We started our diet back in June 2018 with 2 weeks of nothing but plain potatoes, inspired by Penn Jillette's book Presto! During the two weeks of potatoes, we lost 45 pounds combined (25 for Brian & 20 for Jessica). Immediately following those two weeks, we switched to a whole food, plant-based diet. As of June 2019, we are up to 270 pounds lost (153 for Brian & 117 for Jessica). Check out our other videos for more about our weight loss journey, including recipes, reviews, tips & more! You can also check us out at krocksinthekitchen.com and follow us at instagram.com/krocksinthekitchen & facebook.com/KrocksInTheKitchen!

This is Jessica's Mom. So this is so freeing, being just my HEAD! Certainly got my attention. LOVE YOU TWO! Another AWESOME Video!

I love the statement Chef AJ makes "You're an adult, you don't have to like it, you just have to do it." Two weeks is a good time period to reset taste buds.

John McDougall is an M.D. (internist) who has been recommending a potato diet for exactly the reasons you discovered in your journey! He does say that you can remain healthy eating potatoes for a year....I know that holds no appeal, but you've done no damage to your bodies, only good. Michael Gregor M.D has a site called Nutrition Facts full of great info. Kudos to you both!

I’m finishing up my 4th day of only potatoes. Probably going for 14 days. The thing is I love potatoes so these first 4 days have been easy for me. No crashes so far. Actually feel more energy than I had 5 days ago. Everyone is different I guess. Looking to lose 80 lbs. I’ve been carrying this weight too long and just turned 59 years old.

“The most enjoyable thing I could possibly eat right now” has been my main motivator and how I got to be over 400 lbs. I think I need to do this. I am like a taste and flavor addict that needs to go cold turkey.

You guys look so much healthier! Stick with plants! 👍👍❤️🥬🥕🍆🍒🍅

WOW. Just wow. I'm the ONLY overweight person in my entire extended family. My grandmother used to tell me " You eat to live, you don't live to eat. " watching this and relating to you two, I get it. It just clicked with me. Thank you so much!

Fantastic REAL video. 1 year ago I stopped smoking, changed to a loose whole food plant based diet and lost 50lbs. Processed food is evil. Your discoveries were spot on with what I learned during my journey. Food should be consumed for fuel only.

It’s such a psychological thing. If you were living in Ireland when there was the horrible drought you would’ve been thankful for two weeks of having at least potatoes or if you were a miner stuck underground for 14 days you’d again be thankful for food of any kind. I think you’ve hit on some very important topics and I applaud you for your effort in being healthier day by day with experimenting on what works for you and turning around and helping to share with others!

Have you heard of Spud Fit? He's a guy from Australia that ate a potato mono diet for a YEAR and got so healthy from it! Potatoes are the one food you could indefinitely live on, so it really wasn't the worst thing you could have done (actually it might have been one of the best!). No salt, spices, or any condiments though... that's rough! I think I could do it with healthy spices and condiments! :)

its crazy to see the difference in your faces just in the few months between this video and now. Y'all are so inspirational and I've loved watching every single one of your videos!!

The two of you are adorable! I binged watched your videos, every one of them to date yesterday and today. I won't be doing the potato diet, but I am now on a WFPB diet. The thing I loved about your videos is that you are so relate-able. For me, hearing what I should be eating from a person that has always been thin, is an athlete, etc. just feels condescending. Since you both have been through the same, I hear what you are saying in a way that I get it and your humor and examples are amazing! Love you both and keep the videos coming!

You hit the nail on the head: people will be more successful at doing and sticking with nutrutarian after the potato fast than without.

it is so commendable what you both are doing. i love your dedication and integrity.

You guys are so adorable! I think what I like so much about your videos is that not only are you sharing useful information but you both seem so intelligent, kind , authentic and honest and I love the dynamics of your relationship. I think you 2 make great role models for how to communicate in a partnership! Hope you keep making videos!

Thanks for linking this, I've added it to my watch later playlist! You guys rock btw!

"Once again, we started our diet in the dumbest way possible.." *screech laugh* These are my people.

Thank for paving the road for me. Your info saved me some time and energy figuring out the NUTRITARIAN diet

I do appreciate you both so much...I hope that you understand what a gift it is you have in each other, to do this together is just amazing...Take it from so many of us whose spouses don't care about it even though they are ill, overweight,on many medications--they just refuse!!

You two are extremely fun and insightful. Thank you!

We are on day two of this diet. Whew! Today is rough. We really appreciate hearing your experience.

Taste-bud training is pretty interesting. I ate almost 100% microwaved russet potatoes for 2 years (about 10 per day depending on the size and my appetite) to save money. My weight at the time was stable around 170 lbs, and I felt perfectly fine. I find your perspective about your 2 week potato journey really fascinating, because I had kind of the opposite experience. I loved the taste of every single potato, and I never got tired of them. Even though I eat a broader range of fruits and vegetables today, I still love potatoes the most. Anyway, good job, you two!

My doctor actually suggested this diet to me, so I will be starting very soon. I'm super excited after doing research. Appreciate you sharing your experience!

Halfway through my 2 week potato diet! Needed to watch this to motivate me to keep going, thank you 😊

This video was really helpful to think of our relationships with food.

You guys are so blessed to have each other. Doing this kind of thing is not easy, kudos for your commitment & example of what a loving relationship should be like. 👍🏻🥰

Love following your journey. So happy for your success.

You two are my new favorite youtubers. Love your channel

Love you guys! So inspiring. Thanks.

you guys are adorable! Thank you for sharing!

I'm a 70 year old overweight vegan who has lost 53 pounds on the 16/8 IM fasting plan, but after a year of dieting had reached a plateau. I WAS going to try the potato diet when my brother suggested I just cut out all starches for 10 days. Miraculously, I have lost about a pound a day doing that. I only have 4 more days to go and can't WAIT to taste that ear of corn you described. Love your channel guys. Thanks .. Linda from the Netherlands 🌹

Thanks for breaking it down like this! Also, thanks for lulling my kids to sleep while teaching me something. 🙌

You guys have a GREAT KZfaq channel! Saw your potato video yesterday and have watched a dozen since. Shared with my GF, too. We find your videos entertaining, informative and inspirational. I had done the potato thing for a few months (yes, a few months) and lost a ton of weight. Now I'm looking for some ideas to move into a whole food, plant-based diet and your channel is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Your recipes look delicious. And easy. We'll be trying them out immediately. Thanks for going to all the trouble. One more thing: I did check with my doctor first before the potato thing and he said to go for it. So there's one for the doctors.

I enjoyed watching this video about your journeys. Thanks so much for sharing ❤️💙❤️

I love you guys and appreciate how real you are. I tried just potatoes for about a week and half and that was enough. I don’t know how people do it for 6 months or a year!

Thank you thank you thank you. thank you for your honesty and courage. there is hope yet . you made me a beliver. will check it out..

Great video guys, as always! You are going to be a huge inspiration to a lot of people. Thumbs up and I subscribed!

Thanks so much for making this video. I love hearing about your journey to health. Still waiting for Brian's chili recipe! Since I've gone salt-free and oil free (as much as possible) foods just taste so much better. I actually love eating potatoes and sweet potatoes now without all the added stuff and they have such a great flavor to them (especially the sweet potatoes and Yukon Golds - omg!). Will keep watching.

Wow, you both have made such a great channel! Thanks for making such great content. The both of you are very articulate and easy to follow. I think this channel is going to be very popular!

I think what you've done is awesome. What this diet showed you both is that you have great stuff within you which somehow, for some reason, you had accepted that you could not achieve, at least in self-control concerning food. But then you did. You solved your problem apart from going to a diet doctor or clinic yourself. You learned what to eat, what's in it and why it is good for you. You empowered yourselves. In the process you discovered the inner strength that was already in you both. You found your motivation. So was it worth it? Yeah! You are on the road to health, to making your body bulletproof to so many degenerative diseases. You freed yourselves from self-doubt and depression. Now you can find joy in what you never would have thought before. I am so proud of you both. There are many people, who because they have failed at so many diets, that they just don't believe in themselves any more at all. So you two are inspirational. Keep up the good work, love your channel!!!!

Don't 4get your potatoes best friends... Basil, sage & oregano steamed with yer taters... and garnished with parsley & garlic. No butter, no salt... tastes great & looks amazing.

I roast golden potatoes split in half or quartered face down on parchment and they are really good. I cook them long enough to seem roasted. Thank you for sharing so honestly.

Just became a subscriber. I’m glad your video showed up in my recommended list!

Thanks I will be. Watching and learning

You guys look fantastic well done!

...”agonizing over what to have for dinner”...sigh...exactly me at every meal...thank you for the continued inspiration guys, I appreciate you. 🙏🏻🥗⭐️☺️

I'm on day 2 of the potato famine. Thanks for posting this it is great to see people expressing what I am feeling right now. The 15 day potato diet is like self flagellation. Very humbling.

Very inspiring video guys! I’ve just completed day one of potatoes! I still like potatoes but im not sure how long that will last! new subscriber! and notification crew!

so i saw penns viddy , lose a 100 pounds and so that led to me making a commitment to improve things , so i am livin this , by myself , 6 daze into it and it's been really great finding and having you two "there" , cause you are real , you have lived it and that has been encouraging / comforting , as in , this can be done ... if it had just been me and penn , yeah , i prolly would have just said , this guy is insane and went back to being a full time pig ... so thanks for being sweet and caring and informative and just for being you , best wishes

Still love this vid!!! So positive and sweet!!

Its weird but I love absolutely plain baked potatoes!! I really like your channel. I have been following a Nutritarian diet for 1 month

Btw I like the videos like this just as much as the other types, bc I can play this while I’m driving and just listen. (I deliver grocery’s and food to people all day long) but I also love yalls showdown videos and I watch those when I’m parked and waiting for my next orders :)

You guys are looking great!Good job!

Great information. I did laugh out loud when you ate the corn after eating only potatoes for 2 weeks. I laughed because it is exactly how I would have felt. Learning lots from you guys. Thank you

I’ve been watching you guys for about a month and been subbed for about 2 weeks. Me and my wife start our potato diet tomorrow. 2 weeks straight.... it’s going to be tough

Most doctors don't know anything about true nutrition. They study medicine, not nutrition. They will tell you not to do it because they themselves more often than not eat a standard american diet and are not healthy. Very rarely can you talk to a doctor about nutrition! I highly recommend you guys checking out Dr. Greger, if you haven't already. He posts only factual information about nutrition and breaks it all down, he is amazing! Also when going to potato island you can have non starchy vegetables and get the same results, and it is much more enjoyable!

Hey - you both are amazing. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It's sunday afternoon now here. Tomorrow, I'll go shopping 50 lbs of potatoes to start my 14 days. 🥔🥔🥔😁

I love all potatoes!! I make them smashed, mashed, pancaked, hash browned, baked, steamed, (not fried), but air fried, roasted (my fave) and toasted! If I missed any ways, I love those too! LOL! I love following your progress! Shalom and G-d bless!

You’re both looking terrific. I’m doing ETL also. After awhile it feels really good to be eating only real food.

I'm excited to have found y'all......20 and 25 lbs in two weeks?? AMAZING... I will be starting this tomorrow... after watching the video I cooked my potatoes for the next day... I know the struggle believe me and you guys look great I have subscribed and we'll be following you all have a great day....

Hi! You've lost a whole person! I'm trying to switch to a whole foods/plant based diet. Stumbled across your videos just a couple of days ago and have already watched several. They are very helpful. Your comments on sweet potatoes reminded me how much I enjoy a mixture of regular and sweet potatoes mashed together. They require no added butter or milk and are very satisfying.

Discovering you have the will. Powerful.

I’ve got my tofu cubes marinating for pizza tonight. I tasted the marinade and it is absolutely fantastic! Out of this world good! I made too much marinade so I’m going to stir it into my pizza sauce for extra flavor. Just found you guys, and love your recipes. Will be trying more. Thank you!

Good job guys!

I’m finally watching beginning of your “different food choice story!” ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

There's nothing wrong with just potatoes. Spud fit Andrew did it perfectly for a year, he lost allot of weight and his blood work was amazing. Drs have very little nutrition education. Potatoes have everything you need to eat. Its good to do it to reset your taste buds and stop the cravings. You have both done so fantastic. I'm half arsed just eating potatoes at the moment after an over indulged month vacation where I put on way too much weight. You can have herbs and spices and light sauces.

You are both very brave.

OMG. I love you guys!

My eating plan is a combination of "A Pound of Cure" and nutritarian. 2 weeks of very strict clean eating (not a mono diet) really worked for me. It was tough, and I had carved withdrawal flu for several days. But after 2 weeks my taste buds and my palate really were so changed. Real, whole foods are a joy to eat.

Good job guys. Very engaging.

i am starting my two eeeks today think it will be good to cleanse my taste buds.Love your videos congrats on the weight loss

LOVE. THE. U2. TEE. You guys are awesome. New sub here.

Don’t mind me I’m just binging your videos, but found it funny that my doctor was the one to actually recommend the potato diet to me! But for 5-10 days and then transition into whole food plant based. It was rough I could only do 5 days and basically hardly ate anything especially for the last 2 days. It’s been two weeks and finding your videos has been very encouraging! I found you while looking for vegan chilli recipes! Lol

Excellent video!

Thank you for this channel.. GREAT JOB. I am going to do this too. I will be starting June 1st..

You both are an inspiration to many. Thank you for YOUR time on making these videos accessible. Knowledge is power and definitely we are what we eat. So please keep sharing and thank you again.

Thank you for sharing this one! Interesting perspective about seeking out the perfect most amazing meal every time you used to eat. I suspect people have been conditioned to do this over decades, and so drastic reconditioning like you did seems quite extreme but may be the only way to cleanse your palates. Good for both of you for breaking the cycle! Stay strong! Some day one of your kids will come home from school and complain about how hard their day was. You'll just look back at them and say "YOUR MOTHER AND I ATE POTATOES FOR TWO WEEKS."

I actually respect the fact that you suggested telling your Doctor. Sure, they’ll likely tell you not to do it (Obviously, in case it came back later that they gave you the 👍🏻 to eat strictly one food for two weeks) but it’s still ultimately up to us. In addition, is it healthy? I am with you...not really “healthy”, per se, since eating only one thing will still lack at least some vitamins and minerals our bodies need, but it’s also not going to kill us, since you’re still getting food. What I love about you two is that you’re honest and candid. And ultimately, eating plain potatoes for two weeks accomplished exactly what you were hoping for...and probably more. You reset your tastebuds, you probably lost some weight, you learned to appreciate real food in its natural state...and you achieved your goal! GOOD FOR YOU!!! Oh, and as you will see, you will not always be met with agreement on everything you do and say. (That’s to be expected.) That being said, the majority of people that follow you, follow you because they are interested in your content and personalities. They will follow your journey and cheer you on...some even following suit. Keep being you. You guys have great authenticity, and I respect that immensely. Trust me (I wrote a successful food blog for six years), bloggers who share real experiences and don’t just fill their site with positive reviews on all the free products they’re receiving, can be hard to come by. You’re doing GREAT!!! 😊

While listening to you both talk about how difficult it was I am kind of hmmm. Sounds like day 26 of my 31 day water fast these potatoes are freaking delicious. probably because I completed a 31-day water fast to jumpstart my weight loss and once I got done with that I did another 22 days water fasting kind of got fasting fatigues, which is why I am completing this potato fast I'm on day 3 it's such a breeze, I guess potatoes are my step up from water fasting and dry fasting. it's so amazing nothing probably because I've water fasted before this seems like heaven. The best cucumbers I've tasted was after my water fast, they tasted as sweet as I remembered watermelon. I do supplement with magnesium taurine 3xs a day, b complex, potassium chloride, and magnesium glycinate, which gives me full energy. Thank you guys for sharing and I appreciate your honesty keep up the good work I'm so far down a hundred pounds more to go.

all of this is so true

Awesome!!!🧡🧡🧡

Raw corn is so sweet! I love it

I'm going to do it! Starting today. Two weeks of potatoes! I know this is an older video but I'm commenting here because this is such a great video. I love how honest and discouraging you are "if you're going to do what we did...which is incredibly stupid" HAHA! That's me! I've been plant based for about 9 months (this time). I lost 30 pounds but then gained 10 back and I can't get it to start dropping again. I tried Mary's Mini with you guys but there was just too much wiggle room for where I am right now. I mainly need to reset my relationship with my hunger cues. I've become a mindless snacker. I have no idea what being truly hungry feels like right now. I read Penn's book and I got Ray Cronise's book so I'm feeling comfortable in my knowledge of how to do this. Plus, my whole journey started 4 years ago with The Starch Solution so I probably feel a little better about the health aspects of the lowly potato than you could when you started. Anyway, you may not even see this comment but I've stated my commitment on the internet so its official. Thanks for being here.

This is helpful.

Hi, well what an experience you both had. I like a baked potato once in awhile but I can take it or leave it. this new way of eating for me is so far the best ever and I am not going to look back. this is day 5 for me and I was down 3 pounds !! unbelievable. I will not look for anything else. If it works then stick with it. I also drink a lot of water. 6/ 8 ounce glasses. tonight if I get Hungry I may go for a Banana or Grapes. this for me has me really pumped !!! :) :) Thank you for your Video and your time.

I totally get what she said about moderation. Food can be as addictive as any other substance, and telling people to just eat in moderation is like telling an alcoholic in recover to keep a case of beer in the fridge and just eat one every day.

potatoes are my fave food.....with salsa, or ketchup, or cauli carrot cheese sauce or balsamic and mustard. so worth it in the end. and on a plant based diet you can eat huge amounts of foods which is satisfying..after a while it becomes easy

I’m on my seventh day. It made me realise how much comfort eating I was doing and you know what it was good to actually be proper hungry for my next meal. I eat vegan food but had drifted into eating a lot of meat replacements and other vegan junk … I’ll be so up for just eating an array of non processed plants after the potatoes it’ll taste amazing 😍

You guys are definitely awesome keep the videos/vlogs coming

I think I’m going to do this, but it’s going to be potatoes and rice for two weeks. I need something to really challenge me. You two are so relatable, love your videos!

Many of my friends asked how I can eat vegan style. They said, don’t you miss choosing all the different foods and flavors? I always just say what you kind of said. I eat to live, I don’t live to eat. Thanks for the great reminder!

Best comment was that not every meal you eat has to taste wonderful. Just eat to live. Great advice.

I would never tell my doctor! He doesn’t even like the fact that I am vegan...keep trying to get me to cut back on carbs and eat meat. Needless to say, I haven’t been back to him in about a year and half.

I've read/heard from a few sources about the starch in potatoes changing when cooked and cooled. This might be why you consider them "way better" after they've been cooked and refrigerated. I'm sure if you did a google search you could find more information on this if you're interested. (Everyone has their own criteria for credible sources.) I didn't realize that Penn Jillette and Kevin Smith had done a version of the potato diet. I like to watch High Carb Hannah and I know she's done a version of the potato diet/cleanse however you want to phrase it. Thank you for sharing your experiences with it.

salt and hot sauce have no calories. It does still work , I lost 4 lbs in three days.

Jessica and I have similar pallets, because sweet potatoes can be too much for me too. You guys are awesome and I see Peef on the stove.

It's great you like refrigerated potato. When you cool a potato and it becomes resistant starch and even more slimming for you!

Great couple; great content. Want to just wiggle in a note that not everybody will have an energy crash and need a feeding every 3 hours -- but I agree -- some do and this makes sense. And I might point out -- there could be a few people who could fare a little worse -- maybe finding it tough not to eat even more often on the potato diet. You're going to be exploring You, and getting in touch with you. Have a great adventure!

I agree with you about moderation! Moderation is Much Harder than just drawing a line and not crossing it! Especially when it comes to healthy eating!