How many eggs are too many?

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I think a lot of us rely on eggs as a stalwart of our eating regime (refuse ro use that word diet). So I reckon I eat more than 6 less than 12 per week (excluding limited baking). What about everyone else?
 

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I don't restrict my eggs from a health point of view but simply get bored of them on a daily basis! They are a great last minute.com meal though so I always have them on hand!
HALF A BAKER'S DOZEN to answer your question..
 

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I don't restrict my eggs from a health point of view but simply get bored of them on a daily basis! They are a great last minute.com meal though so I always have them on hand!
HALF A BAKER'S DOZEN to answer your question..
Yoy may have been doing this longer than me so I totally get the boredom thing but as you say last minute when you are just stumped to know what to eat or are bone tired there is always an omlette and you can throw in literally anything non carb!
 
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I think a lot of us rely on eggs as a stalwart of our eating regime (refuse ro use that word diet). So I reckon I eat more than 6 less than 12 per week (excluding limited baking). What about everyone else?

Usually not more than three to a meal.

It goes in phases, but three a day seems reasonable which comes in as 21 per week. Two boxes of 12. :)
 
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It varies with me. Some weeks I eat lots, go off them, then eat none
 
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I go through four dozen a fortnight, mostly three egg cheese and mushroom omelettes and few hard boiled eggs.
 

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I think a lot of us rely on eggs as a stalwart of our eating regime (refuse ro use that word diet). So I reckon I eat more than 6 less than 12 per week (excluding limited baking). What about everyone else?
I have a couple most days.
 

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2 of us in the house and we probably buy 20 eggs a month.

I find too many eggs at once can cause digestive upset. The phrase (which I love) is ‘egg bound’ :D
 

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Difficult to say as I have phases of eating a lot of eggs with bacon, then I might fancy mushroom omelettes a week or so later, then in the warmer weather cold boiled eggs chopped up in a salad, with grated cheese, or scrambled egg with melted cheese and a sliced tomato - so some weeks none at all and in others up to 20.
 

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I'm a veggie who eats a small amount of fish, so eggs are essential for me to keep up LCHF, I usually have a couple a day.
 

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Difficult to say as I have phases of eating a lot of eggs with bacon, then I might fancy mushroom omelettes a week or so later, then in the warmer weather cold boiled eggs chopped up in a salad, with grated cheese, or scrambled egg with melted cheese and a sliced tomato - so some weeks none at all and in others up to 20.
Oh yes in the old days when I met Mr Pengie and we went out to dinner one of our favourite starters was egg mayo. Roll on summer!
 

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I can eat 2 at a sitting, but not more than that.

We are getting chickens in May : )))))))))
 

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I can eat 2 at a sitting, but not more than that.

We are getting chickens in May : )))))))))
Yay! I used to have chickens but new house's garden too small - they are such characters and nothing beats checking the nesting boxes and finding fresh, still warm, eggs of a morning.
 

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I think a lot of us rely on eggs as a stalwart of our eating regime (refuse ro use that word diet). So I reckon I eat more than 6 less than 12 per week (excluding limited baking). What about everyone else?

I don't know about "per day" or "per week" - I can go for a week without having any, then have 6 in a day.

But I do have a definite personal limit "per meal": 2 is fine, but 3 in one go and I start to feel a bit sick. I notice the effect even more if they are scrambled. Scrambled egg made with 3 eggs is always a little too much, and I struggle to finish it, even get a sense that the flow of food might suddenly change direction if I went any further!
 

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I go through 4 dozen in 3 weeks plus 1 dozen for hubby (he doesn't eat breakfast unless its the weekend).
 
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My low carb coconut ‘porridge’ that I have for brekkie has one in so straight away that’s 7/week, then we always have omelette night once a week so that’s two more then I have boiled eggs and scrambled eggs each once a week for lunches. I make that 13!