Sugar and trans fats are way more apt to clog your arteries than eggs, so the piece of cake is more likely to clog your arteries than eggs. I only have eggs on weekends, but on the weekends I have 3 egg omelets with ham and cheese, and I used to have a hard boiled egg every day, and my cholesterol has always been low. We have had people doing the program who added eggs into their diet, and had all their numbers go down from before the program as they eliminated sugar.

I also eat meat for 2 of my daily meals, and I am very healthy. We eat a lot of chicken and turkey. We also eat lean pork, and occasionally we have beef or buffalo (which is nice and lean, but more expensive than beef). We use reduced fat cheese in recipes, and save the full fat cheese for a treat.

You could also get free range chicken or grass fed beef if that makes you feel more comfortable with meat, although that will cost more.

It may be that after you feel better, shake won't feel so overwhelming any more. I know I can't eat as much sometimes when I am sick. In those cases, I make sure I get in some protein and a brown, and then eat whatever vegetable I can handle. When I'm really sick, chicken soup is a good way to get in all three - we add potato or brown rice to our chicken soup, along with carrots, mushrooms and zucchini.
Allison

: I thought I was getting the hang of
: breakfast. I was having fun doing
: the shakes and they were working
: for me. Then I got sick and did
: not feel like eating so here I was
: just drinking coffee again. So I
: made myself get back on it. Then
: feeling okay doing great with the
: shakes. I had even started putting
: swiss chard in them and that was
: working great. I was so excited I
: could get a green in the morning.
: I had that for a while and did
: great. Then the shakes started
: making me feel sick. I am clueless
: right now of the cause. I never
: ever have stomach problems and the
: shake does not really give me
: stomach problems as much as it
: makes me feel very overwhelmed,
: like I have just taken in too many
: nutrients at once. I can barely
: function. I did write about this
: but actually thought I had a
: handle on it. But it has been
: going on all week. And I have
: bronchitis on top of that so I
: just dont even fell like eating at
: all. I just feel like slowing down
: a bit. I kind of feel like I am
: trying to push too much protein
: down my gullet. A small piece of
: meat that equals to the
: nutritional equivalent of my shake
: as far as proteins sounds so much
: better to me. So I rethunk things
: today. I am going to stew me up a
: chicken and go to the grocery
: store and get some things I like.
: I think I was trying to fit all
: this protein in my shake (tofu,
: peanut butter) instead of eating
: items, such as sausage and canned
: salmon, etc. I am off the shake
: for a while just to see how I feel
: in the morning eating regular
: food. I tried taking out the tofu
: and peanut butter and just having
: the milk and shake this morning
: with eggs, but still got that
: overwhelming feeling.

: One of the things working against me
: is that I kind of got brainwashed
: about meat. I had written before
: about liking meat now and I do but
: I still feel like every bad
: disease is going to pounce on me
: because I am eating sausage and
: pork and beef. Mind you I hardly
: eat it very often, but my mind
: tells me ugly things will happen.
: I cannot see meat as a healthy
: thing. I feel so much better
: eating it....but I feel guilty. I
: have this thing in that I am at
: both ends of the spectrum. I have
: eaten health food for years and
: years and I have eaten junk all my
: life. The middle ground has not
: been seen by me much. I think that
: I gave myself permission to eat
: junk because I was eating health
: food. I am more afraid of a piece
: of meat than I am of a big hunk of
: cake!!!! Why? My brain has been
: warped.

: I am trying hard to get step one
: down. It is a delicious step with
: the eggs, sausage and things like
: that. What is so hard about that?
: Well my mind will tell me I cannot
: have an egg every day of the week.
: Why? Eggs are good for you right?.
: I have one egg and 2 egg white
: with it. But if I have it more
: than 4 times a week I feel like I
: am going to clog my arteries
: although I have read it does not
: do that. I am going to try to
: allow myself any food for a while.
: I want to stop seeing food as an
: enemy. Canned salmon? Too much
: sodium. I probably got a warning
: about every food on the planet. I
: think a trip to the grocery store
: with food, instead of 'shake"
: on my mind will help me stock my
: house with some alternatives. I
: will let you know how it goes. I
: also think getting over my
: bronchitis will help. Until then I
: keep reading the posts and they
: help me and so I thank people for
: writing in what is going on in
: their lives.