Don’t eat your greens - Spud Fit Challenge
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- Опубліковано 16 гру 2018
- People often ask me if it's ok to add other foods to the Spud Fit Challenge. Most commonly I get asked about greens - "Greens are healthy, why can't you eat them? Is it ok if I add some broccoli or spinach to my Spud Fit Challenge?" On top of that I also quite regularly get attacked for supposedly advocating that people avoid eating greens, so let me just start with that first - green vegetables of all kinds (and all other vegetables too) are super healthy and absolutely fantastic for your physical health! I have never and will never advocate avoiding vegetables of any kind permanently. If you want to add in greens or other veggies then perhaps that will work for you too, if you really want to do that then I say go for it! If you want to know why I decided against that then watch...
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" just trust the process"
" make your food boring & life interesting"
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I did your sput diet about two years ago. Worked like a charm and none of the wight came back. I just keep an eye on my weight and use potatoes to maintain when ever I need to. SO SIMPLE!!!
awesome!
I started out with Andrew, went from 20 to 14 size, didn't take a year, just months and, I still go back to potatoes, like you, just to stabilize. I always feel so much better on a few days of just potatoes. I got a box load of size 12 jeans, I might just continue potatoes for a while, love to get into them this Spring.
That's amazing feedback and its good to know that both you and SJR have been able to manage your weight ever since. Its heartily encouraging to people like me who are 8 weeks in and already thinking that they might have just stumbled onto the holy grail. Thank you for the feedback, its much appreciated :)
@@sjr7822 Awesome job and thank you so much for the feedback. :)
Update, wearing size 12 jeans!
Update on my health--2.5 years since greatly increasing my potato consumption---BUN/creatinine ratio is back down from 23.5 during a LCHF experiment to 16.9, within the normal range, and my A1c is down from 5.7 at its peak to 5.4. So much for the nonsense that potatoes are "bags of sugar that cause diabetes." Thanks to Spudfit and Tatertot for encouraging me to eat more cheap, easy and healthy potatoes!
great job, well done!
Another reason to avoid greens is for digestive healing. For some of us with messed up gut flora, greens add a type of fiber that can overwhelm an already stressed system. Potatoes by themselves seem to be a gentle type of fiber that heals.
Going on 6 years and I am still at my goal weight. I have a 5 pound trigger point. So simple! Thank you Andrew.
Absolutely true!✅👍
Exactly right!
The fact that you thought of that Applied methods methods from addiction therapies to the food I think it’s brilliant well done Andrew
thankyou
Very well explained. Sometimes pictures speak 1000 words. Great video Andrew.
thankyou, glad you liked it!
Andrew this is a very important video for people to watch who are wanting to overcome food addiction even with healthy food primarily because, in this case, it ISN'T the food! It's the emotional attachment to eating itself. It is a distraction in most cases in today's society. I am feeling liberated at Day 69. So many changes have happened with a vow to have a simple basic easy healthy diet. Thank you my friend for taking your time to make this video. 3 pounds from goal weight because of adhering to taters! And, I share! LOL
awesome, well done!!
I come back to this video regularly to remind myself! Thanks Andrew, for motivating me in a clear and simple way!
Glad to hear it!
This is truly excellent and sensible advice. I actually feel a good argument for this is calling it a potato fast! I’m into day 3 and today is first day I feel normal. Have been vegan for a year but no weight loss because I kept eating too high a level of fat from oils and nuts. I’m doing this to reprogram my food habits- eating “healthy” late at night or too much or pivoting from cereals w almond milk to savory vegan meat sandwiches etc and letting calories get out of hand. This is definitely about making food boring and life interesting. Oh and I bought your kindle book today as a way of saying thanks.
thanks so much for the support! Keep me posted and let me know if I can help
I turned to abstinence ... of all those foods that are addicting to me. When I'm in a restaurant is the only time I notice what I'm not indulging in. Wow I could save so much time in the kitchen reducing all the chopping & cooking of other foods & cook only potatoes & eat those ... and have time to do so many different interesting things! I love the chart showing how simple & effective this is!
so much time and energy for other things!
@Lucy Belle Scott - I am trying to understand the potato diet and I have been eating a lot of potatoes. But what is complicated or time consuming about eating just potatoes and spirulina powder? I am still deciding exactly what kind of potato diet I will follow and for how long I will follow a potato diet. I see videos where people are following a potato diet for 5 days - and that seems like way too short a time period. I want to be comfortable following a potato diet for perhaps many months, but I am currently uncomfortable with the idea of only potatoes.
Very good presentation: Simplify! When I get overwhelmed, I go back to the spud fit potato diet, for a couple of days then go back to adding, could be a package of California Blend frozen vegetables (carrots, broccoli, cauliflower) and a daily pear and apple, cuts down on food storage, preparation, and decisions.
I gave up on sauces, and spices, No longer bother, don't need.
great plan!
It's great to see you back!
Vegan Jerry thanks! Great to be back!
There are other reasons why adding in vegetables might be a bad idea. Vegetables are not as ideal for weighloss as potatoes because they're not as satiating. And if you're like me, and your stomach can't tolerate them, you get diarrhea after eating, and you just end up feeling more hungry.
Yes! So glad you are posting again!
Me watching closely 👀 👀 ......a day away from 2022 and maaaaaan am I sooooo ready to go at this
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Brilliant. I think this is your best explanation yet. The graphics help.
fuzzwarmy very high tech graphics too! 😂
Excellent explanation Andrew! Yes, I think it is a great idea to answer questions in a video format. I am much more likely to watch or listen to something while eating or working around the house than to read something. Thank you for all the help you are giving to people with food addiction issues.
Andrew.... I started 1 week ago and I do love the concept. I am of Italian descent and that is all my family did was eat or think about preparing the next meal to eat. However, I have gotten very frustrated and tired of continually trying to "lose weight" and "control my ravenous" cravings." So THANK YOU for being at the right place, at the right time for me (on the internet when I was scrolling yet AGAIN to find a way.) 👍
Sounds great, so glad to be able to help!
Still looking good, Andrew. Glad to see you are well.
Thinking about and preparing food takes up a lot of our time. Interesting that we have made it such a focus. I get so much out of your videos.
so happy to be able to help!
you're a huge inspiration.
Thanks so much!
Looking slim, trim and healthy man!
thankyou!
Culinary minimalism. I love it. ❤
YES!!!
Excellent explanation. As someone who has been involved in 12 step programs for years, what you say makes total sense. Thank you for sharing and glad to see you’re back on UA-cam!
great to hear that, thanks!
Love the visual! and the explanation. keeping it nice and simple! 👍
Well done and well said! (as always)
According to the Medical Medium Anthony William, lettuce is the easiest digestible leafy green, and he has those, celery juice and cucumber juice in his mono cleanses, of which one has potatoes. The lettuce is optional though, but works fine for me even if I'm sensitive. I am doing his banana mono cleanse now, and I have less bloating, more energy, and losing weight, it's great!
I definitely needed to hear this today, thank you!!
so glad to be able to help! Send me an email if you'd like a free intro coaching consultation - andrew@spudfit.com :-)
Well said. Excellent explanation especially for those of us who are visual.
Very nice. I love this. I did it for 4 days lol, and then had some dates and natural peanutbutter,but only because they were there! I found that during the first 4 days, that eating this way 100 percent helped with my emotional and binge eating. I love potatoes anyway, so this is great for me. I tried other "islands" before but by the end of the day I wanted cooked foods so badly, and usually it was potatoes of some sort that I was wanting. Now, I'm currently breastfeeding my 3rd child and he has bad reflux, like my oldest did. My oldest I could eat only brown rice and sweet peas for about 9 months. This time around it's potatoes. But what thinking I will do is do potatoes during the week, and then on weekend add in zucchini, spinach and maybe avocado, all foods my baby can also tollerate. Other greens make him fussy etc. I've been vegan since I was 12 and I'm 32. Look for my Instagram @thatveganlinds85
You are really helping a lot of people. Very good advice.
I hope so!
Great advice Andrew!! Very encouraging!!😁
Glad it was helpful!
Great video Andrew, more please
I live the simplicity of all of this.
that's what it's all about!
Yes more qna!
On decision proces and addictions. For AA it is mqndatory to stay away from alko. With food it is not possible to avoid for the rest of your life. That's makes it solutions much harder.
thankyou!
This presentation truly is excellent. It explains your method exactly and effectively. Thanks for your efforts to help others.
glad to help! Thanks for watching
Absolutely incredible thought and stratergy. I'm looking to start an egg and spud diet myself and I'm taking alot of inspiration from you. I realise food is my biggest addiction and something needs to be done about it it's such a struggle!
You might like to check out this blog post and video I did about a study on eggs - spudfit.com/how-many-eggs-can-you-eat-in-a-week/
All the best to you and let me know if I can help!
You are right. I think with the media and all the articles about food nowadays, we have to many options open to us. I’m going to try this
all the best! Check out www.spudfit.com sign up for free to get started :-)
I respect it! I am very new to this, as a matter of fact I haven't tried it yet because I am doing my research. Your title threw me a bit but after listening, I get it. Simply this as much as possible in hopes of successfully creating some changes and down the line consider adding in greens or whatever else. There are a plethora of choices so it's best to start by keeping it simple)
That's it! Let me know if I can help :-)
I just usually do botatoes and peas. A very easy decision. Always fills me up and I look forward eating it.
Great to see you back 👍
thanks!
Great video! It was this way of thinking that helped me change my diet! Doing extremely simple and"removing thought from food", as you so well said!
I didn't do a spudfit challenge however but did a big baked potato with pasta sauce/ tomatoe sauce or pasta with tomatoe sauce.
I didn't have any food addiction tendencies but this simplification was enough to remove thought for me and was extremely helpful.
Wonderful! So glad to hear this, keep up the great work!
Love your videos brother !!!
thankyou!
Perfect video! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great explanation Andrew. 👍
great!
Thanks Andrew, you made a very good point especially with a food aholic like myself. I'm re-starting the spud challenge day after tomorrow and I was contemplating almost immediately what I could add to the potatoes.....LOL
You can do it!
This guy gets it.
thankyou
Thank you
Great explanation. Can’t get any more clear. 👍⭐️⭐️⭐️
Glad it was helpful!
I love this!
I love this concept. I will be starting your challenge on January 1st I can't wait!!
awesome! spudfit.com/spud-fit-challenge-membership/
Inferness how’s it going?
So good to see you again, missed you! I did get your books! I agree, success is empowering, and the less decisions you have to make, the greater your chances of success. Simplicity and getting past the hurdle is the first goal. I've even been able to take the ultimate in simplicity to the next level with a water only fast, and had some pretty impressive health results too.
I agree, I have tried water fasting, and it's even less decision making than an all potato diet, and breaks addictions to junk food as well. When I'm not fasting, I try to keep my diet very simple, with lots of potatoes!
@@NLR759 Curious how often do you fast, and for how long?
@@CharGC123 I fast about twice a week, sometimes Monday and Wednesday, sometimes Tuesday and Thursday. For example, my last meal would be dinner on Sunday night (finish eating around 7-8pm), no food on Monday, and my next meal would be lunch on Tuesday. That's a total of about 40 hours fasting. I have tried a few 5 day fasts (Monday to Friday), but this was in the summer time when temperatures were warmer outside. I haven't been able to do five days of fasting in the winter. I start to feel really cold by day three of a fast. How long and often do you fast?
@@NLR759 I just started doing intermittent fasting after completing a 7-day jumpstart. Even eating a very clean whole food plant based diet, I can't lose anymore and in fact still pack on the pounds. I think from a lifetime of yo yo dieting I have the metabolism of a slug and just "efficiently" cling to every calorie. I've been reading about it and how fasting can help reset it, and I was not only blown away by losing 16 pounds in 7 days but not gaining it back and losing more just doing intermittent fasting. I started with 18-6 and so far so good, but also doing the 5-2 thing in combination because my BP needs to diminish ASAP
@@CharGC123 Good for you! Much like you, I also did not lose much going WFPB, only about 12lbs, then plateaued. I also seem to digest every single calorie that goes in my mouth. My BP came down very nicely after fasting. It was in the pre-hypertensive range previously, and it's now consistently 110/70, sometimes even lower, like 105/65. I think short fasts, and intermittent fasts are extremely healthy. I find fasting very do-able, and rather freeing. Whereas calorie counting drove me crazy and never lead to permanent weight loss. Have you heard of Dr. Jason Fung? He has some great videos about fasting and weight loss on his youtube channel. I like the one titled "The Calorie Deception".
A food addict doesn't know where the addictive foods are. (maybe dairy (casein - casiomorhine) fatty meat stimulate morphines, wheat (gluteomorphine). We come off them because potatoes obviously are not our addictive food unless we add fat.
LoL I absolutely love the visual aids, cracks me up. Thank you for your videos, great help.
haha glad you enjoyed :-)
Spud Fit I’m only 6 weeks into WFPB no oil living I switched overnight after watching what the health. So it’s amazing seeing everyone’s experiences, all the videos & posts help immensely. It’s turned my life and my health around. I am pissed though @ the misinformation as carbs are supposed to be satanic. You definitely gave the humble potato it’s due place in the food groups. I can only hope to help others around me in any small way I can. Good luck to you & your beautiful family.
Yasmin Ariana well done to you and I can relate to your anger!
Spud Fit ~ Everything that’s wrong in society explained in a 4 min animation. It’s the same trap we are in with the food industry. I’ve made my daughter watch it and write a paper on it! 😐
Fat & sick people make them more money that healthy fit people.
ua-cam.com/video/e9dZQelULDk/v-deo.html
Andrew nice chart 🤗
Love your of a teacher with a Natural Gentle humility makes up for lack of Tech 😁
thanks so much, glad you enjoyed :-)
As I've shared with you earlier, I'm watching a lot of your older videos, and benefiting from them. I've lost over 73 pounds by primarily following Dr. McDougall. Your program ties in closely to Mary's Mini. Anyway, I thought I read somewhere from you that adding vegetables of any sort, slows down weight loss. Did I hear/read that correctly? I've been stuck in an area for awhile, and I want to go on the all potatoes program of yours. BTW, I ordered your first book from Amazon, and it should be here shortly. I look forward to reading it. Again, thanks for all you do; I'm willing to bet that even though you know the difference you've made in lives, I would just bet you have affected many more that don't post and tell you so. Bless you.
That's a lovely things to say, thankyou for your support and encouragement.
No I don't think vegetables slow down weight loss, I just think it can help us to learn more about ourselves and the way our minds work with cravings etc. to have less variety.
@@SpudFit I agree completely with the less variety aspect. I've seen it in my own life. I understand about the potatoes only and the requirement for the challenge. However, for anyone not in the challenge, wanting to eat 90%+ potatoes, yet set on having some kind of green vegetable, IMHO the thing to eliminate the aspect of choice would be to have the same vegetable - like maybe only broccoli. I think that's what Chef AJ has for lunch eat day...sweet potatoes and broccoli. Thanks for clarifying that, and I do plan to have potatoes only days too. I can see that eating the one food...potatoes..would definitely help the weight loss process. Thanks for your reply,
yes good plan
I'm going to watch ALL your videos/ great video.
thankyou!
Morning. I've just found you and your channel. For years I've hated that food has a control over me. I love how you call if food addiction and compare it with the likes of alcoholism. I always want to be a few pounds lighter but it's food not controlling my decisions that I really want to conquer. You seem a great person and I want to try this from now. Was thinking if I should add a floret of Broccoli but just watched your greens video and I get your theory. The least decision making possible. I'm invested sir, thank you and wish me luck.
Did u come up with this analogy yourself ?? Dude , you're brilliant!
thankyou! Yes this is all my own ideas/work
I think this is brilliant because I have some sort of eating disorder, I don’t know what it is. I’m obsessed with food, always thinking about it. What will I eat, how much? I track all my calories and nutrients. I am super strict about no oil, no animal foods, no refined etc etc. I collect recipes, I plan ahead of time and re evaluate over and over. I constantly change my mind and have such a hard time just deciding what to eat. It’s crazy. I didn’t realize the extent of it till now.
I decided to start the challenge because I want to lose weight. I lost 30 pounds prior to now but I’m stuck and still over weight. But I’m eating so perfectly. It only makes me even more obsessed. (And frustrated, and angry).
I have only begun the challenge today, but already I am feeling relief from the obsession and that’s not even why I started! It wasn’t even a consideration. But I think it’s going to be my biggest benefit because already I am feeling some peace regarding food. It will be nice to get some distance and relief and some peace for a while from my obsession.
I really need this, and I didn’t even know how much I needed this.
A very common story. All the best and keep in touch!
@@SpudFit Thank you. I have hope. It is a good feeling.
It's not all your fault. Food companies intentionally make "food" addictive. Your part is not to fall for their tactics. No shame.
Great presentation. Is there something else for people who can't eat potatoes because of an issue with nightshade foods? Thanks
sweet potatoes are not night shades :-)
Hey Spud Boy, been watching heaps of your videos and well done mate. I've got 30 kegs to drop and been doing day on day off with the spuds only caper and is working well. What about grog mate did you give up the tinnies??
great job! I still drank beer occasionally.
Big fan, have been doing potatoes only for three weeks and feel great and the weight is falling off but I find my flatulence has increased dramatically and also I’m having to pee twice as often. Do things improve?
Thanks again for being such an inspiration and keep up the good work.
spuds are high water content so in effect you are eating a lot of water and therefore don't need to drink as much. Flatulence will improve as you digestive system adjusts.
Can we still have a white coffee first thing in the morning?
I started the potato diet without vegetables and I feel dehydrated mostly during the night even if I drink lot of water so I add vegetables without sauce or oil
Your body will adjust. Potatoes have very high water content, unless you're lowing a lot of water in your cooking method.
Been on a whole plant food diet for awhile, but have hit a weight loss plateau. Going to try the spud only diet. See what happens.
cool! Join us here - facebook.com/groups/thespudfitchallenge
Are you eating the potatoes only on a daily basis? And if not, when DO you incorporate other foods (I mean like the fatty types of foods like junk food and sweets, if you do at all?)
as an alcoholic would never plan to go back to drink alcohol, I never plan to eat junk again. I'm happy without it anyway.
Can I ask what you do if your invited out for a meal. Thanks 😁
Great video thank you. When you talk about only potatoes for a time how long do you mean to eat just potatoes... 6 months or 12 months on just potatoes??
Is there a point where it may start to have a negative affect because you are not having vegetables or other plant based foods??
I usually recommend starting with a month. I personally did a year and I know of several people who have done up to 18 months with only positive health out comes.
@@SpudFit thank you for replying, wow that’s awesome that you can be sustained by humble potatoes. 🙏🏻
Don't you still have to decide whether to eat sweet or white potatoes? And what proportion of white to sweet were you eating? Thanks!
we can't remove decision making entirely but this is greatly reduced for sure. I didn't worry about that at all really. Just buy some of both from the shop and then eat them until they are gone. Not a lot of thought required.
4:15 so true. People need to get back to basics- whole foods and no, restaurants aren’t basics! Try to remove restaurants.
When you were on the potato diet were you using salt if yes how much because I feel I need salt on the diet I feel so weak and was about to fall I had to quit on the third day
www.spudfit.com/f-a-q if you're feeling weak you probably just need to eat more.
how do you know it was a lack of sodium in particular? Did you have testing done to show that it wasn't something else?
There's plenty of sodium in potatoes. Check them out nutritionally. You won't need salt.
SUCESS!
What's your typical meal now?
For someone who has trouble making decisions but need a go to meal they can rely on that is balanced, and won't cause digestive issues.
(eg a meal of just broccoli and potato will give me pain)
I wonder if beano would work for those issues?
I don't really have a typical. I eat a lot of potatoes and some veggies, fruit, rice and beans. Try potatoes and spinach...
@@SpudFit ah yeah I forgot you're married. That helps with variety. Us single guys are always looking for that silver bullet monofood meal. :)
Interesting that an ad for the Keto diet came up on your channel... sneaky.
very sneaky!
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Do you think this challenge would help when I am already eating only healthy HCLF vegan foods, but overeating for emotional reasons?
Yes definitely, happy to do a free coaching session if you like? spudfit.com/product/personal-coaching/
@@SpudFit Thank you! I have so many questions for you! I think this is exactly for people like me. I have already started, and the cravings are strong, but otherwise feel great!
did you keep the weight off ? and do you find it hard ?
yes. Just eat plants with lots of spuds :-)
Which Spuds are the best? 🥔🙂
Spuddy buddy pro tip for those living in the USA: tastiest tater topping I've tried so far is Blake Hill plum & Fennel chutney, and I normally don't care that much for chutneys. Very simple yet tasty ingredients. Made in Vermont, USA. blakehillpreserves.com/moroccan-plum-and-fennel-chutney.html
sounds good to me!
I don’t understand why we can’t eat vegetables without sauce. Vegetables won’t make you fat.
Correct, vegetables won't make you fat. I eat veggies all the time. This is not about what makes you fat though, did you watch the video? If you prefer reading you can check out my blog post here - spudfit.com/dont-eat-your-greens/ - I hope that makes sense, let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you
Andrew you’re looking younger now then two years ago??
haha I don't know about that mate! Maybe spuds are the fountain of youth?! 😉
I've been doing this since July and finally got the hang of it, I do add a bit of greens , to my potatoes, but it's planned ahead do easy to go
well done, sounds like a great plan!
@@SpudFit i was doing so well, I feel sad because as I introduced more foods back into my diet my weight came back on!
I will have to stay in potatoes and spinach the rest of my life because that's all that works. I'm 60 and bad knees can't walk fast enough to get a cardio.
Ughh it's hard isn't it?
@@birdie58 you don't need to stay on spuds and spinach for ever, you can definitely make it work without the need for cardio. Focus on spuds, veggies and fruit, with some rice and beans too. If you'd like to book in a free intro coaching call then send me an email andrew@spudfit.com
@@SpudFit I'll email you for prices , I'm in fixed income but I'll see if I can afford it. Thank you for the encouragement and help. 😊 Also I'm fine with having a small list of foods to eat. Potatoes, spinach, kale and then nutritional yeast, mustard , maybe black beans and bananas or apples. That's fine the smaller the better
So the saying keep it simple stupid.... got it. Ok. I will do it. I’m gonna do it!! My food addiction has take over my life!
Yes, keep it simple! Do it! Send me an email if you'd like a free intro coaching consultation to get you started - andrew@spudfit.com :-)
Now then, which sort of spuds shall I have? ;)
coconinoco the cheapest ones 😜
They have around 50 types on latin america...hard decision!
All of them!
@@SpudFit Don't think we have those in Texas.
You know you talked about greens Andrew you need to get more of them and work on it I do too and I think I’m going to have to get on the making juice bandwagon that seems to be an easy way to do it not smoothies I’m talking about green juices that seems to be the magic elixir from a lot of the specially the raw food people that I follow now most of the problem with juicing is the thought of having to make juices every morning but there’s a few little tips and tricks that I’ve picked up over the years that literally you can make a juice and it’s good for 48 to 72 hours as coalClose to original nutrient content as possible so you could get away with only having to juice two or three times a week if you want me to put it in this comments you let me know where you can DM or p.m. me and I’ll be happy to tell you what tricks I know
I have green smoothies sometimes and I like cooked greens more and more too
4:14 i think you over-complicated, when you are in the store there are many types of potatoes , you select the type which is freshest, no mold , not turning green. Same with greens - you select the greens which look fresh, so when you at home decided to eat- it is potato and then greens - no need to make any decisions , whatever you bought you eat it.
ok, do it that way then.
Baked potato, onions, peppers, and corn with bbq sauce. It works and its good. Did it for a year. Lost over 100lbs
Great job!
Me watching closely 👀 👀 ......a day away from 2022 and maaaaaan am I sooooo ready to go at this
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awesome, let's do it together! spudfit.com/course/
@@SpudFit *Thank you so much....I'd like to document my journey as to encourage myself & possibly others*
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