Well you see, I've actually lost considerable weight on the South Beach Diet during the first phase and during the second phase... this was last year of course and then some bad things happened... terrible things happened... really terrible things happened... and so I abandoned dieting or eating normally at least and I ate so much junk food and I binge ate sometimes that I gained it all back.


I have no trouble eating say eggs (cooked) in the morning, chicken and a salad at noon, and fish at night or having a day without bad carbs, and losing weight. I have absolutely no trouble going into ketosis; in fact I easily go into ketosis.

I'm doing the egg thing because well, unlike any other form of organized eating (or unorganized form of eating), I've gained a boost in libido and I believe my state of thought is much better than before when I eat these raw egg yolks. But I believe I will throw in some cooked steak in there.

I've told myself that I should not find happiness in food. That if I can subsist on these vanilla and almond tasting egg yolks, then I should leave myself to eating that.

C'mon, now, be honest. Yer just here trying to pick up chicks.







/jk

You know. A lot of people on this board will tell you that if something makes you feel good then you should do it. For example, I think we are mostly all in agreement that Low Carbing makes us feel BETTER physically and mentally and we all know that the rest of the general public is seriously uneducated about lowcarb. Yes, eating 9 raw eggs is very low in calories and eggyolk very well could begin to gain weight after adding in other foods after the 2 weeks, but if it makes him feel good, physically and mentally, then why knock him down? If during the 2 weeks, he feels weak or his body is yearning for more food, I think he'll eat more food. Its all about listening to your body as you do this, and I think that is what eggyolk is doing. Listening to his body.

oi, girl... give us a spew warning before you do that!

I dare you to try telling that to the families of the people who have.

Look honey, if you want to try some kookie egg yolk diet, go for it! But I certainly don't understand why you posted about it if you weren't ready for whatever responses you might get.

This is an Atkins board, where serious low carbers support each other. It's difficult to support things that are based on a whim--especially when someone proposes to do such a seemingly insane thing for a 2-week period.

Ya wanna risk your health or possibly even your life? No one here can stop you. I just don't understand why you don't do ATKINS. I'm doing Atkins and I have both the benefits you've mentioned, plus others, AND I'm losing weight! JMO

Darlin, your increased libido isn't gonna do ya much good if all you're eatin is egg yolks.

Your breath's gonna be bad, and dinner dates will be baad news...

Seriously, I see nothing wrong with your trying it for a week, if you can stomach it (*shudder*) but I'm a little concerned about your motivations.

Also, I think eggs are something you can develop an allergy to if you eat too many, and it would truly suck to have an egg allergy if you decide to do Atkins.

No revolution rolls, or mock danishes... Horrors!

Sorry sorry.

Okay, I will cut this thing down to one week but if I feel great I will continue to two weeks.


However, if I do return to eating normally that is I decide to do Atkins, I'll still have at the very least three raw egg yolks.

I am concerned that 9 egg yolks are not enough to sustain a person. I mean you should at least have a dozen a day and then eat some sashimi. I would be curious to see how it turns out.


BTW: I prefer to eat my egg yolks in ice cream or a nice mousse :-)

In addition to your comprehension of foodborne diseases etiology leaving something to be desired, so is your understanding of avian embryology. May I suggest you review http://www.jobird.com/eggdevel.htm?

Seriously.

LC Books you have read:
None

I humbly suggest .

Something I don't get about the raw food theory is how cooking enzymes will denature them, but your 1 or 2 pH stomach acid won't. I don't buy it. I know there are some nutrients that are wrecked by cooking, but I think raw foodism is a red herring - the benefit comes from eating whole foods, not the fact that they're not being cooked.

Eggyolk, I'm a little appalled that if you came here and said that you were going to try high fatting with moderate protein (basically what you're doing) without listing what you were planning to eat (egg yolks), most of the people here would have been praising you for "getting it," that Atkins isn't a high protein diet! Instead you have been belittled and attacked, I feel, anyway.

I agree that the calories are too low, eggyolk, but the idea behind what you're doing (moderate protein and high fat) is scientifically sound. I never felt as good and peaceful and "clear of mind" (I'm afraid my libido still needs help however!) as when I was high-fatting with moderate protein. Even IF has not come close to that feeling of calm that I felt while HF.

Maybe after your week or 2 on it, you could expand your foods to keep the fat to protein ratios the same (or even higher, really), and add some induction-type veggies? You'll find that you feel just as good, but will have more nutrients added from the veggies.

The egg white has 3.4 grams of protein each and the yolk has 2.8. You would get 30.6 more grams of protein if you ate the 9 egg whites and would only get 2.7 more grams of carbs and 126 more calories--a lot of bang per egg white.

As it is, you will be getting 2.7 grams of carbs, 46.8 grams of fat, 25.2 grams of protein and 549 calories. This is awfully low in protein. If you eat 9 whole eggs, you will get 55.8 grams of protein--a much better level.

It's only two weeks--I'm sure you won't die from it. Have fun!

Sunny!

what?! Are you crazy?!? That's a great way spending a week throwing up if you get one egg with a hint of salmonella.

You do know there are more effeciant ways of getting protein rather than eating raw eggs, right? Also, eggs yolks are much higher in fat than protein. Also, 9 egg yolks will kill your metabolism as your body will go into starvation mode.

If you wanna eat raw yolks, then go right ahead, but I urge the other readers do not do this. It's a bad practice.