Primal Potato Diet (PPD)

I don't really have advice, I'm only on my first day here.. but I really don't think the idea is to be ravenously hungry. If you are hungry, eat another potato or 2 :) That's why it's call the Potato Diet, no?

I was too curious to wait until Monday, so I'm trying it for 2 1/2 days until our dinner party on Saturday evening. I started this morning with black coffee (my usual since doing Whole 30 earlier this year), then baked a moderate sized potato in the mic and chopped it up with celery salt and black pepper. It was delicious and filling. Had more coffee about 11 when I was a bit peckish, but I was at work with nothing but a raw potato and my jar of celery salt, so I waited for lunch to have another baker, about 12:45. Easiest lunch I've ever made - wash then throw raw potato in lunch bag - done!! Had herbal tea at lunch and in mid p.m. Then roasted little red gems (cooked with about a tsp of oil, S&P and herbes de Provence. Delicious! Tea now before bed and another two little red potatos, cold. I've been satisfied all day - no starving, no blood sugar fluctuations or cravings. Interesting day. How can I feel so satisfied on only about 600 kcals? I've also managed 16 g protein, 16 g fibre and only 120 g carb, well within Primal guidelines.

I had potatoes au gratin for dinner. Love potatoes!

[QUOTE=fiercehunter;1018918]I had potatoes au gratin for dinner. Love potatoes![/QUOTE]

Yum! How did you prepare them? My favorite right now are skillet hash browns.

I woke up 1.5 lbs lighter this morning after Day 1 of "traditional" only potatoes diet. The back story to this is that I have been shedding bloat weight all week after a bad eating week last week, and started 5 days ago at 157. By eating 80% primal, I was able to drop like a rock - 155, 153.5, 152.5. So when I was down to 151.0 this morning, an additional 1.5 lb loss, it was surprising that I would be down that much more water weight after an all carb day. Very counter-intuitive...

Can't wait to see what Day 2 feels like...

[QUOTE=marthat;1019141]I woke up 1.5 lbs lighter this morning after Day 1 of "traditional" only potatoes diet. The back story to this is that I have been shedding bloat weight all week after a bad eating week last week, and started 5 days ago at 157. By eating 80% primal, I was able to drop like a rock - 155, 153.5, 152.5. So when I was down to 151.0 this morning, an additional 1.5 lb loss, it was surprising that I would be down that much more water weight after an all carb day. Very counter-intuitive...

Can't wait to see what Day 2 feels like...[/QUOTE]

wtg! I had some water weight *mostly water I think) from 2 Thanksgivings also, about 3.5lb So I got that off plus some by Low carbing a couple days first, and then some days including tators but not all tators yet. Just tators during the day and then dinner, so I am anxious for my weigh-in today also. Oh, I guess it is after 7, I can weigh anytime now. Will wait till the house clears a bit :o

Starting Day 4 and curious to see if my appetite will lessen. Day 3 was the most difficult for me. I ate a little under 1100 calories. Sweet potatoes/ Yukon gold mix with the addition of a few mini Tri colored peppers and 2 T of half and half.

My hands feel arthritic. I am in RA remission for a decade. I haven't eaten but the very occasional tater because of low carb. Interesting to see a reaction to nightshade so quickly. I will watch to see what happens. Will throw in a rice meal to this mix if necessary.

I was really disappointed to see the scale remain the same but honestly happy that it didn't go up!
This is when I would want to throw in the towel and say its not working. Good news for me is that I have taters, I'm committed, and I'm going to continue and see how it plays out.

Day 1- 147.2
Day 2- 146
Day 3 - 145.2
Day 4 - 145.2

F/62/5'4"

[QUOTE=calee;1019300]I was really disappointed to see the scale remain the same but honestly happy that it didn't go up!
This is when I would want to throw in the towel and say its not working. [/QUOTE]

Hope the RA feels better. My sister has some trouble with that. I hurt my shoulder flinging a saddle one time, and the doctor said I had some kind of arthritis there, I can't even remember now what they said, but so far it doesnt bother me.

I know what you mean about the scale. I am a daily weigher anyways, I wasnt always but now I like to see what this and that does to me. It is harder though when you throw exercise in the mix - just one more variable. So I try not to trip on it all but watch for patterns.

My scale went down another .7 :cool: Again, I am not all tators. I am tators plus dinner so still at a pretty good deficit. I am anxious to do all tators. I am soooo close to 70lbs gone. :cool: But now that I got the water gain back off, each loss is a new number for me, one that I havent seen for quite awhile, so I am very happy about that :cool:

Does anyone know if the super high potassium intake has the same effects as a high sodium intake with regards to dehydration/water balance? Maybe I'm not using enough salt to level out the potassium, because I generally feel very parched and the edges of my lips have even started to crack a bit. Very strange, considering I'm taking in almost 10,000mg of potassium and drinking plenty of water.

[QUOTE=Kilian;1019549]Does anyone know if the super high potassium intake has the same effects as a high sodium intake with regards to dehydration/water balance? Maybe I'm not using enough salt to level out the potassium, because I generally feel very parched and the edges of my lips have even started to crack a bit. Very strange, considering I'm taking in almost 10,000mg of potassium and drinking plenty of water.[/QUOTE]

Be careful with too much potassium. Your electrolytes should be balanced to prevent cardiac issues. Increase your sodium intake if the ratio if far off. Also, a magnesium supplement might be helpful. And yeah, potassium is a salt just like sodium, so an imbalance could result in thirst, cramps, etc.

When you saying taking 10,000mg of potassium, you mean eating, not supplementing, right? Just checking because I o take supplement but I'd cut back on high potato diet.