Penn Jillette Potato Diet: What We Learned From Eating Two Weeks of Potatoes 🥔

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

We started our diet back in June 2018 with 2 weeks of nothing but plain potatoes, inspired by Penn Jillette's book Presto! During the two weeks of potatoes, we lost 45 pounds combined (25 for Brian & 20 for Jessica). Immediately following those two weeks, we switched to a whole food, plant-based diet. As of June 2019, we are up to 270 pounds lost (153 for Brian & 117 for Jessica). Check out our other videos for more about our weight loss journey, including recipes, reviews, tips & more! You can also check us out at krocksinthekitchen.com and follow us at instagram.com/krocksinthekitchen & facebook.com/KrocksInTheKitchen!

[@CStewart0416]

You guys have done such an amazing job, congratulations! Out of curiosity, have either of you implemented any exercise into your routine to assist, or just changed your eating habits? Again, great job!

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thank you very much! 😀We will be answering the exercise question in a new video coming out soon! Stay tuned! 😀

[@lizzyhabib9561]

Krocks In The Kitchen - Thank you for the brutally honest review! My husband Conner and I are trying to lose weight, too. I’ve read Eat to Live, and your videos inspire me to get back to it! 💪🏼🥔🍠🥬🥒🥕🥦🍅🍌🍉🍊🍓

[@AnaMarcu]

Krocks In The Kitchen did you loose weight during these potato weeks?

[@tinacerda1978]

Ana Marcu that was answered in their first comment above

[@pamelasneed1553]

This is Jessica's Mom. So this is so freeing, being just my HEAD! Certainly got my attention. LOVE YOU TWO! Another AWESOME Video!

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thanks mom! We thought you'd appreciate us putting your little head in there 😃😃😃 Love you!

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Mom I changed your icon to your floating head pic 😂

[@AlexiHolford]

Haha! Love the floating head. And Jessica’s mom, you did good... Jessica is a gem.

[@fulcupflower]

Cute!!!

[@eandatoo]

Hi Jessica's Mom! 😁

[@CB3ATHLETICS]

I love the statement Chef AJ makes "You're an adult, you don't have to like it, you just have to do it." Two weeks is a good time period to reset taste buds.

[@LifeOfPaPaMark]

I’m finishing up my 4th day of only potatoes. Probably going for 14 days. The thing is I love potatoes so these first 4 days have been easy for me. No crashes so far. Actually feel more energy than I had 5 days ago. Everyone is different I guess. Looking to lose 80 lbs. I’ve been carrying this weight too long and just turned 59 years old.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Awesome! 😀 Yeah, we had a very harsh mental reaction to eating nothing but potatoes. The physical parts weren't that bad. But it also did the trick of breaking us from our destructive cycle. 😀

[@deboraht5079]

Blue Jean -- How much did you lose on the potato diet?

[@sandysohl]

How did you go?!

[@EricaWeems666]

How did it go?

[@passionatepapercraft]

John McDougall is an M.D. (internist) who has been recommending a potato diet for exactly the reasons you discovered in your journey! He does say that you can remain healthy eating potatoes for a year....I know that holds no appeal, but you've done no damage to your bodies, only good. Michael Gregor M.D has a site called Nutrition Facts full of great info. Kudos to you both!

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thank you for the info! We have been learning so much. I am actually reading McDougall's Starch Solution now. I have a lot of anxiety, so during the entire two weeks, I was "googling" and as you can imagine, there's a ton of scary (and inaccurate) info out there! I definitely let that get the best of me during our "potato time," but there are so many lessons we've learned along the way. Thanks for writing! - Jessica

[@jwoolman5]

Paper Primrose - my Irish ancestors survived on a diet of nearly only potatoes... Turns out that potatoes have vitamin C to avoid deficiency (and scurvy...) at the quantities they ate. I would imagine that an occasional sweet potato would be helpful also from the standpoint of extra vitamins and minerals. Anyway, I doubt very much that a potato mono diet would do any harm to anybody in just two weeks. I actually do like baked potatoes and sweet potatoes plain myself. By the way, when cooked potatoes are chilled, some of the starch (a type of carbohydrate) does change into "resistant starch" and that's why they taste different. Resistant starch "resists" digestion in the stomach and small intestine and so reaches the large intestine intact, where it is a yummy treat for some of our friendly flora and encourages them to make some short-chain fatty acids that are helpful to us in various ways such as nourishing the intestinal cells. Resistant starch seems to help people feel fuller and reduces insulin resistance, reduces spikes in blood sugar. Chilling potatoes, rice, pasta, oats, etc. and then reheating are ways to create more resistant starch.

[@The_Deacon__]

Potatoes are perfectly healthy. The constant negative attitude to potatoes is almost off putting.

[@pinkbeam]

Spud Fit in Melbourne Australia did potatoes only for a year.

[@staceyr0329]

Potatoes are actually one of the only COMPLETE foods there are 😁 They have every nutrient we need, with the exception much B12..and you can easily take a B12 supplement after being on potatoes only for a while :)

[@myMOMisKaren]

WOW. Just wow. I'm the ONLY overweight person in my entire extended family. My grandmother used to tell me " You eat to live, you don't live to eat. " watching this and relating to you two, I get it. It just clicked with me. Thank you so much!

[@suzannetalbert8799]

It’s such a psychological thing. If you were living in Ireland when there was the horrible drought you would’ve been thankful for two weeks of having at least potatoes or if you were a miner stuck underground for 14 days you’d again be thankful for food of any kind. I think you’ve hit on some very important topics and I applaud you for your effort in being healthier day by day with experimenting on what works for you and turning around and helping to share with others!

[@angelcornelius3773]

I whole heatedly agree

[@Nobody-wo5mb]

“The most enjoyable thing I could possibly eat right now” has been my main motivator and how I got to be over 400 lbs. I think I need to do this. I am like a taste and flavor addict that needs to go cold turkey.

[@CindyBrown-ci2rj]

I’m doing it right now and it’s the first time I’ve lost weight in my entire life, I’m 68.

[@sadiedesimone7460]

You guys look so much healthier! Stick with plants! 👍👍❤️🥬🥕🍆🍒🍅

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thank you so much Sadie. We plan to stick with this whole food, plant-based lifestyle forever ❤️ Currently at 260 pounds lost between the two of us and we aren't done yet!

[@manictiger]

I know this place is chock full of vegans, but I'd say stick to low fructose plants (and VERY small amounts of fruits, such as blueberries inter-yearly), organic meat, small amounts of WHOLE grains and decent amounts of monounsaturated fat (like EVOO). That's how you get your six pack back. What worked to get them to this weight, won't get them to look like those African tribesmen, with the ripped abs and all that. They don't frikkin' do crunches. They don't lift barbells and dumbells. They just run around in nature, stay active and eat stuff, including meat. That's what 8 million years of evolution has geared us for. That's why we think six pack abs are sexy. They're actually just what we're naturally supposed to look like. If you don't have them, you're doing something wrong.

[@carolynkren7961]

Have you heard of Spud Fit? He's a guy from Australia that ate a potato mono diet for a YEAR and got so healthy from it! Potatoes are the one food you could indefinitely live on, so it really wasn't the worst thing you could have done (actually it might have been one of the best!). No salt, spices, or any condiments though... that's rough! I think I could do it with healthy spices and condiments! :)

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Yes, what SpudFit did was pretty incredible! We knew going into it that potatoes were perfectly healthy to eat and that we could basically get everything we needed to function. The challenge was more so a mental challenge. Can we eat plain, bland, unappetizing food for 2 weeks? Yes we can. But it really sucks to do so. Even SpudFit said the first two weeks were horrible and he had salt and condiments to put on them. 😀

[@carolynkren7961]

@@KrocksInTheKitchen ahh gotcha. Yeah, no salt or condiments or anything would be SO tough, props to you guys for sticking with it, you both look great! Best of luck on this journey, I'm vegan but aspire to go WFPB because I know it's healthier (and I have a lot of weight to lose). So thanks for the inspiration! Also, let's go blues! (I live in StL too!) 😁

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

We are loving the WFPB diet! At first it seemed like it would be super restrictive, but turns out we are enjoying a ton of different things we would never have eaten before! Funny story - I bought Brian a Blues jersey for Christmas back in 2011 during our first year of marriage. Any time I have ever tried to buy clothes for him, it is always too small. No matter what size I get LOL. So the jersey did not fit, but we kept it in that size anyway because we knew Brian needed to lose weight. He has been trying it on periodically throughout our weight loss journey, and a few weeks ago (almost 8 years after getting it), it finally fit him. Maybe he is their good luck charm :D Let's go Blues!

[@malka4500]

I guess after water fasting makes potatoes delicious I don't have a need for condiments as i cut out all sodium in food a year ago after my first 31 day water fast I still have no taste for it. I get my sodium in the form of sodium bicarbonate and my chloride in the form of potassium chloride. To meet the requirements of sodium chloride while not tarnishing the flavor of food after water fasting the natural flavors of food are too intense a blueberry still locks up my jaw a grape taste like pure sugar

[@Livetoeat171]

There’s absolutely no reason to not have spices or vegetables cut up and put on the potatoes, other than putting yourself through suffrage. The main reason people can’t stay on the diet for very long is because this becomes gagging and disgusting after a while so if you want to have a diet you can sustain for longer periods of time, add some steamed broccoli, or any vegetable that is not starchy like corn or peas. Then every night you’ll look forward to your potatoes because it’s going to be just a little bit different but with those vegetables you will not gain any weight, Eating as much as you want.

[@micheleberens2285]

The two of you are adorable! I binged watched your videos, every one of them to date yesterday and today. I won't be doing the potato diet, but I am now on a WFPB diet. The thing I loved about your videos is that you are so relate-able. For me, hearing what I should be eating from a person that has always been thin, is an athlete, etc. just feels condescending. Since you both have been through the same, I hear what you are saying in a way that I get it and your humor and examples are amazing! Love you both and keep the videos coming!

[@shelbycriswellart]

its crazy to see the difference in your faces just in the few months between this video and now. Y'all are so inspirational and I've loved watching every single one of your videos!!

[@tomandnic77]

Taste-bud training is pretty interesting. I ate almost 100% microwaved russet potatoes for 2 years (about 10 per day depending on the size and my appetite) to save money. My weight at the time was stable around 170 lbs, and I felt perfectly fine. I find your perspective about your 2 week potato journey really fascinating, because I had kind of the opposite experience. I loved the taste of every single potato, and I never got tired of them. Even though I eat a broader range of fruits and vegetables today, I still love potatoes the most. Anyway, good job, you two!

[@kimtagliareni]

Fantastic REAL video. 1 year ago I stopped smoking, changed to a loose whole food plant based diet and lost 50lbs. Processed food is evil. Your discoveries were spot on with what I learned during my journey. Food should be consumed for fuel only.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

The last year has been an incredible journey for us. We have learned so much about ourselves and our relationship with food. Congrats on your success ❤️

[@mZToyadiva101]

Amazing job!

[@natleib444]

My doctor actually suggested this diet to me, so I will be starting very soon. I'm super excited after doing research. Appreciate you sharing your experience!

[@wulfvenknight6691]

"Once again, we started our diet in the dumbest way possible.." *screech laugh* These are my people.

[@JustD1zz]

I chuckled as well. I aim to do this diet as of Today. Got some counseling to attend to later today and i Will be picking up a sack of Ttttttatoooooooos! On my way home, haha. Um, hi.

[@petersteele7603]

Don't 4get your potatoes best friends... Basil, sage & oregano steamed with yer taters... and garnished with parsley & garlic. No butter, no salt... tastes great & looks amazing.

[@davidbown2707]

No Himalayan salt or grass fed butter? No thanks

[@petersteele7603]

@@davidbown2707 personally i use pink Himalayan coarse sea salt in melted butter with garlic, honey & parsley along with some shredded cheese & bacon bits on my potatoes, which I've ate ALOT of that couple years, along with meats. But if you wanna go all health nut stick with basil, sage & oregano to add some flavor to bland. I went from 322lbs at start of 2019 to 175lbs now (Aug 2020) by replacing sugar with honey & parsley and cutting out nearly all breads (there mostly sugar anyway) its cutting sugars that really made me shed the lbs... I never ate cellulose type greens anyway but I'm sure thats no good for you anyway... the only greens I've ate are high protein stuff like beans.

[@davidbown2707]

Ours is pink as well

[@davidbown2707]

Interesting. Although I don’t know what cellulose greens are. But my wife makes lots of potatoes

[@petersteele7603]

@@davidbown2707 salads... leafy stuff like lettuce & whatnot... its mostly water & cellulose which is hard for the body to break down. Cut that from your diet along with sugars & watch the lbs. drop. I have mainly stuck with lima beans, green beans, black-eyed peas & corn (I almost exclusively cook my beans with a spoonful of bacon grease & add the same honey/butter/garlic/parsley mix after draining) along with potatoes & meat (mainly beef & pork) I know it sounds unhealthy, but its has worked and I've dropped just over 150lbs. In a little less that 2 years. The key components being minimal sugars & as much protein as I can fit in a meal. I exercise, but not crazy. And I mainly drink O.J. & water. At the end of the day I'm sold on the key to weight loss being no sugars & no cellulose in your diet.

[@stevethecat9194]

You hit the nail on the head: people will be more successful at doing and sticking with nutrutarian after the potato fast than without.

[@veganwildfire7522]

Most doctors don't know anything about true nutrition. They study medicine, not nutrition. They will tell you not to do it because they themselves more often than not eat a standard american diet and are not healthy. Very rarely can you talk to a doctor about nutrition! I highly recommend you guys checking out Dr. Greger, if you haven't already. He posts only factual information about nutrition and breaks it all down, he is amazing! Also when going to potato island you can have non starchy vegetables and get the same results, and it is much more enjoyable!

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thanks for watching and for the tips! We have read a few things from Dr. Greger but will definitely continue to check it out. Also good point about doctors. Mine was able to recommend me to a dietitian to help with some questions she could not answer, which was very helpful.

[@echizensoxx]

@@KrocksInTheKitchen congrats on kick starting your road to a more healthy lifestyle! I would recommend looking into the work of Dr. John McDougall. He is all about starch dieting and he goes into how he treated so many people with starch based foods. Keep it up!

[@newgtguy]

This is a true statement. One of my best friends is an orthopedic surgeon. He had a total of 2 days of training about nutrition during his entire time in medical school.

[@marissadeakyne1583]

Dr Eric Berg and Thomas DeLauer also! Those two really go into depth about food and nutrition although they lean more towards Keto.

[@pourquoipas2673]

@Broken Winged Phoenix chiropractors are doctors, and most of them damn good at relieving pain without opioids.

[@LindaCasey]

I'm a 70 year old overweight vegan who has lost 53 pounds on the 16/8 IM fasting plan, but after a year of dieting had reached a plateau. I WAS going to try the potato diet when my brother suggested I just cut out all starches for 10 days. Miraculously, I have lost about a pound a day doing that. I only have 4 more days to go and can't WAIT to taste that ear of corn you described. Love your channel guys. Thanks .. Linda from the Netherlands 🌹

[@MonkeyLuv127]

You two are my new favorite youtubers. Love your channel

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thank you very much! That means a lot to us! 😀 We appreciate the love and support. Let us know if you have any suggestions for videos going forward! 😀 -Brian

[@catfish9539]

There's nothing wrong with just potatoes. Spud fit Andrew did it perfectly for a year, he lost allot of weight and his blood work was amazing. Drs have very little nutrition education. Potatoes have everything you need to eat. Its good to do it to reset your taste buds and stop the cravings. You have both done so fantastic. I'm half arsed just eating potatoes at the moment after an over indulged month vacation where I put on way too much weight. You can have herbs and spices and light sauces.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thank you very much! 😀 I think we failed to explain it well in our videos. We know potatoes are great and good for you. It just sucks and is stupid to eat plain baked potatoes for 2 weeks. 😂 But SpudFit did an amazing job and he is very inspirational! Good luck on your potato journey. Let us know how it goes. 😀

[@mirellaluttikhuis]

I totally agree with you. These two people are not very well informed about the health benefits of just eating potatoes. They are one of the most best foods with all the nutrients you need (except for B12) for your health. Just do the necessary science based investigation before you place something on the internet!

[@lynnej.9357]

Hi! You've lost a whole person! I'm trying to switch to a whole foods/plant based diet. Stumbled across your videos just a couple of days ago and have already watched several. They are very helpful. Your comments on sweet potatoes reminded me how much I enjoy a mixture of regular and sweet potatoes mashed together. They require no added butter or milk and are very satisfying.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Jessica was talking about doing something similar the other day. It sounded delicious! 😀

[@sandrawilliams7318]

Hi I think your weight loss is amazing! Just wonder why you didn’t add any herbs or spices to make potatoes taste nicer? Have you done a video on what you are eating now in a typical day? Best wishes from the 🇬🇧 uk💕👍🏻👋🏻xxx

[@WorrywartAdventures]

We are on day two of this diet. Whew! Today is rough. We really appreciate hearing your experience.

[@zaynubelshamy4028]

I do appreciate you both so much...I hope that you understand what a gift it is you have in each other, to do this together is just amazing...Take it from so many of us whose spouses don't care about it even though they are ill, overweight,on many medications--they just refuse!!

[@oceanmermaid3700]

I would never tell my doctor! He doesn’t even like the fact that I am vegan...keep trying to get me to cut back on carbs and eat meat. Needless to say, I haven’t been back to him in about a year and half.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

My doctor didn't seem thrilled when I told her I was going to eat a vegan diet... but she has come around after seeing all of my weight loss and better numbers in blood work!

[@lordrefrigeratorintercoole288]

Get a new doctor. My doctor would never tell me to go vegan or to stop. she also never gives positive or negative comments. When i thold her im vegan again and im not getting sick anymore she just smiles and nods and she quietly tells me to keep up. its like they know te truth but they are forbidden from telling it.

[@Ciara1211.]

Ocean Mermaid get a new doctor! Mine for example isn’t but he knows it can be a healthy diet and as long as my bloodwork stays good he encourages it if it works for me

[@jtvloggin]

Lol at this comment thread, “blood work means virtually nothing”?? HAHAHA

[@carlric]

Same for me, my doctor doesn't like I'm vegan... :) I don't really care since he is not healthy anyway

[@HisAssholiness]

so i saw penns viddy , lose a 100 pounds and so that led to me making a commitment to improve things , so i am livin this , by myself , 6 daze into it and it's been really great finding and having you two "there" , cause you are real , you have lived it and that has been encouraging / comforting , as in , this can be done ... if it had just been me and penn , yeah , i prolly would have just said , this guy is insane and went back to being a full time pig ... so thanks for being sweet and caring and informative and just for being you , best wishes

[@martincarney287]

I'm on day 2 of the potato famine. Thanks for posting this it is great to see people expressing what I am feeling right now. The 15 day potato diet is like self flagellation. Very humbling.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Yes, it is. 😀 Good luck!

[@jeannieharris9055]

Its weird but I love absolutely plain baked potatoes!! I really like your channel. I have been following a Nutritarian diet for 1 month

[@donnimurphy5403]

I'm excited to have found y'all......20 and 25 lbs in two weeks?? AMAZING... I will be starting this tomorrow... after watching the video I cooked my potatoes for the next day... I know the struggle believe me and you guys look great I have subscribed and we'll be following you all have a great day....

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thank you very much! And good luck on your "potato time"! 😁

[@prizantsproducts4u]

I love all potatoes!! I make them smashed, mashed, pancaked, hash browned, baked, steamed, (not fried), but air fried, roasted (my fave) and toasted! If I missed any ways, I love those too! LOL! I love following your progress! Shalom and G-d bless!

[@Sara-oh1wz]

Halfway through my 2 week potato diet! Needed to watch this to motivate me to keep going, thank you 😊

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Keep going!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@oceanmermaid3700]

I love you guys and appreciate how real you are. I tried just potatoes for about a week and half and that was enough. I don’t know how people do it for 6 months or a year!

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

We could not have gone more than 2 weeks! 😲

[@frankietrenado9327]

salt and hot sauce have no calories. It does still work , I lost 4 lbs in three days.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

There are a lot of other “potato reset” plans to follow that allow for other condiments to be used... and many of these would probably be more successful than what we did for most people, since they will be a bit easier to stick to! We did just the plain ones without anything added since that is what Penn Jillette did and we were just following him, but I think a little hot sauce and salt would go a long way!

[@abeld94]

@@KrocksInTheKitchen I started today, could you tell me what can I add to this diet? (I would like to add salt and lemon juice to it, I dunno)

[@kathrynwitte3398]

I’ve eaten a baked potato with jarred salsa on it and it was both fat free and salt free, plus it wasn’t bad enough to make me question the value of my future.

[@sharons11157]

Most jarred salsas have a lot of sodium.

[@kathrynwitte3398]

sharons11157 mine doesn’t.

[@duckminsterfuller]

You guys are so adorable! I think what I like so much about your videos is that not only are you sharing useful information but you both seem so intelligent, kind , authentic and honest and I love the dynamics of your relationship. I think you 2 make great role models for how to communicate in a partnership! Hope you keep making videos!

[@gatrekfan1111]

I totally get what she said about moderation. Food can be as addictive as any other substance, and telling people to just eat in moderation is like telling an alcoholic in recover to keep a case of beer in the fridge and just eat one every day.

[@Suprchica]

You guys are so blessed to have each other. Doing this kind of thing is not easy, kudos for your commitment & example of what a loving relationship should be like. 👍🏻🥰

[@RedPillVegan]

Thanks for linking this, I've added it to my watch later playlist! You guys rock btw!

[@elizabethkirkeide2458]

I roast golden potatoes split in half or quartered face down on parchment and they are really good. I cook them long enough to seem roasted. Thank you for sharing so honestly.

[@Arthur-hg7ny]

Penn Jillette did say never take advice from a Las Vegas magician

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

He most certainly did. 🤣

[@courag1]

I think what you've done is awesome. What this diet showed you both is that you have great stuff within you which somehow, for some reason, you had accepted that you could not achieve, at least in self-control concerning food. But then you did. You solved your problem apart from going to a diet doctor or clinic yourself. You learned what to eat, what's in it and why it is good for you. You empowered yourselves. In the process you discovered the inner strength that was already in you both. You found your motivation. So was it worth it? Yeah! You are on the road to health, to making your body bulletproof to so many degenerative diseases. You freed yourselves from self-doubt and depression. Now you can find joy in what you never would have thought before. I am so proud of you both. There are many people, who because they have failed at so many diets, that they just don't believe in themselves any more at all. So you two are inspirational. Keep up the good work, love your channel!!!!

[@TeleNikon]

You guys have a GREAT KZbin channel! Saw your potato video yesterday and have watched a dozen since. Shared with my GF, too. We find your videos entertaining, informative and inspirational. I had done the potato thing for a few months (yes, a few months) and lost a ton of weight. Now I'm looking for some ideas to move into a whole food, plant-based diet and your channel is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Your recipes look delicious. And easy. We'll be trying them out immediately. Thanks for going to all the trouble. One more thing: I did check with my doctor first before the potato thing and he said to go for it. So there's one for the doctors.

[@LearningPlantingGrowing]

It's great you like refrigerated potato. When you cool a potato and it becomes resistant starch and even more slimming for you!

[@JackieTalbott]

it is so commendable what you both are doing. i love your dedication and integrity.

[@valeriaguerra1306]

I heard a doctor say once: eat foods that love you back, just like in a relationship: love someone who loves you back!

[@philsilver9141]

Thank for paving the road for me. Your info saved me some time and energy figuring out the NUTRITARIAN diet

[@smurph4959]

I’m on my seventh day. It made me realise how much comfort eating I was doing and you know what it was good to actually be proper hungry for my next meal. I eat vegan food but had drifted into eating a lot of meat replacements and other vegan junk … I’ll be so up for just eating an array of non processed plants after the potatoes it’ll taste amazing 😍

[@sherri.]

You’re both looking terrific. I’m doing ETL also. After awhile it feels really good to be eating only real food.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thanks for watching Sherri! How long have you been doing ETL?

[@kurtweiske6259]

Some points to me that are important to recognize about a mono diet -- part of what you change with a mono diet is the habitual elements of food. "It's 10:30, time for me to get a pastry and cup of coffee". "Noon, time for lunch, whether or not I'm hungry"... etc. If you're hungry, make a potato. Don't stick to meal times. Cutting sugar and processed foods out of your diet for 2 weeks changes your palate, too. The "Corn Effect" I attribute to the natural sugars in corn which can't compete with high fructose corn syrup, Aspartame, Sucralose, etc... (On day 4 now, just had a plate of yukon golds at 10am...)

[@mbermudez8232]

Thank you thank you thank you. thank you for your honesty and courage. there is hope yet . you made me a beliver. will check it out..

[@libbybowles]

I'm going to do it! Starting today. Two weeks of potatoes! I know this is an older video but I'm commenting here because this is such a great video. I love how honest and discouraging you are "if you're going to do what we did...which is incredibly stupid" HAHA! That's me! I've been plant based for about 9 months (this time). I lost 30 pounds but then gained 10 back and I can't get it to start dropping again. I tried Mary's Mini with you guys but there was just too much wiggle room for where I am right now. I mainly need to reset my relationship with my hunger cues. I've become a mindless snacker. I have no idea what being truly hungry feels like right now. I read Penn's book and I got Ray Cronise's book so I'm feeling comfortable in my knowledge of how to do this. Plus, my whole journey started 4 years ago with The Starch Solution so I probably feel a little better about the health aspects of the lowly potato than you could when you started. Anyway, you may not even see this comment but I've stated my commitment on the internet so its official. Thanks for being here.

[@keepdancingmaria]

Did it help you, Libby Bowles? How'd d'it go?

[@potridge]

Many of my friends asked how I can eat vegan style. They said, don’t you miss choosing all the different foods and flavors? I always just say what you kind of said. I eat to live, I don’t live to eat. Thanks for the great reminder!

[@katherinek2709]

That's such a dumb question. I'm not even vegetarian or vegan but so many of my recipes are (at least for the base) just because they make the most of flavor.

[@KS51ABCAN]

Congratulations on your weight loss success. I am lucky. I love the taste of boiled potatoes, and I have been on a potato diet for several weeks and have lost weight.

[@kilsont6340]

Don’t mind me I’m just binging your videos, but found it funny that my doctor was the one to actually recommend the potato diet to me! But for 5-10 days and then transition into whole food plant based. It was rough I could only do 5 days and basically hardly ate anything especially for the last 2 days. It’s been two weeks and finding your videos has been very encouraging! I found you while looking for vegan chilli recipes! Lol

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Binge away! 😂

[@sallyjono]

I’ve got my tofu cubes marinating for pizza tonight. I tasted the marinade and it is absolutely fantastic! Out of this world good! I made too much marinade so I’m going to stir it into my pizza sauce for extra flavor. Just found you guys, and love your recipes. Will be trying more. Thank you!

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Yeah, I was quite proud of this one. I want to try experimenting more with the spice mix and marinade. Maybe using the dry spice mix on some roasted vegetables or using the full marinade on some mushrooms. If you come up with anything like that, let me know. 😀 -Brian

[@Nan-59]

I’m finally watching beginning of your “different food choice story!” ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

[@ripit7147]

I’ve been watching you guys for about a month and been subbed for about 2 weeks. Me and my wife start our potato diet tomorrow. 2 weeks straight.... it’s going to be tough

[@angelaw4976]

I actually respect the fact that you suggested telling your Doctor. Sure, they’ll likely tell you not to do it (Obviously, in case it came back later that they gave you the 👍🏻 to eat strictly one food for two weeks) but it’s still ultimately up to us. In addition, is it healthy? I am with you...not really “healthy”, per se, since eating only one thing will still lack at least some vitamins and minerals our bodies need, but it’s also not going to kill us, since you’re still getting food. What I love about you two is that you’re honest and candid. And ultimately, eating plain potatoes for two weeks accomplished exactly what you were hoping for...and probably more. You reset your tastebuds, you probably lost some weight, you learned to appreciate real food in its natural state...and you achieved your goal! GOOD FOR YOU!!! Oh, and as you will see, you will not always be met with agreement on everything you do and say. (That’s to be expected.) That being said, the majority of people that follow you, follow you because they are interested in your content and personalities. They will follow your journey and cheer you on...some even following suit. Keep being you. You guys have great authenticity, and I respect that immensely. Trust me (I wrote a successful food blog for six years), bloggers who share real experiences and don’t just fill their site with positive reviews on all the free products they’re receiving, can be hard to come by. You’re doing GREAT!!! 😊

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Wow, thank you so much for the feedback and for taking the time to write that. It means a lot to hear those things. We know that not everyone will agree with us (or even like us), but as long as we are keeping it honest and being true to ourselves, I can sleep at night 😊. Much of what we are sharing is just based on our experiences and we have already learned so much from our followers/subscribers sharing their experiences as well! It means a lot to have people like you comment and let us know that you like what we are doing. We are putting a LOT of hard work and hours into this project and it has been a bit overwhelming. Hearing feedback like this gives us hope that we can achieve our goal of inspiring other people who are struggling just like we were only 10 months ago! ❤️

[@brandnewvegan]

Great video guys, as always! You are going to be a huge inspiration to a lot of people. Thumbs up and I subscribed!

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thanks Chuck! We appreciate it!

[@TheBaseUK]

You guys look fantastic well done!

[@jldisme]

My eating plan is a combination of "A Pound of Cure" and nutritarian. 2 weeks of very strict clean eating (not a mono diet) really worked for me. It was tough, and I had carved withdrawal flu for several days. But after 2 weeks my taste buds and my palate really were so changed. Real, whole foods are a joy to eat.

[@jeans.5252]

Best comment was that not every meal you eat has to taste wonderful. Just eat to live. Great advice.

[@ImagesByRBN]

Very inspiring video guys! I’ve just completed day one of potatoes! I still like potatoes but im not sure how long that will last! new subscriber! and notification crew!

[@staclenore]

...”agonizing over what to have for dinner”...sigh...exactly me at every meal...thank you for the continued inspiration guys, I appreciate you. 🙏🏻🥗⭐️☺️

[@veganmamafourgirls5370]

I just found your channel. I love your honesty, but I don't think it was a stupid way to start losing weight. I think the "reset button" is a critical concept for most people addicted to the SAD. It may have been "torture" but it did exactly what you needed. I have heard about people doing a water fast for that long or longer to reset. I think eating potatoes might be an easier and more accessible way to detox and reset your palate. I am a Nutritarian, as well, and I commend you for finding and sticking to a truly healthful way of life. Congratulations on your weight loss and I look forward to watching more of your videos.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thanks for commenting. Yeah, we go back and forth on whether the potato thing was a smart idea. It was crazy, but at the same time, it served its purpose and helped get us to the point where we were so extremely invested in making a change that we felt there was no turning back. And we clearly needed that. After years of stalling and saying we'd start "on Monday," "next week," "next month," "January 1st," etc. the two weeks of potatoes was the line in the sand. There is so much we know now that we didn't know before we started and we continue to learn along the way!

[@freshprintsof3d]

You experienced blood sugar crashes which can be avoided by bulk cooking your potatoes and letting them cool and then when you reheat them they have built up a starch resistence and will reduce the sugar crashes

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thank you for commenting. We actually did that. We batch cooked everything and ate them over the next day or so. We learned really quickly that potatoes that have been cooked and then cooled tasted way better than just cooked potatoes.

[@JayJay-nb1sv]

So I tried this and I noticed that there was an enormous difference in taste betweenregular potatoes, and the slightly more expensive organic potatoes. I did Yukon gold and I gotta say, the organic Yukon gold potatoes blow the normal ones out of the water. Before this I never thought there really was a difference between the two but yeah, if I didn't eat the organic ones, I wouldn't have been able to last two weeks because the normal ones just taste horrendous in comparison.

[@vi3472]

I enjoyed watching this video about your journeys. Thanks so much for sharing ❤️💙❤️

[@mikamarsha3455]

Raw corn is so sweet! I love it

[@TheBeat16]

You two are extremely fun and insightful. Thank you!

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Eugeniu Dodita thank you 🙏 it means a lot ❤️

[@petermaguire2632]

Discovering you have the will. Powerful.

[@gwenvann7279]

Just became a subscriber. I’m glad your video showed up in my recommended list!

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

We are glad you found us!😀 Thank you for commenting.

[@spearsg]

Great couple; great content. Want to just wiggle in a note that not everybody will have an energy crash and need a feeding every 3 hours -- but I agree -- some do and this makes sense. And I might point out -- there could be a few people who could fare a little worse -- maybe finding it tough not to eat even more often on the potato diet. You're going to be exploring You, and getting in touch with you. Have a great adventure!

[@Top-Scandal]

I feel like the 2 week potato hack/diet is great not only because you lose a significant amount of weight during that time, but it helps train your brain to stick to a diet. As someone who has struggled with continuous weight gain & weight loss my whole life, sticking to a diet is the hardest part for me (much harder than actually starting). By first setting a short term goal, i.e. the two weeks of just potatoes, it’s easier to stick to rather than having the thought in your mind that it’ll take forever to reach your final goal-weight and as a result eventually reverting back to a poor diet, especially when the scale doesn’t show what you had expected or wanted to see. Short term goals have always been much easier for me to accomplish rather than one that takes months and months. The diet helps set you up for success since it gets you into the habit of avoiding junk food and excess calories, resets your palette (by sticking to one generic, “boring” food), restricts portion size and how much you eat on a daily basis (since you generally don’t feel the desire to eat any more potatoes than you have to), and enforces discipline when choosing what to eat for each meal. Like you guys and Penn mentioned, the first different food you eat (corn in this case) after the two weeks is so flavorful and delicious that it makes transitioning to a long term diet full of healthy foods so much more easy and helps get rid of cravings for sugar and processed foods. You guys have accomplished so much and it’s amazing to see your progress, great work and keep it up!

[@TheFriendlyPsychopath.]

What does that feel like?

[@malka4500]

While listening to you both talk about how difficult it was I am kind of hmmm. Sounds like day 26 of my 31 day water fast these potatoes are freaking delicious. probably because I completed a 31-day water fast to jumpstart my weight loss and once I got done with that I did another 22 days water fasting kind of got fasting fatigues, which is why I am completing this potato fast I'm on day 3 it's such a breeze, I guess potatoes are my step up from water fasting and dry fasting. it's so amazing nothing probably because I've water fasted before this seems like heaven. The best cucumbers I've tasted was after my water fast, they tasted as sweet as I remembered watermelon. I do supplement with magnesium taurine 3xs a day, b complex, potassium chloride, and magnesium glycinate, which gives me full energy. Thank you guys for sharing and I appreciate your honesty keep up the good work I'm so far down a hundred pounds more to go.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thanks Jen! It is amazing how much better things taste after being so restricted! I can't imagine how good things would taste after a 31 day water fast! Congrats on the 100 pounds - that is amazing. Thank you for watching and commenting. - Jessica

[@errorerror1337]

Thank you for sharing this one! Interesting perspective about seeking out the perfect most amazing meal every time you used to eat. I suspect people have been conditioned to do this over decades, and so drastic reconditioning like you did seems quite extreme but may be the only way to cleanse your palates. Good for both of you for breaking the cycle! Stay strong! Some day one of your kids will come home from school and complain about how hard their day was. You'll just look back at them and say "YOUR MOTHER AND I ATE POTATOES FOR TWO WEEKS."

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

I really do believe that going so extreme is what made it work for us. It's an achievement. And the good Lord knows I will be yelling that at our kids one of the days!😂

[@Ravyne]

Thanks so much for making this video. I love hearing about your journey to health. Still waiting for Brian's chili recipe! Since I've gone salt-free and oil free (as much as possible) foods just taste so much better. I actually love eating potatoes and sweet potatoes now without all the added stuff and they have such a great flavor to them (especially the sweet potatoes and Yukon Golds - omg!). Will keep watching.

[@AmmaLittleOwl]

LOVE. THE. U2. TEE. You guys are awesome. New sub here.

[@azazelda]

you guys are adorable! Thank you for sharing!

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thanks for watching! 🙂

[@WesDaviestravel]

Monday to Friday I only eat plain, boiled potatoes and the occasional hard-boiled egg. I wake up in the morning looking forward to my cold, soggy, white potato. Weekends I eat normally. I've lost 12 kg (26 pounds) in three months!

[@tialong2435]

i am starting my two eeeks today think it will be good to cleanse my taste buds.Love your videos congrats on the weight loss

[@annevelusa722]

I've read/heard from a few sources about the starch in potatoes changing when cooked and cooled. This might be why you consider them "way better" after they've been cooked and refrigerated. I'm sure if you did a google search you could find more information on this if you're interested. (Everyone has their own criteria for credible sources.) I didn't realize that Penn Jillette and Kevin Smith had done a version of the potato diet. I like to watch High Carb Hannah and I know she's done a version of the potato diet/cleanse however you want to phrase it. Thank you for sharing your experiences with it.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thanks for watching and sharing that! We have heard that before as well. There is some scientific reason :) Brian loves to research that stuff, so I just ask him to explain it to me LOL. Penn Jillette's book is a great read - although it is full of bad words, etc. just to warn you! But it is interesting to read from the perspective of someone who ISN'T a nutrition expert, but simply one of "us" down here trying to lose the weight. Just reading his story helped us so much, and he was able to put things into a perspective we connected with. Then after that, we started reading the works of nutrition experts and doctors to make sure we were being healthy with our new lifestyle!

[@jwoolman5]

Krocks In The Kitchen - look for the keyword "resistant starch".

[@deboraht5079]

Krocks In The Kitchen -- Does it make the potatoes lower glycemic to cook and then refigerate and reheat?

[@keepdancingmaria]

A tip for all who want to try this... Raw potatoes and cold potatoes are resistant starches. They aren't digested and absorbed in the small intestine but make it all the way into the large intestine, feeding the bacteria there. Resistant starches are linked to prevention of colon cancer. So once a day, eat a raw or cooled potato. The rest of your potatoes can be hot. Legumes are also resistant starches. They feed different bacteria than the cold/raw potatoes do, but still in the colon. I wouldn't want an only potato diet. But I think I could do well on a potato/legume diet.... Water fasting right now, but hmmm...

[@KlausMueller]

Hey - you both are amazing. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It's sunday afternoon now here. Tomorrow, I'll go shopping 50 lbs of potatoes to start my 14 days. 🥔🥔🥔😁

[@kevinjoseph517]

sprout eyes if not sprayed..start w weeks worth

[@goodtogo3]

potatoes are my fave food.....with salsa, or ketchup, or cauli carrot cheese sauce or balsamic and mustard. so worth it in the end. and on a plant based diet you can eat huge amounts of foods which is satisfying..after a while it becomes easy

[@jeffpf38]

Wow, you both have made such a great channel! Thanks for making such great content. The both of you are very articulate and easy to follow. I think this channel is going to be very popular!

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thank you so much! 😀We are just two goofy people trying to lose weight and make some decent videos. We truly do appreciate comments like these! It makes us very happy to know that people like you like our content. 😀 -Brian

[@labbott3933]

I have don't the Mary's Mini (MM) every few weeks and not bad at all, and not near as bad as you described. Very little condiments allowed on MM. Also MM encourages lots of plain greens and none starch veg.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

We've done Mary's Mini a few times and they are always super easy compared to what we did. We did plain baked potatoes. No condiments and no other veggies. Just plain baked potatoes. 🤣

[@LostNative]

i've been eating potatoes only for breakfast and lunch and dinner with a salad, always hot, but i love the taste of potato and mostly sweet potato. So that such a shame you don't like the taste, but you didnt put anything on them right? i love them and am really enjoying the time eating potatoes, i have them with dried spices only, no only nor salt. I also haven't got a partner and feel so energies and no brain fog. Feeling productive getting alot done. i've been doing this for 2.3 months and plan to continue. Enjoyed you video and interesting to hear another point of view.

[@frederick19089]

using a food tracker website i found that a tin of sardines, 4 medium potatoes a multivitamin and some olive oil gives all the nutrition i need for a day. Cant say i like sardines but they are really nutritious.Probably the cheapest diet that will keep you healthy.

[@ginduf]

this is really a good example, i'm going to try 'just potatoes' with my husband, sounds like fun. i'm already cooking potatoes, i have a sixteen-quart pot that i fill with red potatoes to steam with hot pepper flakes, no salt seasoning, garlic, onion, curry powder, smoked paprika or whatever else i want to put on them; and then after they cool, i put them in zip bags and into the fridge for snacks. i will bake my sweet potatoes though. i ferment my own pickles (low sodium) that i pour on my potatoes and i use other things for flavor. but i need to try this so it's easier to cut out the salt for my husband who has hypertension.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Sounds awesome! 😀Let us know how your potato time goes! 😀

[@tinacerda1978]

Celtic sea salt is best, and is safer for people with hypertension.

[@trillioncap]

Great information. I did laugh out loud when you ate the corn after eating only potatoes for 2 weeks. I laughed because it is exactly how I would have felt. Learning lots from you guys. Thank you

[@mistygoldstone8068]

Love following your journey. So happy for your success.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Thank you so much! 😀We love this journey!

[@RedPillVegan]

9:30 since you guys are aware of dr. Joel fuhrman's work, what you are describing with the crash this kind of sounds like his perspective of reaching the catabolic state. Especially given that you guys were coming off of a more "live to eat" prior diet, and experiencing weight loss

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

That is absolutely true. We really crashed our bodies with this one. We weren't eating enough calories or nutrients to keep ourselves going. The problem was that we simply couldn't stomach eating more potatoes. 😁

[@wtillett243]

I don’t think what you did is stupid at all. Some people water fast up to 40 days to accomplish the same thing. You overcame, and that’s an awesome thing. I need to do something similar to jump start my diet again. I’ve regained 10 pounds and don’t want to go down that road again. Love your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@RolandDeschain1]

I just finished my two weeks of potatoes!! It was hard. You realise that sugar is an addiction, like caffeine. The two worst days I had in this time were the third day of the first week and the first day of the second week. Both times I was just overwhelmed with thoughts of "Why bother!?!" And when you let yourself think that then that's when the sugar cravings really come on full force. I made a pot of Brian's bean chilli the other day and froze meal-sized portions. I look forward to digging into that for dinner tonight. :-D

[@rebeccamiller6050]

Still love this vid!!! So positive and sweet!!

[@Livingracefully]

This video was really helpful to think of our relationships with food.

[@joyces2222]

Now 2 years since i did the 10 day- potato challenge.( this one is much more difficult than episode 1). I used Dr. Mcdougals 10 day starch diet. I understand that potatoes are very healthy, only thing they lack was vitamin A, and is rich in all minerals. The protein may be lower than somes need... the 1st challenge, i finished it day 6, still lost 10 #'s by the 10th day anyway. I used, butter, salt, ketchup , mashed baked, fried, got tired of them, but was ok with taste. After - i expanded to all my normal foods, ( i did not have the amount to lose as you did), and I still ate small amounts chicken, tuna, ground with beef every couple of weeks... ate other things. Loss now maintained 2 years. Ready to lose another 10 , yet not looking forward to days of it. even loving potatoes. I hear your story, will look at your newer approach. 3 videos and haven't found your program.

[@paulinek1967]

Andrew "spudfit" Taylor ate nothing but potatoes and minimal condiments for a year in 2016 and did great on it. Lost a lot of weight, got rid of his food addiction, improved health markers, etc. He now follows a whole food plant based diet.

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

He is an incredible inspiration! 🙂 Even with seasonings and light sauces I doubt I could go a year on potatoes. 😀

[@FlowerGirl8]

Did you lose any weight over the two weeks?

[@KrocksInTheKitchen]

Yes Brian lost about 25 and I lost about 20. Although I’m pretty sure most of that was water weight. The first week of our whole food plant based diet (after the 2 weeks of potatoes), we each gained about 2 pounds back. The following week we started losing weight again. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!

[@deepakhiranandani6488]

I too was wondering. Various aspects were discussed but this in a way is the bottom line point. After a few minutes I started skipping parts of the video, never did find out if weight was lost. The behavioural, emotional, social and other aspects discussed are of course important but whether weight was lost and how much should probably have been stated upfront. Thanks for the video and good wishes.