My Egg Fast

Submitted by Dana on Tue, 2011-03-22 16:58

Those of you who hang out on Facebook have probably been following this story, but I thought I ought to tell it here, too, so bear with me:

Yesterday morning when I got up I was at what I consider a totally unacceptable weight -- three pounds over panic weight. YIKES! I hadn't seriously carbed-out on Sunday, but I'd had a fair quantity of food that wasn't your basic eggs-and-meat: Cheese and avocado in my omelet, peanuts for a snack, and turnips and cabbage with supper, plus a couple of glasses of dry red wine. That plus a higher-than-usual salt intake seemed the likely culprits. Whatever had caused it, immediate action was called for.

As I've mentioned before, we have chickens, and right now we are inundated, nay, deluged with eggs -- if, as of yesterday, we had fewer than 12 dozen eggs in the house, I'd be surprised. So I decided I'd try an egg fast -- nothing but eggs for the day, plus my usual nutritional supplements.

I wound up eating 4 eggs for each of three meals, for a dozen eggs total for the day. Eight of them I ate boiled, and four I ate scrambled in about 1/2 teaspoon of bacon grease. Other than my usual gelatin powder, that was the sum total of my food yesterday.

So what was the result? Well, quite honestly, I'm not sure. I was hoping to drop a couple of pounds. But when I got on the scale this morning, it told me I was down 13.5 pounds!

I stepped off the scale, that Scooby-Doo "Huh?!" sound playing in my head. Couldn't be right! So I stepped back on. This time, it told me I was down 14.5 pounds. Tried it again, and it was at 12 pounds down, and one more time gave me 15 pounds down. That scale was confused, but it was quite certain I'd lost more than 10 pounds in one day.

There's no way it can be right. Several people suggested my scale's battery was going, resulting in wonky weights. I do know that yesterday morning, that horrible high weight was repeated the second time I got on the scale, but still, who knows? Anyway, I've replaced the battery.

I've also done another day of egg-fasting. As I write this, I've had eight eggs today, and my morning gelatin powder, and quite a lot of unsweetened tea. That's it. I'll have four more eggs sometime before eight pm, and my nutritional supplements, and that'll be it for the day.

Tomorrow morning, I will weigh myself on my newly-re-energized scale, and see what it has to say. If I'm down just a few pounds from Monday morning's weight, I'll be a happy girl. If I really am down 15 pounds? I'm calling the National Enquirer.

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Your own chickens and eggs!

Submitted by Helena on Sun, 2011-05-08 15:04.

How lovely to have your own chickens and eggs. What a treat that is.

Congratulations on your egg fast success. It's always great to read good news.

Am enjoying a very eggy today myself. :)

Egg Fast...

Submitted by janinemoore on Mon, 2011-04-11 07:15.

Hi Dana...

Gotta tell you that you are the best! Love your podcast...love this site....love it that you have inspired me! Now...tell me. When you do an egg fast is it ok to season the eggs (ie...herbs, chopped veggies) and what about mayo or mustard for hard boiled? Thanks... I must try this because a quick spurt of losing a few pounds will get me really motivated!!
Thanks. Janine

Egg Fast Results

Submitted by artl on Mon, 2011-03-28 10:22.

Hi Dana:

I've been checking the National Enquirer daily and haven't seen your story, so what's the update?

......Art

Hi there

Submitted by getfitkate on Thu, 2011-03-24 19:18.

Hi Dana,

Great blog (and I have at least one of your cookbooks, which I love)!

I just wanted to chime in and say that I’ve had freak, temporary weight gains while doing low-carb, and it usually has a lot to do with sodium consumption and subsequent water retention, or the mysterious effect that alcohol has on me (especially red wine!!)

I know, for example, that if I get a low-carb breakfast at McDonalds, I can bet that I’m going to end up with swollen fingers, at the very least, and then I’ll wind up peeing it out relatively quickly thereafter. I have an astounding reaction to sodium, and it has a lot to do with my being overweight and having slightly elevated blood pressure.

I’m not sure what’s up with red wine. All I know is that I don’t dare drink it the day before I weigh in. That means teetotaling on Saturday nights, as I weigh in on Sunday's!

Good luck!

Kate M.
Getfitkatie.blogspot.com

Scales

Submitted by IGarden on Wed, 2011-03-23 01:23.

I have had a very good balance beam scale for years, and the hubby now has it in his bathroom. I use a Tanita digital scale with body fat monitor, and I think it is even more accurate than the balance beam. Unless one is really hydrated, the body fat monitor doesn't work very accurately, so I don't do that very often. When I am weighing in the morning, the last thing I want to be, is full of water :o)

If eggs give you gas, use

Submitted by VictoriaBC on Tue, 2011-03-22 22:24.

If eggs give you gas, use Beano. It really works. You take it before the thing that gives you gas.

eggs

Submitted by Journeysend on Tue, 2011-03-22 21:12.

Hi Dana, I am a newbie!!
I love eggs...but...what about the gas that I get from eating them? Hmmmmm....maybe I will try an egg day tomorrow!!

Thanks for your books, this blog and website!!

Journeysend

Gas From Eggs

Submitted by Dana on Tue, 2011-03-22 21:20.

I can't speak to this problem, because it's not one I've ever had. Sorry.

Well, actually, I'm not sorry eggs don't give me gas, especially considering how many of them I've eaten in the past 48 hours. Just sorry not to be more help.

Balance beam scale

Submitted by PeggySu on Tue, 2011-03-22 20:24.

I don't know how you cope without having a real mechanical balance beam scale. I have mine on a concrete floor and no one else is allowed to touch it. With an accurate scale you can drink some water, weigh yourself again, and your weight will have increased by exactly what you'd expect.

My cheap electric scale

Submitted by Dana on Tue, 2011-03-22 21:13.

First of all, I live in a 120 year old house; even the concrete floor in the basement is not dead level. So there's little point.

Secondly, my scale isn't scientifically accurate, but so long as the batteries are good, at any rate, it gives me an idea of which way I'm going and about how fast, which is the info I'm really interested in.

And third, it cost me a big $20, and money is tight.