What is the Egg diet? – the rules, the benefits, and sample of the diet

Dieting is an ancient name, fasting. In today’s busy schedule instead of workout, jogging or walking people prefer to fast to lose weight. What does a diet mean? It means restricting yourself to eat and lose weight with it. A boiled egg diet is one of these diets, in which you are supposed to eat eggs, cheese and butter. This diet is mainly followed by people who follow ketogenic diets. Let us know more about boiled egg diet its benefits, its rules and some sample diet plans for the same

What does the egg diet or boiled egg diet or egg fast mean?

Blog writer Jimmy Moore developed this egg diet plan in 2010, this is a short term diet plan. You can say that it is a restricted ketogenic diet. A ketogenic diet is a diet plan where you eat food with high fat and moderate in protein but eats nearly zero amount of carbs. Actually what ketogenic diet does is that it helps your body to enter the metabolic state of ketosis. In this state, the body starts using glucose as a source of energy and hence the results you all know.

Before entering into a ketosis diet plan some people prefer to go on the egg diet plan. The rules for the egg diet are very simple –

• Eat whole eggs – yes you have to eat yolks and whites both as both are a big source of fat and protein.
• Your intake of butter should be in the ratio of 1:1 – 1 tablespoon of butter or healthy fat per egg you egg.
• Just as soon as you wake up you must consume 1 boiled egg within 30 minutes.
• After every 3 to 5 hours you must eat something which means egg meal.
• You must eat it as compulsion even if you are not hungry
• A minimum of 6 eggs should be consumed by you in 24 hours.
• You must not eat 3 hours before bedtime.
• You can consume up to 3 cans of a diet soda but it is better if you drink less then 1 per day

These are rules one must follow but a little bit of modification can be done. An ideal egg diet lasts for 3 to 5 days, 3 to 5 days are enough to overcome a weight loss plateau.  The people suffering from diabetes, eating disorders, cholesterol, and the people have removed there gallbladder should not think of this diet plan. People with egg allergies should also not try to attempt this diet.

 

How does this diet work?

The metabolic state of ketosis helps egg diet to work fast. To reach ketosis people normally eat a maximum of 50 grams of carbs or even less than this per day, so that the rest of the calories are from high fat and a moderate amount of protein. as an egg diet plan is of max 5 days so it is a bit difficult for someone to reach ketosis. The difference in egg diet is that the option to are lesser and so the calorie intake is minimized as a result weight loss is the effect. In this diet, a person with more weight can lose more weight than a person with lesser weight. It is said that 1.5 to 2.8 kgs of weight can be lost by this diet.

 

Benefits you get –

You may expect these benefits like a restricted ketogenic diet that encourages eating eggs. If you are looking ketogenic diet then this is not for you.

Sample menu you can follow

First day –

In Breakfast – eat cheese egg omelet, at least 2 to 3 eggs, the omelet should be cooked in 2 to 3 spoons of butter or olive oil

In snacks – string cheese not more then 1 stick

In lunch – 2 to 3 deviled eggs

In snacks – 57 grams of any cheese

In dinner – egg crepe made with 2 – 3 eggs which should be cooked in 30 to 45 grams of butter or olive oil.

 

Second day –

In breakfast – cream cheese pancake  of 2 to 3 eggs in 2 to 3 tbsp of cream cheese, blend these to together and cook it in a pan with 3 tablespoons of butter

In snack – any cheese about 28 grams

In lunch – egg salad of 2 eggs and 2 tbsp of mayonnaise

In snack – 28 grams of any cheese

In dinner – crustless cheese quiche which should be made of 2 eggs

 

Third day –

In breakfast – 2 eggs fried in 2 tbsp of butter

In snack – string cheese stick, 2

In lunch – leftover slice of crustless quiche of cheese

In snack – 28 grams of any cheese

In dinner – Deviled eggs 2 to 3

 

Fourth day –

In breakfast – egg and cheese omelet

In snack – any cheese about 28 grams

In lunch – 2 hard-boiled eggs

In snack – string cheese 2 sticks

In dinner – 2 egg waffles made of 2 to 3 eggs in butter

 

Fifth day –

In breakfast – scrambled eggs of 3 egg with a cup of black tea or coffee

In snack – string cheese 1 stick

In lunch – egg salad of 2 eggs and 2 tbsp of mayonnaise

In snack – 28 grams of any cheese

In dinner – crustless cheese quiche which should be made of 2 eggs