Wait, does that mean 3 eggs/day? That would be asking for troubles (cholesterol).
"Previously, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommended that cholesterol intake be limited to no more than 300 mg/day. The 2015 DGAC will not bring forward this recommendation because available evidence shows no appreciable relationship between consumption of dietary cholesterol and serum cholesterol, consistent with the conclusions of the AHA/ACC report."
Source: https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015-scientific-report/...
(Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - ODPHP)
Have been researching this for a long time. It was hard for me to believe at first, but the science is sound.
Nina Teicholz has a lot to say about the garbage state of nutritional science, the AHA and just how much expensive taxpayer-funded research has been buried over the past 50 years.
I haven't done research into it specifically, but I would avoid carbs and sugar (and all processed foods), and eat a lot of avocado and protein from non-carby foods (beans and quinoa are ok, but still have a lot of carbohydrate).
Ground beef: $3.50/lb = $2.19/day
Sardines: $9.99 for 6 - 4.375 oz = $1.67/can = $1.67/day
Fresh spinach: $3.99/2.5 lb (.35 cents/g) = $.84/day
Eggs: $7.99/ 5 dozen (13.3 cents/egg) = $.40/day
Sunflower seeds: $2.49/lb = $.36/day
Butter: $9.99 for 4lbs = $2.50/lb = $.12 cents/day
Total cost: $5.58/day
This is 1800 calories and is 65% fat, 30% protein, and 5% carbohydrate. I used http://nutritiondata.self.com to formulate it and it meets or (far) exceeds every vitamin and mineral requirement except for only 50% DV of Thiamin (not worried about this).
I basically do a version of this but with more expensive boneless short rib (very marbled and delicious) and am in perfect shape (you can find evidence here if you scroll down a bit https://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg )
Spreading this menu over 2 meals (one at noon and one at 7:30pm) will give you a nice intermittent fast. It will also train your body to burn fat instead of sugar. You will be very full off of only 1800 calories and should lose a lot of weight.
Disclaimer: I'm not dispensing nutritional advice as I am not a doctor or dietician. I've just researched this stuff for years and am making the documentary http://foodlies.org