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Thoughts on the "potato diet"?
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You could replace potatoes with any other food item, as long as the calories were the same the results would also be similar. I can think of many more nutritious items other than potatoes if i were to do something like this.1
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My honest opinion is: stupidest idea I've ever heard of in my life.
And that's not directed at you, OP. It's directed at the jagaloons who cooked up this nonsense diet.3 -
I love potatoes - have been known to eat only plain cooked potatoes or left over roast potatoes......... for one meal.
and I eat plenty of them in mashed potatoes, backed potatoes ,potato salad, chips (fries) - but that is with other things - milk, cream, bacon etc - and usually as part of a meal, not the whole meal, let alone the whole month.
Silly idea OP.
Just eat a variety of foods in correct calorie amounts.
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goldthistime wrote: »http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/news/a39697/penn-jillette-weight-loss-potato-diet/
Penn Jillette can make just about anything disappear, but this time the famous illusionist performed a dramatic vanishing act on himself. The taller half of Penn & Teller dropped over 100 pounds by eating only two things and skipping exercise altogether.
The 6-foot, 7-inch magician weighed 322 pounds over a year ago, when doctors discovered a 90% blockage in his heart. The father of two then decided to take drastic measures to see his young kids grow up. Under medical supervision, Jillette embarked on the "potato diet," eating only plain potatoes for two whole weeks. After subsisting on spuds alone, he started phasing in vegetable stews for added nutrients.
But the potato diet won't work magic for everyone. "While there's no doubt that potatoes — just like all vegetables— are supremely nutritious, eliminating almost all other food groups in totality is not only dangerous, but can really backfire," says Jaclyn London, R.D., Nutrition Director at the Good Housekeeping Institute. The dramatic changes usually slow down your body's metabolism and result in binging later on, she explains. "While veggie stews and potatoes can be amazing weight-loss allies, it's never good advice to completely eliminate food groups in order to lose weight for the long-term."
Potatoes are supremely nutritious?
If the test is "what single food provides a wide enough range of things that you can live off it," they score pretty well. Here's a discussion (and maybe what sparked the only potatoes thing, I dunno): http://theconversation.com/can-you-survive-eating-nothing-but-potatoes-54262
Obviously far inferior to not living off of one single food, though, and not all you should be getting through a healthy diet.5 -
Sounds yummy for a day or two:)
But I wanna try a loaded baked potato diet:).10 -
leanjogreen18 wrote: »Sounds yummy for a day or two:)
But I wanna try a loaded baked potato diet
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Now this is a potato diet I can get down with!2 -
1 potato (209 gram) - 255 calories
Sour Cream (30 gram) - 60
Butter (1 tbs) - 102
Bacon (2 slices) - 80
Cheese (28 grams) - 115
612 Calories X 2 = 1224
Perfectly doable 4 -
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crzycatlady1 wrote: »
Not enticing at all!1 -
Oh, I was responding to LeanjoGreen and CafeRacer above your post. 2
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I'll try it.2
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I don't think OP liked any of the comments...2
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I didn't know this was a thing. I've done that before by accident just cause I like potatoes and they're cheap. I don't like salt, butter etc so yeah, plain potatoes are my thing. Had one for lunch yesterday and might have some tomorrow. Today is a fast day though so only water and apple juice for now lol0
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PLAIN POTATOES YUM! This sounds like something they would have done to prisoners to get a confession out of them back in the 1600's. I suspect it's a gateway diet to full blown anorexia.3
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No offense to OP though. I'm as curious to know as anyone else if someone has actually legitimately attempted this for more than 5 days. I eat plain sweet potatoes though! Those are the jam as nature made them...well, baked...as nature should have made them.2
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I'll try it.
Yeah, see, all these people saying they couldn't do it for that long? I totally could. I could salt them, right?
As long as I had salt, I don't mind them boiled. I love cold boiled potatoes. I love cold baked potatoes. I love hot boiled potatoes. I love hot baked potatoes.
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^^^^This so much!
Now you know why I cried when I learned about CICO:). I can eat potato's!!!!0 -
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leanjogreen18 wrote: »
Targeting desperate, overweight people seems to guarantee a pot of gold on the other end of a good marketers rainbow!
It truly saddens me that people give this buffoon their $$
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Christine_72 wrote: »leanjogreen18 wrote: »
Targeting desperate, overweight people seems to guarantee a pot of gold on the other end of a good marketers rainbow!
It truly saddens me that people give this buffoon their $$
Ok when you say it like that I feel like a heel for my joke!
I do love my potato though!0 -
I am currently boiling my potatoes for supper. I will of course be adding milk and butter to mash them. I am also cooking some rice to make rice pudding for dessert. I feel like I may not be doing the potato diet right, though.3
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leanjogreen18 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »leanjogreen18 wrote: »
Targeting desperate, overweight people seems to guarantee a pot of gold on the other end of a good marketers rainbow!
It truly saddens me that people give this buffoon their $$
Ok when you say it like that I feel like a heel for my joke!
I do love my potato though!
No,no don't feel bad! I kinda agree with you.
I got sucked in to quite a few dieting supplements /foods. I learned in my own good time, just like everyone *hopefully does.
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Christine_72 wrote: »leanjogreen18 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »leanjogreen18 wrote: »
Targeting desperate, overweight people seems to guarantee a pot of gold on the other end of a good marketers rainbow!
It truly saddens me that people give this buffoon their $$
Ok when you say it like that I feel like a heel for my joke!
I do love my potato though!
No,no don't feel bad! I kinda agree with you.
I got sucked in to quite a few dieting supplements /foods. I learned in my own good time, just like everyone *hopefully does.
Joking has its place but I also got sucked in to several scam/fad diets & supplements, which only caused me to pack on 10lbs more every time I did one. Ugg I feel dumb sometimes:).
Important thing is, I got it now.1 -
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Just the concept....I can't imagine eating that many plain potatoes. I prefer mine mashed with gravy, in French Fry form, or loaded with deliciousness.0
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leanjogreen18 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »leanjogreen18 wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »leanjogreen18 wrote: »
Targeting desperate, overweight people seems to guarantee a pot of gold on the other end of a good marketers rainbow!
It truly saddens me that people give this buffoon their $$
Ok when you say it like that I feel like a heel for my joke!
I do love my potato though!
No,no don't feel bad! I kinda agree with you.
I got sucked in to quite a few dieting supplements /foods. I learned in my own good time, just like everyone *hopefully does.
Joking has its place but I also got sucked in to several scam/fad diets & supplements, which only caused me to pack on 10lbs more every time I did one. Ugg I feel dumb sometimes:).
Important thing is, I got it now.
It's an older thread, but maybe this will help you feel better about all those experiments:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10377802/the-woo-that-you-do-or-did/p12 -
Silly fad, arbitrary choice of food resulting in weight loss from a calorie deficit.1
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OP - I hope you were joking, but if not, Here's an alternative.....
Punch your stats into MFP and. Do exactly what it says for 30 days with a variety of foods you like. It's magic.7
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