I'm thinking of trying a boiled potatoes based diet but I could use some info. For instance, for someone who's trying to lose weight, how good are potatoes? How many calories do they have? Which is the most recommended way of 'cooking' them? (I was going for boiled potatoes)
And this I won't do just for the weight losing part, but for the economical one too; I realised that if I replace at least a meal with a potato I'd be saving quite a few bucks, so why not give this a try?

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Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Potatoes, boiled, cooked in skin, skin, without salt

1 ounce of boiled potato with the skin, and no salt

per ounce (an average potato is probably 6 - 8 ounces

22 calories
1 gram of fiber
The Good
This food is very low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Vitamin B6 and Potassium, and a very good source of Iron, Copper and Manganese.

but as a single element in the meal you're missing protein and fat... which you need and I perosnally would find it a tad boring...

maybe a baked potato w/ some cheddar cheese or lite cream cheese mixed in to give it some flavor...

a sweet potato
Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Sweet potato, cooked, baked in skin, without salt [Sweetpotato]
might give you some more nutrition but you're still missing the protein and fats...

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Last night I cut up and steamed three sweet potatoes (you could do this with yams) and steamed for about 8 mins. Then in a separate saucepan, I sauteed (in butter, because my daughter was home and she is a vegetarian - want to get protein into her) a quarter cup of raisins, a can of black beans, some ginger, allspice, and 1 tbsp honey. I then drained the yams, and in the same big pot sauteed chopped celery. Then I mixed everything together.

It was really good, and very nutritious.

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Started eating healthier March 7, 2007.

How I understand it, white potato is a High GI carb. That is to say, depending on how it is prepared, it usually scores high on the Glycemic Index. Sweet potato scores lower, and is often recommended as a healthier alternative.

Eating a white potato based diet (according to GI theory as I understand it) could cause your metabolism to yo-yo. Anyway, I personally wouldn't recommend any 'diet plan' that wasn't based on a healthy balanced diet that includes all of the essential macronutrients.

Personally, I eat far less potato than I use to.

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Post weight-loss, now going for better fitness
Bikejoring for Fitness

I wouldn't recommend as a meal but as a side dish or snack a baked potatoe or nuked one with salsa instead of butter salt & pepper.