![]() ![]() ![]() Egg Fast Diet Menu Plan (Low Carb & Keto) and FAQs. Ok, so I’m finally posting the Egg Fast Diet menu plan! There are 5 days on the plan and two days of transition to come off the plan – hopefully without gaining all the weight back.! NO. The first and second day of the plan are when you will be most likely able to tolerate eggs in their basic form. Remember 1 egg – 1 Tbsp fat – UP TO (but I recommend less) 1 oz cheese per egg. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSWhere can I go for support and help while on the egg fast diet? In addition to posting questions and your progress here in the comments, you can also join the IBIH Community Forum and head over to the Egg Fast Forum to meet others who are doing the egg fast and coordinate weekly challenges, etc. I like the menu for Day 4, can I just eat that all five days? Sure, go nuts. Can I have heavy whipping cream (HWC) on the egg fast diet? We provide the exercise programs, fitness schedules, meal plans, and. Check out 30 Day Detox Diet Plan Challenge to Lose Weight instantly. Also check out the below Do's and Don'ts to maintain a healthy and natural weight loss. A Greek Mediterranean diet plan (or a Cretan Diet) is a heart healthy plan based on foods traditionally eaten in Greece, Crete and Southern Italy. Week One Keto/Low Carb 7 Day Menu Plan and Progress Report! Join us on Keto and lose weight fast! Report your weight loss progress weekly in the comments! This is a sample menu for one week on a ketogenic diet plan. Eggs are a healthy, nutrient-dense. No. This plan doesn’t use heavy whipping cream. If you want to risk it and can’t stand to drink your coffee any other way, then go ahead and try it – if you’re not losing weight, the first thing to go should be the HWC and see if that makes a difference. ![]() If you do it with HWC and lose a bunch of weight, please let us know in the comments so others will know it’s possible. Can I drink alcohol on this egg fast plan? No. Alcohol impedes liver function and you need your liver focused on metabolizing your fat – otherwise what’s the point of putting yourself through this? Why Bulletproof Coffee (BPC) and what is it? Bulletproof coffee is coffee made with MCT oil (or coconut oil), and grassfed unsalted butter. It has thermogenic (fat burning) properties, and gives you ridiculous amounts of energy. Plus it tastes amazing. To make it: Combine 6- 8 ounces of coffee with 1 Tbsp unsalted butter (I use Kerrygold), and 1 Tbsp of MCT oil (coconut oil works if you can’t get MCT oil). You can also add sugar free sweetener – I make Mr. Hungry’s with Splenda (he prefers it) and cinnamon – it’s yummy. The key to good BPC is that you emulsify it. I use this battery- powered, hand- held frother thingy and it works great. Others make it in a magic bullet or blender and blend for 2. You can’t just stir it in with a spoon or you’ll have a gross oil slick on top. Ewww. Try bulletproof – you’ll never want to go back to heavy cream again – or at least we didn’t! Do I need to be in ketosis already to do the egg fast diet? No, but it will be easier if you are – the detox symptoms of getting into ketosis can be rough already on first timers – doing something as extremely low carb as the egg fast right off the bat will be much harder. I recommend easing into it with my 3 Day Keto Kickstart Plan if you’re a complete newbie to any low carb plan. If you’re really desperate to get started on the egg fast though – go ahead and give it a shot, you’ve been warned. What should I drink while on the egg fast diet? Water – and lots of it! Aim for at least 1. Can I drink diet soda or other calorie free drinks on the egg fast diet? Diet soda is inherently unhealthy for you. Don’t stop taking any medications! If you aren’t already supplementing with magnesium and potassium (lite salt added to your food works best), then you should start. Be sure to get plenty of sodium as well. These three things will help you avoid getting cramps, headaches, and help regulate your fluids to avoid lightheadedness, heart palpitations, etc. How will I stay “regular?”Magnesium is a mild laxative and will help with this if you’re supplementing (as you should be.) In addition, because you are eating so much fat, it should keep things running smoothly. Bulletproof coffee is your friend. Is any cheese ok on this egg fast diet plan? Any full fat, less than 1g net carb per ounce type of cheese should be ok. That may even mean eating more than this plan calls for – especially in the first couple of days. I couldn’t stand the thought of another egg by Day five. That being said, if you want to experiment with a handful of spinach here, a few romaine leaves there, some chopped onions and peppers thrown into your eggs, etc. I’m not the boss of you and neither is the egg fast. Here’s the problem – looking for loopholes and making eggceptions (sorry, couldn’t help myself and I should get credit for holding out this long with no egg puns by the way – it wasn’t easy, ya know!) with a little of this and a little of that is a slippery slope. If you want to do the egg fast the way it was intended by the originators – you don’t eat any fruits or vegetables. The end. Got a question that’s not in the FAQ’s?? Can’t wait to hear your results – be sure to keep us all posted on how you’re doing through the week! Click here to download a printer friendly version of the plan! Egg Fast Menu Plan. Day One. Breakfast. Coffee or Tea – Black or Bulletproof (1 Tbsp MCT oil or coconut oil + 1 Tbsp unsalted butter)(sugar free sweetener if desired)2 – 3 eggs fried or scrambled with 2 Tbsp butter. Snack. 1 String Cheese. Lunch. 1/2 cup Simple Egg Salad. Snack. 1 string cheese. Dinner. 1 serving Buffalo Omelette. Day 2. Breakfast. Coffee or Tea – Black or Bulletproof (1 Tbsp MCT oil or coconut oil + 1 Tbsp unsalted butter)(sugar free sweetener if desired)2 – 3 eggs fried or scrambled with 2 Tbsp butter. Snack. 1 String Cheese. Lunch. 1/2 cup Simple Egg Salad. Snack. 1 string cheese. Dinner. 2 (or more) Snickerdoodle Crepes. Day 3. Breakfast. Coffee or Tea – Black or Bulletproof (1 Tbsp MCT oil or coconut oil + 1 Tbsp unsalted butter)(sugar free sweetener if desired)2 – 3 eggs fried or scrambled with 2 Tbsp butter. Snack. 1 String Cheese. Lunch. 1 Cream Cheese Pancake, 1 Tbsp sugar free mayonnaise, 1 deli slice cheddar cheese. Snack. 2 Easy Deviled Eggs (4 halves)Dinner. Buffalo Omelette. Day 4. Breakfast. Coffee or Tea – Black or Bulletproof (1 Tbsp MCT oil or coconut oil + 1 Tbsp unsalted butter)(sugar free sweetener if desired)2 – 3 eggs fried or scrambled with 2 Tbsp butter. Snack. 1 String Cheese. Lunch. 2 Snickerdoodle Crepes. Snack. 2 Easy Deviled Eggs (4 halves)Dinner. Salted Caramel Custard. Day 5. Breakfast. Coffee or Tea – Black or Bulletproof (1 Tbsp MCT or coconut oil + 1 Tbsp unsalted butter), (sugar free sweetener if desired)2 – 3 eggs fried or scrambled with 2 Tbsp butter. Snack. 2 Easy Deviled Eggs (4 halves)Lunch. Salted Caramel Custard. Snack. 1 string cheese. Dinner. 1 serving Fettuccini Alfredo. Day 6. Breakfast. Coffee or Tea – Black or Bulletproof (1 Tbsp MCT oil or coconut oil + 1 Tbsp unsalted butter)(sugar free sweetener if desired)2 – 3 eggs fried or scrambled with 2 Tbsp butter. Snack. 1/2 avocado w/ lite salt and pepper. Lunch. 1/2 cup Simple Egg Salad. Snack. 1/2 avocado w/ lite salt and pepper. Dinner. 6 – 8 classic buffalo wings, celery sticks, 2 Tbsp blue cheese dressing. Day 7. Breakfast. Coffee or Tea – Black or Bulletproof (1 Tbsp MCT oil or coconut oil + 1 Tbsp unsalted butter)(sugar free sweetener if desired)2 – 3 eggs fried or scrambled with 2 Tbsp butter. Snack. 1/2 avocado w/ lite salt and pepper. Lunch. 1 serving Fettuccini Alfredo. Snack. 1/2 avocado w/ lite salt and pepper. Dinner. 1 serving No Chop Chili. Tbsp sour cream. 1 Tbsp chopped cilantro (optional)1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese. Pantry and Shopping Listground cumin (chili)ground coriander (chili)garlic powder (chili)onion powder (chili)dried oregano (chili)ground cinnamon (crepes)sugar free sweetener of choice (splenda, stevia, swerve, etc.)mayonnaise (sugar free)hot sauce (I like Frank’s Red Hot)green tobasco sauce (for the deviled eggs)blue cheese dressing (1g net carbs per serving or less)parmesan cheese. Shopping list(Go organic when and if you can)Produce. Dairy. 4 oz sour cream (for day 7)8 oz cream cheese. Grocerylite salt (half potassium half sodium)caramel extract (for the custard)MCT oil or coconut oil (if making bulletproof coffee)Meat. Frozennone. Prep List. Notes. The Fettuccini Alfredo and Buffalo Omelette are best made right before serving. Make 1 batch of Simple Egg Salad. Make 1 batch of Easy Deviled Eggs. Make 2 batches of Salted Caramel Custard on the evening of Day 3 so that they are chilled and ready to go by Day 4 and Day 5 when you’ll be eating them. Make 1 batch of Cream Cheese Pancakes to have on hand for Day 3 lunch that uses one, and the others as a backup for when you need something quick and don’t have time to cook. That’s a discount of over 3. GET ALL FIVE BOOKS (over 1. FOR JUST $1. 9. 9. Only $1. 9. 9. 9!!!! I'm working to craft good cheap eats that we can both enjoy. You can read more about this site here. Check out my cookbooks if you're needing some budget- friendly inspiration. Read about how to make healthy eating work for you here. This post does include affiliate links. If you make a purchase from one of these Amazon links, I am paid a small amount in advertising fees. Your price is not changed, but your purchase helps keep this site available to provide free content to you and all your friends. Thanks for your support. This is where I’m documenting my Whole 3. It Starts with Food. For the next 3. 0 days, I’ll be following a gluten- free, grain- free, dairy- free, sugar- free, soy- free, alcohol- free diet. It’s called a Whole 3. My husband warns that it may be flavor- free. Here’s hoping that Mr. Right is wrong in this instance. I’ll be posting my food log here in a haphazard way. Quick Help for your Whole 3. If you want to skip the whole daily diary thing, you can read my review of the program and conclusions here. Need Meal Plans? Other quick links that you might find helpful: Day 1 Friday. Breakfast: Fajita omelet with saut. Small black coffee. Lunch: Sauteed chicken nuggets, seasoned with Jamie’s Spice Mix (NYM Make- Ahead and Freeze Cookbook), steamed spaghetti squash, Easy Slowcooker Red Sauce, broccoli di cicco. Water with lemon and lime slices. Dinner: Large dinner salad with roasted beets, avocado, carrots, tomatoes, green onions, cashews, nicoise olives, and leftover chicken that I cooked at lunchtime. It was even better cold! Sparkling water with lemon and lime slices. Impressions: I’m glad that I researched this diet and did my shopping before starting. I also slowly started eliminating the things that I’m now avoiding. So, I wasn’t going to give my body a shock. I really didn’t eat all that different today than I normally do except that I would have added cheese to my omelet, snacked throughout the day, added cheese to my lunch and dinner salad, drank a glass of wine during dinner, and eaten a slice (or more) of pizza that I made for the fam. It’s love to make pizza that you’re not going to eat. It Starts with Food gives you a template for building your meals. It’s more than enough food! In fact, I was full before I ever finished a meal. I went ahead and finished (most of the time) since I knew I wasn’t going to snack in between meals. Boy, was it tempting to snack! I wasn’t hungry between meals, but I wanted to eat! A trip to Walmart was torture. It seems like there is candy at every corner. Which makes me wonder about our nation. I don’t typically like them, but I figure desperate times may call for desperate measures. I’ll hold out as long as possible.(SPOILER: I ended up loving Cherry Pie Larabars by the end of my Whole 3. My kids and husband love these Mamabars.)Now to figure out what to eat tomorrow. Lots of water throughout the morning. Lunch: Salad with leftover chicken from yesterday, tomatoes, carrots, green onions, avocado, and vinaigrette. Coconut milk latte after lunch. Dinner: I made roasted sweet potatoes as the starch in my taco salad, topped with seasoned taco beef, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole. Another banana and cashew salad for “dessert”. Impressions: I awoke this morning with a pretty bad headache. That kind of surprised me. This is to be expected due to the “detox” nature of the program. But, I thought that I had slowed down enough on my cheese, bread, sugar eating to counteract it. I reread their timeline. Just call me Charlie Sheen. Hubby asked me if I was going to do this forever. It’s too soon to tell. I’ve found pleasure in plenty of new to me foods (like cashews and coconut chips) that I don’t feel deprived. I am always very full at mealtimes which I kind of like. I realize how mindlessly I eat, though. I had to remind myself not to nibble while I was making meals for the family. As a good chef should, I taste as I cook. That isn’t always good to do if I’m making a different meal for them than I am for myself. I’m looking forward to trying coffee with a little cocoa powder in addition to my cinnamon and coconut milk. I would love to break sugar’s hold on me, as good as it is. According to the timeline the coming week is going to get a little rough. Glad I’ve got freezer meals for my family and kids who can cook! Day 3: Sunday. Breakfast: Vegetable Eggs Scramble (broccoli, mushrooms, bell peppers, garlic, green onions), Fruit Salad (orange, kiwi, almonds). Lime Water. Lunch: Taco Salad, take 2 with spinach, carrots, broccoli, green onions, grape tomatoes, seasoned taco meat, guacamole, and vinaigrette. A handful of cashews and a handful of coconut chips, followed by a banana later. Dinner: Spinach Salad with grilled chicken, roast sweet potatoes and squash, green onions, shaved apple to remind me of cheese, toasted hazelnuts, red wine vinaigrette. Next time I’ll ditch the squash and use balsamic in the dressings. Impressions: I didn’t really have a headache today, just a dull roar every once in awhile. I didn’t drink as much water as I have other days. I tried adding dried mint to my lime mineral water for a very fake mojito. It floated on the top like leaves in a swimming pool. Need to spring for some fresh mint or go buy a plant. I’m trying to give my breakfasts some variety. I got a great deal on eggs, so I’m being creative with them. But, I need to incorporate other proteins besides eggs. Gonna start looking for ham without all the additives. I love cashews and coconut chips. I love the batch of bananas I bought. Nuf said. Today I was definitely craving sweet, but I’m trying not to overdo on the fruits. That’s why I had sweet potatoes. Ha! My hips hurt significantly this afternoon. Kind of discouraging. Day 4: Monday. Breakfast: Skillet Eggs, Monkey Salad. Black coffee. Lunch: Spinach salad with grilled chicken (I bulk grilled several days’ worth last night), avocado, tomato, hard cooked egg, and leftover squash and sweet potato. I tried balsamic vinaigrette this time, homemade, reusing the bottle. Lime water. Dinner: Date night at Chipotle – salad with carnitas, guacamole, and mild salsa. A spoonful of coconut butter when we got home for a little sweet. Impressions: As you can tell by now, my interests in vegetables lean toward salads and leafy greens. I calculated how many meals worth of greens I would have left before I needed to restock. Trader Joe’s has some good mixes for a great price, so I timed it to land on date night. We did double duty of Chipotle and Trader Joe’s. A friend has encouraged me not to let yesterday’s pain deter me. It hasn’t been thirty days and the idea is that it takes awhile to get the offender out of your system. I will say that I do feel a lot more alert than I have in quite some time. The house is cleaner and I feel a little more with- it. I’ve also done a lot more label reading lately. There are hidden sugars in everything. Bacon for heaven’s sake! I know that sweet bacon is a nice treat, but I had no idea how difficult it would be to find sugar- free bacon that was also nitrate/nitrite- free. US Wellness Meats has it, but I can’t afford that. So, I’m learning a lot about our food supply through all this. As if I needed to learn more! I feel like The Girl Who Knew Too Much. There are so many hidden things in the foods we eat. Hidden things that probably don’t always need to be there. I did splurge on some sugar free, nitrate/nitrite- free sliced meats, namely proscuitto and roast beef so that I can mix breakfasts up just a bit. I’m getting a little weary of eggs. Edited to add: I had a Larabar (Chocolate Coconut Chew) with decaf after date night. I can’t believe I’m saying it, but it was really good! I wish I had eaten it sooner in the evening. It was probably a little too close to bedtime, about an hour or so. I woke up groggy and couldn’t walk straight. Not sure if that was the blood sugar issue, just a part of the diet to be expected, or the fact that I dreamt I drank a few swigs of hard cider and had a vicarious drinking binge. But, I did love the Larabar. I’ll be getting that one again. Day 5: Tuesday. Breakfast: Proscuitto Egg Cup (without the cheddar), Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Monkey Salad. Coffee with coconut milk. Lunch: Chicken Salad Wraps (chicken salad had chicken, apple, almonds, green onions, homemade mayo, and shredded carrot, all wrapped in napa cabbage leaves. Water. Dinner: Meatballs with Pork, Beef, Mushrooms, and Onions, Spaghetti Squash, Red Sauce, Steamed Broccoli. I made a salad, but didn’t need it so I saved it for tomorrow. Impressions: Today was tasty, but it was a lot of work. I think that eventually (soon?) I will come up with some quick(er) meal ideas and get on the ball with advance prep. If I had only known about this plan when I did my freezer cooking a few weeks ago. My typical breakfast is very heavy on fruit, dairy, and grains. And I like my little food rituals, so that’s hard to get out of the mindset. This morning’s proscuitto egg cup was very tasty. I’d never had proscuitto, so I’d call that a win. Busting out, I am. I even tried my hand at homemade mayonnaise. I made a half- batch of this recipe, but used lemon juice instead of the vinegar. I imagine it will take awhile to get used to a different flavor than my beloved Best Foods. I’m kinda proud of myself for trying something new.(update: I ended up trying three or four different mayonnaise methods and combinations before I landed on this one.)So far it’s really fine. I don’t want to go bake Christmas cookies or anything. That would be hard, but I’m mindful that these alternatives to the regular stuff I eat are really good for me. I’m curious to see where this goes. Day 6: Wednesday. Breakfast: Snacky plate of roast beef, cashews, cucumbers, orange slices, pepper. Black coffee. Lunch: Skillet Eggs and Greens, avocado with vinaigrette. Water. Dinner: Baked sweet potato, salad with grilled chicken. Decaf coffee with coconut milk for “dessert”Impressions: This is really not that hard — if you plan ahead. How to Create an Atkins Diet Menu Plan (with Pictures)Eliminate almost all carbohydrates from your diet. For the first phase, Induction, you avoid eating nearly all carbohydrates. This includes breads, baked goods, grains, potatoes, sugary foods and drinks, fruits, alcohol, etc. This may be hard at first, so prepare yourself by slowly weening off carbs in the days leading up to your Atkin's Diet start date.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
November 2017
Categories |