I’m not sure I can call it that, really, because several people (including this guy) have already done it and succeeded. But it was an experiment for me, personally. I often say I could live on potatoes, so why not try?
Baked with no oil in the oven. Crispy and delicious, no added fat.
The four weeks are officially over, and here are some results:
- I lost 14.7 pounds on the scale. No, really.(I ought to say here that NO ONE NOTICED, and this just speaks to how well I hide weight. For better or worse.)
- My waist is an inch smaller.
- I used my Instant Pot more in the last month than ever before in the years I’ve had it added together.
- I think I spent less than $150 all month on food.
Smaller waist, bigger wallet? Win-win!
But the biggest surprise?
Since I set the parameters for myself that I’d end this little challenge today(it’s Christmas Eve, after all), I can now eat anything I want. The world is my oyster(poor choice of metaphor, perhaps) but…I have no idea what I want to eat.
This bears repeating: I am not craving anything.
It’s a Christmas miracle. I mean, really, it is. You’d think I’d spent the last month plotting all the goodies I could gorge myself with the second this was over; at least, that’s kinda what I thought I’d be doing.
But that’s not what happened. Because the rule is that you just eat potatoes until you are full, I honestly never felt like I was missing out on anything. I left every meal with a happy tummy. I have always loved potatoes, and I still do — even after eating nothing else all month!
I bought some non-potato food items in advance of the end of my challenge. It it worth noting that these bananas, purchased on Saturday, are still not ripe.
So, what next? I’m going to return to my regular (still vegan and gluten-free) eating program, at least until the holidays are over. I’m home, and can cook at my leisure with no pressure to get everything ready on Sundays. After that, I may very well revisit the all-potato plan, at least on a part-time basis — maybe a few days a week, or alternating weeks. The time and money it has saved me have me sold!
There’s 14 pounds a safe amount to lose in 30 days that’s the one thing that I was curious about. I also read about the potato diet sounds like it was a different one were you boil the potatoes using no salt or butter or any accrued months and then you also drink the water from the potatoes. Maybe it would be good to mention that the reason for the all potato diet is because it kickstarts different things in your body that creates the weight loss etc. or so I read.
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I assure you, I have the weight to spare! And yes, this is all vegan, so there no butter, but I did salt them a little. I have not heard of drinking the potato water, but I don’t suppose there would be any harm in it. The Spud Fit guy had an entire ebook where he goes into much more detail and even discussed his medical results.
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I think this is really interest idea. I admit, I am mostly attracted to the concept of not having to think about food. I wish you could of done a blood before and after, it would be really interesting to me to see impact on those numbers too. Thank you for sharing.
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