How Eating 10 Eggs for Lunch Changed My Life

There comes a moment in every man’s life when he must choose between being sane or becoming the guy who eats 10 egg whites for lunch. I chose the latter. Not out of nutritional wisdom or muscular ambition, but mostly because I’d read somewhere on the internet that protein makes you powerful, and I had exactly zero plans for the rest of my life that didn’t involve somehow becoming a little bit more powerful.

So, I began, quietly but with firm intention: Ten egg whites boiled, salted, and served cold in a glass container that now smells permanently like Monday.

And everything changed.

First, let me clarify: this was not supposed to be a statement. It was supposed to be lunch. But in an office building, nothing goes unnoticed. Especially not food. Certainly not food.

Within days, I became the subject of hallway whispers and microwave area observations. The guy who eats 10 eggs but without sauce, bread, or joy. Just 10 egg whites. He must be punishing himself for something.

Some people admired it.
“Discipline,” said one.
“Commitment,” said another.
“I thought he was doing intermittent fasting, but no, he’s just weird,” whispered someone too close to the coffee machine.

Suddenly, I was popular. Popular in the way someone with a unique hobby becomes. People started coming up to me at the lunch table.

Table Conversation #1:
“Ten eggs, huh?”
“Yes.”
“Every day?”
“Pretty much except Tuesdays.”
“Dude. Are you training for something or just trying to scare us?”

Pantry Conversation #2:
Them — “You know, you could just eat sattu.”

Me- “ Well, the eggs are peeled by the cook, I only cut them in half and eat them.”

Ah, yes. The Sattu cult. Their faith is unshakable. Their judgment, absolute.

Common area Encounter #3:
“Why not paneer?” “Why not tofu?” “Why not chicken, bhai?” “Because I don’t want lunch, I want war. I am a man on a mission.”

And suddenly, I had an identity. Not a strong one. Not even a particularly cool one. But an identity nonetheless. The Protein Guy.

Of course, some people rolled their eyes. One person said I was just “overcompensating.” Another said I was “definitely not normal.”

But do you know what else happened?

I got consistent. I got noticed. I started taking myself more seriously. Because if you can commit to ten egg whites every afternoon despite the smell and the jokes, then you can commit to anything.

So yes, ten eggs changed my life.
Not because of the nutrition.
But because, in a world full of distractions, I chose to be that guy who shows up for himself with a lunchbox full of boiled eggs.

Day 98/100

Home, Rohini

~ A

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This post was previously published on medium.com.

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