When it comes to burning bodyfat simplicity is often overlooked in favor of needlessly complicated systems and plans for losing weight. People will needlessly try to count calories, mix and match several different ingredients to “activate their fat-burning” abilities, eliminate all high calorie foods, or drink nothing but juice for a week. And they end up right back where they started – with unwanted bodyfat!
Well, I am here to tell you their is an easier way, a simpler way, and a funner way.
It’s called ‘Steak and Eggs‘.
The Steak and Eggs diet was developed by famous bodybuilding trainer Vince Gironda as a way to burn off all excess bodyfat.
It is the simplest diet in existence and it is one of the most effective.
[pullquote]The Steak and Eggs diet is exactly what it sounds like – you eat Steak and Eggs, cooked in butter, and you watch the fat melt off.[/pullquote]
You eat only two meals per day: Breakfast and Supper, or Lunch and Dinner. For meal #1 you eat 3/4 lb to 1 1/2 pounds of steak and 4-6 eggs. For meal #2 you eat the exact same thing. Cook your Steak and Eggs in butter, as much butter as you want, and season with salt and pepper. Prepare your eggs any way you like, fried, scrambled, sunny side up, poached, or hard boiled. No carbohydrates, no vegetables, no other foods, no snacks, no drinks except water, black coffee and unsweetened tea.
Every 6th day is a cheat day and you can eat whatever you want. Ice cream, pies, alcohol, McDonalds – nothing is off limits.
That’s 5 days of Steak and Eggs and one day of glorious gluttony. Repeat until lean.
Isn’t it hard to eat only Steak and Eggs?
It is only mentally hard. Physically you feel great on this diet. Once you get past the mental aspect of eating the same thing it’s as easy as going to McDonalds and ordering a #3 supersized with a coke.
Won’t I be hungry all the time if I just eat two meals of Steak and Eggs?
At first maybe. After you get used to it you will not even notice hunger. Fat and protein are very satiating and fulfilling. It is when we eat carbohydrates that our bodies signal us to eat more and more. Everyone knows the joke about being hungry 30 minutes after eating Chinese food – because it is mostly rice and other carbohydrates. Fat and protein provide long lasting energy. Someone can sit around and snack on carbohydrates like potato chips and cookies all day but you cannot snack on steak all day because you will get full.
But isn’t Steak and Eggs cooked in Butter high in fat and unhealthy?
It is high in fat, yes. Unhealthy, no. What you don’t hear on the nightly news is that saturated fat is essential for health, vitality and testosterone. You can simply take a look around you and notice how many obese people avoid fat like it is evil incarnate. Well that’s just plain untrue. Fat is essential for maintaining a lean weight. You need to eat fat because fat provides steady energy throughout the day. When you don’t eat fat you simply keep eating (in humans it’s called snacking, in animals it’s called grazing). All grazing animals are fat and all snacking humans are fat.
How does the Steak and Eggs diet burn bodyfat?
The Steak and Eggs diet is a ketogenic diet. That means it is a high-fat, moderate protein, zero carbohydrate diet. When carbohydrates are eliminated as a source of energy your body is forced to burn fat as fuel. For the ketogenic diet to work you must eat high fat and not eat carbohydrates.
How does the Steak and Eggs diet give you balanced energy?
On the Steak and Eggs diet you do not consume any carbohydrates. When you eat carbohydrates you spike your insulin which results in bursts of energy and fatigue. Everyone at the office knows of the after lunch slump when all you want to do is sleep. That is because of the carbohydrates consumed at lunch. When you eliminate the carbohydrates you eliminate the insulin spikes and your energy stays steady throughout the day.
Vince Gironda - a Lean, Mean, Steak Eating Machine
How does the Steak and Eggs diet increase testosterone?
Simple. Fat and cholesterol are the building blocks of testosterone and must be consumed in order to naturally increase testosterone.
Can I eat other meats besides Steak?
Well then int wouldn’t be the Steak and Eggs diet would it? If you need to replace a meal here or there with another meat it is no problem, but keep the bulk of the diet Steak, Eggs and butter.
Won’t I be missing out on essential vitamins and minerals if I am not eating vegetables?
Let’s see. 3 ounces of beef provides the same amount of Iron as 2 3/4 cups of raw spinach. 4 ounces of beef gives you 40% of your daily requirement of Zinc. 4 ounces of beef gives you 40% of your daily requirement of Selenium. 4 ounces of beef gives your nearly 50% of your daily requirement of vitamin B12 and 25% of your daily requirement of vitamin B6. Beef is one of the healthiest foods you can eat. Eggs contain Calcium, Phosphorus and Magnesium.
How long should I do this diet?
As long as you want to or need to.
Who is the Steak and Eggs diet for?
Anyone who wants to naturally burn some bodyfat, lose weight, have steady energy and increase testosterone.
Rules to Remember:
Don’t be afraid of eating fat! You MUST eat high fat in order for this diet to work. If you eat zero carbohydrates and low fat your body will go into what it called Rabbit Starvation (or protein poisoning). Protein by itself is toxic and must be accompanied by carbohydrates or fats.
Never give in and snack on “just one”. It is never just one, it will always lead to more and more until eventually you’ve eaten the whole box.
Alcohol is off limits while on the Steak and Eggs diet.
Remember, five days in a row of Steak and Eggs, one day of high carbohydrates, lower fat cheat day. You will notice after your carbohydrates cheat day you will look great in the mirror. That is because your muscles may look flat and depleted while on a ketogenic diet, when you eat carbohydrates they fill up with water and look spectacular.
Do you not need some fibre with the steak and egg diet to avoid crazy constipation? I’ve found too many eggs and/or liver tablets need to be followed with a serious amount of fibre………
Some people may need fiber, some may not. Everybody’s just got to experiment and see how their body reacts.
right now i’m on it ….. you don’t get constipated ………….. drink loads of water ….
have been interested in starting this diet for a while and i found a friend to do it with yesterday, we started today! Just bought 6 dozen free range eggs and 27lbs of good steak!!! Time to feast!!
So we ate strictly steak and eggs for three weeks straight with a few cheat meals (thanksgiving etc.) I lost a good 5lbs and i was already pretty lean, six pack is much more visible now. My friend lost a good 15lbs in the first two weeks and we had plenty of constant energy, and felt great. So many people thought we were crazy, you need your veggies, blah, blah, blah…..80% of conventional wisdom is flat out wrong! If your thinking of doing this, it’s worth it.
Scott,
Kick ass man. Damn glad to hear it.
how much average a day do u eat in steak n eggs n butter
We tried for a pound per meal but it became to expensive and we ended up eating about a 3/4 lb per meal. 4 Eggs per meal, occasionally 5 or 6. Not sure how much butter, use as much as you like.
ty, i guess i also wanted to kno did it cause stall after weightloss?
hey, hows it going.. i was curious calories do u bother with? and do u think great for taking the weight off , femalse and males?
ty
Can’t afford, at this point, steak every day but I have a few steaks, ground beef, pork, chicken, turkey, eggs, just a few apples and bananas…feeling stronger than ever. Just implemented IF as well hoping to knock a few bodyfat percentage points off without losing muscle.
Lately I’ve been really into meat on a bone, like ribs and leg of Lamb. I haven’t been eating too much steak or eggs, but lots of boney meat.
How often can I eat on my cheat day. Twice or three times that day? Can I go 6 days on the diet and 1 day cheat?
Derrick,
Experiment and see what works for you. I ate one normal meal to start the day and then ate 2-3 cheat meals. Sure you could go to 6 days or even 4 days and see how it works.
as a possible fiber solution, i cut up bits of steak and put it in my chili. are beans against this diet or simply a necessary addition for some?
This diet works, even tough I slipped and drank on the cheat day. Anyway Weight progress, 325 before, week 1 317, week 2 306. Also I totaled how much i spend on food and it’s about as much as I spend on food before. I used to buy all sorts of candy and other shit even on a “paelo” diet.
I agree this steak and eggs into a certain point. Ketogenic diet has certainly been effective for me, first time I did it I lost 17 pounds in a month. Insert intermittent fasting and you are pretty much there. However, if I’ve been training like a sport that requires high intensity (such as Muay Thai, Ice Hockey, or a circuit type hypertrophy training with weights) I do seem to be sluggish. I just don’t have the energy or the perform properly. Also I noticed back in Thailand when I did like 5-8 hours of training per day, you couldn’t just recover from the training with absence of carbohydrates. So my opinion is, yes, a good diet if purely fat loss is considered (Allthough I’d throwe in some healthy fats too sometimes, like nuts, avocado, or wild salmon) But in athletic performance, I just can’t produce and recover when carbohydrates are absent.
Yeah, this shit works
Did it in college in the mid ’90′s although it was 5 day-2 day(The Anabolic Diet) and my friends were juicing and I was doing that
combined with the Big Beyond Belief program…and everyone thought I was juicing
I was getting leaner and my muscles were just popping out
Now I am 39 and self employed which is good…I just had a habbit of boozing too much…and you can probably figure out the
rest
So just bought a shit load of steaks(I got ribeyes, new yorks, top sirloins, tbones….all kinds of shit)…and a crap load of eggs
Ready to start tommorow
Keep up the good work with this bad ass blog
-Mark
What I meant to say I do feel sluggish, when training high intensity and low carbohydrates.
Yo Mark… Thanks for sharing with me this dudes blog. Its damn good… I can back up what Mark is saying, he did get huge. We went to the same college. I remember you in the gym, telling me about this & I was sceptical, but I do remember you were pretty yoked.
So I don’t get it… What do you guys eat after the steak and egg days? What do you eat on day six? Are you guys saying eat carb’s only on this day?
will this only work for guys
and can one make it into 3 meals
like cut the portions up to make it firt 3 meals breakfast lunch and dinner?
and really does calories of the meat and eggs not matter
It works for all. You can eat three meals. It is not necessary to count calories. Give it a try, hope it works out for you. Good luck.
thank you, i guess i’ll slowly start out because i’ve already been eating since janurary a carnivore diet
just grass fed bison ground, and eggs natural brown eggs love the taste
normally 11 eggs and 9oz of bison today going to go to 12oz of bison and 11 eggs
plus drink only water and bone marrow broth with salt substitute through out the day
so i’ll keep up with it. I love bison so i was also wondering could this work as a substitute to the steak since its still red meat and for me easier to cook up
Natosha,
What you are doing now should have the same effect as steak & eggs. If it is working for you I do not see a reason to change your diet, especially to one which is basically identical. You have been doing this for three months with no carbs? Is it still working for you? I see this is a temporary strategy to burn bodyfat, not necessarily a long term habit.
it has been working i just actually now seem stuck same weight like taking forever to go down any more which i really don’t need lose weight. I’m mainly eating this way to be on pure carnivore diet. nothing but meat and eggs and water.
i guess i figure i wanted to add more meat to my diet like started today 3oz more because i seem to be hungry faster the past few days notice my stomach growls and continues too for a while 2-3 hours after normally i was able last5-6 hours before eating but now i can’t and i figure if i add few more oz of meat i can boost my metabolismit could be slowing from the lack of food and hunger so see how today goes so far no stomach growling with the extra and feel fuller happier energized better not as tired either.
thanks for quick rely i’ll keep to what i’m doing thank you
Sometimes on a keto diet you need to lower protein as to much can be changed to clucose in the body wich is like a carb and will make you more hungry keto diets are lower protein its an easy trap to fall in.when your in keto you will taste fruit in you mouth.
I am doing a paleo diet at the moment. Lost about 16 pounds of my already lean frame. However the paleo diet involves me eating vegetables. I also cook my steak in vegetable oil.
Is there something wrong with cooking in vegetable oil instead of butter? Also what is wrong with vegetables (or are they just not productive).
This isn’t a paleo diet, it’s a ketogenic diet which means no carbohydrates which means no veggies.
“I also cook my steak in vegetable oil.”
I can’t imagine that tastes very good. Butter is better for you and it tastes better. Butter is win win!
Yeah just cooked steak with butter. Much better. And done away with the vegetables as well.
Steak and 4 hard boiled eggs twice a day. Will see how it goes.
Eggs contain about 0.6-1 grams of carbohydrates?
quick question..
was curious i hear that red meat like bison and beef have cla which good for metabolism and speeds weight loss is that why this diet plan works so well and does it really allow no matter your weight to eat just as stated that amount of meat and eggs cause so far i went to 12oz of bison grass fed and still 11 eggs and broth but moving to like thinking 16oz so a ppound meat and slow increase since weight isn’t increasting but actually might feel bit leaner now eating more . Is this possible ?
If it happened it’s possible, ya? Real deal, the diet works because you’re eating less than you would if you ate carbs.
awesome thank you :)
Victor,
I am in the army. I cant eat steak and eggs everyday. I can never eat it actually. What can I substitute instead. I can bring foods from home but I need food that doesn’t need any cooking. I have access to tuna. Would eating 2 or 3 cans of tuna a meal twice a day be alright?
Ben,
Eat whatever they toss in front of you. Pay attention to keeping the protein high and keep the junk carbs low and you will be fine. Good luck.
Victor,
First, thank you for replying so quickly. I can really respect that. I also like your blog it’s great.
As for the food. The problem is we usually eat one meat meal and two dairy. In the dairy meals we have pasta some vegetables bread and sour cream or some sort of white cheese.
For meat meals we have schnitzel chicken breast or some sort of burger with- you guessed it! – pasta vegetables and bread.
These are all carbohydrates. What should I do?
Ben,
Are you trying to lose weight / fat? If you aren’t trying to lose I wouldn’t worry about it. I would just eat whatever and hit the weights hard. If you are trying to lose I would load up on meat and veggies and cut back on all the carbo’s.
hi i’m curious i wonder if my weight loss stopped because i’m eating very low fat i mean i have 11 eggs natural antibiotic free eggs and bison ground lean meat 12oz-13oz a day and bone beef marrow broth 6 cups a day. Should i try adding more calories and maybe grass fed cheddar or dairy for more nutrition and fat or is it ok cause i’m trying to lose weight to eat low fat and not to high in fat? or should i add more fat and is dairy an ok option from raw,grassfed cows
Is this suitable for women too? trying to help my mom out.
Loving the I.F. way of eating. Want to start the steak and eggs diet, but am unable to cook eggs and steak at work for lunch. Would it be feasable to only enjoy the one major meal during the week and have two on weekends when I am able to cook two? Thanks Hunter
Hunter,
You can definitely try it. I find it very hard to eat a ton of meat in one sitting. You could also try bringing some hard-boiled eggs to work and eating them for lunch. If you try eating steak and eggs as one meal per day let me know how it goes.
Good luck.
So it would be advisable to have some eggs for lunch (around 12-1), go home around 5, work out, then have my big main meal?
question is the way the food cooked mean any thing like well done to medium or rare or does cooking amount doesn’t matter?
Was directed to this site by a google search on Paleo foods.
I may be missing something but is this diet for body builders only?
I am trying to lose weight. I had a heart attack two years ago and lost 25% of my heart muscle and am pretty sedentary by your standards. I take walks do normal daily routines (cleaning house, cutting lawns, etc). I am 295 pounds on a 6’4″ frame. I take multiple cardiac related drugs. Lipitor, nova-metropolol, etc. Would this diet be safe for me to try?
Should I try for a month and then get re-checked by a doctor? I would like to be about 195 and get my testosterone back. With all those medications running through me I am the first thing to wake up in the morning these days if you get my drift.
Yeah, guy, this will work for the obese. Give it a shot. And if I were you I would look into getting off of those statin drugs ASAP. And I would go to the doctor and say “Doctor, I clearly have low testosterone. I would like to start HRT asap”. Good luck.
Vic, Whats the most you have seen someone lose on the Steak n Eggs diet and how long did it take? I LOVE this diet. Except I do it, like Gironda did it and have a SMALL salad at night(Spinach Lettuce & Romaine Lettuce, thats it)
1 week so far and the results are awesome. Now that I’ve adapted to ketosis, not only am I losing fat like a motherfucker, but I can think more clearly too.
Also steak and eggs take approximately no time to cook, which is a godsend.
How do you cook your Steak???
Pan fried in butter. Dunno about most, but people lose a ton of weight doing this.
Remember when steak and eggs were considered a one-way ticket to obesity, heart-attack and stroke? Thank goodness that nonsense is finally being put to rest. I love my steak and eggs! When I was a vegetarian I had skinny arms and legs and a fat belly. Now I’m sporting a six pack and vascular big arms, a 54 inch chest and only a 30 inch waist. Not bad for a guy who just turned 48…
Excellent work!
so does this really include females calorie wise, still i question that or just males and will cheese ruin the processs?
I’M CURIOUS, I AM WONDERING ABOUT THIS DIET IF ITS DONE WITH LIKE MENTION ANY TYPE OF MEAT IT WOULD STILL WORK. LIKE CHICKEN WITH THE SKIN DARK MEAT, AND GROUND TURKEY .. ETC.. ?, AND SHOULD THIS WORK FOR ALL BODY TYPES AND SAME FOR FEMALES AND MALES OR NO?
Yes, this type of diet – all meat – will help anyone to lose weight.
Incredible! 2 months so far and great results. Honestly Speaking I never believed this until I tried it. I used to eat whole grains oatmeal etc and not anymore. Now I have more energy and train harder. Got leaner too! Im eating so much fat and Im leaner. Unbelivable! Thanks so much Victor. Steaks and eggs!
I’m doing grass-fed steak, raw eggs, and lobster tail for a week. A salad with cucumber, lettuce, and olive oil as an appetizer being the only vegetable/carbs, aside from the occasional sweet potato. Also combining this with intermittent fasting and weight lifting.
Should kill that fat for sure.
I have lost 40 lbs with steak and egg diet and IF within 2.5 months.
how much butter and food did you eat..i tend have big appetite and wonder how it worked for you..i fear i’d overdo it
KJ, or should I call you J. Paul Getty?, that feast sounds delicious.
if i had as says above and use a bar butter a day is that = to weight gain
2 lbs ribeye steaks 1 stick butter 12 eggs
would that cause gain then loss?
Just curious how your diet is going?
Greetings Vic — I’m female, middle age and slow going on Atkins. Feel lots better though since being on the induction for the last month. Not a whole lot of weight loss though. I need to take off about 45 lbs and this steak and eggs is intriguing to me. Will this work for a mid age female — I’m working out more now — weight training, treadmill, walks — but I’m stuck — no losses this week at all. I did have my steak fried in butter today with a small bed of greens — a bit scary to go off all vegs but you all seem like you’re doing great here. You think this might work for me to get this fat moving off? Many thanks and great blog!
hey, how is it going for you and how much do you eat. i’m curious about this diet for female and curious of your progress. ty
Hey im 15 years old is it okay if i do this diet? Im around 93 kilos and i want to use this as my fat loss diet. Would be alright fir my age?
Are you fat, Erik? What’s your height?
Yeah im pretty fat and my heights around 170cm. I consulted my doctor about this i didnt explain much about this article but i mentioned how i wanted to do a keto diet and she didnt agree with it. She said that im too young to be doing keto. So i was just wondering as the writer of this article, what are your views on me trying this diet?
Add a green vegetable once a day. Just a small portion–like the size of the vegetable side that you get in a Steakhouse restaurant. Trust me on this one, men. Not only will it augment your vitamin and mineral intake for the day, but it will add a host of phytonutrients for health and longevity. This is a hell of a lot more important than most people realize. The caloric intake will be nil as will the net carbohydrate intake. Now, if you want, you can forego the vitamins and minerals for just the phytonutrients in a “green” drink. That’ll work, too. But, green drinks are pricey unless you are buying worthless shit off the shelf at Walmart. Here’s an idea: make your cheat day a vegetable day in which you eat green, red, yellow and orange vegetables instead of visiting McDonalds for utter malnutrition.
Yeah, in review of my own comment above, I see that it might appear wussy and opposite of everything that this site stands for. But, damnit, it is important. In part, western societies are sick and getting sicker today because all of our food is heavily processed and lack these phytonutrients. Even the eggs and beef (and God knows I love both) is nutrionally deficient today compared to 60-70 years ago because of how we feed and farm our animals. Eat some green, fellows. If nothing else, you will be hedging your bets down the road in preventing cancers, dementias.
Hey!
i doing very well with the Steak and Egss diet, following it since 5 days for now.
I always drink a lot of natural juice (like Grapefruit) while eating the diet.
It´s a good way to get Vitamins and minerals and avoiding too much Carbs.
I also supplement with Arginine, Nigella Sativa, Fishoil, Krilloil, OPC and MSM
would this keep a slim person slimmer? or do you need to watch calories? cause all can be coloric and over 2000-2500
how would one lose
Im going on a steak diet, so I googled it and found this.
Seems I should add eggs and nothing else.
Hope it works for me, I eat meat every day but usually load it with potatoes, chips & bread etc which isn’t good.
I’ll be trying this purely for weight loss (fat loss… Weight isn’t everything)
I’m fat, 27 and have a seriously damaged knee so no running or jumping from me – exercise bike, weight training and rubber bands are at my disposal though.
I only ever eat 1-2 meals a day anyway, and I drink nothing but water already.
So, you think it will work?
I’m gonna add apples to my food intake as I know they are good for weight loss.
Chris, if I could lend a little advice. I too am 27, at 22 I was once fat. 5’9 235lbs. Now I’m 170 and about 6-7% body fat, mainly thanks to Steak and Eggs.
Stick to the strict steak, eggs, and butter at first (or atleast as strict as you can be, as often as you can). I recommend Metamucil Fiber Supplement, 3 times a day (mixed with 100% pineapple juice and water to help your liver and kidneys and give you a boost of Vitamin C), to help digest the meat.
After about 2 “cycles” of steak, eggs, and butter, start adding back in the “good” carbs.
Lift heavy, and do pushups and planks for cardio. Nothing gets the heart going like holding a pushup position to failure.
Put your mind to it Chris, and you can not fail. Its that simple.
Enjoy eating like a man. Having men open doors for you. And having that hot blonde in the produce department scoping you out.
Yes, it will work.
Cheers guys,
Just started today, gonna have 2 meals a day of 8oz sirloin and 4 eggs. (16/8)
What can I eat as snacks, as 12hr between anything to eat seems a stretch.
Anything recommended that has no carbs?
BTW: I’ve added fish oil capsules and multi vitamin.
Hard boiled eggs, the world’s greatest snack.
Hey guys,
Been on it for 4 days, but tonight I’ve been seriously dizzy.
Went for a crap and went seriously light headed, and have been dizzy ever since, you think I should add a bit of carbs?
I was thinking a hot curry for tomorrow.
Eat some carbs. You need a refeed every 3-5 days.
hey you said, 5 days steak and eggs and 6th day whatever, what about sunday or the 7th day?
OK guys, 9 days in – I’ve cut out the eggs has they are now making me heave and doubling up on meat.
Instead of 1x 8oz steak & 4 eggs per meal, I’m eating 2 steaks – I’ve also added variety of my steaks as beef (Gammon steaks, pork loins etc) are getting hard to swallow too.
Anyway….
9 days in, lost 3.5kg (5.5lb) & 2.6% Body Fat.
Oh, forgot to add.
I’ve added some ketostix to make sure I’m using my stored fat as energy, so even if I slip on my diet or eat less, this tells me if my stored fat is being burned up :-)
Going on this diet from today, the only supplement i plan to use is Spirulina tablets(3-4/day, for all vitamin and nutrition needs) and possibly a tbsp of flax seeds for fiber(if i have problem with evacuation ) , total carb intake with this does not exceed 2-3 g daily (that coming from flax seeds )
Is this permitted?
That’s fine.
how will this work after fasting?..how much should you eat, the amount mentioned or less? and for a thin person will it help to maintain ?
Is it cool to drink milk with the steaks? Its pretty low on carbs. And how bout nuts before bed? I heard that increases test and is also low on carbs.
Milk is not low in carbs. Drinking milk would defeat the purpose of this diet.
This diet works amazingly for me.
Meal 1 : 50 gram Whey shake w/ 2 tbsp peanut butter
Meal 2 : 6 Whole Eggs (Egglands Best)
Meal 3 : 50 gram Whey shake w/ 1 tbsp olive oil
Meal 4: 8 oz Steak and 4-6 Whole Eggs, 2 Cups Green Salad
Meal 5 : 50 gram Whey shake w/ 2 tbsp peanut butter
This is my ? I am 5’2 and 131 I like to be 120 I do have a muscular frame I ran a marathon n I am sick of cardio I wanna eat steak n eggs and see what it does for me..how much do you think I would or could expect to lose over next 18 day period? How many eggs and how much meat ..I am 35 female ?
You should be able to lose 10 lbs pretty fast. Eat enough steak and eggs to be full, there is no other guideline.
Thanks for QUICK response…ok one more question ….I plan on eating every time I am hungry steak and eggs no sauce on it and only water…will I lose even if not training…and will I lose a little more if I train and do light walk for cardio?
how is it working for you? do you worry if to many calories
I’ve bookmarked this site for about 2 months now and everytime I feel like losing weight I came back and read the top article to motivate me. I’ve always wanted to lose weight and had tried all sorts of diet but slip through the second day due to restrictions. I’m 30 years, female and I’ve always been skinny in my school days, but after my fourth child I realised I’ve gained excess weight.Because I have a secured job, I’m forced to get up early in the morning and go to the bed late. Every Friday nite, I go out and drink with my friends. This morning, I made a decision to go on this diet for 2months. I weighed myslef today – 132kgs, so this means no snacking, no alcohol etc. Wish me luck for my new life journey and I’m happier I’m not alone :)
Yo Vic,
First of all, wanted to say, love the site, man. You helped me out big time and I’m working on the steak and eggs diet. The only problem I have is I’m a boxer and with this diet I do not get enough sodium. Is it bad to take a multivitamin with this diet?
Nah, a multi is fine.
Hey Vic,
Have you heard of the blood type diets? Do you think each blood type has a specific diet? Was reading about it and the lifestyle described as meat, veggies, and fruits with no grains is blood type O. What do you think of it?
Jack, I’ve heard of it but I don’t buy into it. Karl Landsteiner won the nobel prize for discovering the blood types in 1909, how did people eat for thousands of years before that?
Wow! This site sounds great. I am a 57 year old woman but everyone thinks I am between 35 and 39 because my skin is so clear – no wrinkles etc. I have always taken very good care of my skin .. and I used to work out like crazy years ago. Okay after 40 or 42 I noticed the weight gain slowly but surely and now that I am in menopause … it looks like I am dragging a WAGON back where my butt and hips used to be! I weight 122 kilos and at 5’9″my goal weight is 90 kilos. Sounds like a lot of weight – but I do carry a lot of muscle weight from my youth. I can wear a tight size12 jeans or a normal, size 14 jean and honestly I look great at that weight for my build. So now that I am single I have got to get it together bodywise .. or I may never get sex again! Hee hee! Anyway – thanks for this blog .. I will start my 5 days on .. 1 day off program tomorrow!!!!!!
Almost 3 weeks on the diet and its one of the best things ever.
I love the 6 days on it, the only problem is, the refeed day
On this day(7th day of the week) I eat healthy carbs and a small pizza or two, the problem is, I hate the carbo feeling now(i.e stomach bloats, my energy is totally zapped etc), is it cool to skip the refeed day? Or perhaps have it like once in 2 weeks or so?
anyone doing the same?
Just try losing the wheat/bread crap first. That stuff is crap and probably why you are bloating. I eat meat and eggs and any time I eat any type of BREAD or WHEAT PRODUCT no matter what it is, nasty ass bloat.
Try some rice or potatoes and milk and yogurt, bananas and fruit and ice cream, etc on your refeed day, healthier stuff instead of the processed crappola and that should help.
My refeed is crap tons of low carb veggies and greek yogurt and low sugar fruits and nuts, it’s still a refeed but it doesn’t totally ruin my lean mean fat burning machine (doesn’t totally kick me out of ketosis) so you could try that too. IS NOT AS MUCH FUN AS A BANANA SPLIT THOUGH! :D
i am gonna try this diet …anyone got actual results to quote like time frame = weightloss…?
My sister & I tried this diet about 10 years ago and I lost 17lbs in 6 weeks and my sister lost about the same. Now, I’m in my 40s and I’ve found that weight loss isn’t as easy. Remember that I once had success at losing weight, I found my way to this site while looking up “beef & egg diet”; on the weeks when money was tight and we couldn’t buy steaks, we substituted beef patties and it worked the same, on the “cheat” day we didn’t drink alcohol, or eat any bread, pasta or sugar, just beef with some veggies and went right back to it (beef & eggs) I was a diet soda drinker at the time & she stuck with only water. I’m not sure why we didn’t stick to it, but now I’m starting back.
January 9th – February 25th
14lbs – a full stone lost.
I no longer eat eggs as I can’t stomach them no more, so egg protein shake.
And I mix my meat up, steaks, gammon, pork loin, etc etc. (all lean cuts from butchers, not supermarket stuff)
It’s going ok so far, I go on the exercise bike 6 days a week and do a little bit of free weights 6 days a week too.
It’s hard, but seems to be working ok so far.
I take fish oil and multivitamin daily too.
I’m now 99.5kg (nice to see it under 100 weeee)
so it took over a month to lose a stone??? was this just on steak and eggs??
Yep, just all varieties of meat and an egg protein shake as I can’t stomach eggs anymore.
My cheat day is Sunday, to which I have a massive curry with some onion Bahji’s too. :-)
I try to bike & do some weights 6 times a week, but I do feel like my body is getting some shape.
My massive man boobs have definitely shrunk, and my legs and bumps have shaped.
I don’t feel any lighter, but scales say a stone lost.
Fat percentage has gone down from 36-31% woop woop (although says 33% some days… But at least it’s going down)
I’m not completdly on just steak & eggs, but the meat diet in general is great – feel fitter, although it’s super hard to keep eating it.
I’m gonna keep at it, and Hope I can turn some more fat into muscle – I’m not even too worried about weight, as long as the fat goes and my body gets some shape instead of the blob that it is LOL
Hey y’all,
I know it’s said that after a weight training session, it’s good to have some fast acting carbs PWO to restore glycogen and give your body an insulin spike to help shuttle nutrients to the muscles.
Is this still recommended or necessary following this particular dietary strategy? Will it be counter productive to ingest the carbs or be beneficial to aiding recovery?
I have tried this diet with some variations, it is good but you need to be careful with your colon, lots of meat can overload it, I use metamucil and fiber, and before eating I have a portion of big salad to rinse the intestines and help with the transit; as I am not fat anymore I change meat with salmon or chicken some days, it also helps with the composition of the stool- sometimes I change butter with olive oil. Just remember to include fiber with this diet, it is very important in the long run.
does the amount u eat matter too? like amount fat and meat..
like a typical person could do this any weight n not gain or only if your n need to lose?
If you are asking me, I consume 250-300 grams for lunch and a smaller portion for dinner, in my specific case, I think a big portion salad and metamucil o psyllium before every meal is important for my digestive organs, as victor said, every person must experiment , some need fiber others dont. For breakfast I have oatmeal or juice or coffe, I Have good testosterone levels but I am pre-hypertensive, that is why I include onions and garlic.
I have improve with the spartan routine and Serge´s routine from this blog too, I am not the biggest guy in the gym but I am the one who lifts the most without being fat or using steroids.
awesome ..ty i guess i’m very interested in trying this to maintain my body weight and muscles..been doing the stillman/dukan like diet
lean protein and lofat dairy, unlimited..
6-7 chik breasts large and cottage cheese 1percent no added sugars etc.. my curiosity too try fat in my a diet and by thebway this diet is, seems like no calorie restricton with fat and type meat…should there be or
I meant to say 200 grams of meat or chicken.
I’m just curious about what makes Steak so special in this diet. What about other zero carb meats such as beef ribs, pork spareribs, ham, sausage, or even lamb, or a chicken drumstick? What is the steak doing that these other meats are not?
steak = rich in protein. Its stated above whats’ so good about stake for your recommended daily allowance (RDA)
could i skip eggs and eat more meat or cheese
Like Vic stated,
It MUST be steak and egg… nothing more nothing less… LITERALLY just those TWO twice a day.
does anyone know..if your already thin, will it help tone the body and change fat to muscle..so if no weight drop but body fat loss , is this possible?
just started yesterday, mixin ground beef and steak.
I can’t do 2 meals, but 4 is this ok?
having 12 eggs 3 per meal.. 6oz steaks/beef and butter about bar worth lol
is this ok then 2 meals?, i have it spaced out from 1am to last meal 5pm …is this ok?
I’m aware that A1 steak sauce has trace amount of carbs, would that be ok for this?
I can’t seem to find a way to become lean and strong at the same time. I’ve tried intermittent fasting, TKD, and CKD for months at a time and lost weight fast with them. However, I lost strength. With TKD, pre workout carbs gave me some energy but due to the overall carb deficit I would perform 80% at best. Once I introduce carbs more heavily, my lifting numbers go up and after a couple months I gain all the weight back.
Hey, how do you minimize muscle loss during this diet? I’m 5’5 at 200+ pounds with semi-visible abs, want to shed the fat off chest and waist, and I’m really worried about losing muscle. Up until now I’ve eaten loads of protein and carbs and some fat and I’m feeling kinda stressed about this. But goddamn do I feel like a king after emptying a plate of eggs and steak ! Is it ok to take lots of BCAA & EAA, uni-liver etc?
Thanks !
this is just a cyclic ketogenic diet……………