4 ms·

While I love the idea of only eating one food for money and practical reasons... Potatoes are so utterly boring. Diets only work if you can stay on them withou

While I love the idea of only eating one food for money and practical reasons... Potatoes are so utterly boring. Diets only work if you can stay on them without being miserable, and I know if all I could eat was potatoes I would be pretty miserable about that. Also, any diet that requires supplements(Vitamin B12, probably some other vitamins that are fairly low in potatoes, and whatever essential amino acids are missing from potato protein. That's just off the top of my head) to be complete is a bad diet in my book.

itake 4y ago
> Potatoes are so utterly boring. That is exactly the point. Dieting should be boring: Figure out what your nutrition your body needs and move on with your life to spend time thinking about other things.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y ago
  I completely disagree. Boring diets only increase the chance of relapse. It's perfectly possible to diet on enjoyable food if you do some research. And it will be much easier to stick to it.
  - Handytinge 4y ago
    I think it very much depends on the purpose of the diet. For me, two weeks of plain potatoes, a little oil, and one piccolo per day was to reset my unhealthy relationship with food. I avoided common toppings (sour cream, bacon, cheese) and anything to flavour them up (salt, rosemary, thyme). After a couple of weeks, I found I was no longer desperately craving the flavours I previously did. I attribute this solely to the blandness of the food - potatoes being the delivery method is just incidental.
TillE 4y ago
> only eating one food for money and practical reasons "One food" is a little silly, but "one meal" is something I've always been trying to achieve on a low carb / keto diet. My latest thing: chicken wings. They're something I can buy in small quantities for fairly cheap, and they taste great completely unseasoned, which makes limiting my sodium intake far easier.

itake 4y ago

> Potatoes are so utterly boring. That is exactly the point. Dieting should be boring: Figure out what your nutrition your body needs and move on with your life to spend time thinking about other things.

mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y ago
I completely disagree. Boring diets only increase the chance of relapse. It's perfectly possible to diet on enjoyable food if you do some research. And it will be much easier to stick to it.
- Handytinge 4y ago
  I think it very much depends on the purpose of the diet. For me, two weeks of plain potatoes, a little oil, and one piccolo per day was to reset my unhealthy relationship with food. I avoided common toppings (sour cream, bacon, cheese) and anything to flavour them up (salt, rosemary, thyme). After a couple of weeks, I found I was no longer desperately craving the flavours I previously did. I attribute this solely to the blandness of the food - potatoes being the delivery method is just incidental.

TillE 4y ago

> only eating one food for money and practical reasons "One food" is a little silly, but "one meal" is something I've always been trying to achieve on a low carb / keto diet. My latest thing: chicken wings. They're something I can buy in small quantities for fairly cheap, and they taste great completely unseasoned, which makes limiting my sodium intake far easier.