Woman loses nearly a STONE on daft potato diet where you eat nothing but spuds, boiled, baked or mashed (but NO chips)
Channel 4’s How to Lose Weight Well saw Caroline lose a staggering 12lb in just seven days eating potatoes for every meal.
Best pals Charmaine and Caroline were each given a seven-day crash diet in order to see if they could lose weight ahead of a spa weekend.
While Charmaine was given the cabbage soup diet, Caroline was tasked with eating just potatoes any way she pleased – such as boiled, baked or mashed – as long as they weren’t chips.
After seeing a mound of spuds which was the equivalent of her daily allowance on her plate, Caroline said: “I’m going to turn into a potato.”
Compared to Charmaine’s cabbage soup diet, which is prone to giving you flatulence, Caroline started out more positive about her week tucking into potatoes.
She said: “I’m excited, what can go wrong?”
Midway through her spuddy diet, Caroline’s initial glee had turned to boredom.
“I’m literally sick and tired of potatoes”, she exclaimed to her work pals as they tucked into their varied lunches.
However, her frustration at the lack of variety quickly turned to delight when she stepped on the scales by the end of the week.
Caroline lost 12lb over the course of the seven days, meanwhile friend Charmaine lost just 4lb from her cabbage soup meals.
So would they recommend their crash diets?
Caroline said: “I can’t believe the potatoes!"
Meanwhile Charmaine wished she’d been given the spud diet, and said: “I did lose 4lb which is good for one week.
“I would rather have just had potatoes for one week if I was going to lose 12lb.”
The experts on the show had strong words of warning about both of the crash diets, which are not recommended for longer than seven days in a row.
Host Dr Xand van Tulleken said: "Do remember that, although popular, crash dieting is frowned upon by many health professionals for being unbalanced and losing a lot of weight quickly can be dangerous and might not offer long-lasting results."
The NHS website claims a "healthy, balanced diet" is key to helping you feel your best and you shouldn’t cut out any food groups to lose weight.
Experts claim you should eat a "wide variety of food in the right proportions".
NHS GUIDELINES RECOMMEND HAVING A BALANCED DIET
Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health, and can help you feel your best.
This means eating a wide variety of foods in the right proportions, and consuming the right amount of food and drink to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight.
The Eatwell Guide shows that to have a healthy, balanced diet, people should try to:
- eat 5 A Day
- base meals on starchy foods like potatoes, bread, rice or pasta
- have some dairy or dairy alternatives (such as soya drinks)
- eat some beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat and other protein
- choose unsaturated oils and spreads, eaten in small amounts
- drink plenty of fluids
Also on the show was pasty-loving David who was told to only eat Greggs for six weeks.
Spending around £8 a day, Dave was tasked with only eating food purchased from the convenience store, and was even allowed to have the odd pizza slice.
He was initially overjoyed at his diet, and was even happier when he stepped on the scales at the end of the experiment.
The dieter had gone from 17stone to 15stone during the course of the experiment.
Finally fitting into his kilt for a wedding, David said: "I'm over the moon.
"It's been quite painful, I'm glad I stuck it out. If you have that willpower, do it."
How to Lose Weight Well aired on Channel 4 at 8pm.
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