I tried the potato diet. I consider myself a lean guy, but I wanted to try it for a month before recommending it to my overweight relatives. I stopped after tw

I tried the potato diet. I consider myself a lean guy, but I wanted to try it for a month before recommending it to my overweight relatives. I stopped after two weeks mostly because the stomach became rather bloated. There was no weight change. Then I tried a similar rice diet. Basically one eats rice (both white and brown are OK) with few fruits or fruit juices. To my surprise I lost about 5 kg in 25 days and then the weight loss stopped during the last weak. There were no apparent strength loss judging by weigh lifting results or uphill jogging. There were no other side effects. Now I recommend this, not potato diet.