TIL potatoes have almost all nutrients humans need to survive. To prove this, the Executive Director from the Washington State Potato Commission ate nothing but potatoes for 60 days.

Well, I certainly applaud anyone wanting to eat 100 potatoes, but take it from this old farmer, I've spent my entire adult life in the fields, and a program like this one can do more harm than good. If you only eat potatoes one part of your body (and that's all a single vegetable like potatoes is going to do for you), you're setting yourself up for injuries down the road. I've seen it a hundred times. Potatoes basically only train the gut muscles and to some extent, the esophagus. What you really want to do is train your entire digestive system, all the major gut groups (esophagus, stomach, colon, liver, and kidneys) at the same time, over the course of a potato-based meal. So, you will need to add large fries, and large Coke with it. Ask for the "Go Big" program. I'm proud of you guys wanting to do this. Three big meals! Falling in love with eating potatoes, etc., is one of the greatest things you can do for yourself. And you WILL fall in love with it if you can just force yourself to stick with it a year or two and experience the amazing progress you'll make. But do it right, okay? My advice, find any Irishman near you, with qualified skills who will design your paddies for you (especially in the beginning, until you get the hang of it yourself) and guide you in your quest for physical fatness. Three to 5 potatoes a day, three days a week, is all you'll ever need to do (I refuse to believe anyone is so busy that he or she cannot make time for that, especially considering how important it is). And don't worry about being embarrassed or being out of shape the first time you walk onto a farm. You have to start somewhere and almost every one of us were there ourselves at one time. So no one will say anything to you and very, very quickly you will progress way beyond that stage anyway. Now get out there and get fat! :-)

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