Chapter 1: MY DAILY REPORT ON A LONG-TERM POTATO DIET

Chapter 1

POTATO DIET

I started the potato diet yesterday, and it is WEIRD!

First, I bought about 8 bags of different kinds of potatoes. Russet, White, Big red, Gold, Sweet potatoes.

I started the diet on Friday morning, Aug. 25. I didn't know how many pounds of potatoes I was supposed to eat. For an active woman, it's 4.6. But that is well over 1,000 calories per day, and I don't think I can burn that many calories.

I do exercise for a half hour every day, but I'm trying to really lose weight.

So for breakfast on Friday, I cut up two large red potatoes (I love their texture when cooked). Those I boiled. Then I took one each of the other potatoes, sliced them thinly and baked them for an hour at 400. I chose not to add salt or herbs but you sure can. I've hear of variations like ketchup, french fries, potato chips. Those were from two unrelated people who have vlogs and each lost more 100 pounds on this diet.

When the food was ready, I ate some of the red potatoes. They tasted great. First day, yeah. haha But I didn't finish them because I didn't feel hungry any more.

One of the goals for me is to get in better touch with when I am really hungry and when I am full. I also want to de-addict from artificial sweeteners and salt. I might add them back later.

I got hungry twice more on Friday, so I finished the rad boiled potatoes and then the tray of slices. The slices were crispy and some were REALLY good.

I drank my usual 1 shot of vodka in a LOT of tonic, and I had what might have been an allergic reaction! My face always gets pink when I drink (Asian Flushing Syndrome) but this time, my face turned actually RED and it was burning. Not just my cheeks but my forehead and chin. I had to get something cold and then I rubbed liquid lanocain on my face, then took a benedryl.

I slept fine until 2 am when SEVERE NAUSEA hit. If I had leaned over a toilet, I would have urped.This went on till 6 am! I went in and out of sleep because it's hard to sleep when you feel really nauseated.

Finally, I took some pepto bismol. It helped enough for me to fall asleep for 3 hours.