3 eggs for Breakfast every day.

mectavba

Hi

I usually would have a breakfast of 3 scrambled eggs on 2 pieces of wholegrain toast, with a cup of coffee.

Is this too much eggs to be eating if i have this 5 days a week?

corkcomp

mectavba wrote: »

Hi

I usually would have a breakfast of 3 scrambled eggs on 2 pieces of wholegrain toast, with a cup of coffee.

Is this too much eggs to be eating if i have this 5 days a week?

if your cholesterol is within the normal range then no its not too many eggs.. I would get bored of having the same thing 5 days in a row though. make sure the wholegrain toast is proper wholegrain (rather than coloured white bread) and its a pretty good breakfast

mectavba

Hi thanks,

Im in my mid-20's so never had my cholesterol checked, guessing it should be normal enough.

How do you know if it's proper wholegrain? What brands would best?

Any alternatives? Can get a bit boring...but hate porridge!

S.R.F.C.

mectavba wrote: »

Hi thanks,

Im in my mid-20's so never had my cholesterol checked, guessing it should be normal enough.

How do you know if it's proper wholegrain? What brands would best?

Any alternatives? Can get a bit boring...but hate porridge!

If you're sticking with the eggs than start doing omelettes with pretty much whatever you want thrown in. Egg muffins are good too, there's a recipe around here somewhere, sorry can't be more specific.

Mellor

To be honest, I'd say the two slices of bread are worse than the three 3 eggs.
Obviously is depends on which eggs/bread/butter etc.

--Kaiser--

Dietary cholesterol does not necessarily increase blood cholesterol levels. Eggs don't raise your blood cholesterol levels so I wouldn't worry about it.

davyjose

corkcomp wrote: »

if your cholesterol is within the normal range then no its not too many eggs.. I would get bored of having the same thing 5 days in a row though. make sure the wholegrain toast is proper wholegrain (rather than coloured white bread) and its a pretty good breakfast

In fairness, if his cholesterol is high - this goes for anyone too - it's not because of the eggs. So really an overhaul of his entire diet would be advised, not just to avoid eggs.

I know you didn't quite blame eggs, but I'm just clarifying: if your diet is clean, then you can easily eat 3 eggs a day, or more.

How Strange

If you're eating 3 eggs for breakfast then there is no need to have bread with them. Eggs are a filling enough breakfast on their own to keep you going until lunch time.

corkcomp

How Strange wrote: »

If you're eating 3 eggs for breakfast then there is no need to have bread with them. Eggs are a filling enough breakfast on their own to keep you going until lunch time.

sweeping generalisation tbh. no way would i survive until lunch time on 3 eggs

How Strange

corkcomp wrote: »

sweeping generalisation tbh.

How so?

Magic Eight Ball

People seriously need to stop bad mouthing poor eggs..

corkcomp

Magic Eight Ball wrote: »

People seriously need to stop bad mouthing poor eggs..

even though im not a bit hungry that pic makes me want to go and cook some eggs now:p:D

banquet

How Strange wrote: »

How so?

Because your age, sex, height, weight and job will have an influence on how much you eat. 3 eggs on there own would not come close to doing the trick for me.

corkcomp

banquet wrote: »

Because your age, sex, height, weight and job will have an influence on how much you eat. 3 eggs on there own would not come close to doing the trick for me.

exactly

--Kaiser--

Scrambled eggs made with a bit of butter, milk, cheese and 4 eggs does me until lunch time, and I have quite a large appetite

How Strange

3 eggs on there own would not come close to doing the trick for me.

3 eggs for me would be a huge breakfast and of course it depends on lots of factors however I don't regard it as a sweeping generalisation to say 3 eggs is a big breakfast which would keep you full for hours for an average person.

columok

Throw some Marks & Spencer 97% pork (gluten free) sausages into the mix. Pow! Spectacularily good!

corkcomp

How Strange wrote: »

3 eggs for me would be a huge breakfast and of course it depends on lots of factors however I don't regard it as a sweeping generalisation to say 3 eggs is a big breakfast which would keep you full for hours for an average person.

what you said was that there was "no need" to have bread with them, which is a sweeping generalisation really.. im sure If I came along and said drop the eggs you dont need em and the wholemeal bread would keep the average person full for hours, a huge flaming war would soon follow!

having wholemeal bread with eggs for breakfast is perfectly fine (which is what the OP was asking) and would go a long way to keeping me full for longer.. then again I go to the gym in the morning so three eggs wouldnt sustain me for even an hour afterwards.

rubadub

corkcomp wrote: »

sweeping generalisation tbh. no way would i survive until lunch time on 3 eggs

How Strange wrote: »

How so?

Depends on your size & energy expenditure. I saw an interview with this guy/beast;)


He ate an 8 egg omlette and 12oz steak for breakfast!

I had 3 eggs liquidised with a little oats fried in a fair bit of coconut oil this morning.

mectavba wrote: »

How do you know if it's proper wholegrain? What brands would best?

Check this
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055546098

Magic Eight Ball

6 eggs + 2 bowls of porridge myself.

Mellor

35g oats and 1 egg for me, 2 eggs if i'm hungry

corkcomp

Magic Eight Ball wrote: »

6 eggs + 2 bowls of porridge myself.

Now that's more like it! You could get away with skipping lunch with a breakfast like that

How Strange

rubadub wrote: »

He ate an 8 egg omlette and 12oz steak for breakfast!

I had 3 eggs liquidised with a little oats fried in a fair bit of coconut oil this morning.

Magic Eight Ball wrote:

6 eggs + 2 bowls of porridge myself.

:eek: fair play! I'd have to lie down for the day if I ate that but then again I'm 5'3"

ToxicPaddy

Magic Eight Ball wrote: »

6 eggs + 2 bowls of porridge myself.

Jeez, thats an obscene amount of good first thing in the morning.. :eek:

I'd hate to see what you eat for dinner if thats breakfast!!!!

Transform

ToxicPaddy wrote: »

Jeez, thats an obscene amount of good first thing in the morning.. :eek:

I'd hate to see what you eat for dinner if thats breakfast!!!!

yes magic eight ball possibly trains much harder and more consistently than anyone i know so that breakfast is just a snack for him.

Eggs every day is grand but a bit of variety is order of the day

metamorphosis

this morning this is the egg brekkie i had - was nom

made 2 of them

got an egg, 2 tbls wheat germ, tbls psylum husk, tbls flax, tsp cocoa powder and xylitol with a little baking powder and 3 tbls water. Mixed and microwaved in 2 min. Makes a fluffy muffin. Let cashew butter melt over it.

nomnomnomnomnomnomnom

rubadub

ULstudent wrote: »

Let cashew butter melt over it.

Most cashew butter I see costs a fortune, might be cheaper to just buy cashews and liquidise them, you can add a little oil to make them more spreadable.

metamorphosis

rubadub wrote: »

Most cashew butter I see costs a fortune, might be cheaper to just buy cashews and liquidise them, you can add a little oil to make them more spreadable.

I did! Followed your advice from this in a thread i asked last summer -
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=61214199&postcount=6

I made a mess of it but still regard it as my own messy nut butter none the less!

feikennyw

i just think its ridiculous that a guy cant ask a general question like is three eggs too much and we need to know his height weight age job description and anal capacity before giving an educated guess,look its three eggs,of course its ok and the bread is ok too,its not porridge like u said but look its balance in all things so if thats wat u consider brekkie...get it in to u man!!!one thing ive realised on this website and health and fitness in general is that theres no such thing as a straight answer so as a rule if u have a fairly balanced diet drink plenty of water get eight hours sleep and excercise ur doin a top job,may the road rise up to beat u my friend!

corkcomp

^^^^^ what crap ^^^^^^

feikennyw

how can u say wat i said is crap,at least have the decency to explain yourself,in fairness if u read through the preceding posts u wud see that some think its loads and if ur the beast its hardly enough i.e balance in all things,from wat he told us it sounds perfect for him so how u can u say its crap,it may be a generalization but the point still stands....may ur eggs rise up to beat u my friend!!

banquet

feikennyw wrote: »

how can u say wat i said is crap,at least have the decency to explain yourself,in fairness if u read through the preceding posts u wud see that some think its loads and if ur the beast its hardly enough i.e balance in all things,from wat he told us it sounds perfect for him so how u can u say its crap,it may be a generalization but the point still stands....may ur eggs rise up to beat u my friend!!

Its crap because you wrote it in txtspk, never mind the the **** content.

feikennyw

ur serious???i mean your serious?

bp1989

feikennyw, if it was that simple to be healthy as you've outlined, personal eating and training programmes would be non-existent.

The one-for-all method never works, we need to ask these questions because everyone is different and has different dietary needs.

Transform

feikennyw wrote: »

i just think its ridiculous that a guy cant ask a general question like is three eggs too much and we need to know his height weight age job description and anal capacity before giving an educated guess,look its three eggs,of course its ok and the bread is ok too,its not porridge like u said but look its balance in all things so if thats wat u consider brekkie...get it in to u man!!!one thing ive realised on this website and health and fitness in general is that theres no such thing as a straight answer so as a rule if u have a fairly balanced diet drink plenty of water get eight hours sleep and excercise ur doin a top job,may the road rise up to beat u my friend!

some people want to go beyond the average diet (which for the vast majority is pretty poor) hence the nutrition forum

Mellor

feikennyw wrote: »

ur serious???i mean your serious?

You're

feikennyw

Transform wrote: »

some people want to go beyond the average diet (which for the vast majority is pretty poor) hence the nutrition forum

i completely agree and back to the original question,is his diet in the mornings okay, based on what he told us yes it is,the only thing he is guilty of is not having enough variety...
p.s mellor........is there any need for that,seriously..

Tar.Aldarion

Had 3 for brekkie myself today, if anything I want to start eating 6! Good luck to you and enjoy them