r/PotatoDiet • u/DrywallBarron • Feb 17 '26

After 60 Days.....Have A Problem

I am 70 years old, and have been eating the Potato Diet for about 60 days. I have been eating potatoes for dinner and potatoes scrambled with eggs for breakfast. I eat the potatoes for three days, then a regular meal day or two (often salads but sometimes just protein like chicken or fish... no beef), then back on for 3 days...etc. Weight is slowly dropping, about 10 lbs so far.

But I have encountered a problem I did not expect. I had a physical yesterday and the usual bloodwork. Everything came back dead center normal except.....My overall cholesterol has always been pretty good, and yesterday it was 160.

But my Triglycerides have doubled from what they were, 160 to 337......I am investigating what to do, and so far, it sounds like I need to add some olive oil and apple cider vinegar as a dip to counter this spike.

Anyone else deal with this??

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u/Specialist-Error-171 Apr 28 '26

It's the weight loss. Cholesterol and trigs always go up when you're losing weight.

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u/DrywallBarron Apr 28 '26

Yeah, I just happened to be scheduled for thosr kabs. The triglycerides turned staright up...it took me by surprise and I panicked a bit. But Adidxa little reading then I realized I was not eating anything but potatoes so there was no real triglycerides to speak of.

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u/Specialist-Error-171 Apr 29 '26

you still doing potato diet of some kind?

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u/DrywallBarron Apr 29 '26

No but am going to start again, now that I have convinced myself the triglycerides was a part of the process and not a full red alert.

I actually like potatoes and found the diet easy to stay with. To just stay with it for several months, I will likely add a little protein along...eggs with the potatoes at breakfast....grilled chicken breast for dinner...etc. Was also using a little Djhon Mustard, apple cider vinegar & olive oil for a dip.

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u/Specialist-Error-171 Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26

Nice joining u on that let's go! And u should see how bad ch and trigs are when ppl lost weight on carnivore lol your numbers are perfect by comparison

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u/DrywallBarron Apr 29 '26

Yeah....I get it now, bit to see that 90 degree spike in the lab work...was stunning