Egg Limit

S.R.F.C.

Sorry if it seems like this has been answered a thousand times already but just wondering, have seen a few times on here people talking about having 5/6/7 etc. eggs in a day, just wondering if this is every day?

For me i only have 2 a day and am starting to up it to 3, but have them pretty much every day of the week, is this ok, is there a daily/weekly limit or are eggs a kind of 'free-food'?

Cheers for any help

EileenG

No limit. As long as you like them, you can keep eating them.

corkcomp

just be sensible about it .. a lot of the people having 6 or 7 a day are training hard and lifting heavy weights. the rest of your diet is also important.. 3 eggs on their own are perfectly ok but three eggs with a few slices of toast is not so good .

S.R.F.C.

Nice one Eileen and corkcomp. Yeah i have them as an omelette with some veg as i'm trying to cut some carbs and up the auld protein.

Just as a sneaky second question, cheddar cheese, good/bad?! I'll throw around 10g grated into said omelette or sometimes around 20g for some cheesy baked beans (delish!), i guess i could cut it out if it's not the greatest though? Or maybe just every 2nd day?

Thanks again you guys, I'm a serious lurker on here and i get so much info from regulars like yourselves without giving you credit, so yeah, thanks alot.

corkcomp

cheese is fine as long as you are counting it as part of overall calories .. cottage cheese is best imo.. dont forget stuff like tuna + prawns and cottage cheese to boost protein intake...

EileenG

10-20g is fine. Cheese is low carb, but I'm always wary of those guys who seem to eat 100g+ plus at a time. Buy vintage cheddar so you get a really strong cheese flavour.

S.R.F.C.

Lovely stuff, good to hear, must keep an eye out for some decent cheddar as i'm only getting the supermarket one at the moment.

Cheers for the suggestion corkcomp but unfortunately i don't eat fish but will keep that in mind, am trying to find plenty of protein rich foods these days, this is all fairly new to me, really enjoying it though, there's just so many bloody high carb foods out there, it's ridiculous how many carbs i was getting in before i changed my diet.

Mellor

I've had 4 eggs today, its only lunch time.

As for 10g cheese. That's fine, but I doubt its what you are adding. 10g is nothing.

Honestly, take out what you normally use, say 3 times (be honest) and weigh it all together. I bet its not 30g

El_Dangeroso

I love those little pick and mix cheeses you get in dunnes, they are all in little 20g packet, so no weighing if you're trying to count calories.

The port salut, gouda and cathedral mature cheddar are my personal favourites.

Lux23

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

I love those little pick and mix cheeses you get in dunnes, they are all in little 20g packet, so no weighing if you're trying to count calories.

The port salut, gouda and cathedral mature cheddar are my personal favourites.

Lovely but I end up eating them all in one go. I am a divil for cheese.

El_Dangeroso

Lux23 wrote: »

Lovely but I end up eating them all in one go. I am a divil for cheese.

Haha! I don't ever find that with cheese, pistachio nuts on the other hand, I can make a kilo bag disappear in a week no problem

metamorphosis

Temple_Grandin wrote: »

Haha! I don't ever find that with cheese, pistachio nuts on the other hand, I can make a kilo bag disappear in a week no problem

OT but i easily go through meridians 1kg tub crunchy peanut butter in a week and what's worse is that i could easily finish it in half that time - im showing self restraint by leaving it their for a week!

EileenG

ULstudent wrote: »

OT but i easily go through meridians 1kg tub crunchy peanut butter in a week and what's worse is that i could easily finish it in half that time - im showing self restraint by leaving it their for a week!

I don't buy it anymore. I can't have it in the house and not eat it.

metamorphosis

EileenG wrote: »

I don't buy it anymore. I can't have it in the house and not eat it.

Smart women. I started buying the 280gm jars of it hoping it would fool me into rationing that amount out for a week ... nope gone easily in 2/3 days. That and vivani dark chocolate are gonna take a temporary hike from my life after exams. My body wont know what hit it.