Egg Diet

Background

The Egg Diet has become increasingly popular due to reports that some well-known people and celebrities have successfully lost weight by eating only eggs. Apparently Nigella Lawson’s husband Charles Saatchi, lost over sixty pounds by eating nine eggs a day for ten months.

There is also discussion that Adrian Brody lost 30 pounds in six weeks in preparation for his role in the Pianist by following the Egg Diet. He has since explained that he actually followed a variation of the diet where he ate eggs for breakfast, a small piece of grilled chicken for lunch and a small piece of fish with steamed vegetables for dinner.

Egg Diet Basics

egg-diet There are several versions of the Egg Diet that are circulating on the Internet. The most popular version of the diet does not actually consist of eating only eggs but it does involve getting the majority of your protein from egg.

This diet is basically a variation on the Atkins diet where the focus is on restricting carbohydrate intake. In this version of the diet you eat two or more eggs for breakfast along with, grapefruit, low carbohydrate vegetables or lean protein.

Lunch and dinner includes either another serving of eggs or a small portion of lean protein such as fish or chicken. Salads and low carbohydrate vegetables are usually allowed as desired however fruits are generally limited to one to two serves daily. Other carbohydrate foods such as bread, pasta and potatoes are strictly limited.

Another version of the diet is called the ‘Egg and Grapefruit Diet’ and this involves eating half a grapefruit with each meal. The rest of the diet plan is very similar to that outlined above.

The most extreme version of the diet involves eating only hard-boiled eggs and drinking water or crystal light drink mix.

Recommended Foods

Eggs, lean protein, low carbohydrate vegetables, grapefruit, and crystal light.

Sample Diet Plan

Breakfast

2 boiled eggs
½ grapefruit

Lunch

Roast chicken without skin
Green Salad

Dinner

2 egg omelet with spinach and tomato

Find other Healthy Meal ideas here.

Exercise Recommendations

Exercise is not a requirement for following this diet plan.

Costs and Expenses

This is a relatively inexpensive diet plan and the only cost may be that the grocery bill is slightly increased due to the need to purchase extra lean proteins and fresh vegetables.

Pros

High protein, low carbohydrate diets help to reduce appetite.
High protein diets increase the rate of calorie burning.
Eggs are a good source of protein and vitamins.
Studies show that eating eggs for breakfast increases weight loss.

Cons

Not a healthy or balanced approach to eating.
Eliminates entire food groups and many vegetables.
Lack of carbohydrates will make it difficult to engage in strenuous physical activity.
Many people experience fatigue and nausea during the first few days of the diet as the body adapts to a reduced intake of carbohydrates.
Eating a lot of eggs can cause constipation, flatulence and bad breath.
Dietary boredom may reduce ability to stick with the program.
Not sustainable as a lifestyle plan for healthy weight management.
Likely that any weight loss will be regained upon a return to normal eating.

Conclusions

The Egg Diet is essentially a crash diet, especially the version that does not allow for nutritional variety. Although rapid weight loss will probably occur it is most likely that all of this weight will be regained upon the completion of the diet.

Obviously eating eggs alone is not a healthy way to lose weight and the extreme version of this diet is very dangerous for health. Dieters risk not only nutritional deficiency but also severe disruption to their health and well-being.

January 31st, 2012Guru

Really it works!!!try it…
January 25th, 2012joe

Why is everyone going so extreme. Just stop eating grains (all of them) and sugar and eat lots of meat/eggs/salad/little fruit. Its the car cutting and increased good fat that makes you lose weight and be healthy
January 18th, 2012angela

day one ate four eggs today so far, i also directed by my doctor i do two emmas a day one in the morning and one at night i fell great !
January 13th, 2012KD

My wife and I are on some variant if this diet. I’m only doing it to encourage her because she finds it hard to diet when I eat pretty much what I want all day. It’s supposed to last 28 days but I don’t think I’m going to make it. I’m currently at the high end of the BMI (I’m 6’2” tall) so I can stand to lose 10-15 pounds, and simply increasing my exercise habits will make that happen. We started the diet Jan 11. That morning I weighed in at 190 pounds. This morning (Jan 13) I weighed in at 183 pounds. Yep. I lost about 7 pounds in 48 hours. So it will work IF AND ONLY IF you stick to it strictly, which isn’t too hard. We’ll see what happens, but we may do it for another few days. Honestly, I think my wife and I would be better served to just incorporate exercise into our daily routines. After all, we both have gym memberships that we pay for and don’t use.
January 9th, 2012Nikki

day 2 of the diet and i’m feeling really positive, can’t wait to loose this weight can’t believe that i’m not hungry!!!
January 7th, 2012bethany

I LOVE THIS DIET I LOST 2 STONE. I WENT ON HOLIDAY AND PUT A BIT ON BUT I LOST IT IN A ABOUT A MOUTH. WENT BACK ON IT AGAIN AFTER CHRISTMAS.

I WOULD SAY GO ON THIS DIET IF YOU WANT TO LOSSES WIGHT FAST, AND NOW I CAN’T WAIT TO BE AT THE WIGHT I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE AT!!!!! GO THE EGG DIET!!!
January 5th, 2012Tiffany

I’m reading some comments, and I must say they are very reassuring. I have been on this diet for 5 days now and I’m hoping that this pays off. Some days I’m really hungry and others I’m perfectly fine. I would love to lose about 40 pounds. I’ve been working out as well. I’m so looking forward to seeing some results. My first weigh in is Sunday.
January 4th, 2012Adelina

Hi Everyone!!!!!!! I used to be huge…Not anymore.. I`ve lost alot…But one so call diet i did, (i hate to use the word diet) I lost 12 pounds in 14 days…..Egg salade in the Morning, Chicken and broccoli in the afternoon and for Supper one egg and a bit of chicken with salade..For my salade dressing I would put 1/2 of table spoon of Olive oil or squeeze a whole lemon…IT works..Trust me…..It was not easy..But when I saw the results I was extremely happy….And everytime I was hungry I would chew a gum, drink a class of water or eat more salade and broccoli but with no egg nor salade…..I`ve maintained this weight off…..I do this so call diet 3-4 times a week and during the week I eat a healthy WHATEVER!!!!!!!! GOOD LUCK YOU ALL….OH!!! P.S. All in all I `ve lost oever 40 pounds in 3 months……
December 12th, 2011Jen

Yes i have done this diet – and still prefer to stay on it!
I don’t eat too much anymore and i enjoy eating the eggs, sometimes with some sesame seed sprinkled on before microwaving it for fast convenience.
Some days i have only the whites, other days 1 add 1 or 2 yolks.
It’s prefect for me because i don’t eat starchy carbohydrates and i have lost 7kgs and am keeping it off…finding it harder to put on actually but my body feels much better eating like this.
November 21st, 2011Brooke

I’m confused , what all can you eat? Is it strict to what you can. like sunflower seeds or what? If anyone has done this & lost a lot of weight what exactly did you do? (: Thanks!
November 8th, 2011Cynthia tatenda tsuro

I enjoyed reading your page will try it
October 14th, 2011iwanttoweigh50kgs

I weigh about 65kgs and would love to lose 15kgs, will this diet do that for me? I’m a very active person, I used to do a lot of sports but I never lost the weight especially around my hips and legs. I just really want to feel good about myself, everytime I look at myself in the mirror I see a really beautiful girl trapped in a fat body. I dnt wanna be skinny I just want to look good in the clothes I put on. Hopefully this diet will work.
September 28th, 2011helena

I am eating two eggs in moring with 240ml milk and banana(smoothie) lunch the same and in the evening only two eggs ans I lost 1.4kg in three days
August 17th, 2011Alice

I did it once and lost 7 kilos in 10 days. After the first 3 days when nothing moved I started losing 1kg a day
August 12th, 2011Kat Smith

Also go mad on baby oil everynight and really rub it in then get some tan-in-a-can on the go…you’ll feel amazing…honestly you will!!Body brush two nights before you tan tho!! x
August 12th, 2011Kat Smith

Hi Fredi, I was heavier at that age and know how you feel. I’ve done the egg diet once before and the weight stayed off. I did it for two weekd but not this version. I lost nearly two stone and i’m not the type to loose it easily. I ran alot at the time and work full time. My skin, health and taste buds all improved..oranges were amazing instead of film-leaving-in-mouth mc’donalds!! After an operation and depression i put on two stone as i couldn’t move about for three months..am about to do it again…on the other side..you’ll feel sick, tired, emotional for about 5 day’s out of the two weeks…keep at the black coffee and excercise in any way you can!! Good luck Fredi
August 3rd, 2011fredi

im 18 im 11 stone but i dont even eat fast foods or junk foods all the time , im swimming and running and the weight is getting worse , now i have streach marks every where how on eath do i lose 3 stone i need this fat gone
July 17th, 2011huong

soung great i d love to try once
June 27th, 2011not your bisness

I DON’T HAVE A CLUE WHY PEOPLE LIKE EGGS THEY ARE NOT THAT NICE AT ALL,I USED TO EAT EGGS AND NOW IF I EAT THEM I FEEL SICK.
OH AND BY THE WAY AVOCADO IS NICE!!!!