Would you eat ONLY potatoes for 30 days? This slimmer swears by it
Could this be the most Irish cleanse ever? We think so.
One woman has embarked on a 30-day potato diet, after reaping the benefits of a high-carb lifestyle to help with weight loss.
Hannah Howlett, 29, dropped around 60lbs over just one year by changing her lifestyle and switching to a carb-heavy menu. Now she's taking things one step further and vowing to only eat potato-based meals for an entire month.
The Minnesota woman's high-carb eating plan is based around Dr. John McDougall's diet, The Starch Solution, which involves eating rice, potatoes and porridge in their "least processed state."
Speaking in July 2014, before her massive weight loss, Hannah explained how alien her body felt to her.
"It is just so uncomfortable to even be at this point, like even be alive. I have gained so much weight in such a short period of time that I don't even recognise myself," she said.
Now Hannah is more in tune with her body and her eating habits, and only eats "intuitively," meaning she starts when hungry and stops when full.
"I actually think that it is so funny how people make loss into such a big industry because it is so easy if you just eat a whole foods plant based diet like you don't need to do anything ridiculous," she says.
As part of her new potato cleanse, Hannah can eat spuds cooked various ways – from baked chips to grilled hash browns. She can also use sugar and spices, oil-free condiments like ketchup, and non-starching vegetables like courgette and broccoli.
Eight days in, she says she's lost 3lbs, plus eight inches from around her hips and thighs.
Follow her adventures over on her Instagram page, High Carb Hannah.
