P') #10

Make an egg mayonnaise and add some sugar free ketchup, like a rose marie sauce, very goid with eggs.

(Not a cow) #11

I’m doing a bacon and egg fast, as per Megan Ramos of IDM https://idmprogram.com/what-is-fat-fasting-and-when-should-you-do-it/

8 eggs today, with 8 pieces of bacon spread over 3 meals. I’m pretty full right now, I figure 1000 calories, 70% fat, 28% protein and the 5 gms of carbs make up the other 2%. I can do this for 5 days no problem, but I bet after 2 or 3 I’ll be switching it up to OMAD.

(Robert C) #12

Tabasco sauce has a nice punch for a very small amount - a few drops does it.

(Jean) #13

I am a wuss when it comes to spice . I find black pepper spicey. Took aboutn1/2 a tablespoon of ketchup . The bacon instead of butter sounds funner

(linda) #14

Isn’t a fast going without food? So eating eggs is an egg diet, right? Regardless it may be unnecessarily restricting and set you up for a binge or some deficiency so I’d be careful.

(Not a cow) #15

Well I see on “The Google” that a water fast is also known as a water diet, so I suppose an egg diet, as
you say, could easily be considered as an egg fast. When the fasting specialists website IDM aka (Fung & Associates) refers to eating solely bacon, eggs, avocado’s and olives as a “fat fast” , it’s hard to disagree that just about anything can be considered some sort of modified fast. You know, like the Vegie Fasters ( Vegan’s), and the Meat Fasters ( Carnivores) and the Carb Fasters ( Junk Food Junkies).
Once I finish with the bacon and egg fast, I’ll be sure to check out the IF diet and then hopefully then move on to the ever popular EF diet. :slight_smile:

I agree, I always have to watch out for putting myself in a potential binge of non-keto like foods !

(Bunny) #16

Ah ha! I see it is a post-nutritional of fat and protein calorie intake prior to actual fasting?

Megan Ramos: “…”He naturally started eating less and less until the point where he didn’t want to eat at all any more, and then he started fasting.

That was the appointment where the fat fast was born! …” …More

Clearly it is the satiation of fat and protein on the ghrelin (esp. protein) and leptin signaling axis, that tricks the body into not being so hungry when trying to fast…so hungry your ready to munch down the first carb in sight.

Fasting -Formerly Easy- is More Difficult Lately; Ideas?
(Jean) #17

Sorry I wasn’t specific my 1/2 of tablespoon was g Hughes ketchup . One tablespoon is 1 carb with no sugar

The g Hughes sauces have make keto a lit more fun and enjoyable

(Jean) #18

So a quick update . I am down in 3 days either 4.2 or 5.2 lbs. when I woke up Saturday morning weighed 272. 4 all I had all day was water and 2 cheese burgers with cheese and 1 slice of bacon over the2 patties and lettuce wraps . When I woke up Sunday morning was 273.4(not sure why gained) this morning was 268.2. Going to try 2 more days . Hope fully won’t gain this back after stopping the egg fast

#19

If you’re bored with ketchup on eggs, maybe try making a Hollandaise sauce? Butter, egg yolks, a little lemon juice and smidge of vinegar. (You can nix the customary pinch of cayenne, if you’re not into the subtle hint of spice it offers.)
This has become my go-to condiment. It goes on meat, veggies, eggs…whatever.
Its easy to make, and you can store the unused portion in the fridge.
There is less than 1/3 of a gram of carbs per serving, but a little over 7 g of fat.

(Brian) #20

If you get to the point where you want to eliminate the carbs and just get fat and protein, you could look to expand the palate a little and just do something -more like- (notice the “more like”, since the word “carnivore” can imply something more strict than I’m suggesting for some) carnivore for your 3 or 5 or 7 (or whatever) days. You could eat eggs. You could also eat meats of different kinds. You could have fish. You could have poultry. You could have some dairy. You could have cheese. And you would still be either zero carb or quite near it if you were careful with the dairy.

I know, that’s not an “egg fast”. What I would be interested in is what others have found when they’ve compared the two. I’ve never done an egg fast though I’ve had a meal of eggs on occasion. I’ve never gone carnivore though I’ve had more than a few carnivore meals.