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0 pointsmonktastic13y ago0 comments

> eat 2 eggs for breakfast and I guarantee you won't even think a out food again until lunch time, if not dinner time.

I don't understand the motivation to make such a guarantee. It's as though you assume there are many people on HN who have never tried eating two eggs in the same meal. Do you maybe live in a place where eggs are rare (or not commonly eaten)?

(For what it's worth, my personal experience matches that of others here: two eggs would be a comically small breakfast.)

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chihuahua3y ago

If "2 eggs for breakfast and you won't think about food again until hours later" were true, it would be the world's easiest and most effective diet: eat 2 eggs (2x75 calories), the next time you feel hungry (afternoon), eat another 2 eggs, then have a MASSIVE 1200 calorie dinner. Total = 1500 calories for the day - substantial weight loss would be guaranteed. In practice, this doesn't work because eggs are not hugely satiating.

monktastic1OP3y ago

I agree it's not true for most people -- though for someone who has trained themselves to eat a small breakfast, it surely can be. Plenty of people eat nothing for breakfast, and are satiated til lunchtime, but aren't losing weight from it.

More interesting to me is why someone would phrase it as a guarantee even if it were true. It suggests that the reader likely hasn't tried it, and would be surprised to discover the result.

mmmpop3y ago

>a MASSIVE 1200 calorie dinner

Yeah no one likes your humble brags about how little you eat and feel JUST GREAT. You're probably worse for it.

I'm 5'11", ~170 lbs and rather lazy right now, running ~15 miles a week and a couple light lifting sessions because I'm busy. I eat 2500 calories a day and maintain just fine.

I just ate 1200 calories at dinner, no problem, so I'm going to try real hard not to feel judged by you!

mmmpop3y ago

I thought the same thing.

I just wonder do any of these people actually move? Apologies if you're less-than-abled but good lord, if you're not and you're surviving on so few calories, I just wonder if you're moving enough to actually be healthy?? Thin !== healthy, necessarily.

GordonS3y ago

Lol, no, eggs are not rare - but eating eggs without also eating carbs at the same time seems to be.

monktastic1OP3y ago

Ah, I see: it wasn't "eat at least two eggs for breakfast", but "eat only two eggs for breakfast." The addition of carbs makes you hungry earlier, I suppose.

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0 pointsmonktastic13y ago0 comments

> eat 2 eggs for breakfast and I guarantee you won't even think a out food again until lunch time, if not dinner time.

(For what it's worth, my personal experience matches that of others here: two eggs would be a comically small breakfast.)

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chihuahua3y ago

monktastic1OP3y ago

More interesting to me is why someone would phrase it as a guarantee even if it were true. It suggests that the reader likely hasn't tried it, and would be surprised to discover the result.

mmmpop3y ago

>a MASSIVE 1200 calorie dinner

Yeah no one likes your humble brags about how little you eat and feel JUST GREAT. You're probably worse for it.

I'm 5'11", ~170 lbs and rather lazy right now, running ~15 miles a week and a couple light lifting sessions because I'm busy. I eat 2500 calories a day and maintain just fine.

I just ate 1200 calories at dinner, no problem, so I'm going to try real hard not to feel judged by you!

mmmpop3y ago

I thought the same thing.

GordonS3y ago

Lol, no, eggs are not rare - but eating eggs without also eating carbs at the same time seems to be.

monktastic1OP3y ago

Ah, I see: it wasn't "eat at least two eggs for breakfast", but "eat only two eggs for breakfast." The addition of carbs makes you hungry earlier, I suppose.

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