It's a fact that the most common vegetable in most people's diet (especially in the West) is the potato. So if you're considering a diet, you're probably wondering if you're going to have to give this staple up.
I heard from someone who said: "I really want to try the Medifast diet because I have two coworkers who have had wonderful results on it. But I've heard that I will have to give up potatoes. I can't bear the thought of that because this is one of my favorite foods. I love them baked, fried, and in chips. How can I give them up?"
It's important to understand that you aren't going to be asked to give them up permanently. You are asked to eat low glycemic vegetables that don't contain a lot of starch in your daily lean and green meal. Unfortunately, potatoes do contain a lot of starch. So, while you are in the active weight loss phase of the diet, you are asked to avoid them. The reason for this is that you don't want to take in too many carbohydrates so that you risk not getting into ketosis (or fat burning mode.)
Once you have lost the weight that you have set out to lose, you then enter the transition phase of the diet where you start to slowly add back in regular, every day foods and this is when you will add potatoes back into your diet. So, what do you do in the meantime? Well, know that the vegetable beef stew item contains some potatoes so that sometimes will help. Also, for those who love potato chips, consider the pretzels or the puffs. They actually are quite good. I particularly love the chili nacho cheese puffs. And you want something crunchy or salty, they will often work very well.
The diet really does a nice job of providing safe salty and sweet alternatives so that you can enjoy what should be indulgent types of foods while still being on the diet. But I do understand that you might miss potatoes for a little while. However, you might find as many do that once you begin to see the results, you find that you're willing to give up some foods for just a short while in order to look and feel a whole lot better. And I'm not saying that no one ever sneaks in a beloved food every now and then, but we try hard not to make it a habit. It's really all about balance since you don't want to overdo it on any one food or omit it permanently so that you only end up wanting it more.
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