potato

Have you checked the data base? How many calories are they?

Potatoes themselves are good for you, although the are high in starchy carbs and fairly high in calories, not good for the low carb dieter. What is usually bad with potatoes is what people put on them, butter, sour cream, margarine, cheese etc. You can always try putting salso on them as salsa is great for you.

I eat potatos all the time! As long as I'm within all my goals of course. Add a little onion and I Can't Beleive it's not butter spray... mmmmmmmmmmmmm

I know many people say to stay away from potatoes, but I am a big fan of eating baked potatoes as a way to fulfill my carbs needed. Since I do a lot of cardio and strength training, I need those carbs to give me the energy to survive a full workout. My advice would be to not limit your potatoes...because whenever we deprive ourselves of food we love, it never quite works out and then we binge. Carbs are a necessary part of our diet (although aitkins people may disagree with me, and thats fine). When you are shopping for potatoes, I would go for the small to medium size. That way, you avoid "carbo-loading", the way I like to call it. You still get your good carbs in, but you don't go overboard and consume too much. Also, limit what you put on the potato as toppings (bacon, cheese, sour cream, butter). All of those things are fattening, but if you use portion control you can still enjoy your baked potato! Hope that helps!! Also, if you eat them earlier in the day, you have the rest of the day to use those carbs as your energy source!!

I live in Idaho....potato country!! haha! I've gotta have my potatoes...plus..they are CHEAP!!

Edited to say: I usually buy the smaller red potatoes...yummm!! I also use 1 TBSP of light sour cream. Sometimes I will also add a little salsa to give a little more flava!! Yumm...this is making me hungry!

Try baked sweet potatoes. Sweet potato is considered a good carb. Extremely healthy and doesn't raise your blood sugar quickly like a regular potato would)

Try baked sweet potatoes. Sweet potato is considered a good carb. Extremely healthy and doesn't raise your blood sugar quickly like a regular potato would)

This is a stupid question..I know... (Plus, I'm in potato country..I should know this)...but is a sweet potato a yam? And what is the taste difference of a sweet potato to, say, a red potato? I've been too scared to buy them.

I know that for me, cutting things I love out completely does not work. And I love baked potatoes. So I still have them, but I either make a real small one or eat only half to a third, depending on size. I still put butter and sour cream on, but I know that if I'm going to do that at supper, I need to be more careful of my fat numbers the rest of the day. And I always eat the skin...good and good for you:)