Potatoes give me heartburn, so that's right out for me. Besides: > Magician Penn Jillette lost over 100 lbs using a strategy that started with two weeks of a p

Potatoes give me heartburn, so that's right out for me. Besides: > Magician Penn Jillette lost over 100 lbs using a strategy that started with two weeks of a potato-only diet, and seems to be keeping it off I know this because Kevin Smith started in a similar way after talking to him, and discussed it on his podcasts; it follows the teaching of some other guy who wrote a book and works as personal dietician. The thing is: that initial stint was meant to effectively wean them off carbs. By bombarding the body with the same complex carbs for an extended period, they got so tired of them that they actually switched to craving less starchy foodstuff. It also "reset" their psychological attitude to food: because after a while you are kinda disgusted by potatoes, you stop eating for pleasure, and figure out how to eat only when strictly necessary. Obviously they both moved on to more balanced diets after a month or two. So yeah, it can work in the short term, as a gateway to something better. But it's not a sustainable diet.