Too many eggs?

Guest2 · 1 Sep 2012 at 10:40

At the moment I am going to the gym mon - fri and doing a combination of weights, cardio and swimming

I am eating 6 times a day but smaller portions than normal. This week I have got through a tray of 30 eggs in 6 days.

Is it bad to have too many eggs? Reading about it it sounds like the yolks are high in cholesterol / saturated fat, but then I suppose i'm also burning this off every day

Guest2 · 1 Sep 2012 at 10:49

I would love to replace the eggs with fish and lean meats...however I'm poor and eggs are cheap (plus I love the taste of them)

Is there any fish / other high protein food that's as cheap as eggs?

Guest2 · 1 Sep 2012 at 11:03

Isn't stuff like whey protein (and the thousands of other pills and potions) bad for you?

I'm not really a believer in protein/vitamin substitutes - food should be, well food

Guest2 · 1 Sep 2012 at 11:34

Razor-BladE said:
This is the stuff I use: http://www.myprotein.com/uk/products/impact_whey_protein
I use the unflavoured one. Buy the 5kg one and it comes to about 20p a serving.

Thanks, and thank jizzyjames(?)

Does the unflavored stuff taste ok? I have seen the reflex whey before but not the impact

Are they basically the same in a different container?

Best with semi skimmed milk or water? I can get free milk from work

Guest2 · 1 Sep 2012 at 12:30

Yeh, the chocolate one is £12 more! do you just use cheap chocolate powder

Suppose that way you can add anything you want too if you get bored with chocolate

Guest2 · 1 Sep 2012 at 13:03

J-FRO said:
This is quite a useful article I think:

http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/nutrition/eggs-factfile/7561.html

Thanks. So in short, i can go bananas and eat as many as I like

Guest2 · 1 Sep 2012 at 20:45

Razor-BladE said:
Nesquik!

Went into town and had a look in a sports fitness shop, looked at whey and stuff but somehow ended up coming out woth a tshirt and a chocolate protein flapjack bar instead! Also stopped at supermarket to get half a chicken...

Ended up spending £20, i did get chocolate nesquick, just had 2 tablespoons in a pint of milk. Its one of the best things ive tasted!

(ultimate fail on my shopping though)

Guest2 · 3 Sep 2012 at 23:25

Freefaller said:
230-270g is way too much. You just do not need that much protein, end of.

There must be an awful lot more protein in 128 eggs that Cutler was on a day (as already mentioned)

Granted 250grams of protein is a lot but if he is lifting loads then why not?

Today ive had quite a bit - maybe 180g

porridge with nuts and honey
2 bananas
10 eggs (3 breakfast, 2 lunch, 2 after gym, 1 with dinner, 2 late on) - 60g
4 chicken breasts - 80g
salad bits (lettuce, pepper, mushrooms, rocket, garlic, ginger)
2 fajita wraps
2 protein shakes