First egg (fast) feast (egg diet)

(Janelle) #30

NM - I just looked it up - “ What is an egg fast ? It’s a (short term) diet that consists of primarily eggs , cheese, and butter. For each egg you eat, you should eat a corresponding Tbsp of pure fat in the form of butter, olive oil, or coconut oil. You can also eat a corresponding Tbsp of full fat cheese per egg .”

(Jenny) #31

yeah I’m not sure what everyone Is all up in arms about. Enjoy and let us know what happens!

(mags) #32

Yes but within a more varied diet I’m sure

(Running from stupidity) #33

So much this. It’s ludicrous. “I’m fasting apart from all these calories and so on that I’m ingesting.”

See also “keto flu.”

(Daisy) #34

So I had prepared my breakfast and lunch for work today. I plugged both into Cronometer this morning after eating breakfast and it showed 7 carbs for the day! I looked deeper and for my lunch I had used mayo with olive oil. I had no idea it had sugar in it! I was really upset all morning thinking about it. Fortunately I wasn’t hungry when lunch time came, so I decided to fast through lunch. Good self reminder to always read the labels!!

(Brian) #35

If you haven’t read through this thread already, you might enjoy…

(Daisy) #36

Thank you! I read every one I could find before committing to starting this :smile:

(Crow T. Robot) #37

If you really want to be sure it’s healthy oil (even the mayo made with olive oil may be mostly canola), you might try making it yourself. It’s really easy and very tasty. There’s a long thread on the site about it.

(Daisy) #38

I should do that. I’ve really never eaten mayo before now, so never crossed my mind!

(Jane) #39
(Brian) #40

Daisy, I am really looking forward to hearing how this goes for you! I’ve read of several other accounts and most of them have been positive, especially the first three days or so. After that, people tend to get pretty tired of eating eggs, and I can understand that.

I’ve considered doing a 3 day version of it just to see how I like it and whether I actually lose a few pounds. I figure if it’s something close to a dozen eggs a day, that should be typical, so it really shouldn’t cost much. And I think I could handle 3 days pretty easily, probably way easier than a 3 day water fast.

Thanks for posting. :slight_smile:

(Brian) #41

I just had a brain storm… well, I used a different word at first but anyway…

Since eggs are animal products, could an egg fast be considered “going carnivore”?

I had really never thunk that thought before.

:slight_smile:

(Daisy) #42

Well, you typically eat at least a couple ounces of cheese a day.

(Daisy) #43

I’ve eaten 7 a day for 2 days. I’ve really enjoyed it so far!!

(Running from stupidity) #44

Yes for some, no for others.

#surpriseright? :slight_smile:

(Daisy) #45

Just for you, I’m officially renaming it an egg feast.

(Running from stupidity) #46

:metal::metal::metal::metal::metal:

That’s the exact name I’d have come up with for it!

If I was smart enough to do so…

(Brian) #47

I saw the blurring. LOL!! (My tiny brain storm didn’t go that far.)

But as far as “going carnivore”, for real, do eggs count? Really, they’re sorta little mini chickens, the whole thing, well, minus the shell. Does dairy count since it’s still animal product but kinda like one step away from eating the actual animal? Or cheese, which is made from dairy, sorta making that two steps away from eating the animal?

Not trying to be a smarty pants, honest, just genuinely interested as I was kinda thinking that maybe an “egg feast” could be a sort of a little mini trial of going carnivore.

(Running from stupidity) #48

Paging @Dread1840

But yeah, I was being serious too - I follow a few carnivores on IG and you do see eggs, cheese, butter, cream every so often.

(mags) #49

I was going to say the same thing about eggs being carnivore. They grow chickens so I can’t see why they wouldn’t be. I dunno about vegetarian tho. Not sure how you argue that one except hopefully no chicken has to die to produce the egg.