The Potato Hack: Weight Loss Simplified

I bought and read the book and then began my first 3-day hack on Wednesday, March 28th. While a bit dull only eating potatoes, it was still pretty easy and I focused on things other than food for a change. I was 5 pounds lighter when I weighed myself Saturday morning. On Saturday, we went out to eat and over indulged on both food and drink, which made me nervous Sunday morning when I got on the scale. But to my surprise, I had lost another half pound. I started another hack Tuesday, April 3rd. I had regained some weight from the prior 3 days off, but lost all of that the first day back on the hack. This morning, I have now lost a total of 6.5 pounds and I also measured myself and find that I have lost an inch from all of my measurements.This is ridiculously easy for me and, as a woman who has not been able to lose any weight since going through menopause, I didn't think it was possible for me anymore as nothing else I tried had worked. I intend to do a hack each week until I reach my goal of 35 pounds (28.5 left to go). Then, I will keep an eye on my weight and simply do a hack whenever it starts to creep up again.4/16/18 - Update - I have lost 10 lbs in 16 days and am beginning my 4th hack today. I regained 1.6 lbs over the weekend, but that doesn't concern me at all. I have noticed that there is always a small gain after being off the hack for 3-4 days, but I have been losing that after just one day back on the hack and then I go on to lose some more. It's amazing to me how easy it's been. I don't feel deprived and I am serious when I say that I am not sick of potatoes. I haven't even done all the variations that many other people do. I've kept it very simple: boil what I need for the hack, keep it refrigerated and microwave whatever I need for each meal, adding a little salt and pepper. One thing I tried for a bit of different flavor was to sprinkle malt vinegar on the potatoes (because I've always loved fish & chips with malt vinegar) and it's really good.It's fun going through my closet and finding clothes that were too tight before now fitting. Also, I have never felt better. I feel great and in a good mood. I feel very calm about food in general and for the first time in a long time, I feel in control of the weight situation. I have 25 more pounds left to lose and I know that I will do it.5/1/18 - Update - I've lost 14 lbs. in 4 weeks doing a hack each week and enjoying regular food Friday thru Sunday. It's so easy for me that I like hacking through the week days. Last week, I only hacked for 3 days and ate regular foods for 4, but only gained 1.4 lbs. over the 4 days. I lost it plus a little bit more after the first day of my potato hack. By tomorrow morning, I will have lost a total of 15 or more.It continues to be easy for me and I wanted to point out something else that is fantastic about potato hacking. Tim Steele tells you in his book how anti-inflammatory potatoes are for your body. I was hopeful but skeptical that it would help me with the arthritis I have in my fingers. I have had to take Aleve once or twice a day every day to subdue the pain. I worried about the damage this could be doing to my liver and tried taking Rose Hips instead. The Rose Hips worked but I had to take 2 capsules 2-3 times a day to keep the pain at bay and that got a little pricey having to buy Rose Hips so frequently. 2 weeks ago, I ran out of Rose Hips. I planned to buy more but was busy and didn't get around to it. Then after a week had gone by, I realized that the pain in my fingers was simply gone. And I mean gone 24/7! It feels like a miracle to me--it truly does. And for this reason alone, I would do the potato hack for the rest of my life even if I never lost a pound from it. But, I am steadily losing weight as well as pain free.Later this month, I am scheduled for my annual blood work & physical check up. I will let you know if things have improved from last year's.

I am on vacation reading your book.I am looking forward to going home and putting your info to action.I love taders.

Great Book with great information. The poor potato has been exploited and given a bum rap because of what WE do to it. I originally got the book because it talked about the potato being good for inflammation, which I have a problem with. I have been having violetn attacks which we are labeling as idopathic pancreatitis, but not EPI, which is still pancreas related but exocrine (where you cannot absorb fat) so this book has really helped me in that area. As a plus, I did loose weight when I did it straight for only 3 days. What I really noticed was I was able to maintain my weight loss after one of my attacks. Usually I would go back to my old eating habits and the weight would return and the attacks. I have started to use potatoes as 50 to 75% of my diet and added a few things back in. Yes, it gets old without all the junk we like to add, but they are still good, because I do like potatoes. The book warns of changing things too much and it will not take the weight off, if that is why you are using the info in it, but Iike the results it has provided me with my issue. I am in the chapter now where it gets very technical about the nutrients and all the other good things in potatoes that are good for us but are ignored. Some of it above my head and vocabulary, but it is important to know this information. I have had a lot of energy, sleep better, just finding all kinds of benefits. I am sold on it. I would suggest if you do have health issues like diabetes, as the book suggests, that you take it slow and be careful or talk to your doctor. Potatoes, again, have been given a bum rap and that is OUR fault.Update: I am hoping this info will be helpful to people with celiac/lectin issues, who stay away from potatoes. Reading parts of the book I missed. People who are celiac or have trouble with lectins CAN eat potoates. Just remove the skin. What people do not understand is that wheat IS loaded with lectins. I kept having serious attacks even after stopping wheat. LECTINS were the monsters that kept putting me in the hospital. I have potatoes everyday, even if not doing a hack. You just have to remove the skin where the great majority of the lectins are lurking.I have discovered, painfully, the things I cannot have, 14 cherries put me in the hospital, because the lectins are in the peelings and seeds. Who peels cherries? Also, some lectins can be carefully eaten in a very small amount. I have been able to get away with a small romaine lettuce salad, a big one put me in the hospital though. Often having other things with it to help dilute/camoflauge the lectins helps you, but know it has to be small amounts.My husband can eat lectins all day long. Cherry tomatoes are mostly skin and seeds, another hospital trip for me. Just be careful, put again, I steam my potatoes, refrigerate, and remove peelings before eating. No problems, and trust me, after 25+ excruciating trips to the hospital, I would know and am careful.Reading another book on lectins and it says the resistent starch is higher if you roast them instead of steam them. I am trying to find in the book where Tim addresses that. If you remember or know, please let me know what page it is on. I thought it was better to steam them. I know it is for keeping the nutrients.

I love that this diet it is so simple, so cheap and so flexible. It is a simple plan that can be used to lose wight, keep it off or simply to restore health to an ailing digestive system. The potato is the best diet pill ever invented. The original diet plan appeared in an 1849 medical journal - Americans were already fat from eating too much.You can experience rapid weight loss with no hunger. Just a couple days a week and you'll be at your goal weight in no time. If you gain easily, a couple days of potato hacking per month will keep you at the weight you desire.I did the potato hack and it was very, very cheap. It was also very simple and it works. It seems to clean your body of inflammation. I did it for a couple of week and it became tedious. I loss fat on my hands and feet and my skin became clearer.

The idea of eating exclusively one kind of food as a weight reduction diet, is not a new one, but this is the first time I've come across one for potatoes. I read the first part with interest and decided that I would try this diet at least for its anti-inflammatory properties and any weight loss resulting would be gratefully accepted. However, despite talk of recipes, none really emerged, and instead a great deal of science took up the second half of the book. As someone who never ate a lot of potatoes growing up, and seldom eat them in adult life, it will take some effort to think of ways to present them in sufficiently different ways to combat boredom, and I would have appreciated more guidance on food preparation. For example, can air friers be useful for dry roasting potatoes?

easy to read and understand, but i crashed on the second week, i felt fatigued and dissatisfied

Since I started my weightloss journey two years ago I hit a plateau a few months ago.I knew from freetheanimal about the potatoe hack and always thought it to be just another fad.But when I couldnt get over the plateau and was kind of getting desperate I gave this a go.And for what it did for me was almost wondrous, it broke my plateau and I seriously lost 2kg at my first attempt, doing the hack for just three days.From this loss an honest kilo was gone for good after the following refeed days and it still is - two months after.As every serious dieter knows most rapid weightloss is water and is regained when the body sugar depots fill up again but nevertheless this amount is amazing.But to stay honest, I also find it difficult. On the third day I start to dream about food and prefer to leave the table when the family has a real meal. In addition I need to almost constantly have potatoes with me as on my second potatoe week it happened I got hypoglycaemic when I didnt have enough of them to really stuff myself at work.So, its brilliant for a few days, I get some serious weightloss accomplished which is well worth the suffering. But I could never do it like the magician Penn who did this for months.

I bought this book after I had done a lot of online reading about this method. I especially like that the author says you don't need the book to have this plan work. I bought the book because I wanted to know more about the science and history behind the idea.This Hack is working for me. I am on my 4th round of Potato Hack. I do a 5 day, Mon- Fri potato hack, then take the weekend and the next week off.I lost 14 pounds in the first three hacks -- about 6 weeks-- which is unprecedented for me. Even better, I was not hungry, I wasn't grumpy, nor did I have cravings. I missed butter and sugar, but I didn't crave them.After the first potato hack, my sense of taste was dramatically reset. Processed foods tasted even stronger of salt than they used to, and sugary drinks and snacks were unbearably sweet. I find I eat smaller portions overall, I make better choices, and I rarely snack. Food is enjoyed mindfully.I also feel better, sleep better and have clearer skin.I think if you are intrigued, give it a try. It's cheap, easy, can be continued as long as you like and is also an ideal maintenance plan once you reach your desired goal weight.