I only ate potatoes for two weeks

What if you ate only potatoes for two weeks?
It was a wild ride! And I lost a stone (14 pounds)
Video transcription:
What if you only ate potatoes for two weeks?
So we're actually going to Tesco right now, to get a bag of potatoes, what's the time?
Late
It's late
It's 11 O'clock
Here we go
Desiree potatoes, King Edward potatoes, Baking sweet potatoes, white potatoes, Jacket potatoes, sweet potatoes, imperfect potatoes, Maris piper potatoes, baby potatoes, Rudolph potatoes, Jersey royals.
Let's just deal with these...
So here it is, the first potato. Copped, boiled and ready for tomorrow.
And because we all want to know, here's how much I weigh.
Exactly 14 stone
That's 14 stone with a little bit of beer in that belly.
It's currently the 16th of May 2017 and here it is.
I've never felt so nervous eating a potato before
So I've just got back from work and I'm feeling really rough, which is weird, I shouldn't cos I've bad days of eating before. this just feels like my body's screeming out for this like....
So I've got this baked potato going and I'm boiling tomorrow's potatoes
But by the end, I'm hoping to be some sort of like potato god, you know, like some guru
Get enlightened by potatoes.
Oh god.
I usually poop every morning at around 11 o'clock and I didn't go yesterday, it took until 12 o'clock today. That's 25 hours later! Jesus.
And I feel like that bit's only going to get worse
Let's talk about the Bristol stool scale.
A scale from 1 to 7 to show the different types of poops you can have.
Obviously, these don't endorse me
This is a number 1
Then this is a 3
And then you get up to 7
The 16th I might not have gone, but on the 17th my body complained
So, I don't think I'm going to eat many more boiled potatoes because they're just kind of wet and slimy. Like eating slugs all day. I'd rather just eat baked potatoes and pre-prepare them.
There's a reason for this.
That's Hayley, my partner of 8 years. I haven't told her yet, I'm 3 days in and she doesn't like my stupid ideas
2 weeks of only eating potatoes
You're kidding me?
I've done it for 2 days already
so does that mean you can eat McDonald's chips?
No, I can't have chips, I can only have either baked or boiled potatoes, I've got wait until I get home now
That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard
Matt no, I don't like these fad diets they're ridiculous
It is a fad diet
It isn't
It's stupid, no, that's really annoyed me
She was really annoyed until she realised that for two weeks she could eat great food and just watch me suffer
So the next few days went fine
And then I switched to sweet potatoes, everyone loves sweet potatoes, but if you bake them and eat them whole with their hard leathery skin and their weird, slimy insides.
You realise. They're disgusting
And then this happened
These things tore me apart
And the next 4 days was full of one and two's
I can't even smell them.
It's a potato, it shouldn't be hard.
I like these normally
Why is it so disgusting?
That was absolutely foul
I can't. I just literally can't
So after that, I changed back to normal potatoes and things became a dream
Things were just happening, things were so much clearer
I didn't worry about what I was eating next because I knew what it'd be, so I just started getting on with it
Yeah the food was boring, but I felt really good, all that until I reached it
Full potato enlightenment
I'm feeling just awful at the moment
I got this bowl full of potatoes, I'm just feeling really like...
I dunno.
I don't want to say faint, even know I was. I've just got to eat more of these, maybe I'm not eating enough. I dunno.
They're doing what they're supposed to be doing, filling my stomach and making me not feel hungry, but because of that, I can tell I'm just not eating enough anymore.
My stomach has shrunk so much
I'm not feeling very hungry. Feeling very hungry? God I can't speak
That's a lot of weight
Things were pretty bad
I couldn't function properly anymore and me and Hayley were arguing
So over my last potato, let's talk about what I've learnt
Honestly, the hardest thing wasn't really the cravings, which were pretty bad at first
It was just really boring
And that's coming from someone who obviously is living in Britain and has everything in the world around me
It made me grateful for the small foods that I didn't really like, which I've just taken for granted
Because right now, I'd kill for them
I just never realised the gravity of the luxury
I started feeling really lethargic and I just couldn't work as well
So
This is my last potato
How big is that shot glass?
Cheers
Thank god that's over
This feels like a big thing, even know it isn't
I'm just about to eat some cheese
Oh my god

[@MattNomme]

Well this blew up... Follow me on insta if you're bored instagram.com/mattnomme/ Take care duuudes!

[@ig33ku]

In the end it was potato in, potato out eh?

[@mysty0]

It would have been better for you had you ultimately ate nothing and just fasted for the 2 weeks. Eating so few calories is just enough to keep you out of the Ketosis Phase

[@ig33ku]

Any activity would have lead to protein breakdown. He might as well just eat beef and veggies if he was gonna skip carbos.

[@desertlifeforlife6530]

Matt Nōmmé paleo next

[@Qwake]

Matt Nōmmé why did your girlfriend get so angry, what a bitch

[@WillyMacShow]

I've done this unironically in college

[@k9mutty17]

Spartacus Mills cause college students can’t afford good food

[@RedPlaystationController]

Spartacus Mills - he said *un ironically* you stupid fuck.

[@RedPlaystationController]

Moon Horizon - why are you even talking to me? You're an inferior being just by your taste in pictures.

[@JustinKoenigSilica]

no you fucking didn't

[@BaconSenpai]

"Inferior being" lol, spoken like a true mouthbreather.

[@OG1Donut]

*British guy tries to become Irish*

[@theafricanmaskguy5985]

Lol😂

[@isaackelly1294]

Potatoes didn’t even originate in Ireland either lol

[@Livvisntinlove]

Fairly sure they're in Ireland, the unit of measurement he used was "stone"...

[@ihatesoursoup6807]

@@isaackelly1294 the potato famine that happened not where they cam from

[@christiansmyth1466]

Is this like Man Becomes Scotsman?

[@expeditedcourier7119]

I've never seen a man look so sad eating a single potato.

[@WesDaviestravel]

I eat an only potato diet Mon-Fri, been at it for a month. I give myself Sat-Sun to eat normally. Lost 20 pounds so far!

[@jasonhollis1254]

You should get a better wallet.

[@samuela9245]

dude thats awesome. Even booze? Also can u put anything on them?

[@WesDaviestravel]

@@samuela9245 Yup, no booze either. I do put a little tabasco sauce on them but no salt.

[@softsix]

Do you drink on the weekends?

[@WesDaviestravel]

s c Usually yes. It’s weird cuz my tolerance went way down so I don’t need to drink as much as I used to on Saturday and Sunday.

[@coldschooI]

"only potatoes" *eats chocolate*

[@mkultrasubject]

that was post-diet.

[@henryly6186]

That’s bullshit inkling. He’s trying to figure out a way to describe his poo while he is on this diet. Why would he wait until he was finished to do describe his poo. He cheated. Void experiment.

[@magiceyesee4674]

I'm a man that loves poo

[@LetsPlayKenny]

@@henryly6186 oh yeah? u dont think that was in post editing? seems more like a slip up in the editing and he forgot to put up that it was after the experiment was over, i dont know but my gut tells me this is a genuine guy

[@nims3563]

@@henryly6186 it was a third of one chocolate bar on day 1 or 2. If that messes up the entire experiment, then there's other problems than just chocolate

[@georgecarlin2656]

I can totally relate dude, I drank only milk for a few years and when I got like 3 years old I started diversifying.

[@chainsaw5302]

Ive drank more milk than water for 36years Where yall at?

[@chainsaw5302]

Watch your step there bud

[@andylin5678]

anikoloz Tavish same but for 16 :(

[@jayce9206]

anikoloz Tavish 😂

[@jonathanyang5032]

u fucking profile pic

[@GrimmReeferX]

"I ate only potatoes for two weeks"....(big bite of chocolate at 2:38)

[@ellllllo77]

GrimmReeferX lmao.

[@turtletavern_4859]

Cmon that doesnt count

[@UnderTheBridge96]

Chocolate isn’t a food....it’s an idea

[@getmoney9755]

😂

[@Cymricus]

yeah i was like 😐

[@grifn]

“Man becomes irishman for two weeks” is an alternative title.

[@petesthename1588]

The Irish has a challenge called ‘try not to eat any potatoes for 6 years’ needless to say it didn’t end up very well

[@full-timepog6844]

*Potato blight challenge*

[@ferrarired1422]

@@petesthename1588 or have a British government export food from Ireland and let population die.

[@leoalmendarez9167]

Peruvian*

[@manictiger]

@@ferrarired1422 Look, it's not genocide if the things you're killing aren't people, Guvna!

[@nonen4733]

This man was preparing to go to mars with Matt Damon

[@LetsPlayKenny]

wow cant believe someone thought the same thing

[@Dinahf]

Nowel I literally clicked on this video just to look for this comment.

[@RICOcaseSuave]

I was just thinking about when Matt Damon ran out of ketchup for his potatoes

[@xpanther3830]

this needs more upvotes haha too funny

[@suripuki1984]

420 likes

[@egewerner8225]

easy challenge for Soviets

[@queenlanapepsicola2338]

Ege Uzan ayyye Slav squad. It’s true I’ve eaten only kartoshka for weeks.

[@ian_moriarty]

You could make vodka too haha

[@henry-hg5lq]

*irish

[@thevoidofthebeyond]

For lukashenko

[@jaylenbrownfan2112]

In Russia. We have no need to fry or mash or make what You call home fries. We eat potato right from ground. Is cold but tasty. This is why We will win World War 3.

[@liorlevi7677]

The vodka would actually count as liquid potatos 😂

[@mrsmichellegardner]

I don’t know why this was recommended but it’s amazing

[@viktorkeresztes2299]

I was laughing so hard,but felt a little sorry for the guy at the same time xDDDDDD

[@wulfocrow5549]

Pretty sure this was in my recommended because google is racially profiling me.

[@mrsmichellegardner]

Daniel C you are the potato race?

[@wulfocrow5549]

MichelleandFamily Yea, never heard of the Irish?

[@mrsmichellegardner]

Daniel C lol 😂 my first thought was that you were from Idaho I guess that’s very American of me..

[@moldyskittle]

BOIL 'EM, MASH 'EM, STICK 'EM IN'A STEW.

[@GingerBeard24]

Grid Hahaha . Coming from a Lord of the Rings fan that's funny .

[@Trump4Tomorrow]

Bake em, fry em anything will do. Potatoes potatoes, the magical edible Spud, I like em you like em, call em your best bud.

[@MW-ir3cc]

We likes them rawww, and wriggling.

[@Jonnygunboy]

Holy crap its my twin

[@HeidiSue60]

Grid po-tay-toes!

[@vindomramvindomram4394]

Man loses all the possible weight on his body and ends up as a starchy liquid.

[@xymonau2468]

You can grate them and steam them, and eat them as soon as they're cooked. You can add some salt or sauce for variety. And because you're eating more fibre, you HAVE to drink a lot more water or the fibre constipates you.

[@anton7244]

Why has this been in my recommended page for two weeks

[@ImSoAkai]

Clorox Bleach srsly

[@CloroxBleach-co3of]

Bruddha?

[@Luminarada80]

same, I only watched it to get it out of my recommended. and because Im reading the martian again and I was curious

[@Zaque-TV]

Clorox Bleach potato lobby

[@dead2589]

youtube plays favorites

[@valcorton6756]

*Gordon Ramsay left the chat due to you not seasoning potatoes…*

[@David-qw2iv]

Kookie Stole My Heartu this needs more likes

[@valcorton6756]

David, I got chu 😂

[@martinchristensen6786]

He didn’t just leave, he rage quit 😁

[@kylegore276]

He was heard screaming about the lamb sauce on his way out.

[@emanuel1281]

U can add tuna or beans . Just like in uk

[@zzzzzzzz6845]

This is basically a “be Irish” challenge

[@justmegawatt]

You look so good at the end compared to your first day

[@sonyvalencia]

He does, I heard potatoes are good for your skin.

[@Sk8forsocks]

its because the weight loss, but he is missing many vitamins and nutrients that is why he is feeling tired

[@rickclaark8459]

Not Ireland in 1846

[@OneTwentyOver80]

Too soon

[@stewart2759]

It's been 172 years

[@fishboymanshark]

I could say it's been 17 years since 9/11. There is no amount of time that makes it stop being too soon

[@rep9544]

+Elon Blunt The hell, where did that come from

[@fishboymanshark]

@Elon Blunt they never hit 'concrete', do you know how buildings are made?

[@ahintea]

Prepare them DIFFERENTLY

[@brenthelm6257]

CKD Kinda hard if he can’t put them in anything or anything in them

[@adamthun8102]

he could fry them or make pasta using potato flour

[@brenthelm6257]

Adam thun He would be using different ingredients then, only thing he could do is boiled/baked

[@adamthun8102]

brent helm he could make mashed potatoes or potato pancakes

[@brenthelm6257]

Adam thun Mashed potato’s have cream

[@deboraht5079]

14 pounds lost in 14 days is phenomenal!!

[@MMACinephile]

I've lost 20 pounds in 3 days of starvation and barely consuming water while constantly running/training in wrestling. After that near death experience, absolutely nothing impresses me.

[@seepy88]

​@@MMACinephile sour puss, you're not a god. Talk to me after 21 days no food, just 1.5 litres of water a day while training.

[@beau-2222]

I come back to this video at least once a year. I can't explain why. It's comforting I guess.

[@Nocephalitis]

Boil them, mash them, stick them in a stew

[@memedaddy007]

Nocephalitis Sam Wise

[@Scaggallagles]

We likes them RAAWW and WRIIIGGLING

[@ramennoddle599]

Whats tators...precious?

[@Poodleinacan]

It would not defeat the whole experiment, unless it's about eating boringly straight-cooked potatoes.

[@daveyjoneslocker4703]

What is.... TATERS?... precious?

[@helioszxc]

"My life is potato"

[@MakoTheFrog]

i heff potato blod in my veins

[@ianhargis182]

*Goes right back to eating unhealthy*

[@TheHominidShow]

Nothing is unhealthy in moderation. (unless it's actually poisonous or toxic.)

[@curlyhairdudeify]

@@TheHominidShow Don't be a smart ass.

[@cheezheadz3928]

@@TheHominidShow Eating crap (ie food that doesnt promote health) is unhealthy.

[@TheHominidShow]

@@cheezheadz3928 that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Exactly what one might expect from a person who calls themselves "cheezhead".

[@SomethingtoappeaseGoogle-1024]

The cheese has fat soluble vitamins and the steak has water soluble vitamins and animal protein. Potatoes have sugar. Hmmm 🤔

[@bobbymatrin7748]

Welcome back to *why is in my recommended section KZbin*

[@funeralbillii9172]

Anybody else see the irony of him celebrating his last potato with a shot of vodka...which is made with POTATOES?! lol

[@Some.Canadian]

Hate to break it to you but you'd be hard pressed to find vodka made from potatoes. More often it's corn or wheat.

[@tx942cg]

Nonsense. Plenty of Polish and Ukrainian vodkas made with potatoes.

[@typhoonzebra]

SurplusSoria of course, of course, and my favourite vodka is potato but it's not the most common.

[@typhoonzebra]

JohnTheBOOK Reviewer hmmm both. I know what you're getting at but celebrating not having to ingest potato by ingesting potato is ironic, much like an arsonist fireman is.

[@JohnSmith-dy6op]

SomeCanadian vodka from corn is the same thing as moonshine, which is the same as an unaged white whiskey

[@jerryjacobsunny5574]

You are ready for the first manned mission to MARS

[@prestonlant1089]

HITMAN JJs the world will come to fear his botany skills

[@adanmarin8513]

The Martian reference. Haa, love it.

[@sliceofbread6929]

Martian?

[@patrickdhatt3129]

Lid ya it's was a popular novel/ movie. Essentially the premise of the film was about an astronaut who had lived on Mars with nothing but potatoes. He had grown them on Mars. Also botany is the study of agriculture or so I believe.

[@jerryjacobsunny5574]

Patrick Dhatt not study of agriculture But study of plants

[@madlilpony2768]

I ate jail food for 6 months and then 5 months

[@beefnbeans1031]

Good thing you had some cheese in the end. It would go well with all that whine.

[@TheHominidShow]

Did your mum help you write this?

[@adriansolis3589]

Who's sitting in bed looking for videos to watch and see this and said why TF but I'll watch this

[@brianortiz2200]

True

[@edwinmagana6128]

Yep

[@surkoughsalot8408]

MoonlightXXX I like how precise that is not laying but sitting lmao that’s me right now

[@metatronblack]

It showed up in my recommendation list

[@yeahoh2222]

Me lol

[@averycee5192]

Why didn’t he season them...

[@Awesomenessifiedify]

what do you think "only" means

[@rex198]

No season. Only potato.

[@alejandrorobles6865]

@@rex198 only potatoe would mean, dehidrated potatoe powder, so he wasnt being that strict, he could've seasoned them

[@sebastiantredinnick5060]

He's British

[@Awesomenessifiedify]

@@alejandrorobles6865 or just potato?

[@canrt8092]

Getting major clockwork orange vibes from the music

[@georgemet2696]

This is abuse for my culture...

[@Mario-vr7dr]

wat

[@georgemet2696]

Look at my name...

[@P7.796]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@itsjvck1]

This guy wouldn't last a month in Ireland

[@MattNomme]

+JVCKHMR that's why I only go there for weekend breaks :)

[@Silent.]

You know there's much more choice than potatoes in Ireland

[@laylam9948]

a potato flew around my room.

[@CelestialWitch]

A dead meme flew around in heaven.

[@EnergyOfQi]

deader than death itself

[@laylam9948]

@@EnergyOfQi Stop saying this meme is dead, this meme is NOT dead.

[@EnergyOfQi]

@@laylam9948 dude have you been living under a rock? this died YEARS ago. Not even normies say that meme anymore, so its only something really little kids would say or some old dude would say.

[@Arm-el2xl]

fuck off

[@LxstMxmxry]

*After 2 week potato diet* TOP OF THE MORNIN TO YA LADDIES

[@holden3993]

Friends!!! Monica!!!

[@themodfather9382]

Wow, imagine 'dating' a woman who acts like that. Let alone for 8 YEARS...

[@trademark310]

"Only eating potatoes" Eats a candy bar on day 2 lol

[@jacob0246]

blah haha

[@xcx000]

What if the candy bar is potato flavored?

[@milkydanny8316]

im pretty sure it was made after the fact, rofl

[@rnmichaelcreech4783]

Exactly

[@LaMereACaniche]

Pretty sure he only ate it when he was editing the video, aka after the whole thing.

[@Xxassass1n021xX]

Why the hell don't you prepare them different, you complete monster

[@jeroenkuppens7626]

fried or pan potato's have oils in them.

[@LeahSavanna]

He could of had Potato Wedges, Mashed Potatoes, fried potatoes, French fries, chips.

[@jeroenkuppens7626]

Leah Savanna he couldn't. They have oil. So he wouldn't be eating only potato

[@sleebs]

Jeroen Kuppens you can prepare mashed potatoes without oil? and you could use a nonstick baking mat or nonstick pans to roast or panfry them?

[@piepawsart839]

he could have at least salted them right?

[@ZapDash]

Penn Jillette did this to lose weight and "reset" his tastebuds. He only did them baked or boiled (keeping all the internal water and skins), and only ate when he truly felt hungry. He has a Big Think video about how it helped him lose 100 pounds.

[@himdadk6731]

Six years old, and KZbin recommends me this gem of a video. Thank you!

[@mossking2815]

*Irish intensifies*

[@cririshmidgetsmchs]

...he's welsh.

[@collin5752]

Ciaran Redmond He’s probably talking about the fact that the Irish main diet consisted of potatoes until mass production and sharp decrease of poverty in Ireland.

[@thomasodonoghue3239]

no it was because of the potatoes famine and 99% of potatoes got blight so after the famine we grew other crops incase the potatoes got blight again

[@cririshmidgetsmchs]

Well the only reason the diet was so dependent on potatoes to begin with was because the English lords and landowners took most of the other crops grown. It's not like the Irish just randomly loved potatoes. Once we were an independent country (or really once we gained the right to own land) we could possess the crops we were already growing and the threat of another famine due to disease diminished pretty dynamically. The Irish were always growing other crops, they just didn't have ownership of them.

[@thomasodonoghue3239]

Ciaran Redmond it wasnt english landlords it was prodestant landlords but close enough

[@DanPlan]

I love how you gave no crap talking about crap. 10/10 would watch more challenges

[@whatif3271]

DanPlan AYE yo i love your channel.

[@whatif3271]

DanPlan and yeah, he is pretty casual about it

[@Ravioliyt]

NO FUCKING WAY WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE DAN WELL.. HELLO FROM ENGLAND

[@krazyfistjr7465]

DanPlan hey I watch you

[@Talisman09]

I thought youtube was demonetised

[@BrenttheGreat]

You lost me at hearing poop dropping in the toilet. I’m out

[@kmater356]

Hahahahahaha true

[@broccolihart1]

We all do it tho....

[@kmater356]

@@broccolihart1 its just kinda cringe for a video, a cointoss of comedy and for BrenttheGreat here, he lost.

[@broccolihart1]

@@kmater356It could've been his cellphone...lol

[@Tiffers963Hz]

broccolihart71 Does that mean we need to hear it?

[@mattthedestroyer2804]

Penn Jillette lost >100 lbs from trying this

[@marcochimio]

He actually said that he only did it for 2 weeks, as well. Apparently, that "re-set" his tastes, and he morphed his eating to a plant-based diet afterwards. Somehow, really worked for him ... and very quickly (3 months, I think).

[@Krista1D]

You mean *being latvian for two weeks*

[@iamk4474]

Belarussian*

[@coffee3693]

IamK slav*

[@stannicolae4623]

Krista Mehanikova yuropoor*

[@LoneVII7]

Krista Mehanikova *poor

[@cube3196]

HUNGARIAN

[@aldusmohk]

dude lowkey looks like scarlett johansson

[@MattNomme]

This is going on my gravestone

[@stealthshot28]

crue underwood woooow

[@ruchiarora7595]

nah, he's not that ugly

[@Dkim822078]

crue underwood scarlett johmansson

[@vanillamist3606]

Ruchi Arora bro did you just say Scarlett Johannessen is ugly? Dude, I never use a 10 but Scarlett is an entire 11. She’s stunning.

[@Gwaithmir]

I've been on the potatoes diet for about two months. I've lost 28 pounds, so far. I've been eating Russets, White Potatoes and Yukon Golds.

[@MELODYMUNRO]

On the potato diet you have more options than just boiled and baked. You can have mash, chips (without oil), potato waffles. You can also use condiments such as salsa, maple syrup, herbs and spices and even gravy... in other words, the experience could have been considerably better.

[@m-h1217]

Pretty sure the goal of this challenge wasn't for it to be pleasant or beneficial in any sort of way.

[@lisag18]

Can't have all that stuff on a potato diet. Seasoning, yes but not sauce or gravy. The Starch Solution is the book this is based on

[@GabieRetana]

There's a guy, from Australia I believe, who did a "potato diet thing" for a whole year. It wasn't like this though. He actually made dishes with the potatoes, they always had to be the MAIN thing. He ended up losing a ton of weight and got overall healthier. Probably not important but yeah, there you go.

[@JohnFromSteam]

Gabie Moret Losing weight is just calories in less than calories out

[@elcowgirl759]

Eddie not really, carbs turn to sugars and sugars turn to calories

[@Jaclyn_Lizzi]

That is not how it works. Carbs, proteins, fats, and alcohols all have calories. Calories are a measurement of energy, and excess energy is stored as fat no matter the source.

[@boaecho]

yea you have no idea how nutrition works

[@stt.9433]

Nutrition has an influence on how the calories are processed, some calories are much more filling than others thus leading to eating less calories.

[@wizzman3624]

Eats potatoes for 2 week. Turns into a communist

[@MattNomme]

Привет, товарищ

[@wizzman3624]

ghello

[@randompenguiness4616]

*TURNS IRISH*

[@hannakinn]

You were an early creator for this type of content. Good for you!

[@liamburgess5029]

The budget saving must be so good tho

[@HerryXu]

Never go full potato.

[@funeralbillii9172]

RDJ's best advice, ever!!

[@ligmabalzaccian3279]

Never bro

[@peterjsutherland]

🤣😆😝

[@mikehikes710]

75% is the perfect amount

[@christopherc.635]

And that is how we have the term "hooligan"

[@lauren-ep5rj]

it’s 3am tuesday night watching this i love myself

[@Dailyviral29]

lauren NO JOKE SAMME LOL

[@osoman818]

4am here....😶

[@phantasticdrago230]

This is our legacy 😅

[@dkaczur4092]

lauren it's not 3am Tuesday night it's 3am Tuesday morning

[@daniele9555]

1:54 am

[@meganthebritishcatmom]

Doing The Potato Reset now! I'm feeling great! I add in non starchy veggies and use a little condiments and dressings too.

[@RetroDiesel]

Yeah I think I'm gonna eat potatoes now

[@murphyboyse4135]

I did this by choice for three months, not to save money or anything, just really liked only potatoes. I ate them raw for the most part. Lost 50 lbs over that three months lol

[@mike_is_nice]

I don’t understand why you didn’t season any of the potatoes to give them more flavor. A lot of foods don’t taste the best without some sort of seasoning my guy

[@AmiTZero]

Michael Roberts the point of the challenge was to not season them

[@Element-tb6lp]

Andrew it was to only eat potatoes

[@Capricosm]

The guy is an idiot

[@jaimebeeep9586]

@@Element-tb6lp He Ate Chocolate Though, Didn't He?

[@jaimebeeep9586]

@Dont judge ImuglyIknowxDlmao Oh Ok, Thanks.

[@lilialopez5930]

Fad diet? Since when was Ireland a fad diet?

[@youaregoingtolovethis]

Since when does Ireland only eat only potatoes?

[@vikingraider5635]

over 5 million Irish died from the famine. British soldiers confiscated corn and other foods (note Ireland is very fertile and produces a lot of grain and especially meat and dairy) Evicted people into the rain in Ireland , took food and got the population down from 9 to 3 million. Its more people than the Holocaust .

[@vitalityfox]

Lilia Lopez potatoes have a lot of carbohydrates which too much can be bad for you.

[@sandradowling]

You vikings weren't exactly angels either...

[@vikingraider5635]

+Commander Gaztons Name me a people that has not gone to war? Name me one that hasn't killed another? No people are angels , but systematic genocide like the British did on the Irish and the Boers is a step too far.

[@plipplop1769]

4:27 What the hell are you talking about boy, the best sweet potatoes are the plain sweet potatoes.

[@mz204455]

14 stones is 196 US Pounds. For all my Americans.

[@jp5063]

mz204455 thank you!

[@velvetgirl681]

Thanks for translation hehehe.

[@balibago90210]

182 pounds after the diet.

[@ClaireGoGoGo]

Not sure how I ended up here but now I'm craving a potato

[@raymedia020]

Poootaaatooooessss, boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew...

[@_Nyxus_]

What's taters?

[@thesoupman2604]

Haha from mat pat am I rite

[@samdouglas1842]

hahaha Lord of the Rings. I literally say that every time I talk about potatoes

[@yunggoth9713]

Stick em in ur butt

[@fgjkouyrfvbjk]

OH MY GOD what a throwback

[@lauriea999]

A potatoe has every single nutrient a body needs

[@jherrera4775]

Damn was this a psychological thriller

[@AXRL8]

That thumbnail screams: I dont feel so good.

[@politicallyincorrectbeing8201]

@@Katherine-kr1xe damn you i wanted to comment that

[@misctoast]

I can hear it ringing in my ears.

[@lizardzilla]

*snaps*

[@myoldfarmhouse4316]

LegendJim miserable potato eating person!

[@roanoneill2260]

Its called pulling an irish And if you eat nothing its called pulling a 1700s irish

[@danielfernandez7237]

Kill kill murder murder

[@TheNightquaker]

Oof.

[@laurenwhite770]

I love a good famine joke

[@roanoneill2260]

Lauren White so did robert peel

[@TomTomTom87]

1800's bruh

[@Afarmsomewhere]

Matt Nōmmīe:... Seasoning: am I a joke to you

[@ThorCarlton]

This diet is usually used to reset the taste buds. No seasoning, just whole potatoes.

[@chantelleward23]

@@ThorCarlton could you do it with seasoning

[@ThorCarlton]

@@chantelleward23 you could do anything you want

[@ThorCarlton]

@@chantelleward23 but to get the full effect of the diet, no seasoning. People don't do something like this for nutritional benefits.

[@brandywightman2499]

The whole comment section is gold, I’m laughing my ass off thanks guys

[@michaelwilt2999]

You're easily entertained....

[@brandywightman2499]

@@michaelwilt2999 don’t come at me with this negativity

[@emretje12]

@UCvHGPLucEbF96LKJwiOiDaA fucking idiot, let people be happy

[@emretje12]

@@michaelwilt2999 .

[@ritak.7112]

Watching this while eating a potato. Not a very good idea.

[@idivineaegis1926]

Hmm while being a potato

[@tristan6790]

Rita scribbles z

[@benmckelvie]

Same but I’m eating chips and potato cakes 😂

[@Deaconkwonzoanite]

A true Irishmen

[@RazgulTheKind]

Except he's Welsh ;)

[@Otterwithdahat]

@@RazgulTheKind r/woosh

[@aidanwoodford8195]

@@RazgulTheKind Welsh people have weird accents I keep trying to figure out if they are English or not.

[@Some-Pasty-Scandinavian-Pagan]

Just for the record a sweet potato, is NOT an actual potato, since they come from different plant family trees, normal potatoes come from the solanaceae aka nightshade family and the sweet potato which is basically just a root vegetable comes from the convolvulaceae family. So yeah sweet potatoes dont count.

[@zarain0arise]

This comment deserves way more upvotes

[@homeskillet7423]

START OVER!

[@nox5555]

but do tomatoes count?

[@Some-Pasty-Scandinavian-Pagan]

@@nox5555 The diet specifically refers to potatoes, not all solanaceae family related plants. Even though tomatoes and potatoes are from the same family tree (the solanaceae) aka nightshade family, which also includes tobacco and egg plants. That does NOT make them the same thing. Thats like if you come from a asian family and you have a very distant cousin who is native american, you might share the same bloodline/family tree but you have different sets of genes and features.

[@shacheesingh]

I love sweet potatoes

[@imjustheretocommentate]

I felt so happy for him when he ate the cheese

[@Theeditor2828]

What if you only ate potatoes for 2 weeks..... then you’d be a Irish person in the 17 hundred’s

[@Langharig_Tuig]

I did a similair thing once. I only ate trout for almost 4 weeks. Mostly smoked and grilled, but occasionally raw or baked. Why? 'Cause I told someone that I fucking love trout and could eat it everyday. He said, nah mate, you'll get sick and tired of it. I didn't. Well... I did start taking some supplements cause it's of course not a healthy diet, but aside from that I ate every single trout with delight and taste. I did fidget around with my food a lot though; eating it really slowly, pluck the fish apart with my fingers and sort the pieces on size and then eat them, see how long I could keep bites in my mouth without chewing. It was a great experience and I still fucking love trout.

[@puurplegiraffe]

r a w ?

[@kylealvarez8317]

Purple Giraffe the big surprise is fucking trout is fucking RAW

[@ian_moriarty]

haha damn bro

[@guypointinghishead5468]

Well..last year my classmate..Only ate Cup Noodles for 2-3 Weeks..and he still alive..and wow that's a lot of trout! But I personally prefer tuna..gotta get them Omega 3s and Protein..

[@DesertRidgeline]

I've done both out of necessity... Was working but new job was barely paying my mortgage so I would stop at the lake (lived just a couple blocks from the lake) in the A.M and fish up some trout (mostly trout, occasional bass and catfish) and the old men that were also there fishing would clean it and cook it just to have a portion, then I would stop on the way home after work and fish up some more trout and again the old men that had been sitting there all day fishing would clean it and cook it for just a portion. They mostly did this just for fun and camaraderie. Years later we had to live on something for 3 months as only one in my household was working so we lived on a 10lb bag of potatoes a week for about $3.00/week. Figured out all kinds of ways to cook the potatoes with the spices that most have in their cupboards. Lost a lot of weight but... played hell with my glucose levels and being a diabetic would never do it again.

[@sdrkelley]

“I usually poop every morning around 11 o’clock” lmfao this got me laughing, thank you

[@cliffe4]

Samantha Kelley 😂😂

[@AHungryGuy]

Um yo dawg, 11 o'clock is early afternoon

[@ashtonsgotsauce9981]

AHungryGuy um. No it’s not.

[@purepk3rz4]

Jalapeno Popper trolled

[@BoyoBoy]

its true if you have a steady diet and eat mostly around the same foods and everything and same times of day eating your body builds a self schedule, its weird how it works but just how the body works haha.

[@mr.cricket8605]

4:32 i don't think i was ready for that lmao

[@FrankieOnWeedIn420p]

3.6 thousand 19th century leprechauns disliked this

[@itsonlyacommentsnowflake3346]

Congratulations you are now officially Irish 👏👍

[@dianadashkov5824]

Ukrainian

[@rhysdoesstuff8663]

Terry Murray he’s Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😂

[@musictube3780]

@@dianadashkov5824 why

[@00pingvin00]

​@@dianadashkov5824 actually in Ukraine everybody knows that the land of potato is Belarus. bcs Lukashenko president of Belarus even grow potato u can find video on youtube

[@leoalmendarez9167]

00pingvin00 potatoes come from peru so we’re know for to be the potato country we actually gave potatoes to the europeans and they distributed them throughout the world

[@youreyesarebleeding1368]

Night before my exam, should be studying but instead im watching a dude eat potatoes for 2 weeks straight and talk about how its effecting his poop...

[@youreyesarebleeding1368]

Craig Laycox true true - i was studying for biology class so i guess this is technically on topic

[@zepeterinma]

how its *affecting, or what kind of *effect it has on his poop

[@luismariano477]

Same

[@Mitatt0]

Why didnt he just eat Potato Chips or French fries?

[@karyv]

What I've been thinking

[@xX_Franklin_T_Turtle_Xx]

This is the most Irish thing I have ever seen

[@beandipninja9702]

Don't know how or why this was recommended but I'm not disappointed haha

[@brentgalle4153]

same!

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Because you want to be thin and not to be fat

[@roachtoasties]

It could be worse. Just don't try eating nothing but Taco Bell for two weeks. You might not be around to tell about it.

[@cringegasm7400]

That fool will be pooping out 8's

[@BaioWithMayo]

honestly besides the obesity you would get from that its probably a plausible diet. you would get all your nutrients with the beans, meat, vegetables and carbs (Lots of carbs) and heck if you stick on the vegetarian menu you might lose weight... id give it a shot when i had more money, but $3.00 packs of chicken cutlets from costco get me through a week, so thats holding me back hard.

[@jahmilly937]

Haha i have done that

[@Poptartranger1991]

Gf's coworker ate taco bell for a week and ended up in the hospital for intestinal issues. Kept eating it.

[@kevinzhwzhangwang4494]

roachtoasties potatoes are healthy but you can’t be healthy is you miss other nutriments like vitamin C

[@kathleenh2782]

hey Matt, I’m HoH (hard of hearing) and thank you SO, SO MUCH for putting a transcript and captions on the video!!! (this is my first one of yours, so I’m not sure if you do this on all of them.) most KZbinrs don’t have the time to make videos more accessible for Deaf and HoH people like me, so I’m glad you took the time out of your day to do this. thank you once again. i’m subscribing now haha

[@artalcoolique3341]

*boils potatoes.* Me: *_screams in baked._*

[@stachan24]

Overreacting here in Czech Vysočina we eat so much potatoes that we are making challenges like "No potatoes for entire day" and lose most of times

[@froyolbs2182]

Same in Ireland

[@Hellraiser988]

It's one thing to have a potato dish it's another thing to only eat potatoes

[@c.h.1839]

@Barber of Seville yeah potatoes are very popular in east europe

[@TommyNguyen-wp8he]

Čusky

[@heizebot7304]

bro he didn't even season his potatoes

[@friedrichmacklin4735]

You could say at the end, he was...baked....

[@georgewashington7384]

My mom always asks me to just try to be normal for ten minutes... I'd say this is a pretty good use of that time

[@remove7304]

Soviet simulator

[@prettycurious8671]

The potato god. The guru. My master.

[@nightflight83]

"patayoes"

[@M_______._]

nightflight83 *patay'oes

[@imcool53353]

nightflight83 I read this right when he said it and I lost my shit.

[@zinniasegura7508]

I had to read this out loud to myself and I started laughing so hard.

[@KoryGraphic]

You don't pronounce all the t's in english, that's why.

[@Sofia-nu4qt]

Kory Graphic we know. it's just funny

[@leonardorebac7036]

Baked potatoes with olive oil and salt is the best

[@aadamstory]

Yep. With loss, we realize how precious everything is

[@guypointinghishead5468]

Mr. Potatohead wants to know your location.

[@curlybirdsong]

Mr. potato head is gonna beat his ass

[@curlybirdsong]

Personally I would run If I heard that mr.potatohead was gonna beat my ass

[@ivenzm6828]

Um um im not here!! Come back later!

[@davidpabon2668]

Lol

[@oozly9291]

I want potatoes

[@victorpopov3809]

If you would prepare it differently everytime, add some salt or spices to it, would be much more enjoyable

[@Invalidusername444]

Victor Popov I don't think that's the best point. Spice is made with food besides potato. So he couldnt

[@victorpopov3809]

GlacerCherry so his point was to eat a bland potatoe without anything ? No human being can eat 1 ingredient for long and be fine, its how we are programmed, we are programmed to eat something different everytime and get variety.

[@TomJrJackson]

The whole point of this is to eat the potato without any salt or pepper or oil or butter and not only do you lose the weight but it resets your taste buds. It will break you of your cravings. The whole point of this diet is that we eat so much because we are storing up for a winter that will never come. Read the book Presto by Penn Juilette and it will explain it all better .

[@elusive842]

Tom Jr Jackson I agree to an extent, but this is just borderline unhealthy and shouldn't be advocated for. There are better and much healthier ways to break cravings / enhance your taste buds.

[@Abigart69]

Victor Popov that’s The fuck’n challenge

[@justmegawatt]

I'm eating only potatoes for an entire month and I'm logging it in my channel

[@kat2282]

I don't see the potatoes mate 😕