[H]ere's the gist of the potato diet: As a quick way to lose fat, eat nothing but potatoes for a week or two. As seen above, you can gain weight if you eat too many, so don't overeat. Try to eat 2-3 pounds per day as plainly as possible. No butter, sour cream, no milk, no eggs--just potatoes. Nearly everyone who tried this last year in the numerous threads and on many different website forums found they could effortlessly lose 1/2 to 1 pound per day and keep the weight off afterwards. It's not water-weight, it's fat!1. Plan on eating mostly potatoes for 5-7 days (90%+ of calories)2. Eat between 2 and 4lbs of potatoes daily, include cooked and cooled daily!3. Unlimited coffee, tea, and water.4. Spices, salt, pepper, and vinegar OK.5. Lifting of Heavy Things discouraged, think ‘de-load week’ Lifting light things/walking OK.6. All normal supplements OK to continue7. IF’ing, especially by skipping breakfast encouraged.8. If you need to lose more weight, alternate the “Potato Reset” diet with healthy Primal Blueprint in 5-7 day increments.9. Not recommended for people who eat every 2-3 hours, have glucose issues, or have eating disorders.10. Highly recommended for people who have their hunger under control, have been eating PB style for 6 months or more, and are having trouble losing weight with the normal approaches.Some suggested reasons this works so well:- Food Reward/Satiety- Calories Restriction- Resistant Starch/Butyrate/Gut Flora Connection- Insulin Sensitivity Regained- Ketosis from calorie restriction/butyrate forming short chain fatty acids