I Ate Only Bland Potatoes for 5 Days (The Potato Diet)
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- Опубликовано: 23 сен 2021
- I ate nothing but plain potatoes for 5 days.
Potato Reset Challenge Rules:
- Eat only plain, boiled potatoes, no salt, no oil, no nothing
- Eat as many as you want, just don't eat anything else
- Drink only water
Conclusions and questions answered in this video:
- Did it reset your overstimulated taste buds?
- Did it reset your gut/digestion?
- Did the effects last?
- Did you lose weight?
- Would you recommend this for weight loss?
- Do you recommend the potato reset?
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I’ve been on the potato diet for the last two years. I’ve lost 150 pounds, got married, ran a marathon. Thanks potato diet.
Bravo!!!
You lost a lot of weight. Do you still eat this way?
@@theunrealtournamentchannel I cheat on Saturdays now and have ketchup during lunch.
@@jimmyrumney4379 Potatoes are cheap too. Thanks for the quick answer!
Wow wow wow
That's what I usually eat daily.. lots of boiled or baked potatoes with broccoli and peppers ((with some seasonings like chili/garlic/onion/cayenne powder added to the dish). Sometimes I'll just have plenty of potatoes and nothing else or maybe add fruit. I've noticed that everything tastes different afterwards. Most unhealthy foods either taste like a chemical or rotten. It's weird. My gray hairs are turning dark brown/black again too.
That's awesome! Retraining your palette with whole foods is amazing.
Did you manage to help to lose weight ?
If you eat only that you must have lost your will to live
@@larenski Why? Food is for survival... not gluttony.
you just nailed my diet exactly except i still cave in to cravings more than i care to admit (processed foods you know the routine). though i don't do it perfect it has improved my health (esp. weight loss) and cut my food bill down considerably.
I eat potatoes twice a day, but i add seasoning and no oil. I usually have potatoes for brekafast and lunch and then a nice whole foods vegetarian low fat dinner. I have been eating like this for a couple months and i have lost 13 pounds.
I went from 190 pounds to 160 pounds in four months. Eating all potato diet, sweet potatoes, and regular potatoes. My friend told me I wasn’t going to lose weight eating that many carbs. While they were eating bacon and hamburgers, and chicken And steaks their weight stayed the same and they were calorie restricting I ate until I was full twice a day, and the weight fell off. I’ve never been a breakfast person. I like to have my lunch between 11 and two. I wake up around 5:30 in the morning the last thing I’m thinking about is food.
Were u overweight at 190 ?
Thx
So you lost less than 10 pounds per month eating only potatoes? Every other anecdote I’ve heard about the potato diet results in much more weight loss than that.
Your friend doesn't sound very informed but was probably voicing their concerns if I give the benefit of the doubt. But obviously different approaches do work for different people, otherwise no-one would stick with (insert diet here) for more than a month.
It's been a looooong time since I saw "lessons from the vegans" by Denise Minger but iirc it confirmed the idea that macro dominant diets/ways of eating (diets/ways of eating where either carbs or dietary fat comprised most of the calorie intake) such as high carb low fat and low carb high fat both performed better at facilitating weight loss than mixed macro diets/ways of eating because of metabolic advantages of the macro dominant diets.
This holds true for me as well. But my body seems to be rather sensitive to it so my weight loss slows down when I introduce too much fat (an amount that otherwise still works for other people) on HCLF or too much carb and protein on LCHF (amounts other people don't seem to have issues with).
I prefer starch based HCLF for financial reasons.
He lost only 7 pounds a month probably because he was eating too many calories. Calories matter. I think the best thing is to eat only 1000 calories of potatoes, or 1500 calories if you’re active. If the blood sugar levels are low, it would be helpful to eat something sweet like dates.
@@amelia.rosiee the difference is potatoes are so filling for the volume. Eating meat and oil don’t give you that sense of fullness and satiation because of the lack of fiber. Five hours after eating a steak meal, you will definitely be hungry again there’s no fiber. Go eat a big thing of baked potato and sweet potato and five hours You won’t be hungry. that’s why potatoes help you lose weight better better because the volume and water in the food and mix with the fiber. That’s why you see a lot of overweight people who eat a lot of meat never lose the weight. You need carbs for energy and fiber to keep your mind intact so You don’t feel like you’re starving.
I ve done this for one year in college because I didn t had any food. No big deal if you like potatoes . You lose weight indeed.
Great video man. I did this for 6 days once and used it as a launching point to start a whole food plant based diet. Like you, I was interested in the flavor reset, which made going to the wfpb way of life easier when I broke the potato fast. I lost weight fast on the taters and continued to lose weight on the wfpb way of eating but much faster on the taters. My theory on the getting cold part is that so much fluid and inflammation comes off of u that u are not running hot all the time. On days 2 and 3, I was pissing so much but not drinking any more water. I now follow the "starch solution" plan and mostly eat UNPROCESSED starches like beans, rice, and more potatoes.
Esting only foods
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I'm committed to begin my potato reset journey starting tomorrow. I attempted in the past, but barely lasted a day or so. I'm not going to quit this time. I'm doing this for two reasons: to conquer food addiction and to drastically improve my health. I'll try not to focus on weight loss as that's going to follow anyway. This will help me shift into a whole food plant based lifestyle. Wish me luck. 😀
Bam! Love to see it. Good luck with this experiment! Just remember: when it feels dreadfully boring and you dream about normal food, that means you're doing it right. :P
@wturner777 How did it go?
@@DavidVCastroyou never hear from these people again
I think it's a fantastic idea for a Reset. I may even try it.
I'm trying to swap all my carbs to potatoes instead of bread, rice and oats. Whilst I only ever have wholemeal bread I found it was never that filling and the calories were off the scale. Every day I stick to potatoes (as well as green veg and some lean protein), I'm less hungry, bloated and I'm getting a lot leaner
Wow man, never expected to see you talking about potato hack!! I am your Thrive Themes customer, and this is just... really nice. Hello there Mr. Shane :)
This is cracking me up. I've heard of the potato diet. I've never heard of the potato reset, but it makes sense to me. I love that you're willing try all kinds of things (hopefully within reason.) I might try this. It might be very budget friendly as well. :D
It is kind of a strange experiment, but I'm fond of trying strange things. :D
And yes, it's incredibly budget friendly (you could even add salt and it'd still be budget friendly, but I didn't tell you that).
Potatoes calm my digestion with their prebiotic fiber. They also lower my A1C. I'm trying to stay low-oil or no-oil as a diabetic, as fat/oil keeps my blood sugar high. Staying on high starch (potatoes, rice, oats) and veggies has allowed me to lose weight. There is a small amount of oil in a plant-based diet. I use the potato water (after boiling potatoes) in my vegetable soup. I respect your persistence in staying on unseasoned potatoes for 5 days. I think some would appreciate pepper and a little salt, especially as potatoes have potassium to balance the sodium.
I feel the need to do this for some reason. I'm doing to start today. Thank you! I am going to add black pepper.
Excellent presentation, thank you !
I will give this a try.
Bill P.
I love potatoes 🥔 and I'm definitely gonna give this a go as some kinda reset for my gut, I'm wfpb anyway but I have flip flopped from vegan to Pescatarian over the last 2 years but I'm now wfpb for life now.
Awesome video, man ❤
Wfpb?
@@BrokeBoy912 whole food plant based 😋
I did just potatoes for 6 months and found it easy. I still love potatoes.
1] Weight lost in 6 months?
2] Amount of potatoes/sweet potatoes consumed in a day?
3] Did any exercise while on the diet?
I'll add it to my bucket list... :-)
Just eat instant mashed...no fats...salsa on top...heaven. lose weight and full with energy
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No fiber in the instant mash.
Do they have to be boiled , can you microwave them? I find microwaving gives it a more harder desired more satisfying texture.
Thanks for sharing.
I am going to do a water fast, after that to break it can I go straight into the potato diet?
Totally going to try this with my Husband and friends
Can you mix varieties of potatoes and do all types of sweet potatoes or brown?
Is it only just white potatoes or mixing with potatoes with sweet potatoes?
Great challenge, and a great report of how it all effected you. I have never had the desire to eat only potatoes as a stimulant challenge, but think I could have used it back when I was binging and eating compulsively. Seems like my whole life has been about food, fat, dieting, etc. Now, I let myself be focused on health which includes meal prep, and eating. I just look at it differently. That dirty little monster is still in me waiting to be awakened, but now I know to eat enough and make sure I get the foods that keep me satiated. Starches. I do prepare my meals salt, oil, and sugar free to avoid those stimulants, but allow some added salt at the table, if the food is too bland. Funny how things change, though. I usually don't want it. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for your comment!
Just the other day, I was remembering how I enjoyed potatoes, carrots, and onions, seasoned, offcourse. I WILL try it. If I would exercise all your work, I would be a billion aire. I plan to sit down and read every email you have sent me and start implementing. This time yet year, my people could be calling your people.
Haha, yess! I'm looking forward to hearing from your people. :)
There is no question Dr. McDougall has helped many people. Early research on the potato diet dates back to at least 1920. The only problem I have with McDougall is that he shames people for eating meat/fish. Funny thing…his science is dead right but he and his wife look at least 15 years older than they are. Is it their genetics or following a diet with no oil? Bottom line: his “diet” saves lives and gets people out of pain. Tough to argue with that!
I like this "Mr. Potato" reset. I'd give it a try.
Haha, wish I had thought of that. :D
Thank you n yes, I will start tomorrow
How do you think a five day potato reset with salt and oil would work out? Beneficial or not?
where are you from?
Great video!!! Thanks!!
Taters ?
@@joecamel6835 boring?
It's interesting how you get cold...I noticed i get cold when I don't have any salt. I think so many people demonize salt, but it is helpful for people who are skinny like us.
Wow, hard experiment
0:14 what font do you use? Would be very happy for hearing.
Our title font is Spartan
@@shane.melaugh Thank you very much, I had already found out in the meantime :)
I will try it starting tomorrow 😊
I’m doing this for a week to help my bloating and gut issues tho I eat about 4 kilos of steamed potatoes sometimes a bit more because I love them so much and im a very hungry calorie needy guy. Currently on day 3. Still loving the potatoes and I’m eating them with a bit of romaine lettuce that’s the only different. I really do feel how easy it is on my gut and how easily it digests. And I’m also underweight and all the potatoes have helped me gain some weight back again in my case tho that’s what I need really
That's really great to hear!
Eating only potatoes Will result on worse bloating. Talking from experience
@@larenski thats because you dont cool it in refrigerators & before eating warm it up. Then 100% it will not bloat, infact it will relieve bloating . Good Luck👍
But why no salt😐
How are you so slim if you are a compulsive eater? Do you found a way to „control“ yourself ?
Oh and one of the best and underrated potatoe challenge video on RUclips🙂
Thank you!
I'm not overweight in part because I exercise a lot and in part because I manage my compulsive eating quite well. I usually do intermittent fasting and I have the habit of eating mostly healthy stuff so even when I overeat, it doesn't do much "damage".
Shane, you had them also for breakfast or did you simply skip breakfast ?
I usually had my first meal around 11 to noon. But I basically ate whenever I felt hungry. Which was a lot less often than I expected.
I'm doing it... but I'm doing 3 days 😏 thank you very much.
Booo!
In all honesty, 3 days is already pretty tedious, so I don't blame you.
Cool!
I've been having gut discomfort lately, so I might give this a try. (Organic potatoes only.)
I hear Penn Gillette jump-started his massive weight loss with a 2-week potato diet.
I've bee tinkering with Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Body diet. I'd love to hear your take on it.
I think it's worth trying! The potato reset, that is.
I can't remember the details of Tim's diet. Too long ago that I read the book. I'll revisit it, though.
It was 40 days
Carrots so good for gut
Have u done mono eating bananas for a week
I will try to do this
will it reset my gut if i use salt ? what if i use both salt and butter? what if i also follow it witha glass of milk and what about cheese and dhives and bacon and why not eat ...will it reset my gut if i just have potoes at every meal? I could easily do that for life.
I don't think there is a one-size-fits-all answer to this. It's not that the potatoes do something magical for your gut. The benefits come largely from cutting everything else out. Most people are eating things regularly that are actually really bad for them. The potato reset gives your gut a rest and chance to repair.
Are cheese and milk and bacon good for you? I don't know, but by doing a reset and slowly adding foods back in you can find out.
Research Dr Esselstyn.
Gald you shared your experience with us
mini potatoes with butter and salt == HEAVEN :)
Comment for the algorithm. Interesting video!
Thank you!
Interesting informations, especially the reset of the gut. I propose you to do "MARYS MINI" as per Dr McDougall lectures. You can add low Calorie vegetable and small amounts of for example salsa or ketchup to your ONE STARCH! Must be for 10 days minimum. I've done ir, GREAT experience!!
Anyone interested in this should look up 'Kevin Smith interview with Joe Rogan potato diet' he talks about the potato diet and he lost tons of weight doing the potato diet, and he lost more weight afterword. It's great motivation to try the diet.
I like adding a 1/2 stick of butter and some bacon.
I can handle baked potatoes but not boiled potatoes.
Unseasoned, they might be equally hard to handle. But the point of the experience is that it's boring, so it's all good. :D
But where is the potato?
I have done a version of potato hack. Not particularly just eating potatoes, but it was the main product of my dishes (breakfast, lunch and dinner). And, to my understanding, I had the similar effects of helping with reset guts and digestion. In fact, it help me so much that I felt healthy and more energetic. I'm not entirely sure about losing weight, but I'll be trying that soon as I've derail my healthy meals due to work.
Potatoes are an amazing food to do a mono cleanse with, but you definitely need to eat enough of them 🙈 there are so many ways to cook them, you don’t just have to boil them. You can steam them, roast them, mash them, and do that without any oil too
I definitely felt like it was tough to keep eating enough, after a few days. Just way less appetite than usual.
Is microwave bad or no big deal ?
Thx
@@PInk77W1 personally I think it depends on your situation, if it’s going to help you eat enough and eat healthy then I think it’s fine as long as you eat things cooked in different ways as well x
Did you test your glucose at all?
I didn't, no. But I have acquired some glucose monitors that I will be using for future experiments. :)
Baked is best water just heats it up too quickly and kills most of the nutritional value
Never heard of a potato diet til i came across this video. Since i'm Irish i'll give it a try, with salt & other seasonings. Even though we grow great spuds here, i couldn't eat them naked. (Spuds, not me in nude)
not including salt was a mistake.
I will try this my gut is telling me something im always bloted and feeling heavy with headache.
I hope it works for you as well as it did for me! Definitely worth a try.
solanine ?
Why boiling? Doesn't boiling take out a lot of the nutrients and you are throwing away those nutrients with the water you discard? Wouldn't the healthiest way to consume these potatoes be baked potato? Or simply the baked potato setting on a microwave?
I didn't think of that! You might be right, maybe baked potato is even better for this experiment.
@@shane.melaugh if you didn't think about it how much of and "experiment" is it really?
solanine . NOT Boilling is dangeraus say many internet websites.
I call it discipline
I could see how doing a potato diet atleast part time can help reduce weekly calories
Me and my husband ate only potatoes carrots spinach and steak and beef every day and potatoes was a big part of our plate and we was SUPER FIT. I LOVE POTATOES! I can eat potatoes only for the rest of my life. I am definitely doing this very soon. Right now i am doing potatoes and nuts only until dinner and I love it, I do not feel like over eating and I feel great. I think I can live off potatoes all day until dinner for the rest of my life.
No need to eat bland potatoes. I eat it with broccoli and add a small scoop of cottage cheese and garlic...lost 5 pds in 10 days with moderate exercise; on day 22 and now down 9 pds total.. I'm now almost at my ideal weight..
idk, that sounds like cheating. :)
but congrats on the weight loss! 💪
This sounds like a mcdougall plan ! Glad it works
Did u lose any weight?
What a potato master.
To master the potato, you must become the potato.
I love a diet of potatoes - with bacon and broccoli and cheese and four cream!
This is awesome -- thanks for sharing your experiment and results. I am a sodium addict and just started low blood pressure medication. So, if this will make me fiend for carrots and celeries again, I'll give it a shot.
Definitely worth a try!
@@shane.melaugh I tried over the past 2 weeks. I think I ate more ketchup than 🥔. Lol 😂 definitely less sodium tho, so that’s a plus. Any suggestions to ween into the blandness?
@@panda007 I'm a jump straight in kinda guy. I think trying to take baby steps with something like this just makes it harder. Start by having bland potatoes and nothing else and embrace the experience.
@@panda007 you might want to look into the ingredients of ketchup.
Lots of sodium and sugar.
But that is not the real potato diet, you can eat oven cooked, air fry, with some no e starch vegetables,
my understanding is, that potatoes come with a lot of potassium which aids weight loss.
regarding the weight loss, i think it comes with a price to pay which means loss in lean mass as well.
i try to do it for two days and then switch to a meat&eggs only diet for two days and restart with potatoes again.
this way, i prevent lean mass loss. and, good idea, unseasoned and unsalted as well.
we know that people on carnivore have a lot of success as well. but also not 100%.
Cycling between the potato diet and the carnivore diet in a two-day rhythm might be something new and interesting and might combine the benefits of both diets without some of its drawbacks.
one could come to the idea to combine potatoes and beef to a meal, it might taste great but it might stop working for weight loss because of a higher insulin level that blocks weight loss.
think of the properties of a Japanese Damaskus knife with multiple layers of hard carbon steel and soft steel. if you would melt it together to a blended steel, it would result in something different.
I don’t think adding salt and pepper and other tasty spices would affect it.
Im also doing this but this first day im putting only a bit of pepper but the next days i promise its only bland
I eat lots of potatoes. I actually have to limit my intake because I CAN eat too many (just spuds). At one point I was eating over 5LBS a day. I love them I can taste the difference between the spuds (same verity) at different times of the year.
How do you prepare the potatoes?
@@chinazanwokolo4212 Usually in an instant pot.
@@salan3 boiled I assume?
isn't no salt dangerous?
Taters ?
Salt has zero calories. If you are interested in weight loss, use salt. I haven't tried the potato diet but I am interested
Hey Shane, I got a suggestion for an ikario experiment: Do a no caffeine experiment. No coffee, no green, black or white tea, no energy drinks no stimulating substances at all.
I’m doing this right now and I’m on day 37 of my 90 days no caffeine challenge. I feel terrible and I’m slowly realizing how caffeine messed me up without realizing it. It’s almost like recovering from a long illness.
Due to the fact that you and the ikario team are sharing your struggles, your health issues and challenges here (I deeply appreciate that) I know that some of you suffer from anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, muscles stiffness and depressive states. I know that these symptoms are often caused by many factors but they all can be related to caffeine consumption, so I think it might be worth your efforts. I’m suffering from all of these issues too a degree and now I’m experiencing a relieve from them without the caffeine. I know for sure that I’m not alone with this and many people don’t even realize how bad this caffeine addiction can be so it might be helpful for some people to get your take on this topic…
For obvious reasons this cannot be a short 7 day challenge and it’s likely that it will be a terrible and unproductive time for some weeks….or maybe months so I understand any possible reluctances.
(please read this with a light hearted sense of humor)
But in the name of personal development:
1. If you guys are caffeine addicts, wouldn’t it be more beneficial to function without any stimulating substances?
2. Which beverages do they feed you with in the human zoo and why?
Maybe you can riff on these questions in the podcast with Ollie….
Thank you, Gregor
I love this suggestion, thank you! I'm a caffeine minimalist, but I haven't gone 100% caffeine free in a long time. And I think you're right: this may have effects on me that I'm not even aware of. I will definitely take on this challenge!
@@shane.melaugh Cool! I'm looking forward to this!
I have not drunk coffee and no tea in 3 years. I feel great
Zero caffeine finally makes you sleep like a log
Listen to guest Chris Kresser on the Joe Rogan podcast episode #1037 talks about this very thing. I noticed you did not let your boiled potatoes cool which when you do this it creates more active Starches. Time stamp on this topic 1hr 5 minutes into the podcast.
Have you heard of Dr. McDougall potato diet ? Starch solution.
Taters ?
I live off potatoes for 6 years now.
this is the most Irish comment so far.
Surprised you didn't turn into a potato mate!
I think turning into a potato doesn't happen until day 7.
Can someone explain to me why when I eat potatoes I gained weight every day,I tried this diet before and I weighed every day,I was gaining weight,what could have been the cause?
I can’t stop eating plain potatoes, why won’t they fill me up?
Interesting problem. You may be disconnected from your body's hunger and satiation signals.
Doing a 24-48 hour fast might help. It can help us learn that there's a difference between feeling hungry and simply having an empty stomach. Also, it teaches us that just because we're hungry doesn't mean we HAVE TO eat right away.
Skip to 2:30 for START of content :)
I just started today but I'm having spice
Oohh, that's cheating! :P
@@shane.melaugh that's true
I tried for just over a day and stopped with potatoes only cause I had bad problem to go toilet.so Im back to my whole foods
You could sprinkle some Himalayan salt on potatos.
No. Not if you’re trying to reset.
Basically, you did The Martian diet.
Hah! So true.
I ate posion ivy for five days,she didn't like that
I love eating baked potatoes for years but I eat them with shredded cheese and bacon bits I can't do bland🥔🍠
I'd do it if I could have it with sour cream, butter and fresh grated cabbage and topped with grated cheese yes!!
I mean... doesn't that miss the point of the exercise, which is about de-stimulation? 😄
@@shane.melaugh > sour cream, butter
Ah, yes. What would potatos be without a heaping dose of animal abuse?!
Darwin from Gumball would be proud.
Blaned??? Potato 🥔
Mean??? Plain potatoes 🥔??????
plain, as in no salt, no oil, no extra flavoring. just potatoes.
@@shane.melaugh
Thanks 🙏
Very nice of you to anwser 🥰🥰🥰
Blessed Xmas 🎄
& healthy safe new year 2022
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
Can I have black coffee
It's pretty much calorie free and an appetite suppressant so I think it doesn't interfere with this experiment. Except maybe that it takes away from the destimulating factor a bit.
No salt bland ....potato ......😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫....diet.........
Don't knock it till you try it. :D
Pointless to eat them bland. A little bit of seasoning will not hurt.
i did it, only benefit was i saved money on food.
Haha, yeah. Taters are nice and cheap.
I have to try this
I will buy some potatoes 🥔 tomorrow ✅✅✅
Today I was 87,4 kilos 😅😅😅🥰✅
How did it go?
@@shane.melaugh
In Germany 🇩🇪
The temptation is to high
At a later stage I started to eat the goodies again and gained some weight 😥
So today Iam by 87,2 kilos 😥😥😥
Some weeks ago I reached 84,9 kilos 😅😅😅✅
@@iriseiselt934 it's toiught, yeah. Not really something you can stick with. I think it's useful as a reset to lead you into a less stimulation-seeking way of eating. but as a weight loss strategy, it doesn't work by itself.
@@shane.melaugh
Very true ✅✅✅
As a re-Start it’s Great for some day’s
I might try it again
After the new year ✅✅✅🥰🙏😅
So God Wills 😅😅😅
Especially that
We are planning to go for holidays February 2022 😅😅😅
@@shane.melaugh
Today I have 86.5
That’s the same since 7 days
Hasent changed!!!!!
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Well will definitely try it again beginning of March 2022 😅😅😅🥰✅
God Bless You & Stay Healthy and safe 🥰🥰🥰
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
WELCOME TO MARTIAN CHALLENGE
This might sound crazy.. but I think it's good that Potatoes make you not want to eat food.. you're eating bc you have to. Food isn't supposed to be meant for "pleasure," but for fuel for the body.
I mean, suit yourself, but I think food is one of the greatest pleasures life has to offer... AND it fuels your body.
@@shane.melaugh for sure. I'm just saying we can't lose sight of it's main purpose. A lot of people who are overweight picked pleasure over purpose.
Very funny experiment... You eat a lot of potatoes and don't become a couch potato... I guess probiotics are better to restore gut health?
Thank you Helga! Regarding probiotics: my (non-expert) take on that is a strong "no". Most probiotics and probiotic products do little to nothing when tested in a control setting. I think there are probiotics treatments that can work, but most things that say "probiotics" on them won't do nearly as much as a few days of eating potatoes (or fasting).
@@shane.melaugh hum.... curious. Maybe I'll give it a try. Potatoes are not so bad anyway.