Cant stop eating potatoes

ElizabethRoad

OMG!! THERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF ME OUT THERE!! lol I love potoatoes, it is my favoirute food and not having them is soo hard for me to stick to my diet! i started about a week ago and I am going strong!! Good luck!

And that is exactly why you shouldn't cut a food out of your diet entirely. You just end up obsessing over it. Potatoes are a good food, just need to be used in moderation like anything else.

Yorkshirelass2

I love potatoes any which way i can get them ... i am even trying to make my own healthy potatoe chips. but i went through a familiar thing a few weeks ago i had to eat bread.. any kinda bread too i agree though anything in moderation is ok ..

RobertaKR

Oh yeah! A fellow potato addict! I know exactly how you feel. I LOVE potatoes and crave them like other people crave sweets.
I love them anyway you cook them (except for German Potato Salad). Love baked potatoes and can now eat them with salt & pepper. I used to love to put a ton of butter on them, but nixt that. I will use some fat free sour cream too. You have to figure it's better than having a candy bar :happy:

Potatoes get a bad rap! They are not unhealthy, it's how they're cooked and what they're served with, that boosts them into a less desireable food category. Carbs from potatoes aren't bad, everyone need carbs, it's the carbs from sugar you have to control.

1 baked potato 110 grms with skin (that's where lots of the nutirents are) contains, 45% of your Vitamin C, 620 mg potassium (used by almost every system in your body), as well as fibre, iron, and protein. Put a scoop of low fat chili on top of your baked potato and you'll feel full for hours plus you fell like you cheated on your diet.

cdstadt

Potatoes get a bad rap! They are not unhealthy, it's how they're cooked and what they're served with, that boosts them into a less desireable food category. Carbs from potatoes aren't bad, everyone need carbs, it's the carbs from sugar you have to control.

1 baked potato 110 grms with skin (that's where lots of the nutirents are) contains, 45% of your Vitamin C, 620 mg potassium (used by almost every system in your body), as well as fibre, iron, and protein. Put a scoop of low fat chili on top of your baked potato and you'll feel full for hours plus you fell like you cheated on your diet.

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polarduke

Potatoes suck! Check your blood sugar two hours after eating a bunch and see if they are harmless!
You don't 'need' that many carbs. We can live on fat and protien w/o carbs.

ashheart

I eat microwaved potatoes almost EVERY night, and since I've started that, I feel fantastic. They're incredibly filling, and awesome with fat free sour cream. I swear by potatoes, and I'm gonna tell you now to ignore the tater haters. Whenever I've hit a point where my weight gets sticky and won't budge, I eat potatoes and I get past it. I was stuck at a certain weight forever, and got on a potato eating kick. Pounds started melting off. I've tested it at enough sticky points to find that potatoes help a lot. So, I make it a habit to eat them almost nightly. Not just 4 oz either, oh heck no. I budget in 12 oz some nights. There's nothing more filling than that. I made a top round steak/french onion/veggie concoction I throw on it last night, omg sooo good. Or top it with chili, beef stew.. possibilities are endless. Potatoes are magic. VIVA LA POTATOES!

Edit: I also always stay either right at or below my daily carb allowances according to what MFP assigns.

Troll

i don't care for potatos (russet, anyway) but i eat a sweet potato almost every day.

as long as they aren't slathered in butter and cheese, i'd say go for it! Eat them until you don't want to anymore

RobertaKR

All this talk about potatoes and coincidentally... my daughter asked me to make potatoe soup. It's now simmering on the stove. : D