3 eggs cooked with 2 Tbs raw butter and 1 ounce raw cheddar cheese
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3 eggs cooked with 2 Tbs raw butter
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3 eggs cooked with 2 Tbs raw butter
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3 eggs cooked with 2 Tbs raw butter
EGGS CONSUMED: 12
DIET SODAS: 0 (ZERO!!!) 8 DAYS DIET SODA FREE!!!
NOTE: It's day 20 of my eggfest and here's my caloric intake today: 12 pastured eggs (960 calories) with 8 tablespoons of raw butter (800 calories), and 1 ounces of raw cheddar cheese (90 calories) for a total of 1850 calories. I'm rolling right along with my eggfest going on three weeks and counting tomorrow. I plan on ending this experiment on Saturday, April 10, 2011 at 5PM when we have the Upstate South Carolina Low-Carb/Paleo Kick Off Gathering in Greenville, SC (join us if you're near the area!). It'll be the first non-egg meal in a month and I look forward to the experience of seeing people in my own backyard! Hope to see you there!
You know, it's funny I'm doing this eggfest right now and brand new research released in the April 2010 issue of The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry today looked at the impact of eggs on health. Low-carb researcher Dr. Jeff Volek from the University of Connecticut collaborated on this study about the health implications of eating eggs. Many have complained about the negative effects that the yolk especially plays on heart health because of the fat and cholesterol in eggs, but that's not what Dr. Volek and his fellow researchers found. When combined with carbohydrate-restriction (and this is the key!), consuming eggs increased HDL cholesterol levels and increased the number of large, fluffy LDL particles that are healthy for your heart (it's the small, dense LDL particles that are indicative of a high-carb diet that you want to avoid).So how ya like them eggs? Not only is it helping to produce weight loss (which is a nice "side effect" of eating healthy eggs, butter, and cheese), but more than anything it is improving my health markers EVEN MORE! I already have pretty good HDL and LDL particle size, but this eggfest is just improving upon those numbers even more. I've never had HDL above 72, but would love to see it even higher. And my LDL particle size has been sensational ever since my 2004 weight loss experience on Atkins. This kind of research just gives me a newfound confidence to keep doing what I'm doing, consume quality pastured eggs, raw butter, and raw cheese, and let the results speak for themselves. At some point I will be going to get my numbers checked again (probably this summer after I've lost 50 pounds and been eating clean for several months in a row) to see how I've progressed. THANKS for following my journey!
Here are some more egg pics to tickle your fancy for today:
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Looking forward to seeing those numbers Jimmy. Your HDL should be through the roof!
Have a good Easter break.
Those egg pictures are a riot! Just wondering, will Dr. Vernon and Jackie Eberstein be advising you on how to break your eggfest? Care to share with us what your menus will be like then?
Congratulations on your journey, and a big high-five for kicking the diet sodas!!
Jeanie, the plan is to slowly add in meat keeping calories the same and then some green leafy veggies. We'll see how that does with my cravings. May even rotate eating eggs during the week and low-carb on weekends.
I've been adding in some low-carb veggies from the start of my egg-fest (five days now), such as baby spinach, broccoli, some green beans and cabbage. They were in the fridge, as I've said before, and I've eaten them since I don't like to throw food away. I haven't found they trigger me to overeat or binge as I used to, and I don't crave to eat more than I do now. Just my experience of it, so adding a few veggies might be safe for you too!
Now the question is, what to do with all that remaining soda that is probably remaining in your kitchen. Cola makes an excellent toilet bowl cleaner (watch how effectively it deals with your toilet bowl, and imagine what it's been doing to the inside of your stomach...).
If you want to prove to the naysayers that your "eggs-periment" was beneficial to cholesterol stats, you need to get cholesterol checked in April - BEFORE you start adding in other foods. If you wait till the summer and the results are good, they'll say, "oh, it's because he substituted eggs for vegetables and lean meats" or some other nonsense. For the sake of science Jimmy, do it in April!
Cheers from a fan!
Joan, that's a good point. Maybe this is incentive to stick with eggs for most meals even longer. I'm not opposed to that. Let me think on that one. One month may not be much time to see a difference in lipids since my numbers are already pretty good. :)
Mark, that's funny! No worries about me drinking it anymore. If I can make it this long and be fine, then I'm probably good. THANKS for the tip!
Oh I'm sure I could add in some green leafy veggies with my egg meals and probably will when I start making the transition. I'm taking this VERY slowly because this is a struggle I've had for far too long to make any drastic changes too quickly. THANKS for your input and congrats on your eggfest success!
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