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Ok, don't laugh. But I need to take off weight and I have looked into this and it CAN work. Basically, you just eat potatoes for a while. I'm planning on doing it for 2 weeks to kind of goose my weight loss after it has stalled out due to some travel which is never good for my diet. It's this concept of a mono diet where you just eat the same food. The idea is to kind of keep it boring.
I've bought redskin potatoes and russets. Yesterday I experimentally roasted some redskins with garlic powder, onion powder, steak seasoning, etc. And they came out pretty decent. Having that for breakfast this morning (which is Day 1).
I have some herbs in a tube (italian blend, garlic), some parsley, some chives. Chicken broth. Lemons.
I know the point is to keep things boring, but if it's too boring, I'll just freak out and run to the nearest fast food joint for a bacon cheeseburger.
So far, I'm planning on roasting the potatoes, boiling them for a cold potato salad that I'd dress with mustard and vinegar, mashing them with the chicken broth, and doing them as oven fries.
Any other ideas?
Your food experiment sounds interesting, I'd love to hear how it turns out! I am completely into doing 'hacks' like that, too...just trying something that I want to and see how it turns out. As far as any potato form ideas, I love potato soup, pureed. A rich version would have butter and chicken broth, but if butter is off the menu I think it would still be plenty good with just the chicken broth, blended very smoothly and with chives on top.
You can use egg whites on those oven fries. Whip them up a little and add dry seasoning. Toss the potatoes in it and bake them on foil for a crunch you won't believe.
Anything that severely restricts your variety of intake and is short term like that isn't really a "diet," it''s essentially a fast. I'm sure it will have [short-term] results.But what is really the point of short-term results? It really is akin to a two-week subsistence fast. Potatoes aren't bad, by any means, but they're also not all you need.
Ok, don't laugh. But I need to take off weight and I have looked into this and it CAN work. Basically, you just eat potatoes for a while. I'm planning on doing it for 2 weeks to kind of goose my weight loss after it has stalled out due to some travel which is never good for my diet. It's this concept of a mono diet where you just eat the same food. The idea is to kind of keep it boring.
I've bought redskin potatoes and russets. Yesterday I experimentally roasted some redskins with garlic powder, onion powder, steak seasoning, etc. And they came out pretty decent. Having that for breakfast this morning (which is Day 1).
I have some herbs in a tube (italian blend, garlic), some parsley, some chives. Chicken broth. Lemons.
I know the point is to keep things boring, but if it's too boring, I'll just freak out and run to the nearest fast food joint for a bacon cheeseburger.
So far, I'm planning on roasting the potatoes, boiling them for a cold potato salad that I'd dress with mustard and vinegar, mashing them with the chicken broth, and doing them as oven fries.
Any other ideas?
Maybe add the potatoes to a salad (spinach, onions, peppers, cucumbers...)?
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