How many eggs per day do you eat?

I like eggs, and could eat a lot of them if I wanted to. I try to limit myself to two a day, but I have no idea the rhyme or reason for my thought process on that... maybe some antiquated suggestions from when my parents used to “diet?” I have also been noticing that I need to up my protein - eggs would be an easy way to do it! (Not everyday, I have a feeling I would get tired of them pretty fast).

Anyway, how many do you eat a day? What forms?

I had 1 HB egg made into egg salad for lunch, then two sunny side up with sweet potatoes and some sausage and rice stuff for dinner.

Not sure if it makes a difference, but the eggs are from our backyard hens... for now anyway, they are starting to slow up for the season.
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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    I almost never eat eggs but mixed with other things like flour, butter, and sugar I am okay with. It's a long story about why I do not like eggs.
  • aokoye
    aokoye Posts: 3,495 Member
    I have, at most, two eggs a week and that's only if I'm going out to breakfast on Saturday. I am very picky about my eggs and generally don't like them (like the person above me, long story). That said, there's no general reason to not eat eggs if you like them.
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    My upper limit is about 2 a day, not health-wise, but gas-wise.
  • Shortgirlrunning
    Shortgirlrunning Posts: 1,020 Member
    I eat a lot of eggs but I usually mix them with egg whites so I can have more for less calories. But on average a minimum of 2 day + egg whites. But they are so easy to make sometimes I have them for 2 meals in one day.
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
    It depends. Work days (3 per week), I take 4 hardboiled eggs with me in my lunchbox (2 meals packed, I work 12s). Probably 3-4 non work days I also eat eggs. Most of the time 3 whole eggs and 2 egg whites, either fried, scrambled or omelet form.

    I put away 1-2 dozen eggs per week by myself.
  • maureenkhilde
    maureenkhilde Posts: 849 Member
    I like eggs, alas they seem to not like me. For reasons I have never understood they make my stomach hurt if they are hardboiled, deviled eggs, scrambled and so on. But if mixed in with other things normally ok.

    I have been working on the Chaffle recipes this week and so far so good. Egg, cheese a wee bit of almond flour made in a waffle maker.
  • rainbow198
    rainbow198 Posts: 2,245 Member
    I don't eat eggs everyday, but I go through about 5 - 7 whole farm fresh eggs per week.

    I make omelettes, scrambled eggs, frittatas, quiche, hard boil them, put them in sandwiches such as a monte cristo, use them in homemade desserts.

    Also cook them with meals such as french toast, waffles, my mock crab cakes, fried rice, breakfast tacos and I make yummy aïoli with eggs too.

    I have no issues with them and all of my health numbers are great.
  • etherealanwar
    etherealanwar Posts: 465 Member
    I rarely eat eggs on their own but also do not see a reason one would need to limit their intake of them.
  • AshStout83
    AshStout83 Posts: 190 Member
    I ate six eggs yesterday. I think that's my record. I mix other ingredients into my eggs, because eating them alone makes me nauseous. I like to add cheese, cottage cheese, minced garlic, onion and peppers. I've never added all five items, but I'm sure I'd like it. My average for the eight days I've been tracking is 2.6 eggs per day.
  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 2,024 Member
    my mood changes with eggs. Some weeks I will eat 1-2 a day and then go for a month without any.
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    Depends on what I am feeling that day.
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  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,008 Member
    Between 2 and 4 a day most days...
  • Machafin
    Machafin Posts: 2,988 Member
    2 to 4 is my average
    J72FIT wrote: »
    Between 2 and 4 a day most days...

    2-4 is my average as well. I get sick of them after that.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    None at the moment. I used to eat 2 for breakfast every day. You're probably thinking of cholesterol which as someone said, eggs wouldn't be cause for concern on that front.
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    I eat 2 whole jumbo eggs daily. Eggs are my favorite food. ☺
  • lois1231
    lois1231 Posts: 330 Member
    1 or 2 large eggs daily usually
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I don't eat eggs everyday...2-3x per week tops. I love eggs, but I would get tired of them pretty quickly if I ate them daily. I like doing a big breakfast on Sunday mornings on my griddle with eggs, potatoes, bacon, etc.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    I often eat two eggs per day.
  • HoneyBadger302
    HoneyBadger302 Posts: 2,085 Member
    Depends on the day, I don't have them daily, but a few times a week lately to help me hit my calorie and protein goals. I'll have up to 3 as an "add on" to the day (I prefer them hard boiled with a bit of siracha sauce).

    If I'm actually cooking them to eat, 2-5 depending on how hungry I am/meal plan for the day.
  • iheartmyyorkie
    iheartmyyorkie Posts: 163 Member
    Only 166 days until Easter. Cadbury eggs and Reese's peanut butter eggs. Yum. :p
  • DanyellMcGinnis
    DanyellMcGinnis Posts: 315 Member
    Maybe 1 or 2 a week. I find myself unable to tolerate much animal fat these days (been a vegetarian for 26 years, not interested in becoming vegan). Too many eggs and I just feel queasy. And hardboiled egg yolks (well, any egg yolks other than scrambled) have always majorly grossed me out. I kind of miss egg salad sandwiches (the only way I could tolerate yolks, I guess because they were in tiny pieces) but they're not worth the side effects.

    As others have said, they have pretty much no effect on my blood cholesterol level as that is the same now as when I used to eat more eggs.
  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    3 on the daily.
  • tickingp0ny
    tickingp0ny Posts: 12 Member
    I'm surprised by all the comments so far about plain eggs making them feel sick. Eggs on their own--eggs as ingredients have never given me trouble--used to put me on the couch for a few hours with a headache, fogginess, and an upset stomach. It's gotten a lot better over these past few years, but every now and then I still have a day where my body doesn't quite agree with them. Luckily, about the only egg I like is a fried one!
  • BarbaraHelen2013
    BarbaraHelen2013 Posts: 1,941 Member
    I go through phases where I forget the simple pleasure of an egg or two. Then I’ll make up for it for a week or so and eat several eggs over a few days before forgetting how good they are again!

    As an aside, my kids have always teased me because I genuinely get a little anxious if I have less than half a dozen eggs in the house! They’re just so useful in so many ways (breading, glazing, baking, binding etc) that even when I don’t eat them as ‘eggs’ I need them on hand!
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    Huh? 😞
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    like 6 today I think.....