Need to take off some weight? Eat lots of eggs.

[JimmyHoffa]

The coconut oil based butter flavored popcorn oil is the best, for popcorn.  I have a screw loose.

best? better than bacon grease?

[Bean Counter]

If you like soy sauce, you haven't lived until you've tried tea eggs. I got hooked on them when I was in the Far East. Every 7/11 you walk into has them in a crockpot by the front door. 

[Fl0und3rz]

The coconut oil based butter flavored popcorn oil is the best, for popcorn.  I have a screw loose.

best? better than bacon grease?

Can't say. I guess it is better to say the best I have tried.

[Special T]

I know it's no longer popular but the Atkins  diet is very close to what man survived on for a long time. Meat and vegetables. The must have carbs can be had out of any raw veggies or greens

[vandeman17]

One of my favorite snacks is Ezekiel bread, homemade guac and eggs

[pianoman9701]

I'll try those Tea Eggs, BC, but I have to figure out a way around the flour. Thanks. Karl, I do have fish occasionally when I catch something. I also made gravlax a couple of weeks ago and sliced it thin on top of scramble eggs with truffle oil, or on boiled eggs with dijon mustard.

[Karl Blanchard]

Keep up the hard work my friend!  Clean diets are damn hard to stick to these days, but you are killing it!!!!  You'll be leaping dead falls before you know it

[pianoman9701]

 

[RatRodMike]

Wow! Great job.    Makes me want to get busy with the same thing.

[Timberstalker]

is this something you came up with?

My sister is morbidly obese. Some years ago, she lost quite a bit of weight doing this. I did a little research and in about 2000, I did it for about 3 months and lost 45 lbs in conjunction with daily exercise, getting ready for elk season. My cholesterol and blood pressure both dropped considerably during that time. I had had a 250 cholesterol and a blood pressure of 140/90. At the end of that period, my cholesterol was 210 and my BP was 120/80. I did eat other proteins and almost no carbs. I took a gammaglobulin test on Thursday and on Friday it came back with a blood sugar level of 85, which is healthy. I was formerly at 105 in April; not quite pre-diabetic but not great. These are non-fasting numbers.

My cholesterol is 260 and blood sugar as of this morning is 205 , yesterday blood pressure was 155/84

 
Are you still with us today?

[swashington2128]

I am doing this also. Lost near 30 lbs in the last 2.5 months. I see a lot of posts about cooking the eggs in olive or coconut oil. Just use bacon grease. When you get rid of the carbs you need fats to maintain energy levels. Don't be afraid of the saturated fats. They are the supermen of the fat world. First to get used by the body. The key is to get your body to stop using sugar. The only way to do it is by limiting sugar intake as low as possible. Have one non-diet soda and your body will immediately shift back to sugar burning and fat storing.

I have high blood pressure and needed this as a lifestyle change. It takes getting used to. Very difficult to stop the desires for pizza, sandwiches, pasta, and potatoes. But you learn to deal with it. Heck I will order a pizza and just eat the toppings. Leave the crust for the trash. If you are pre diabetic or type two diabetic this is a great normal diet. Without the carbs your pancreas stops pumping out insulin to control your blood sugar. Insulin also forces the body to store fat which is why we gain weight. Since the body is always trying to regulate sugar levels on a typical American diet we get the highs and lows in energy. With this diet you get a steady burn throughout the day and don't need those 5 hour energy drinks anymore.

Best part is I get to eat all the meat I want. Steaks, sausages, chicken, pork bring it on! Just make sure to level it off with veggies and you are set. Cheese is another thing that you can have within reason.

A by product to this between myself and my girlfriend is no more gas or bloating. No more desperate need to get to the bathroom. Heck, she would never eat eggs because of the gas, now she eats them like candy with nothing. Same with me.

Another great way for the eggs is to cook some bacon chunks with onions, peppers, and mushrooms and then add the eggs when everything else is done. Add cheese and you are eating well.

Happy living everyone and only 40 days till elk season in Utah. Add 20 more days for home.

[runamuk]

I have all the free fresh eggs I can eat but eggs make me sick.

I have now eliminated wheat soy eggs and dairy potatoes and most corn I eat a small amount of fruit and my diet is almost solely chicken and kale and lentils, white beans and some rice  with lots of veggies right now its asparagas and zukes and brocoli.  I dont typically drink soda mostly water, plain tea, and black coffee.  I use grapeseed oil and olive oil and a ton of spices.  Its a sort of boring way to eat/live but I feel less sick most days.  I have been at this since february and started working super hard physical labor back in April, I have lost 15lbs"ish" and on any given day my weight still fluctuates 4-5 lbs so tracking weight loss is really almost impossible.  I envy people who can just go on a diet and start working out and lose weight.  I used to be able to just stop drinking and lose 10lbs.  I never dieted.  Now I am just trying to find a diet that isn't painful and causes me illness.

[Rainier10]

Congrats man, stick with it, your new hip will appreciate the reduced weight, so will your hip on the other side.

Keep it up and kudos to you for doing the work.

My second favorite saying behind "pain is temporary" would be "I didn't say it was going to be easy, I said it would be worth it."

This will be worth it, stay the course. 

[Bean Counter]

I'll try those Tea Eggs, BC, but I have to figure out a way around the flour...

Uh, 'flour?' You mean the wheat in the soy sauce?  There's gluten free tamiri, which is basically soy sauce without the added wheat. But you definitely don't need to add any to the pot for the eggs. We don't add sugar, either. Let me know how you like it.

[pianoman9701]

I'll try those Tea Eggs, BC, but I have to figure out a way around the flour...

Uh, 'flour?' You mean the wheat in the soy sauce?  There's gluten free tamiri, which is basically soy sauce without the added wheat. But you definitely don't need to add any to the pot for the eggs. We don't add sugar, either. Let me know how you like it.

Sorry, the Scotch Eggs Recipes - the flour in the recipe plus the bread crumbs to coat it. The tea eggs look cool and i have a gluten-free tamari although I don't care about gluten, just sugars from carbs.