Egg only diet

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I know a guy that ate nothing but eggs for 1 month and got extremely ripped. He went off the diet because he got his bodyfat where he wants it and eats a more normal diet now. He swears by the diet and says there was no problems with low energy or any other kind of problems.

What do you guys think of this diet?
 
it's a great diet. i only would add some veggies, fruit, nuts, fish, chicken, pork and beef.
 
He hates veggies and mainly does it because he swears it works (I can't argue with the results) and just wants things to be as simple as possible.
 
Its just a terrible version of ketosis (which generally gets good results) being that its high fat and protein. All of which could have been done in either a regular ketogenic diet or paying more attention to his food and exercise levels in general making this egg diet pointless truthfully.

This really just boiled down to what motivated him to begin with so he could stick to it.
 
DiegoLunes said:
He hates veggies and mainly does it because he swears it works (I can't argue with the results) and just wants things to be as simple as possible.
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Just go no carb, same affect and you'll have a bigger selection to choose from.
 
Badger67 said:
Its just a terrible version of ketosis (which generally gets good results) being that its high fat and protein. All of which could have been done in either a regular ketogenic diet or paying more attention to his food and exercise levels in general making this egg diet pointless truthfully.

This really just boiled down to what motivated him to begin with so he could stick to it.
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Boiled down to......hahahahaha
 
There are these things called nutrients.

Although eggs have some, they lack many. Eating only eggs is a surefire way to becoming deficient in a number of key nutrients.
 
Badger67 said:
Its just a terrible version of ketosis (which generally gets good results) being that its high fat and protein. All of which could have been done in either a regular ketogenic diet or paying more attention to his food and exercise levels in general making this egg diet pointless truthfully.

This really just boiled down to what motivated him to begin with so he could stick to it.
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Well said.

Ts, if you're serious about doing this diet, it's best that you supplement with fiber and electrolytes (potassium, sodium, and magnesium) to help with your digestion and to avoid cramps.
 
DiegoLunes said:
Here is a girl that basically did the same thing. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread90418.html
It is an interesting read that answers a lot of your questions and shoots down a lot of your theories.
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Not exactly a person that should be used as the poster child to "shoot down theories"

Yes Paleobird hit the nail on the head. To give you a much fuller history on me... I am 33 years old, 5'7'' and used to be over 350 pounds. I lost the weight through very strict calorie restriction and a lot of exercise. I got down to 150. Then I developed an eating disorder afraid to gain the weight back. I routinely starved myself but later would end up binging. My weight stayed at 150 for about a year but I was miserable. As I started to heal from the eating disorder I started to gain weight and the cycle of shame and food issues were a cycle of pain. I am trying to lose the weight I gained during this time but traditional methods still led me to binge. If I had known more about primal I probably would have tried it. However I was desperate for change so I started the egg experiment and want to follow through. It amazes me that I am losing weight because I am actually eating, not over exercising, I feel good and my cravings are gone. To me that is a miracle and I have NEVER lost weight this fast for so long. I keep waiting for it to stop no matter how my calories are..... so that is a little peek into my life.
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over on page 5
Just checked your update. Holy Egg Yolks, Batman. 18 lbs in 11 days! Wow. Impressive
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partway through she did a re-feed (sugar day in her words)

either way it shouldn't be a way to go.

I just worked the macros through of 12 eggs plus cooking fat per day. It is just about 1000 calories (depending on how free a hand you take with the butter). It's just a tectch over 70% fat and a tetch under 30% protein. That is damn near perfect from the ketosis pov.

Of all the mono-food hacks around here, this one seems like it would be the easiest to follow. Nothing to weigh and measure. Plus it covers the nutritional bases better.

I can see the steakaneggz thing working well for the heavy lifting dude-bros that are looking to put on mass but the protein levels in this are just fine for normal people. Potatoes (no matter how much Otzi tries to tell you about their "complete" protein) just don't have enough protein to prevent muscle catabolism.
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Chick mentions she's 5'7 @ 150-160lbs, 1000 calories a day is not wise.
Either way, its reeks of fad dieting that would end up doing more harm than good in the long term, I'd even say short term as well.

Oh, and just to give you more insight….
I'm 33, 5'7'' I was went through a pretty horrific trauma when I was 14 and started to pack on the pounds. Before then I had a pretty normal relationship with food and was an average weight. I was using sugar as a coping mechanism and it turned into an addiction. I didn't realize it at the time as I was only 14 and I don't think I really thought about it. At 14 I was around 135-40 pounds. When I graduated high school I was 250 pounds. I graduated from college 300 pounds. I eventually landed at 368 pounds at my biggest. I finally hit my rock bottom and drove head on into changing my life at 28. I started exercising ton, eating clean, cutting my calories….and I lost over 200 pounds from my biggest to lightest. However I still haven't triumphed over my sugar addiction. Since losing the weight I seem to bounce back and forth from 145-200. I go down when I cut sugar out completely. I go up when I bring it back. I want to be healthy and free. I truly do. Especially since my next dream in life is to have a baby….but I can't if I don't figure this out. Thanks for listening.
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She ended up doing what most do on a severely restrictive diet.. go on binges re-accumulating the weight

So all in all, it didn't shoot down any theories, unless your question was losing weight as much as possible (chasing the number on the scale rather than focusing on healthy fat loss while retaining muscle mass) with the diet, then yes anyone in a deficit will lose weight. But everyone here (and those who are non-athletes as well) looks to lose weight healthily without compromising muscle loss.

tldr;
The diet wasn't sustainable as girl in that forum went on constant "sugar" / carb binges due to abstaining for prolonged period of time. She struggles to maintain her ideal weight. She was eating an average of 1000 calories daily while being aty 5'7 @ 150-160lbs
 
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It shoots doen the theories that she was constipated.

Also, of course you will gain back the weight if you go crazy and eat like a pig. She did weight loss in a more conventional way and lost like 100 lbs. but started gaining it back because she went back to pigging out again. She is a food addict.
 
And her solution to food addiction is all of that? She needs something better. This goes beyond standard dietary measures and enters the realm of psychology.
 
DiegoLunes said:
It shoots doen the theories that she was constipated.

Also, of course you will gain back the weight if you go crazy and eat like a pig. She did weight loss in a more conventional way and lost like 100 lbs. but started gaining it back because she went back to pigging out again. She is a food addict.
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That wasn't the theory most thought of with the diet. Are you planning for this diet to relieve constipation? There are better alternatives then.

Also, Thats what happens when you abstain, your leptin levels end up going out of whack, esp. at a severe restriction like that. I can 100% guarantee anyone will binge, even if you're the most mentally strong person on the planet, sooner or later that binge will come. Its like making 30k a year living the lifestyle of someone with 100k, even with the best money saving methods, you will end up broke and run to the ground.
Prisoners after getting out the big house after lockup for awhile, go all out with pros when back outside.
 
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I know the diet works for my buddy. He does it every now and then to slim down. He goes on it until he gets where he wants to be, and then east a more normal diet when he is lean and he still stay s pretty lean for a while. When he needs to go down again, he goes low carb until he comes back down. This time he did eggs only and said there was no problems and he got ripped super fast which is pretty incredible because he was actually pretty out of shape and the fattest he had ever been in his life.
 
DiegoLunes said:
I know the diet works for my buddy. He does it every now and then to slim down. He goes on it until he gets where he wants to be, and then east a more normal diet when he is lean and he still stay s pretty lean for a while. When he needs to go down again, he goes low carb until he comes back down. This time he did eggs only and said there was no problems and he got ripped super fast which is pretty incredible because he was actually pretty out of shape and the fattest he had ever been in his life.
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It seems like regardless of what we say, you have your mind made up. Good luck with your nutritional deficiencies I guess.
 
how long would you have to boil an ostrich egg? hard boiled ostrich egg. you could cut it like a cake or something. i would eat one ostrich egg a day and become super ripped. ostriches are badass.
 
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