3 Day Egg Fast
So I have hit a stall on my Keto journey so I decided to give the Egg Fast a try. I did some research online and had tried the Intermittent Fasting (IF) for a while and it worked a little but but not by much. usually only about half a pound over a week. Looked into the Fat Fast but saw some rave reviews over the Egg Fast so I decided I would try for a 3 day Egg Fast over my 3 days weekend.
Here were the instructions I am following and lets be honest. For someone who loves eggs and butter and cheese.. How could this be bad???
I went shopping to stick up on eggs and cheese. I was already stocked up on Kerrygold Butter o I was good there.
I started checking out people's Egg Fast Instagram posts and their results. I was amazed at the results that people were getting but I had to be honest and think this wasn't possible. IT went against everything in nutritional science that I have ever known. But hey, I said the same thing about Keto so what the heck! Clearly I have a lot more learning to do.
Day 1:
8:30am
Bullet proof coffee - 1.5 Fat
2 fried eggs cooked in butter - 2 eggs, .5 fat
1 piece of cheddar cheese - 1 cheese
12:00pm
2 fried hardboiled eggs in butter with mayo/mustard sauce - 2 eggs, 2 fat
1 piece of cheddar cheese - 1 cheese
4:00pm
2 fried eggs in butter and parmesan crisps - 2 eggs, 1 fat, 1.5 cheese
6:00pm
Gave Zevia a try for the first time. Not exactly sure what I think of it. I think it's an acquired taste.
I made some fat bombs with butter and Torani Sugar Free Peppermint Syrup. 1 tbsp each. - 1 fat each
Total : 6 eggs, 6 fat, 3.5 cheese
Weigh in: Down 1.8 lbs
8:30am
Bulletproof coffee - 2 fat
2 egg omelette with cream cheese, shredded cheese and butter with some green tobasco. - 2 eggs, 1 fat, 1.5 cheese
12:00pm
2 fried eggs in butter with melted cheese 2 eggs, 1 fat, 1.5 cheese
mozzarella cheese snack - 1 cheese
5:00pm
3 fried eggs with butter and swiss cheese and tobasco sauce - 3 eggs, 1 fat, 1 cheese
peppermind butter bomb - 1 fat
Total : 7 eggs, 6 fat (oops), 5 cheese
Day 3:
Weigh in: Down 1.6 lbs
11:00am
Bulletproof coffee - 2.5 fat
2 eggs, swiss cheese and butter - 2 eggs, 1.5 fat, 1.5 cheese
4:00pm
4 eggs, mozzarella cheese and butter - 4 eggs, 2 cheese and 2 fat
Total : 6 eggs, 6 fat, 3.5 cheese
Final total weigh in on Day 4 morning: Down 4.2
So 4.2 lb lost in 3 days is pretty successful in my book. This thing really works. I really had my doubts. The problem is... Keeping that weight off. I didn't know about the correct way to transition back to Keto so I went straight back to Keto thinking that's all I needed to do. I gained 3 of those lbs back and hit a new stall. So I knew I had a long holiday weekend coming up in 2 weeks so I decided I would try this again.
5 Day Egg Fast + 5 Day Transition
I even started early on Thursday while at work. That was a lot easier than I thought it would be too. Good to know for future egg fasts.
Day 1:
Weigh in: 155.2
6am:
Bulletproof coffee - 2 fat
1030am:
2 hardboiled eggs and 1 oz cheese
3pm:
2 hardboiled eggs, 1tbsp butter, 1 oz cheese
6pm:
2 eggs, 1 oz of swiss cheese, 1 string cheese, 1tbsp butter
cinnamon/sugar butter (2 tbsp butter mixed with dash of cinnamon and .5 tsp powdered swerve)
Total: 6 eggs, 6 fat, 4 cheese
Weight in:153.6 Down 1.6 lbs
9am:
Bulletproof coffee - 2 fat
10:30am:
2 HB eggs warmed in microwave with 1 tbsp butter then splashed with Pink Himalayan Salt and lemon juice. 1 oz cheese
1:30pm:
1 oz string cheese
3:30pm:
Egg Fast Pancakes (2eggs, 1oz cream cheese, 1tbsp butter, cinnamon, swerve and vanilla)
6:30pm:
1 egg, 1tbsp butter cooked on top of melted crisped 1oz mozzarella cheese. (accidentally burned the cheese... oops)
1 mascarpone hazelnut cheesecake (1 egg, 1.5 cheese)
Total: 6 eggs, 5 fat ( oops, I have got to get better about this) 5.5 cheese
Day 3:
Weight in: 153.0 Down 0.6 lb
(this is why I have to make sure to get all my fats in)
9am:
Bulletproof Coffee - 3 fats
11am:
3 eggs, 1.5 butter, 2 cheese
4pm:
Deviled eggs - 2 eggs, 0.5 fat, 1 oz cheese
7pm:
Mascarpone Cheesecake with Cinnamon Butter frosting - 1 egg, 1.5 cheese, 1 fat
Total: 6 eggs, 6.5 fat, 4.5 cheese
Day 4:
Weigh in: 152.6 Down 0.6 lb
10am:
Bulletproof Coffee - 3 fat
Fried Eggs - 2 eggs, 0.5 fat, 1 cheese
2pm:
Egg Salad - 2 eggs, 0.5 tbsp mayo, 0.5 oz shredded cheddar cheese
5:30pm:
EF Waffles, (one with butter and SF syrup and one as grilled cheese sandwich) 2 eggs, 2 fat, 3 cheese
Total: 6 eggs, 6 fat, 4.5 cheese
Day 5:
Weigh in: 151.8 Down 0.8 lb
It's going much slower this time around. But it's still better than not seeing the scale budge for weeks. The important part is keeping this off through and after transition which will make this slower loss more successful then the earlier quicker loss.
10am:
Bulletproof coffee - 2 fat
11am:
1 waffle with cinnamon butter - 1 egg, 1 fat, 1 cheese
1 scrambled egg cooked in butter - 1 egg, 1 fat
4pm:
1 waffle with cinnamon butter - 1 egg, 1 fat, 1 cheese
Scrambled eggs - 4 eggs, 1 fat
Cheese - 2 cheese
Fat bomb - 1 fat
Total: 7 eggs, 7 fat, 4 cheese
Day 6 Transition:
Weigh in: 152.0 Up 0.2 (I went up!?!?!?!)
6am:
Bullet Proof Coffee - 2 fat
10am:
2 eggs, 1 fat, 1 cheese
2pm:
2 eggs, 1 cheese, 1 fat (fat bomb)
5pm:
4 oz chicken, 1/2 avocado,
Day 7 Transition:
Weigh in: 151.4 Down 0.6 lb and fit into a size 6!!!!
6am:
Bulletproof Coffee plus Collagen Peptides and raw cocao butter - 3 fat
10am:
2 eggs, 1 fat (fat bomb) in hot tea
1pm:
2 eggs, 1 cheese plus half an avocado my boss gave me (2 oz)
5pm:
3.75 chicken, 1/2 avocado(2 oz)
Day 8 Transition:
Weigh in: 151.9 Up 0.5 :( Clearly did something wrong yesterday... But I did notice that my new size 6 dress slacks were pretty loose around the waist today. I was able to pull at them and see a couple of inches.
6am:
Bulletproof coffee with raw cocao butter added - 3 fat
1pm:
Chef Salad with 1 oz turkey, 1 oz ham, half an avocado(2 oz), 1 hard-boiled egg and half an oz of shredded cheese and 1 oz avocado oil italian dressing - 2 oz protein, 1 egg, 1 fat, 2 oz avocado fat, 0.5 cheese
5pm:
4oz chicken, 1/2 an avocado, 1 oz cheese and 1 scoop collagen peptides - 4 oz protein, 1 fat, 2 oz avocado fat, 1 cheese
Fingers crossed for tomorrow!
Forgot to take pics today. It was a difficult day emotionally today.
Day 9 Transition:
Weigh in: 152.7 Up 0.8 ( Dang it! )
6am:
Bulletproof Coffee with 1/2 tbsp of - 2.5 fat
12pm:
Chef Salad with 1 oz turkey, 1 oz ham, half an avocado(2 oz), 1 hard-boiled egg and half an oz of shredded cheese and 1 oz avocado oil italian dressing - 2 oz protein, 1 egg, 1 fat, 2 oz avocado fat, 0.5 cheese
2pm:
Hard-boiled Egg - 1 egg,
5pm:
2 eggs with some seasoning, salt lime juice and red wine vinegar. - 2 eggs
Day 10 Transition: Last Day!
Weigh in: 152.5 Down 0.2
9am:
Bulletproof Coffee with cocao butter and collagen - 2.5 fat
1pm:
Egg bites - 1 egg, 1/8 cup cottage cheese, 1/16 cup heavy whipping cream
5pm:
4 oz pulled pork and 2 tbsp of sugar free bbq sauce - 4 oz protein
1 pickled hard-boiled egg - 1 egg
Last Weigh in: 152.3 Down 0.2
Final Results: Down 2.9 lbs
Not as good as I had hoped but it was certainly better than the end result after the first one with only 1.2 lbs lost. So I suppose 2.9 lbs lost in 10 days isn't so bad. Now the plan is to keep losing and to hope for an average of 0.2 loss per day.
I would really like to be at 140lbs by July.
I have also realized that I ned to up my eggs each day. I may try having 1 egg meal and 1 regular ket meal each day. I'll see how that works for a while.
So here I go... Pushing Forward!
