{"id":171,"date":"2018-04-10T19:36:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T00:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/?p=171"},"modified":"2018-05-04T20:21:43","modified_gmt":"2018-05-05T01:21:43","slug":"spud-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/2018\/04\/10\/spud-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"Spud Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, a man lost 117 pounds by eating just potatoes. YES, POTATOES. True story. This is a diet I can get behind.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Taylor, an Australian dude (I suddenly appreciate Australians immensely), reevaluated his life and realized he needed to make a change. Since he couldn&#8217;t abstain from all food, he decided to abstain as much as possible. Despite the horrible rep that potatoes get, they&#8217;re actually packed with tons of nutrients (!) He also took a B12 vitamin to make up for the lack of protein, but that&#8217;s beside the point.<\/p>\n<p>He declared it&#8230;the Spud Fit Challenge! It&#8217;s even a book now, too!<\/p>\n<p>Within this diet, he tried a combo of all different kinds of potatoes, while using minimal herbs, spices, and fat-free sauces. He only drank water, and began exercising after the first month. Even before he began exercising, he managed to lose 20 pounds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eat a combo of potatoes, including sweet potatoes, but only use a minimal amount of herbs, fat-free sauces, and spices. Take a B12 supplement if you plan on doing it for more than a few months. Avoid oils and anything fatty, like meats, cheeses, eggs, or dairy products. If you must use milk for mashed potatoes, use soy milk.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t restrict or count calories! Eat as much as you&#8217;d like, as often as you&#8217;d like, and do not go hungry if you can help it.<\/li>\n<li>Do your own research and make educated decisions &#8211; consult a doctor to make sure everything is going well for you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mostly, he made either mashed potatoes, boiled potatoes, or baked potatoes. He did not have set things made for each meal, but rather made a big batch and ate it until it was gone.<\/p>\n<p>Surprise, surprise, he didn&#8217;t get bored of eating straight potatoes! A man after my own heart, obviously.<\/p>\n<p>If you want, you can order his book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0995409633\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=spfi00-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0995409633&amp;linkId=9f6e577ba0fe54187a1cd3f564e7ae51\">here<\/a>. I may or may not be considering it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This man just goes to show the importance of eating your potatoes. I think we can all learn something from him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, a man lost 117 pounds by eating just potatoes. YES, POTATOES. True story. This is a diet I can get behind. Andrew Taylor, an Australian dude (I suddenly appreciate Australians immensely), reevaluated his life and realized he needed to make a change. Since he couldn&#8217;t abstain from all food, he decided&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/2018\/04\/10\/spud-fit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spud Fit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7590,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[759,8,32835,736416],"tags":[3691,516,866263],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-potatoes","category-strange","category-tater-talk","tag-book","tag-potatoes","tag-spud-fit","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7590"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/tatertalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}